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Abiword is an open source word processor application.

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Remove macros etc from office documents via ruby

Is there a way of specifying components to remove from MS or Openoffice documents via ruby? I'm talking about removing macros/meta information and also removing/replacing images. I've looked at a number of conversion programs with a view to doing a…
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Convert .doc to html in php - Problems invoking Abiword on Windows

I'm trying to get AbiWord program to do the job for me but it seems I'm not calling it properly in php. I've based it from one of the answers in this question: Convert .doc to html in php What I'm trying to do is to execute abiword command using the…
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AbiWord: [file path/ test] is not a valid file name?

Working on document conversion from docx, doc to pdf. Get to know about Abiword which can convert documents from one file format to others. Using python with the os module which supposes to execute my command. This is working properly files with no…
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How to save a .zabw file (compressed abiword)?

I want to save a file in .zabw format, I can only find answers on "how to open .zabw files". I found out that .zabw is a native Abiword format. It is gzip compressed .abw (https://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/info/infoformats.html). When saving a…
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How can I restore this XML abiword document to a readible editable .doc (or otherwise)?

I have recently started using Abiword on my ubuntu desktop. Libreoffice caused one of my word processing documents to crash. I have never had this issue with microsoft word but I mainly use ubuntu. So I decided to switch to abiword. I have been…
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compiling abiword on heroku

In my flask app I often use abiword in a subprocess call. Now I am trying to migrate that application to heroku however I am running into some trouble when trying to get abiword installed Following the approach on this website…
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Is it necessary to upgrade Glib in Cygwin?

I'm attempting to compile abiword in my Cygwin environment. I have cygwin 1.7.25. The compile fails regarding glib: libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/fribidi - I/usr/include/glib-2.0…
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Abiword on heroku

I am trying to install abiword on heroku, by wrapping it in a ruby gem. I statically compiled a 64 bit binary for abiword using the following commands $ ./configure --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes $ make I then take the abiword binary from…
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