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The AbiWord project has announced that NLnet is providing funding to facilitate the development of improved OpenDocument (ODF) filters in AbiWord. This will increase the program's compatibility with the format and boost its interoperability with OpenOffice.org (OOo).

AbiWord is a cross-platform open source word processing application. It is widely used on the Linux platform and is regarded by many users as a good lightweight alternative to OOo's word processing program. Although it already has relatively decent support for standard formats, including ODF and Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML), there is still plenty of room for improvement in those import and export filters.

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Source: Ryan Paul - ars technica