AbiWord is billed as "word processing for everyone", and with versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux it pretty much has the whole computing gamut covered. As you might expert from a word processor that arrives in a mere 5MB download, there's no great sophistication here: its basic feature set is roughly comparable to Google Docs & Spreadsheets, but without any of the online service's grating delays or awkward interface. The streamlined feature set and large icons make it a great choice for the kids' computer, and it writes to virtually all the major document formats (including DOC, RTF and ODT), so compatibility won't be an issue. A DOCX converter is on the way.
