SoftMaker Office
New tools for SoftMaker Office
SoftMaker Office 2021 and NX have just been updated again. Besides bug fixes, the new revision 1030 adds new tools that make SoftMaker Office even more powerful.
Read here which new features you get for free with this revision.
If you haven't purchased SoftMaker Office yet, you can download the free trial version here.
Out with the old revision, in with the new!
We had to update SoftMaker Office 2021 because revision 1026 introduced a bug in our Linux and Mac versions that broke numbered lists. Note to self: Don't add fixes at the last minute ;-)
The good thing is that we not only corrected the broken fix, but also took the opportunity to add new features.
#1 TextMaker: The Search sidebar gets a memory
The first new feature will save you time when using the Search sidebar in TextMaker. From now on, you can recall your old searches.
This means that you don't have to type in frequently-used search terms again and again, but can select them from a list with just two mouse clicks – what a time saver!
Simply open the Search sidebar and click the dropdown button at the end of the "Search for" field. This opens a drop-down menu which lists recent search terms. Pick one, and all its occurrences in the document will be displayed.
#2 PlanMaker: CSV import accepts multiple separators
PlanMaker now comes with a more flexible import function for CSV files. From now on, it allows you to choose more than one separator for a CSV file. Yes, there are indeed CSV files that use more than one separator!
In the preview section, the dialog box shows you how the CSV file will be imported. Tip: click on a column header to change the field type, for example to number or text. Yes, this is not new, but too few users know about it.
#3 PlanMaker: CSV import now understands the "sep=" line
There really is no standard for CSV files. Fields may be delimited by commas, by the system-defined separator (a semicolon in many countries), by tabs or even by arbitrary other characters. Since it is hard for an import filter to determine the field separator reliably, some developers invented the convention of adding a sep= line at the beginning of CSV files that specifies the separator used in a certain CSV file. While we do not write such CSV files because this would confuse many other programs, PlanMaker now reads and uses this information when present in a CSV file.
Getting this update
If you use SoftMaker Office 2021 or NX in Windows, you receive revision 1030 automatically. On Linux and Mac, you can install it manually. Find instructions here.
We are interested in your feedback. Let us know your thoughts by posting a comment below.
Comments
Not because I need it, (I have MS Office Enterprise on windows) , but because I decided to stick to Fedora Linux,and because I wanted to support you guys .
Libreoffice is bloated and heavy, and it died on me, after messing with some opencl drivers. Softmaker Office works on and on, and its fast.
Thanks !
I am using FreeOffice in Linux since 2019 and I like the fact that the editor has good compatibility with .docx files and is lightweight compared with Libreoffice. Of course, in Linux it is more important than Windows to have a very good Office Suite as an alternative because Microsoft Office is not available (using Microsoft Office through Wine doesn't work very well).
In office you have either the Equation Editor or the option to use LaTeX notation in Word. In FreeOffice TextMaker you cannot use this, but it is not possible in the paid version in Linux, which has kept me from buying the Software. The web page says it works in the Windows version, but I found surprising because as I mentioned before if there are Operating Systems which need more a different Office Suite are all Linux-base Operating Systems. Without being an Expert, I am aware that AbiWord (which is simpler piece of Software and made for Linux) allows inserting LaTeX notation, which makes implementing this in Softmaker a realistic option, right?
Thanks for your attention and this great Software, I hope this can be done in the near future.
I use XLOOKUP to cross reference between workbooks quite often at work and there are also applications for this in my hobbies at home. Availability of the most versatile lookup function may be the determining factor in which suite of Office-like software I finally buy for my newest home computer.
Thanks,
M. Michael Ball
sketches and graphic illustrations..much like an
AutoCad programme with accompanying texy.
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how did you get dictation to work? It does not work on either of my Macs
1. Include in statistics - character count including spaces.
2. Autocorrect first word (after full stop) where capitals is not turned off.
Many thanks!
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please advise
Herb
Softmaker Offfice is the best most native Office for Linux.
I don'0t think I have ever seen this function in any program designed for Windows, but it was a feature of the one I used on my Compaq back in the 80's, and Oh! How I miss it! Any it could be resurrected? (and that was in the "bad old days" when my computer had no hard disk and my operating system was on a 3ˇdiskette, with an optional second diskette on which to save my work. I could get a whole translation onto a single diskette which would not contain even a 5-page document today - but none of the programs I have tried have the functionality of my second word processor with regard to dealing with accidental CAPS LOCK.
Unlike today's first correspondent, I still prefer SoftMaker. Thanks.
Sadly, competitive programs allow easy setup to 'dark mode' for GUI and documents and when in 'dark mode' no resetting is required to print normally.