General

• SoftMaker Office uses the Microsoft Office formats DOCX, XLSX and PPTX natively, obviating the need to convert documents for colleagues or business partners.
• Create PDF files directly out of every application
• NEW: Create archival PDFs in PDF/A format for long-term preservation of documents
• 32-bit and 64-bit versions in the same package
• NEW: Enhanced version management that keeps a freely selectable number of manually and automatically saved versions of each file and enables you to revert to any previous version
• NEW: Powerful research function: Select terms in your document and look them up in a large variety of online dictionaries and encyclopedias.
• Can be installed to a USB flash drive so that it can be used on any PC without installation.
• NEW: The new license lets you use SoftMaker Office 2021 on up to five computers running any combination of Windows, macOS or Linux.
• Free customer support

User interface

• You can use SoftMaker Office either with modern ribbons or with classic menus and toolbars.
• Ribbons are customizable.
• Quick access toolbar for frequently used commands
• Switch to dark mode to reduce eyestrain
• Touchscreen mode with larger icons and wider spacing
• Support for high-resolution 4K screens
• Open documents either in tabs or in separate windows – just like in a web browser
• Drag document tabs to the desktop to "undock" them to a separate window, or drag them to the tab bar to convert them to a document tab again.
• Rearrange document tabs using drag & drop
• Pin documents and templates in the file and template history for quick access to often-needed files
• NEW: The New document dialog box offers previews of document templates.
• NEW: The improved user interface for object sizing enables you to arrange pictures, drawings, text frames and other objects more conveniently.

Files and printing

• Documents can be exchanged losslessly between any version of TextMaker on any operating system.
• Open and save DOCX and DOC files from Microsoft Word 6.0 to 2021 and Word 365 faithfully to the original, including password-protected files
• Open and save OpenDocument files (compatible with OpenOffice and LibreOffice)
• Open and save documents in RTF, HTML, Pocket Word and plain-text files
• Open WordPerfect documents (.wpd) [Windows]
• Assistant for importing and exporting text files
• Create PDF files and PDF forms directly in TextMaker
• NEW: Create archival PDFs in PDF/A format for long-term preservation of documents
• Tagged PDFs and bookmarks in PDF files
• Export to the e-book format EPUB [SoftMaker Office Professional and NX Universal]
• Print 2, 4, 8 or 16 pages on one sheet of paper [Windows]
• Send documents in a freely selectable format (e.g. DOCX, DOC or PDF) by e-mail

Editing and formatting

• NEW: Create attractive documents based on the new document templates
• Insert fields, such as date/time, page number, author, consecutive numbers, etc.
• SmartText: for example, type "asap" and "as soon as possible" appears immediately
• Real-time word and keystroke counter in the status bar
• Calculation in both the text and tables
• Borders, shading, fill patterns, drop caps, paragraph control
• NEW: Automatically add fold marks to your pages to make sure you fold them right for an envelope.
• Hidden and protected text
• Paragraph and character styles
• Real-time preview of formatting changes
• Stylesheet manager: Manage styles and transfer them between documents
• Transfer formatting with the format painter
• Automatic numbering of lines, paragraphs, lists and headings
• Real master pages, not just simple headers and footers

Pictures and drawings

• Comprehensive drawing and picture functions: Draw and design directly in your document with Word-compatible AutoShapes
• NEW: Convert AutoShapes to curves
• NEW: Create sophisticated designs by combining multiple AutoShapes into one
• Insert images in a range of file formats
• NEW: Design attractive documents using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
• Powerful graphics functions such as mirror effects, soft shadows and transparencies
• Images can be cropped directly in the document.
• Change brightness, contrast and gamma of images directly in TextMaker
• Fill drawings with colors, patterns, images and gradients
• Photo frames
• Contour wrap
• Connector lines between objects
• Large symbols library for flowcharts and org charts
• TextArt feature for type effects
• Insert more than 80 different types of charts, e.g. bar charts, histograms and pie charts
• Use smart guides for fast and precise alignment of objects with one another.

