TextMaker

TextMaker is a word processing program that was developed by the Nuremberg company SoftMaker. It is distributed as part of the Office suite SoftMaker Office.

The current version is TextMaker 2012 (included in SoftMaker Office 2012 ). The program is available for the following operating systems:

  • Windows ( versions TextMaker 2012 Standard and Professional 2012)
  • Linux ( TextMaker 2012)
  • Android ( Mobile TextMaker 2012)
  • Windows CE ( TextMaker 2010 )
  • Windows Mobile (Pocket PC) ( TextMaker 2010 )
  • FreeBSD ( TextMaker 2006 )
  • Sharp Zaurus ( TextMaker 2002)

TextMaker is the only word processing program that supports all of these systems.

For FreeBSD and the Zaurus operating system: no new versions are planned.

The development of TextMaker started in 1987 (then under MS -DOS). The program strives for maximum compatibility with Microsoft Word, but with some additional features (eg object mode for frames, master pages, document tabs, bibliography feature, database engine, integrated Duden and Langenscheidt dictionaries) as well as fewer resources, more logical operation and lower price. Reads the proprietary, TextMaker format (. Tmd ) and keep up the file formats Microsoft Word (. Doc ), Microsoft Word 2007 (. Docx, version 2010), OpenDocument (. Odt ), Pocket Word (. Psw. Pwd ), Rich Text Format (. rTF ), HTML 4.0 (. htm ) and text files (. txt). As a standard format. Tmd. Doc,. Docx or. Use odt. The. Sxw format of OpenOffice.org 1.x can TextMaker ( as of 2006 ) read, but not write. In the 2012 version, the import of WordPerfect files is retrofitted for some months. Furthermore, TextMaker includes an export function for the PDF format, which outputs documents without going through a PDF printer driver, and with some extra options. A similar function for the EPUB format is in preparation.

Foreign language support includes in version 2008, a five-language translation dictionary, version 2010, Langenscheidt pocket dictionaries for English, French, Spanish and Italian, a thesaurus for ten languages ​​, spell checker for 20 languages ​​, user interface in 15 languages ​​and hyphenation in 33 languages. Since version 2008, the Duden dictionary of foreign words and the great Duden dictionary of foreign words are also part of the program, since TextMaker 2012 is a professional version available with built- Duden Corrector.

The macro and script capabilities of Microsoft (VBA ) are not supported, but SoftMaker integrated into the Windows versions of SoftMaker Office VBA -like scripting system BasicMaker.

TextMaker for Windows can be used from the 2006 version as a portable software from a USB stick without any installation would be required on the guest PC or system files were changed.

TextMaker Viewer

In July 2006, published SoftMaker the free program " TextMaker Viewer ". Valid Current is the version of " TextMaker Viewer 2010 ". Using this about 5 MB large program documents in all supported file formats TextMaker opened for reading, be displayed and printed, without the appropriate word processing program must be installed. Currently, the program is run on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8

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