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[ NOTE: This help system, like the software it describes, is currently in a pre-release state. This means that in many places it's probably incomplete or inaccurate. If you'd like to help us make this information more useful for you, please contact us on the abiword-dev mailing list. ]

Hi! Welcome to AbiWord, the world's only cross-platform, Open Source word processor.

For your browsing convenience, the left sidebar of every help page includes the same set of links so you can quickly jump to the "top" of the help system.

Introduction

[ TODO: The first step is to figure out what the real set of categories here should be. I threw these in for grins, but many help systems do a fanout which focuses on everything that I've buried under the How To link below. ]

How To...

Easy step-by-step instructions for how to use AbiWord to accomplish a wide variety of tasks when creating and formatting your documents.

Reference

[ TODO: I'm not sure whether this category even belongs here, but it helps flesh out the demo. ]

Troubleshooting

A list of helpful suggestions for when things aren't working out the way you expect. [ TODO: This is yet another possible category which I'd hope is unnecessary in a product which is supposed to Just Work. ]

In addition, we've also assembled a set of handy indexes which provide a variety of other ways to browse these help materials.