Will a file saved in AbiWord open in Microsoft Word if it's on a flash drive and opened in another computer?

I downloaded AbiWord and for a research project. I'm hoping I'll be able to open it and edit it on a school computer. Will it open in Microsoft Word?

Yes, if you save the file in the .doc format (which abiword can do). Check and see if the file format you are saving is .doc. MS Word can read/edit .doc files, but not the .abw, which is the Abiword native file format. It doesn't matter what drive the file is on--a cd, floppy, dvd, hard drive, or usb drive, or what computer originally created the file. If the file is accessible to the computer, if you have MS Word, you can open up that .doc file.

Do keep in mind that if you have very complicated formatting, creating a document with Abiword and opening it up later with MS Word might goof up the complicated formatting (such as graphics and tables), but if all you have is text, there should be no problem.

Here's the Wikipedia page about AbiWord. It looks like what you want to do is do a File>Export as Microsoft Word. AbiWord comes with a filter to do this export. Then you will have a version saved in Microsoft Word format and you should be able to just copy it to your flash drive and open it on your school computer and go.

Good luck!

Save the file as an .rtf (rich text format) file instead of .doc. Word would then be able to open it with no problems.

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