Tables

• Complex, as well as nested and multi-page tables
• Cells can be merged, split and rotated.
• Repeating rows (headings are automatically repeated at the top of each new page)
• Sort text and tables
• Table styles

Language tools

• Spellcheck in 20 languages, synonyms in ten languages and automatic hyphenation in 35 languages
• You can add any Hunspell dictionary.
• Automatic spell-check: Incorrectly written words are underlined in red
• NEW: Improved automatic hyphenation
• NEW: For German spell checking and grammar checking, the most current version of Duden Korrektor is included. [SoftMaker Office Professional and NX Universal]
• NEW: Text-style analysis lets you write better German texts. [SoftMaker Office NX Universal]

Functions for complex documents

• NEW: Integrates directly with the citation and reference management software Zotero, making the creation of academic documents easier than ever.
• Outline view for structuring documents
• NEW: Two customizable sidebars
• NEW: Sidebar search for conveniently browsing search results
• NEW: Page thumbnails in the sidebar allow for better navigation in large documents.
• Track changes tracks all changes made to documents and enables you to accept/reject them later.
• Comments are shown as balloons in the right-hand margin of your pages
• Cross references, footnotes, endnotes, indices, tables of contents, bibliographies
• NEW: Use footnotes and endnotes in the same document
• NEW: Use endnotes that span multiple pages
• NEW: Improved cross references to headings
• NEW: Clickable entries in the table of contents
• Image captions and tables of figures
• Create and fill forms with input fields, checkboxes, dropdown lists, calculations, etc.

Extras

• Fully Unicode-enabled
• Extended support for Asian fonts and Arabic
• TextMaker is an OLE server and can insert its documents in any other program. [Windows]
• Integrated equation editor [Windows]
• You can zoom and scroll with your fingers on touchscreens.
• Macro programming with BasicMaker and other programming languages [Windows]
• Easy mail merge
• NEW: Use SQLite, XLSX, PMDX, dBASE and CSV files for mail merges
• NEW: Built-in database module for SQLite, XLSX, PMDX, dBASE and CSV files
• Change the structure of databases
• NEW: Convert existing dBASE databases to SQLite
• Import the Thunderbird address book
• Insert individual addresses in letterheads
• Create and print labels from the database

Files and printing

• Worksheets can be losslessly exchanged between any version of PlanMaker on any operating system.
• Open and save XLSX and XLS from Microsoft Excel 5.0 to 2021 and Excel 365 faithfully to the original, including password-protected files
• Import and export assistant for text files and dBASE databases
• Create PDF files directly in PlanMaker
• NEW: Create archival PDFs in PDF/A format for long-term preservation of documents
• PDFs with tags and bookmarks
• Scale the printout so that it fits on a specified number of pages (five different scaling methods)
• Print 2, 4, 8 or 16 pages on one sheet of paper [Windows]
• NEW: Page break preview to prepare worksheets for printing
• Send worksheets in a freely selectable format (e.g. XLSX, XLS or PDF) by e-mail

Comprehensive calculation capabilities

• NEW: More than 430 calculation functions
• Worksheets with 1 million rows and 16,384 columns
• Calculation with complex numbers and array functions
• Numbers can be formatted as currency units, with fixed decimal places and thousands separators, as percentages or fractions, as dates and times, etc.
• Perpetual time format (20:00 + 5:00 is 25:00 and not 1:00) which also allows negative times
• AutoSum, AutoProduct, etc.
• AutoFill: intelligent filling of cell areas with values and rows of values
• External references (calculations that access data in other files)
• NEW: Real-time calculation in the status bar, now displaying multiple values

Editing worksheets

• Freeze rows and columns
• Cell comments
• Syntax highlighting
• Formula auditing helps to troubleshoot worksheets
• Input validation (data validation)
• AutoComplete for cells
• Select and format multiple worksheets simultaneously
• Sheet, workbook and document protection with encryption

Analyzing data

• With pivot tables, you can display data in a targeted manner according to your individual specifications, summarize it, sort it into categories, compare and evaluate it.
• NEW: Group items in pivot tables
• Goal seeker
• Scenarios
• Create database ranges within worksheets
• Data grouping (outline view)
• Sort by up to 64 columns
• Transpose cell ranges
• AutoFilter and special filters
• Database functions for totals, averages, variance, etc.
• Tables – designated areas of the worksheet that can be quickly formatted, modified and analyzed

Creating attractive worksheets

• Cell styles like in Microsoft Excel 2021
• Conditional formatting like in Microsoft Excel 2021
• Transfer formatting with the format painter
• Borders, shading and fill patterns
• Real-time preview of formatting changes
• Rotate and merge cells
• Center across columns
• Create and complete forms with input fields, checkboxes, dropdown lists etc.
• Headers and footers (split into left, center and right sections)
• Colored tabs for worksheets
• Set the size of the tabs in the worksheet register

Pictures and drawings

• Comprehensive drawing and picture functions: Draw and design directly in the worksheet with Excel-compatible AutoShapes
• NEW: Convert AutoShapes to curves
• NEW: Create sophisticated designs by combining multiple AutoShapes into one
• Insert images in a range of file formats
• NEW: Design attractive documents using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
• Powerful graphics functions such as mirror effects, soft shadows and transparencies
• Images can be cropped directly in the document.
• Change brightness, contrast and gamma of images directly in PlanMaker
• Fill drawings with colors, patterns, images and gradients
• Photo frames
• Connector lines between objects
• Large symbol library for flowcharts and organizational charts
• TextArt feature for font effects
• Use smart guides for fast and precise alignment of objects with one another.

