PlanMaker 2008 for Windows Everybody has to calculate things every day: Check bank or tax statements, do budgeting or sales forecasts, create comprehensive financial models, compare mortgage offers for that great house you've set your sight on... PlanMaker 2008 for Windows, the efficient Microsoft Excel-compatible spreadsheet in SoftMaker Office 2008, does all of the above with ease. But PlanMaker does not stop there: It not only solves financial equations but also excels at higher maths, has a comprehensive set of statistics functions, works with complex numbers, and has a complete set of array functions.   Calculate. More than 330 calculation functions are built in. They cover date and time calculations, mathematics, statistics, financial maths, numeric conversions, and data analysis. But PlanMaker does not stop there: It not only solves financial equations, but also excels at higher math, has a comprehensive set of statistics functions, works with complex numbers, and offers a wide range of array functions. PlanMaker is not limited to two dimensions: Create up to 256 sheets per file and do three-dimensional calculations. You can easily reference cells in that vast amount of data by creating named ranges and then accessing these ranges by their name. Within worksheets, you can combine data into data ranges and analyze them through statistical functions. Furthermore, you can sort and transpose database ranges or select them by criteria via AutoFilter and special filter. Data grouping hides single values or intermediate results – similar to the outliner of a word processor – giving you a quick view of the results of your calculations.      Some outstanding PlanMaker features Can be installed on USB sticks The only spreadsheet that reads and writes every Excel chart with full fidelity All AutoShapes and TextArt 100% compatible with Microsoft Excel Many advanced features for number crunchers: array calculations, complex numbers support, advanced filtering, and more Syntax highlighting for quickly tracking down errors in your sheet Structure data with the built-in data outliner tool Create PDF files directly from the application Calculate with perpetual times, including negative times – ideal for time recording Menus and dialogs in 14 languages (switchable on-the-fly)   Visualize. AutoShapes, flowcharts, fills, gradients and much more Flowcharts and org charts made easy Click to enlarge Creating complex calculations is only one part of the equation. If you want to persuade your audience, you should make sure to create visually pleasing worksheets that help you state your point. PlanMaker has comprehensive formatting features: Cells can be shaded in many different styles and have any kind of borders. Multiple cells can be merged horizontally and vertically, and the contents of cells are easily rotated. Conditional formatting changes the layout of cells depending on their contents, and the AutoFormat command creates attractive layouts for your worksheets at the press of a key. Repeating format styles can be saved as stylesheets and later recalled through a simple menu choice. PlanMaker supports drawing right on the worksheet: A complete AutoShapes drawing module is built into PlanMaker, and our vast symbols library complements it. This means that you can not only create simple geometric shapes, but also intricate flowcharts and org charts – sticky connectors included! Freehand drawing is possible just as well: Create a sketch like in a graphics program. Also, every one of these shapes (be they shapes, drawings, or even text art) can be filled with colors, linear and radial gradients, bitmap patterns, etc.   Present.     Some sample charts Click to enlarge Charting turns numbers into pictures. Great charting convinces your audience. PlanMaker's charting engine helps you create great charts with ease. Choose from any of the 70 different types of 2D and 3D charts PlanMaker supports – in fact, any chart that can be displayed by Microsoft Excel can also be created, edited, and displayed by PlanMaker. Even stock chart types like bar or column charts can be spiffed up with color gradients, freely rotated in three-dimensional space, or adorned with background pictures or patterns. Pie charts support tearing out slices and combining slices and creating sub-charts from them. Surface, bubble, or pyramidal charts? PlanMaker is up to the task! Trend lines? No problem for PlanMaker!   