AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.

Changelog:
# The addition of a new experimental OpenXML import filter
# A Windows port of the experimental AbiWord Collaboration plugin
# Improved start-up time on Windows systems
# Support for native Windows Vista menus
# Allow dragging and dropping images in and out of AbiWord (Unix)
# Quite a few improvements to the OpenDocument filter
# Improved RTF import filter (it handles fields now for example)
# Improved LaTeX equation input support
# Fast image previews in the Image dialog, even for huge images (Unix)

Program Information Category: Tools and Utilities Type: Free Version: 2.5.2 Beta Size: 5.85MB Works on: Windows Product page: here