AbiWord

File Format
Name	AbiWord
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document Word Processor AbiWord
Extension(s)	.abw, .zabw, .abw.gz, .awt, .hash
PRONOM	fmt/890, fmt/891

ABW is the format used by AbiWord, a Free multi-platform word processor. It is an XML based format. The .zabw and .abw.gz versions are compressed using GZIP. AbiWord also uses the .awt extension for templates and .hash for spellchecker dictionaries.

Sample files

• dexvert samples — document/abiWord

Links

• AbiWord website
• info about the file format
• v1.0 format info (in html, another html option (click the + to expand the message))
• page has a sample file
• to convert to plain text
• libabw: Library for importing AbiWord documents
• AbiWord template info
• AbiWord .hash dictionary info