Authentic Conversions of Microsoft Excel Files PlanMaker displays every Excel chart type Click to enlarge PlanMaker reads and writes Microsoft Excel files (Excel 5.0, 95, 97, 2000, XP, Excel 2003, and Excel for Apple Macintosh) with the highest fidelity, ensuring easy and safe file exchange with Microsoft Excel users. To ensure flawless data exchange with all Excel users, we have invested much development effort and time into our Excel filter. The result is a filter so accurate that you can even set PlanMaker's default saving format to "Microsoft Excel".     NEW: Macro programming with PlanMaker With the supplied scripting tool BasicMaker you can write macros for TextMaker and PlanMaker in VBA ("Visual Basic for Applications") style. This lets you automate recurring tasks and add new capabilities to the applications. You are not limited to using BasicMaker for automating SoftMaker Office: Create scripts in any programming language that supports OLE automation – for example, Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, C++, Perl, Python, or Java.   Features Easy data exchange Lossless document exchange with PlanMaker 2008 for Linux, Pocket PCs, and Windows CE Seamless document exchange with Microsoft Excel 5.0, 95, 97, 2000, Excel XP, and Excel 2003 as well as Microsoft Excel for Apple Macintosh Visual Basic macros in Excel worksheets are preserved. Read and write of password protected Excel files Import and export dBASE databases and other formats NEW: PlanMaker works as an OLE server and lets you insert its tables and charts in any other program. NEW: Create PDF files directly from PlanMaker NEW: Scale the printout so that it fits on "n" pages NEW: Print 2, 4, 8, or 16 pages on one sheet of paper Comprehensive calculations More than 330 calculation functions Supports complex numbers and array functions Up to 16384 rows, 256 columns and 256 worksheets per document Numbers can be formatted as currency, with fixed decimal places, thousands separators, as percentage values, as fractions, as dates and times, etc. Improved international currency support Perpetual time format (20:00 + 5:00 is not 1:00 but 25:00), negative times possible Goal seeker (solver) NEW: AutoSum, AutoProduct etc. automatically find the desired cell ranges Syntax highlighting Freeze rows and columns AutoFill with smart series recognition Named ranges Cell comments with arbitrary text formatting Quickly select cell ranges from dialogs Cell and sheet protection against accidental or deliberate modification etc. Read and write protection for documents, encryption    Creating and editing sheets NEW: QuickInfos when editing formulas Cell and character style sheets Transfer formatting with the format brush AutoFormat: Formatting with a mouse click Conditional formatting Cell rotation and merging Cell borders, shades, fill patterns Center across columns Input validation Create forms with input fields, checkboxes, drop-down lists etc. Footers and headers (separately for left/middle/right) Graphics and drawings Comprehensive drawing and graphic functions integrated: drawing directly in the work sheet Insert pictures in all common formats, freehand drawings, rectangles, circles etc. All drawings fully compatible with Microsoft Excel's AutoShapes Change brightness, contrast, and gamma of images directly inside PlanMaker Drawings can be filled with colors, patterns, bitmaps, and color gradients Arrange, flip, mirror objects "Sticky" connector lines between objects Comprehensive symbol library for flow charts and org charts Create font effects with the TextArt module Present and visualize Powerful charting module lets you create persuading charts 70 different chart types (2D and 3D) Import and export charts 1:1 from and to Microsoft Excel Free rotation and distortion of 3D charts Each chart element can be individually formatted with any kind of filling pattern, color, or gradient Apply any font type and style to each chart labeling    Data analysis Create database ranges within worksheets Data grouping (outliner) Sort and transpose Filter by condition, AutoFilter, Special filter Database functions for sum, average, variance etc. Extras Fully Unicode-enabled NEW: Fullscreen mode hides all menus and toolbars Spell-checking in 17 languages Hyphenation in 33 languages NEW: Scriptable with BasicMaker and any programming languages that support OLE Automation NEW: Menus and dialogs can be shown in 14 languages (switchable on-the-fly) Detailed English manual (590 pages in PDF format). Download Free support (by phone, postal mail, e-mail, web forum) System requirements Windows Vista, XP, or 2000   Order: Please click on one of the links below for ordering and eligibility information regarding software in SoftMaker's educational program:   Order license for teachers   Order license for students and pupils   Order site license for schools   Order site license for university chairs Back to overview