SoftMaker Office HD
Comparison with other office suites
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SoftMaker Office HD |
Microsoft 365 |
Google Docs |
WPS Office |
OfficeSuite Pro |
Polaris Office Premium |
Docs To Go |
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| Program name | TextMaker HD | Microsoft Word | Google Docs | WPS Office | OfficeSuite | Polaris Office Premium | Docs To Go |
| Version | HD | 1.0.1 (16.0.13328.20160) | 1.20.422.02.40 | 12.9.1.66965b2899d-en00001 | 10.22 | 9.0.9 | 4.0 |
| Price | € 5.99 | € 7.00 per month | free | € 5.49 per month € 38.99 per year |
€ 3.89 per month € 28.99 per year |
€ 6.37 per month € 42.99 per year |
€ 16.99 |
| Manufacturer | SoftMaker | Microsoft | Kingsoft | MobiSystems | Infraware | DataViz | |
| Related desktop version | Windows, Mac, Linux | Windows, Mac | Windows, Linux | Windows | Windows, Mac | Windows | |
Files and compatibility |
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| Read | write Microsoft Word .doc files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Read | write Microsoft Word .docx files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Read and write password-protected .doc and .docx files | (password-protected .docx files cannot be edited) |
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| Activate/deactivate password protection for documents | |||||||
| Maintains the original style and layout of your Word documents | |||||||
| Displays the original formatting and content of your Word documents | |||||||
| Save a file in another format (e.g. a .docx file as .doc) | |||||||
| Open and save HTML files | |||||||
| Other supported file formats | RTF, OpenDocument Text (ODT), LibreOffice, OpenOffice, TextMaker (all versions), Pocket Word, plain-text files | Plain-text files | RTF, plain-text files, ODT (only import) | ||||
| Lets you open multiple documents at the same time in document tabs | |||||||
| Export documents to PDF format from within the program | |||||||
| Customizable PDF export settings (such as password protection, font embedding, tags ...) | |||||||
| Print documents using the Android print system | |||||||
| Mail merge | |||||||
| Address database | |||||||
| Envelope wizard | |||||||
| Direct access from the program to files in Google Drive | Dropbox | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Display | edit document properties (author, subject, keywords ...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Use any TrueType, OpenType and PostScript font in your documents | |||||||
Editing and formatting documents |
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| Bullets and numbered lists | |||||||
| Hyperlinks | |||||||
| Insert fields (date, page number, author ...) | |||||||
| Drop caps | |||||||
| Automatic calculations in text and tables | |||||||
| Insert tables | Merge and split cells | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Table formatting: Borders | Grid | Color fills | Shading | AutoFormat | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| True master pages | Edit headers and footers | Insert new headers and footers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Insert breaks: page | line | column | section | chapter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bookmarks: Insert | Go to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Insert symbols from a character table | |||||||
| SmartText ("asap" appears as "as soon as possible", etc.) | |||||||
| Ruler for setting tabs and margins: horizontal | vertical | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Statistics: Count words, characters, paragraphs, lines, tables, pictures ... | |||||||
| Paragraph styles: Apply | Edit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Character styles: Apply | Edit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stylesheet manager for managing and copying styles between documents | |||||||
Language tools |
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| Check the spelling as you type | |||||||
| Spelling dictionaries for many languages included | |||||||
| Automatic hyphenation | |||||||
Images, charts and drawings |
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| Insert images from the gallery | from files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comprehensive image editing: cropping, brightness, contrast, saturation, transparency, shading, mirror effects ... | |||||||
| Insert charts | |||||||
| Comprehensive formatting choices for charts: scaling, titles, legends, colors, gradients, bevels, lighting sources ... | |||||||
| Insert drawings | AutoShapes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comprehensive formatting choices for drawings and shapes: colors, lines, patterns, transparency, gradients, shading... | |||||||
| Insert text boxes | |||||||
| Comprehensive formatting choices for text boxes: size, position, borders, fill, shading, lighting and mirror effects ... | |||||||
| Adjust text wrap around objects | |||||||
| TextArt module for type effects | |||||||
Complex documents |
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| Comments: Display them like in Word for Windows | Edit | Insert | Format | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Track changes: Display changes | Accept/reject changes | Insert new changes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Footnotes and endnotes: Edit | Format | Insert | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Captions | Tables of figures | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tables of contents | Indexes | Bibliographies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cross references | |||||||
| Built-in outliner for structuring documents | |||||||
| Create forms (input fields, checkboxes, dropdown lists, calculations ...) | |||||||
| Form-fill mode | |||||||