Presenting and visualizing data

• Powerful Excel-compatible chart module for impressive charts
• Insert more than 80 different types of charts, for example, bar charts, histograms and pie charts
• Each chart element can be individually formatted with any fill pattern or color gradient.
• Impressive effects on charts: soft shadows, beveled edges, transparencies, lighting sources, etc.
• Charts can be rotated in 3D space.

Extras

• Fully Unicode-enabled, including Arabic
• PlanMaker is an OLE server and can insert its worksheets and charts in any other program. [Windows]
• You can zoom and scroll with your fingers on touchscreens.

• Macro programming with BasicMaker and other programming languages [Windows]
• Spell checking in 20 and hyphenation in 35 languages
• NEW: Improved automatic hyphenation with better results
• You can add any Hunspell dictionary.

Files and printing

• Presentations can be losslessly exchanged between any version of SoftMaker Presentations on any operating system.
• Open and save PPTX and PPT files from Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2021 and PowerPoint 365 faithfully, including password-protected files
• Font embedding ensures that PowerPoint files can be passed on without any problems.
• Create PDF files directly in Presentations with your choice of slides, outlines, handouts and notes
• NEW: Create archival PDFs in PDF/A format for long-term preservation of documents
• PDFs with tags and bookmarks
• Export entire presentations as graphic files or HTML web pages
• Export entire presentations as video files [Windows, Mac]
• NEW: Create portable slide shows that can be played back on any Windows computer – even if there's no presentation graphics program installed.
• Send presentations in a freely selectable format (e.g. PPTX, PPT or PDF) by e-mail

Design

• Numerous attractive design templates do the design work for you.
• Each template comes with an array of matching color schemes
• Design your own color schemes and switch between them at the touch of a button
• Slide layouts for flexible slide design
• Universal placeholders that can be filled with text, pictures, tables, videos or sounds
• Sophisticated slide master concept (compatible with PowerPoint 2007-2021)
• Real-time preview of formatting changes
• Numerous picture bullets included

Pictures and drawings

• Comprehensive drawing and picture functions: Draw and design directly in your document with PowerPoint-compatible AutoShapes
• NEW: Convert AutoShapes to curves
• NEW: Create sophisticated designs by combining multiple AutoShapes into one
• Insert images in a range of file formats
• NEW: Design attractive documents using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
• Powerful graphics functions such as mirror effects, soft shadows and transparencies
• Images can be cropped directly in the document.
• Change brightness, contrast and gamma of pictures directly in FreeOffice Presentations
• Fill drawings with colors, patterns, pictures and gradients
• Photo frames
• Connector lines between objects
• Large symbol library for flowcharts and organizational charts
• TextArt feature for font effects
• Insert more than 80 different types of charts, e.g. bar charts, histograms and pie charts
• Use smart guides for the fast, precise alignment of objects with one another.

Multimedia

• Easily insert and play movie and sound files [Windows, Mac]
• Automatic or action-triggered playing (click or mouse-over) of multimedia files [Windows, Mac]
• Play sounds across slides [Windows, Mac]
• Insert image collections
• NEW: Media ribbon tab to manage movie or sound objects

Animations and slide transitions

• Hundreds of different object and text animations available
• Ready-made animation schemes for animating entire presentations at once
• Numerous breathtaking animations and slide transitions based on OpenGL
• NEW: Transitions from current versions of Microsoft PowerPoint added
• NEW: Many transitions are now seamlessly compatible to Microsoft PowerPoint.

Flexible presentation

• Both user-controlled and automatic presentations without a speaker (kiosk mode)
• Interactively present slide shows with a virtual pen and highlighter
• Presenter view – the slide show runs on one monitor or projector for the audience, and the second monitor offers tools for the presenter.
• Notes as a memory aid for the speaker
• Handouts for the audience
• Full-screen view

Managing and outlining

• Outliner (outline view)
• Integrated slide sorter for managing and reordering the slides

Extras

• Fully Unicode-enabled, including Arabic
• Presentations is an OLE server and can insert its slides in any other program. [Windows]
• You can zoom and scroll with your fingers on touchscreens.

• Spellcheck in 20 languages, synonyms in ten languages and automatic hyphenation in 35 languages
• SoftMaker Office Professional with integrated Duden Korrektor for reliable German grammar and spell checking
• NEW: Improved automatic hyphenation with better results
• You can add any Hunspell dictionary.