AbiWord

File Format
Name	AbiWord
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document AbiWord
Extension(s)	.abw, .zabw, .abw.gz

ABW is the format used by AbiWord a Free multi-platform word processor. It is a XML based format. The .zabw and .abw.gz versions are compressed using GZIP.

• AbiWord website
• info about the file format
• page has a sample file
• to convert to plain text