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SoftMaker Office
Original author(s)SoftMaker
Initial release1994; 28 years ago (1994)[1][2]
Stable release
2021 rev 1046[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 7 April 2022
Operating systemWindows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later, Linux, Android 5.0 or later
Previously: Pocket PCs, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Qtopia[4]
LicenseProprietary (commercial)
Websitewww.softmaker.com
SoftMaker FreeOffice
Original author(s)SoftMaker
Initial release1994; 28 years ago (1994)[1][2]
Stable release
2021 rev 1042[5] Edit this on Wikidata / 17 December 2021
Operating systemWindows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later, Linux, Android 5.0 or later[4]
LicenseProprietary (freeware/registerware)
Websitewww.freeoffice.com

SoftMaker Office is an office suite developed since 1987 by the German company SoftMaker Software GmbH based in Nuremberg.[4]

A freeware version is released as well, under the name of SoftMaker FreeOffice.[6][7][8]

Components

SoftMaker Office includes:

SoftMaker Office Professional and SoftMaker Office NX Universal additionally include:

Functionality

SoftMaker Office has similar functionality to other office suites such as Microsoft Office or LibreOffice, and can also run from USB flash drives and supports integrated reference works. Multi-language spell-checking, hyphenation and thesaurus is supported, and it has an integrated five-language translation dictionary (English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish).

It has its own native formats, and can read and write file formats of Microsoft Office,[9] OpenDocument format (word processor only[9]), RTF and HTML. Support for the OpenDocument spreadsheet (ODS) format was added in the Anniversary update released for SoftMaker Office 2018.[10] It can export to PDF and EPUB.

The user interface is similar to the Ribbon utilized in Microsoft Office 2007 and later, and there is an option to use menus and toolbars instead of the Ribbon. A dark mode is available. Documents can be opened as tabs in a single window, to allow easy switching between multiple documents.

Android version

SoftMaker Office is also available for Android 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Andy Updegrove (5 July 2006). "The Emerging ODF Environment, Part IV: Spotlight on SoftMaker Office 2006". Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Infos zu PlanMaker 97". 3 June 1997. Archived from the original on 3 June 1997. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  3. ^ https://www.softmaker.com/en/servicepacks-office-changelog.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Lindner, Mirko (15 November 2012). "SoftMaker Office 2012" (in German). Pro-Linux.de. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Service packs for FreeOffice for Windws, Mac and Linux". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
  6. ^ "SoftMaker Office 2008 now available for free". 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  7. ^ "SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows". 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Register SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows". Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  9. ^ a b Brors, Dieter (2018). "Das Linux-Office-Duell". c't (in German). No. 14. Heise Magazine. p. 110. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  10. ^ "SoftMaker Office 2018 – Anniversary Update". softmaker.com. SoftMaker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

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