This problem has been discussed at length in Bugzilla and on the abiword-dev
mailing list:
http://www.abisource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=425
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/99/May/0267.html
I suspect the answer is "yes", but since the bug hasn't been closed yet, I'm
not sure. Shaw could probably give you a better answer.
Paul