I can confirm that this does not occur in the newest upstream Abiword release.
The past two releases seem to be bugfix releases, and should be appropriate for Lucid. See their changelogs here: AbiWord v2.8.3 Changelog - www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.8.3.phtml AbiWord v2.8.4 Changelog - www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.8.4.phtml The package can be found in this PPA for testing: https://edge.launchpad.net/~andrewsomething/+archive/experimental Build log: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44488830/buildlog_ubuntu- lucid-i386.abiword_2.8.4-0ubuntu1_FULLYBUILT.txt.gz Attaching debdiff, and diff.gz. Subscribing Release Team for approval. -- Abiword 2.8.1 freezes with document lost when help is clicked or F1 is pressed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs