SoftMaker Office 2018 for
Windows, Mac and Linux
List of changes
2020-03-16: Revision 976
| TextMaker | ||
| 43416 | When objects were placed on a fixed page and the document was saved as TMDX, multiple pages could be added to the document. | |
2020-02-07: Revision 974
| All programs | ||
| 40354 | Mac | Better keyboard handling: With Caps Lock active, pressing a key should now always produce the expected character. |
| 41734 41754 | Mac | Sending documents by e-mail now works more reliably. |
| TextMaker | ||
| 40139 | Mac | Sometimes, the Berlitz dictionaries were not offered. |
| 42004 | In rare circumstances, text frames in old documents were no longer shown. | |
| 41794 | Updating a table of contents now marks the document as "changed". | |
| 42003 | In the database window, searching with the "All fields" option works again. | |
| 41752 | Using the STRING function in a calculation with a negative repeat count no longer causes a crash. | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 29988 | Feature: The WEEKNUM function now accepts calendar types 11 to 17 and 21. | |
| 40167 | Entering a date in U.S. format (mm/dd/yyyy) no longer converts it to dd/mm/yyyy. | |
| 42537 | A certain .pmdx file created by PlanMaker HD crashed PlanMaker. | |
| 42559 | The AutoFilter works again with negative numbers. | |
| 42560 | Mac, Linux | Sometimes, checkboxes could not be displayed in worksheets. |
| Presentations | ||
| 42437 | If Presentations discovers broken OpenGL support in the operating system, it will restart with OpenGL disabled. | |
| BasicMaker | ||
| 42674 | Retrieving document statistics from TextMaker using BuiltInDocumentProperties now can return values above 65535. | |
| 41177 | The NOW function now works in the 64-bit version too. | |
2019-10-28: Revision 972
| All programs | ||
| 38954 41497 | Mac | SoftMaker Office is now notarized. It can be started in macOS 10.15 Catalina without creating an exception in Gatekeeper. |
| 38146 41504 | Mac, Linux | Feature: SoftMaker Office now scans for fonts not only in the system font folders, but also in their subfolders. |
| TextMaker | ||
| 41386 | In some situations, German text was hyphenated before Duden Korrektor was initialized. This could lead to wrong hyphen placements. | |
| 41542 | In specific situations, the fractional part of numeric fields in databases was suppressed in the document. | |
| 41610 41096 41338 41289 41131 | Deleting a table could crash TextMaker. | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 41550 | Activating sheet protection could freeze PlanMaker. | |
| Presentations | ||
| 40757 40487 | Copying tables between presentations could crash Presentations. | |
2019-08-27: Revision 970
| All programs | ||
| 40604 | Windows | When one of the SoftMaker Office applications is started via OLE Automation, messages from the update checker are suppressed so that scripts can run without interruption. |
| TextMaker | ||
| 40752 40774 | Opening a DBF database which contains deleted records could crash TextMaker. | |
| 40798 | Pasting web pages from a web browser now also pastes the images again. | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 40662 40735 40479 40761 | Improvements to pivot tables | |
2019-08-14: Revision 968
| All programs | ||
| 38447 40391 | Windows | When the taskbar was not in its default position at the bottom, SoftMaker Office did not always restore its window position after a restart. |
| 40507 | Linux | On some printers, printing no longer worked via PDF because they could not handle WinAnsiEncoding which was used in our PDF files. |
| TextMaker | ||
| 40324 40238 40424 40474 40424 | Improved RTF import filter | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 40357 | Cells with Chinese characters became unreadable when being edited in-place. | |
2019-07-05: Revision 966
| TextMaker | ||
| 40335 | Merging table cells could causes crashes in TextMaker. | |
| 40329 | Editing table cells in headers works again now. | |
| 40282 | Mac | Feature: Paragraphs can now be promoted and demoted with the key combinations Shift+Ctrl+Left and Shift+Ctrl+Right. |
| 33109 40327 | Improved RTF import filter | |
2019-07-01: Revision 965
| All programs | ||
| 37459 | Mac, Linux | Feature: SoftMaker Office now supports TrueType Collections (TTC fonts) in macOS and Linux, too. |
| 39986 | Mac | Feature: The IME for Chinese, Japanese and Korean now lets you cycle through text alternatives with the Space key. |
| 39905 | Mac | Feature: Improved keyboard handling: Alt+Cursor and Alt+Shift+Cursor move the caret word by word. |
| 37331 | Windows | Dragon NaturallySpeaking now works with SoftMaker Office when running in ribbon mode. |
| 39933 | Icons in user-defined ribbon tabs now keep their label. | |
| 39947 | When a firewall or anti-virus software blocks access to our licensing server, there is now a clear error message. | |
| 39474 39736 | Resizing the program window no longer causes screen flickering in macOS 10.14.2 and higher. | |
| TextMaker | ||
| 38858 | Feature: New version of Duden Korrektor with improved German spell checking and grammar checking. | |
| 39838 | Feature: User fields such as name and address are now preserved in DOCX format. | |
| 39768 | Improved automatic capitalization: When a paragraph ends with a comma ("Dear Sir,"), the first character in the next paragraph is no longer automatically changed to uppercase. | |
| 39918 | RTF import now works better with broken RTF files from other applications. | |
| 39887 | Tabs work again as separators in text files used for mail merges. | |
| 39926 | The RTF import no longer converts straight quotes to curly quotes. | |
| 39989 | Duplicating records in the database window works again. | |
| 39849 | New rows appended to tables now inherit the formatting from the row above. | |
| 40033 | The ODT import filter now imports hyphenation settings from ODT files. | |
| 40108 | The RTF export function now saves paper-tray settings. | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 39980 | In some instances, sorting tables included the header row. | |
| 39974 | The Kina of Papua New Guinea has been added as a currency. | |
| 39984 | Cells with dates are now displayed correctly in the Pivot table field list in the sidebar. | |
| BasicMaker | ||
| 39901 | Windows | The string functions MID, LEFT, RIGHT and SPACE now work correctly in the 64-bit version. |
| 40234 | Windows | The status bar of the BasicMaker editor now shows the correct column number in lines with tabs. |
2019-04-18: Revision 962
| All programs | ||
| 39736 | Mac | Reduced screen flickering with macOS 10.14.4 |
| 39758 | Windows | When a service pack installation was interrupted because Windows decided to reboot to install some system updates, an incomplete SoftMaker Office installation remained which could not even be repaired by running the service pack installer again. |
| TextMaker | ||
| 39804 | In some cases, purging a database could cause a program crash. | |
| 39775 | The database viewer that appears when you choose a document template with an attached database now remembers again if you last used list or form view. | |
| 39769 | When you choose a document template with an attached DBF database, the character set for the database is now chosen again correctly. | |
| 39808 | When you use a DBF database with DOS character set, it is now opened with code page 850 instead of 437, allowing use of accented characters of most Western European languages. | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 39786 | Changing what the AutoFilter displays now updates the online calculation in the status bar. | |
| – | Several improvements to the ODS import filter | |
| BasicMaker | ||
| 39778 | A BasicMaker script can now read cell content from PlanMaker even if the cell is protected. | |
2019-04-10: Revision 960 (Anniversary Update)
| All programs | ||
| 39006 | Feature: TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations are now compatible with the file formats of Word 2019, Excel 2019 and PowerPoint 2019. | |
| 38428 | Windows | Feature: You can now scan pages and images using WIA, not only TWAIN. This lets SoftMaker Office work with more scanners, and scanning now also works in the 64-bit version. |
| 11356 | Windows | Feature: With a WIA scanner driver, you can now scan multiple pages in one step. In TextMaker, individual pages are created. In PlanMaker, the images are placed one over the other. In Presentations, individual slides are created. |
| 37997 | Feature: The format brush can now be used with the keyboard: Select text, press Ctrl+Shift+C to copy the formatting, select the destination and press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste the formatting. | |
| 36480 36524 36455 38263 19265 38932 | Feature: With classic menus, TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations now offer new toolbars with a more logical arrangement. | |
| 39478 | Feature: The dropdown element Insert | Character has been updated to offer additional typographic characters. | |
| 38694 | Feature: New command ? | Support to send customer inquiries directly from SoftMaker Office | |
| 39053 38694 | Feature: You no longer need an e-mail program to send crash reports because SoftMaker Office now sends them directly. | |
| 19374 | Feature: For better compatibility with Microsoft Office, you can apply negative cropping to pictures. | |
| 38852 | Mac | Feature: You can now drag photos from the Apple Photos application into TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations documents. |
| 38680 38694 38840 | Feature: You can now switch between ribbon tabs using the key combinations Ctrl+F12 and Ctrl+Shift+F12. | |
| 20366 | Windows | Feature: You can now enter any Unicode character with the key combination Alt+nnnn key. For example, press Alt+8364 to enter the Euro sign. |
| – | Feature: Many user-interface translations have been updated, and a Polish user interface is now available for the first time. | |
| 30336 38935 | Feature: French typographic rules supported: With French text, quotation marks, question marks, exclamation points, colons and semicolons are now automatically padded with non-breaking spaces. | |
| 38016 | Mac | Feature: You can now enter Chinese, Japanese and Korean text because SoftMaker Office now supports the Mac IME. |
| 39081 | Mac, Linux | Feature: To ensure that all users on a computer can start SoftMaker Office without having to enter the product key again, the license file is now preferred to be stored in /Library/Application support/SoftMaker (macOS) and /etc/SoftMaker (Linux). |
| 26135 | Feature: In the Print dialog box, the list of printers is now sorted alphabetically. | |
| TextMaker | ||
| – | Feature: New database module with new features such as viewing CSV files | |
| 38858 | Feature: Duden Korrektor has been updated to version 3.4 which offers improved grammar and spell checking for German. | |
| 15705 | Feature: You can now print selected text. | |
| 36305 | Feature: You can now save charts as image files. | |
| 38392 | Feature: Text frames and AutoShapes are no longer inserted immediately. Instead, a mouse cursor appears that lets you size the new object before it is created. This new default behavior can be changed in File | Options. | |
| 38377 | Feature: The command View | Set zoom now offers an additional zooming option, "Fit text to window". | |
| 23583 | Feature: Clicking on the language name in the status bar lets you now change the language of the selected text. | |
| 38890 | Feature: You can now edit fields and calculations by double-clicking on them. | |
| 38743 | Feature: New option Skip numbering in numbering lists | |
| 32926 | Feature: Using the triangle icon in the bottom right of the Changes and Comments groups of the ribbon tab Review, you can now quickly change settings for tracked changes and comments. | |
| 36097 | Feature: Two new field functions have been added to Insert | Field: "Page count in chapter" and "Actual page count in chapter" | |
| 8817 | Feature: In File | Properties | Compatibility, the compatibility flags can now be quickly set to specific word processing programs. | |
| 36540 | Feature: Table styles are now fully saved in DOCX and TMDX formats. | |
| 36755 34338 | Feature: Better smart quotes in German: a single apostrophe at the start of a word is turned into a single quotation mark at the bottom. | |
| 38896 | Feature: French: an apostrophe inside a word is no longer converted to a › sign. | |
| 38790 | Feature: To open a hyperlink, use Ctrl+click now instead of a simple click. If you let the mouse hover over a hyperlink, a tooltip gives the URL. | |
| PlanMaker | ||
| 16847 36044 | Feature: PlanMaker now supports the option Precision as displayed which continues calculations with the visible precision of cells. If cell A1 contains 3.3 but is only shown with two digits (3.33), then 3*A1 will be 9.99 and not 10. | |
| 25467 | Feature: New command Insert copied cells that moves existing cells or rows down or to the right to make room for the pasted content | |
| 37212 37213 38606 38651 | Feature: Improved AutoFilter function: hierarchical grouping of dates, more options for the Numbers filter, new Date and Text filters | |
| 26408 | Feature: Experimental import filter for OpenDocument Calc files | |
| 27598 37928 | Feature: Nearly 50 calculation functions added, mainly in statistics | |
| 35000 | Feature: You can now search for line breaks in the Search dialog box. | |
| 38289 | For negative base numbers, the precedence of the power operator ^ over the sign operator now works like in Excel. | |
| – | Feature: Updated manuals and help files that describe pivot tables and the new calculation functions | |
| Presentations | ||
| 36305 | Feature: You can now save charts as image files. | |
| 18979 | Feature: You can now format text in multiple columns. | |
| BasicMaker | ||
| 37342 | Windows | Feature: BasicMaker scripts can now also be run with the 64-bit version of SoftMaker Office. |