SoftMaker Office NX

The latest improvements

Overview of the new features

SoftMaker Office NX is under continuous development. As soon as new features are completed and tested, we make them available to you in the form of service packs.

Revision 1204, released 2023-09-07
- Dark documents in dark mode
- Let SmartChat address your readers formally or informally.
Revision 1202, released 2023-07-25
- In PlanMaker, the input line can now be enlarged to multiple rows.
- Conveniently fill cells in PlanMaker
- QR codes and barcodes now also in PlanMaker and Presentations
Revision 1200, released 2023-06-20

Revision 1200 was the initial release of SoftMaker Office NX.

2023-09-07: New features in revision 1204

Dark documents in dark mode

The latest revision of TextMaker offers a welcome improvement for all fans of the dark mode: Documents can now be displayed with a dark background as well, not only the user interface. This type of display is particularly easy on the eyes.

As soon as you switch to dark mode, the document background automatically becomes dark. Dark text colors appear brighter to make sure the text remains easy to read.

Drag the slider to compare the document display before and after.

If you prefer the previous bright document background in dark mode or if you want to quickly check how the document will print, simply click on the icon “Dark document” in the Quick access toolbar – it’s the icon highlighted in yellow in the adjacent screenshot.

Tip: If this icon is not shown in your Quick access toolbar, click the ">>" icon at the right end of the Quick access toolbar and add the icon “Dark document” using Add/remove buttons.

Let SmartChat address your readers formally or informally

SmartChat is a handy tool that writes texts for you automatically when you are in a creative slump. Whether it's a birthday card in a foreign language, a report for the club newsletter, a technical text for work or study, or even a fairy tale that inspires children: SmartChat delivers!

However, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian have different types of personal pronouns that depend on the desired formality. In French, it is “vous” vs. “tu”, in German “du” vs. “Sie”, etc. If ChatGPT chooses the wrong formality, you have to revise the text manually. This is not only tedious, but you are practically guaranteed to overlook at least one pronoun or to not adjust at least one verb form to match the pronoun.

This risk is a thing of the past. With its latest revision, TextMaker lets you select the desired formality in the function "Write a story". This works for German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian – all major languages that distinguish between formal and informal addressing.

Bug fixes in revision 1204

All programs

Improved speech output for reading documents aloud

TextMaker

Improved QR codes and barcodes
Tables of contents are now correctly exported to EPUB.

PlanMaker

Now even long texts can be pasted into PlanMaker via the clipboard.
In conditional formatting, the "Show only icons" setting is now always saved.

2023-07-25: New features in revision 1202

Multi-row input line in PlanMaker

The input line can now be enlarged, which makes editing long formulas easier. You can choose to show the input line as a single row or multiple rows, or have it automatically expand for long formulas.

Conveniently fill cells in PlanMaker

If you have a column with values and write a formula or a value to its right, you can now automatically fill the cells below by double-clicking on the lower right corner of the selection rectangle.

QR codes and barcodes now also in PlanMaker and Presentations

The QR code/barcode feature is now available in PlanMaker and Presentations too.

Bug fixes in revision 1202