Discover SoftMaker Office
Compare FreeOffice with SoftMaker Office, the commercial Office suite from SoftMaker that is compatible with Microsoft Office.
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SoftMaker Office
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SoftMaker Office Standard 2024
SoftMaker Office Professional 2024
Free
US$29.90
per year
or US$2.99 per month
US$49.90
per year
or US$4.99 per month
US$99.95
one-time
purchase
purchase
US$129.95
one-time
purchase
purchase
Available versions
32-bit Windows version
64-bit Windows version
64-bit Mac version
64-bit Linux version
License
Up to 3 computers (any combination of Windows, Mac and Linux)
Up to 5 computers (any combination of Windows, Mac and Linux) and 5 mobile devices with iOS or Android
Up to 5 computers (any combination of Windows, Mac and Linux) and 5 mobile devices with iOS or Android
Up to 5 computers (any combination of Windows, Mac and Linux)
Up to 5 computers (any combination of Windows, Mac and Linux)
User interface
Customizable ribbons
Document tabs as in a web browser
Dark UI theme
Full-screen mode
Language and research tools
Automatic hyphenation
Spell check via Hunspell dictionaries
Spell check via high-quality commercial dictionaries
Thesauri (synonym dictionaries)
Research in hundreds of professional dictionaries worldwide
Zotero support for academic documents
German spell check and grammar check with the integrated Duden Korrektor
Advanced style analysis for German texts
Automatic document translation using DeepL which retains all formatting **
ChatGPT's artificial intelligence writes texts for you, summarizes them intelligently and improves your texts.
File management
Built-in file manager
Version management that lets you revert to previous file versions
Advanced backup
Send files by e-mail
Document creation and design
Photo frames
Support for SVG images
AutoShape templates
Advanced curve editing
SmartText
Smart guides
Live preview of formatting changes
Rescale inserted pictures to a smaller file size
Scanning of images
TextMaker (word processor)
Open and save DOCX and DOC files
Open and save OpenDocument, RTF and HTML files
PDF export
PDF/A export
EPUB export for e-books
Embed fonts in documents
Track changes made to documents
Mail merge with dBASE, CSV, XLSX, PMDX and SQLite files
Print envelopes and labels from the database
Automatic fold marks for letters
Built-in style manager
Change the page background
Table styles
Sort text and tables
Convert tables to text
Convert text to tables
Insert whole documents
Cross references
Picture captions
Bibliographies, tables of figures
Interactive form objects
Charts
QR codes and barcodes
Outliner
Sidebar
Two customizable sidebars
Navigator in the sidebar
Search function in the sidebar
Page thumbnails in the sidebar
PlanMaker (spreadsheet)
Open and save XLSX and XLS files
Input validation
Create and modify cell styles
Transpose data
Sort and filter by colors
Distribute text to cells
Formula auditing ("detective")
Watch window for tracking changes made to the content of cells
Remove empty rows
Remove duplicate rows
Data consolidation
Scenarios
Interactive form objects
Tables in worksheets
Page break preview
Multiple real-time calculations in the status bar
Presentations (presentation graphics)
Open and save PPTX and PPT files
Embed fonts in presentations
Huge range of breathtaking OpenGL- and Metal-based animations
Huge range of breathtaking OpenGL- and Metal-based slide transitions
Export slide shows as video files
Export slide shows to HTML
Export portable slide shows in order to play them on any Windows PC
Create photo albums
Insert summary slides
Insert charts
Presenter view
Additional applications
BasicMaker for creating VBA-like macros
(Windows)
(Windows)
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(Windows)
Equation editor for mathematical formulas
(Windows)
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