AbiWord Document

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document

AbiWord is a free, open source Word Processor application. Its native file format is based upon XML.

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Extensions	`.abw`
MIME types	`application/x-abiword`
Signatures	`3c3f786d6c2076657273696f6e3d22312e302220656e636f64696e673d225554462d38223f3e0a3c21444f435459504520616269776f7264205055424c494320222d2f2f414249534f555243452f2f4454442041574d4c20312e30205374726963742f2f454e222022687474703a2f2f7777772e616269736f757263652e636f6d2f61776d6c2e647464223e0a3c616269776f72642074656d706c6174653d2266616c736522` at byte 0 (AbiWord Document) `3c3f786d6c2076657273696f6e3d22312e3022` at byte 0
PRONOM	`fmt/890`
Wikidata	`Q58077394`

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AbiWordOpen sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
libabwOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
LibreOfficeOpen sourcereads · MPL-2.0
LibreOffice WriterOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
TEAOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to docx in.abw` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
OpenDocument	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to odt in.abw` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
PDF	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.abw` Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.