SoftMaker Office is an

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which aims for compatibility with

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. It is available as a one-time purchase, as well as a subscription. A freeware version with a slightly reduced feature set is released under the name ''SoftMaker FreeOffice''. It is developed since 1987 by the

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company SoftMaker Software.

Components

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TextMaker TextMaker is a word processor, which aims at utmost computer compatibility, compatibility with Microsoft Word, its default document format is .docx. It is sold as part of the SoftMaker Office, SoftMaker office suite. Some reduced versions of Te ...

(

word processor A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word ...

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PlanMaker PlanMaker is a spreadsheet, spreadsheet program that is part of the SoftMaker Office, SoftMaker Office suite. It is available on Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux and Android (operating system), Android and iOS. PlanMaker is largely similar to Mi ...

(

spreadsheet A spreadsheet is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets were developed as computerized analogs of paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data entered in c ...

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( presentation graphics) File:BasicMaker.png, BasicMaker
( VBA-like macros,

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only) The versions ''Professional'' (purchase) and ''NX Universal'' (subscription) include: * Support for Windows

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export, * Zotero integration * Text summary and enhancement with

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(only subscription) * Translations of whole documents with DeepL (only subscription)

Functionality

SoftMaker Office has similar functionality to other office suites such as

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, and can also run from

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. Multi-language spell-checking, hyphenation and

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is supported, and it has an integrated translation-dictionary for English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. For German the

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spell and grammar checker and dictionaries are included in the Professional version. It can read and write file formats of Microsoft Office,

OpenDocument The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, standardized as ISO 26300, is an open file format for word processor, word processing documents, spreadsheets, Presentation program, presentations and ...

(word processor only), RTF and

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. Support for the OpenDocument spreadsheet (ODS) format was added in the Anniversary update released for SoftMaker Office 2018. It can export to

PDF Portable document format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe Inc., Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, computer hardware, ...

and

. The

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utilized Ribbons similar to Microsoft Office, and there is an option to use old-school menus instead. A

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is available. Documents can be opened as tabs in a single window, to allow easy switching between multiple documents. SoftMaker Office is also available for Android and iOS for both smartphones and tablets. It includes TextMaker, PlanMaker, and Presentations. These apps offer the full feature set of a desktop office suite with word processing, spreadsheets and presentation graphics on mobile devices.

FlexiPDF

The PDF editor FlexiPDF was first released in 2016. It has been described as a "text virtuoso" in the German press. Other functions include: * Creation of PDF forms * Text recognition for scanned pages *

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generation for archiving * Cryptographic PDF signing * Comparison of two PDF files * Translation of entire pages with DeepL while retaining the layout

Fonts

SoftMaker offers collections of TrueType fonts, web fonts and OpenType PS fonts. It is also licensing them for redistribution with other software.

References

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