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SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing
40hz:
+1! It's a great alternative to MS Office - and also Libre/Open Office if you use Linux. Always nice to have the exact same software available for both Linux and Windows. When I need a full wordprocessor, I prefer to use TextMaker. Especially since I never did like that miserable 'ribbon' interface in MS Word.
Curt:
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1. Now shipping: SoftMaker Office 2012 for Linux
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We have just started shipping the finished version of SoftMaker Office
2012 for Linux.
If you own any version of SoftMaker Office, TextMaker, PlanMaker,
Presentations, or Ashampoo Office, you may upgrade at the low upgrade
price of only EUR 39.95 | US$ 44.95.
SoftMaker Office 2012 for Linux is the most powerful and user-friendly
office suite that we ever created for Linux:
* Well-integrated into Linux: SoftMaker Office now uses (also on
64-bit systems) the system colors and screen fonts that you have chosen
in KDE, Gnome, or Unity, and works with all CUPS printers.
* Seamless access to the modern Microsoft Office 2010 file formats:
DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX are opened and saved accurately by SoftMaker Office.
* Navigate and format quickly using the new sidebar in TextMaker
* Improved character and paragraph style handling
* PlanMaker now offers data consolidation, lets you work with external
references more easily, has Excel-compatible custom number formats,
and offers new chart types.
* Many additional new features in all applications
Find out more:
http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofl_en.htm
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Curt:
rev 675:
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1. SoftMaker Office 2012 for Windows updated
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We have just released a new revision of SoftMaker Office 2012 for
Windows which adds important new functions:
- TextMaker now also opens WordPerfect files.
- Optionally, the dialog boxes in SoftMaker Office use the visuals of
Windows 8 (you can set this with the Tools > Options command).
- Three functions have been added to PlanMaker: SumIfs, AverageIfs, and
CountIfs.
If you already use SoftMaker Office 2012 for Windows, you can download
this new revision as a free service pack.
Read more about it:
http://softmaker.com/
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cyberdiva:
Curt, thanks VERY much for posting this! I haven't yet received this message, but I'm very excited to know that TextMaker will now read WordPerfect files. Until now, I had to read such files on an old computer that had WordPerfect installed. I'm pretty basic in my use of PlanMaker, but some of those changes may be useful as well.
Tuxman:
What is the difference between this and FreeOffice BTW?
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