| Sidebar for quick navigation in documents and text formatting | |||||||
Various |
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| Customizable toolbars | |||||||
| Support | Unlimited support via e-mail and forum | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
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SoftMaker Office HD |
Microsoft 365 |
Google Docs |
WPS Office |
OfficeSuite Pro |
Polaris Office Premium |
Docs To Go |
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| Program name | PlanMaker HD | Microsoft Excel | Google Sheets | WPS Office | OfficeSuite | Polaris Office Premium | Docs To Go |
| Version | HD | 1.0.1 (16.0.13328.20160) | 1.20.422.02.40 | 12.9.1.66965b2899d-en00001 | 10.22 | 9.0.9 | 4.0 |
| Price | € 5.99 | € 7.00 per month | free | € 5.49 per month € 38.99 per year |
€ 3.89 per month € 28.99 per year |
€ 6.37 per month € 42.99 per year |
€ 16.99 |
| Manufacturer | SoftMaker | Microsoft | Kingsoft | MobiSystems | Infraware | DataViz | |
| Related desktop version | Windows, Mac, Linux | Windows, Mac | Windows, Linux | Windows | Windows, Mac | Windows | |
Files and compatibility | |||||||
| Read | write Microsoft Excel .xls files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Read | write Microsoft Excel .xlsx files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Read and write password-protected .xls and .xlsx files | |||||||
| Activate/deactivate password protection for worksheets | |||||||
| Maintains the original style and layout of your Excel worksheets | |||||||
| Displays the original formatting and content of your Excel worksheets | |||||||
| Save a file in another format (e.g. an .xlsx file as .xls) | |||||||
| Save worksheets in HTML format | |||||||
| Other supported file formats | SYLK, RTF, dBASE, DIF, PlanMaker (all versions), OpenDocument Calc (only import) | (cannot save even to .xls format) | CSV, ET | CSV, ODS (only import) | |||
| Lets you open multiple documents at the same time in document tabs | |||||||
| Export worksheets to PDF format from within the program | |||||||
| Customizable PDF export settings (such as password protection, font embedding, tags ...) | |||||||
| Print documents using the Android print system | |||||||
| Direct access from the program to files in Google Drive | Dropbox | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Display | edit document properties (author, subject, keywords ...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Use any TrueType, OpenType and PostScript font in your documents | |||||||
Comprehensive calculation capabilities | |||||||
| Number of rows per sheet | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 | 1,000 to 65,536 | 65,536 | 65,536 | 1,048,576 | 1,048,576 |
| Number of columns per sheet | 16,384 | 16,384 | 26 to 256 | 256 | 256 | 16,384 | 16,384 |
| Number of mathematical functions | 352 | 425 | 333 | 310 | 227 | 236 | 113 |
| Complex numbers | |||||||
| Array functions: Recalc | Create | Edit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Set and edit user-defined numeric formats | |||||||
| External references (calculations that access data in other files) | |||||||
Editing and formatting worksheets | |||||||
| Customized cell formatting: Borders, fills, colors and shading | Alternating cell shading | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AutoFormat: Attractive worksheets at the press of a button | |||||||
| Define and apply user-created cell styles and character styles | |||||||
| Conditional formatting | Format brush | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Direct editing in the cell | |||||||
| Freeze rows and columns | |||||||
| Activate/deactivate workbook and sheet protection with password | |||||||
| Syntax highlighting | Display formulas instead of results in the cells | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Formula auditing (a "detective" for troubleshooting worksheets) | |||||||
| Data validation (input check) | |||||||
| Sort data | Customized sorting | Number of sorting levels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Transpose data | |||||||
| Insert form objects (check boxes, lists, buttons ...) | |||||||
| Insert hyperlinks | Headers and footers | Page breaks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rotated text | |||||||
| SmartText ("asap" appears as "as soon as possible", etc.) | |||||||
| Insert symbols from a character table | |||||||
| Cell comments: Display them like in Excel for Windows | Edit | Insert | Format | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Check the spelling as you type | |||||||
| Spelling dictionaries for many languages included | |||||||
Analyzing data | |||||||
| Pivot tables: Display | Edit | Create | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Scenarios ("what if?" analysis) | |||||||
| Goal seek | |||||||
| Data consolidation | |||||||
| Data grouping (outliner) | |||||||
| AutoFilter | Special filter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Charts, images and drawings | |||||||
| Displays all Excel chart types true to the original | Displays 3D charts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Create charts | Number of chart types | | 81 | | 41 | | 25 (function not always available) |
| 29 | | 16 | | 20 | | |
| Comprehensive formatting choices for charts: scaling, titles, legends, colors, gradients, bevels ... | |||||||
| Insert images from the gallery | from files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comprehensive image editing: cropping, brightness, contrast, saturation, transparency, shadow, mirror effects ... | |||||||
| Insert drawings | AutoShapes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comprehensive formatting choices for drawings and shapes: colors, lines, transparency, gradients, shading, patterns ... | |||||||
| Insert text boxes | |||||||
