A free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word.  AbiWord is able to read and write a variety of standard document types including OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Rich Text Format, HTML and more.  Available in many different languages, AbiWord supports the common word processing functions: tables, bullets, lists, images, footnotes, styles, mail merge, etc.  There are also a variety of plugins available to extend the functionality of AbiWord.  A tour of the program, screenshots, user documentation and more information is available at the AbiWord web site.