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SoftMaker – About us
Since 1987, the year when the company was founded, SoftMaker has been
developing office software: word processing, spreadsheet, and
database applications. The "flagship" product SoftMaker
Office is available for a wide range of operating systems: Windows,
Linux, FreeBSD, Pocket PCs, Windows CE, and Windows CE.
The prominent features of the software from SoftMaker are:
intuitivity and ease of use, extremely high compatibility with the
Microsoft Office file formats, and the sheer speed of the software
– this, together with attractive pricing, is an unbeatable combination.
High-quality computer typefaces are the second pillar of SoftMaker's
business. With the product lines MegaFont XXL and infiniType, home
users and professional designers alike have affordable access to a
first-class typeface collection.
Since its foundation, the SoftMaker Software GmbH has remained an
independent company. Currently 17 employees are working at
SoftMaker's Nürnberg offices. They are helped by 20 freelancers
around the world.
Company history
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Summer 1987: |
SoftMaker founded by Martin Kotulla as a private company. |
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Fall 1987: |
SoftMaker launches TextMaker 1.0, a word processor for MS-DOS. |
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January 1989: |
SoftMaker incorporates as "SoftMaker Software GmbH". |
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March 1989: |
TextMaker 2.0 for DOS is launched. |
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September 1991: |
TypeMaker 1.0 is released, SoftMaker's first font collection
bundled together with font-scaling software that enables DOS word
processors to render high-quality fonts. |
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April 1994: |
TextMaker for Windows is born.
The product portfolio has been extended by the spreadsheet PlanMaker
and the database DataMaker. Furthermore, SoftMaker Office
for Windows is published for the first time. |
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March 1997 |
Release of TextMaker 97 for Windows |
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April 1999: |
SoftMaker launches MegaFont Euro Edition. |
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August 1999: |
infiniType 1.0, SoftMaker's premium-font collection for
designers and publishers, hits the market. |
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August 2002: |
TextMaker 2002 for Windows |
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January 2003: |
TextMaker is now also available for Pocket PCs and Windows CE. |
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May 2003: |
The first software (TextMaker) for Linux is released. |
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June 2004: |
PlanMaker 2004 for Windows made available. |
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December 2005: |
TextMaker 2006 for Windows is launched in 10 languages. |
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February 2006: |
infiniType 3, the font collection for professional designers
for PC and Mac with 9.999 fonts, is available. |
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May 2006: |
MegaFont XXL 2.0, the font collection with 12.222 TrueType
fonts for home users, is released. |
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August 2006: |
SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows is launched. |
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November 2006: |
SoftMaker Office 2006 for Pocket PCs is launched. |
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December 2006: |
SoftMaker Office 2006 for Linux is launched. |
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February 2007: |
SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows CE is launched. |
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December 2007: |
SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows is available, for the first
time with SoftMaker Presentations 2008, the new
PowerPoint-compatible presentation program, and the VBA-compatible
macro language BasicMaker 2008. |
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May 2008: |
SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PCs is released. |
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