| Comprehensive formatting choices for text boxes: size, position, borders, fill, shading, lighting, mirror effects ... | |||||||
| TextArt module for type effects | |||||||
Various | |||||||
| Customizable toolbars | |||||||
| Support | Unlimited support via e-mail and forum | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer |
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SoftMaker Office HD |
Microsoft 365 |
Google Docs |
WPS Office |
OfficeSuite Pro |
Polaris Office Premium |
Docs To Go |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program name | Presentations HD | Microsoft PowerPoint | Google Slides | WPS Office | OfficeSuite | Polaris Office Premium | Docs To Go |
| Version | HD | 1.0.1 (16.0.13328.20160) | 1.20.422.02.40 | 12.9.1.66965b2899d-en00001 | 10.22 | 9.0.9 | 4.0 |
| Price | € 5.99 | € 7.00 per month | free | € 5.49 per month € 38.99 per year |
€ 3.89 per month € 28.99 per year |
€ 6.37 per month € 42.99 per year |
€ 16.99 |
| Manufacturer | SoftMaker | Microsoft | Kingsoft | MobiSystems | Infraware | DataViz | |
| Related desktop version | Windows, Mac, Linux | Windows, Mac | Windows, Linux | Windows | Windows, Mac | Windows | |
Files and compatibility | |||||||
| Read | write Microsoft PowerPoint .ppt files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Read | write Microsoft PowerPoint .pptx files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Read and write password-protected .ppt and .pptx files | |||||||
| Activate/deactivate password protection for presentations | |||||||
| Maintains the original style and layout of your PowerPoint presentations | |||||||
| Displays the original formatting and content of your PowerPoint presentations | |||||||
| Save a file in another format (e.g. .pptx file as .ppt) | |||||||
| Other supported file formats | |||||||
| Lets you open multiple documents at the same time in document tabs | |||||||
| Export presentations to HTML format | |||||||
| Export sets of slides as image files | |||||||
| Export presentations to PDF format from within the program | |||||||
| Customizable PDF export settings (such as password protection, font embedding, tags ...) | |||||||
| Print documents using the Android print system | |||||||
| Direct access from the program to files in Google Drive | Dropbox | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Display | edit document properties (author, subject, keywords ...) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Use any TrueType, OpenType and PostScript font in your documents | |||||||
Editing and formatting documents | |||||||
| Slide transitions: Play | Insert | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Animations: Play | Insert | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Animation schemes: Play | Insert | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Sound and music: Play | Insert | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Character formatting: typeface, font style, size, color ... | Paragraph formatting: alignment, margins, spacing ... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Numbered lists | Lists with bullets | Lists with numerous integrated graphic bullets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Insert tables | Custom formatting: merge/split cells, borders, grid, color fill, scale ... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Insert slides from external presentations | from an outline | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Create actions (e.g. on mouse click: mute sound, URL, send e-mail ...) | |||||||
| Universal placeholders (can be filled with text, images, tables ...) | |||||||
| True master pages | Format and edit headers and footers | Insert headers/footers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comments: Display them like in PowerPoint for Windows | Edit | Insert | Format | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Check the spelling as you type | |||||||
| Spelling dictionaries for many languages included | |||||||
Images, charts and drawings | |||||||
| Insert images from the gallery | from files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comprehensive image editing: cropping, brightness, contrast, saturation, transparency, shading, mirror effects ... | |||||||
| Insert charts | |||||||
| Comprehensive formatting choices for charts: scaling, titles, legends, colors, gradients, bevels, lighting sources ... | |||||||
| Insert drawings | AutoShapes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Comprehensive formatting choices for drawings and shapes: colors, lines, transparency, gradients, shading, patterns ... | |||||||
| Insert text boxes | |||||||
| Comprehensive formatting choices for text boxes: size, position, borders, fill, shading, lighting and mirror effects ... | |||||||
| TextArt module for type effects | |||||||
Designing and managing slides | |||||||
| Numerous design templates included | Slide layouts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Create custom color schemes | Switch color schemes at the press of a button | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Integrated full-screen slide sorter | |||||||
| Outliner | |||||||
| Create summary slides | |||||||
| Create photo albums | |||||||
Running slide shows | |||||||
| Playback of: Slide transitions | Animations | Animation schemes | Sound and music | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| User-guided slide show (slides progress with finger taps) | |||||||
| Automatic slide show (uses the timings stored in the presentation) | |||||||
| Unattended slide shows (kiosk mode) | |||||||
| Use notes in presentations | |||||||
| Interact in the presentation with pen | with highlighter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Various | |||||||
| Customizable toolbars | |||||||
| Support | Unlimited support via e-mail and forum | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Manufacturer |