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Textmaker (Softmaker/Ashampoo Office) 2008
CWuestefeld:
I then found the PCWorld page where it is referenced and evidently, it is a 30 day trial. I downloaded the PCWorld version and my virus checker clains it is Win32: Trojan-gen Virus/Worm...
-PPLandry (June 05, 2008, 01:53 PM)
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Of course that's a trial. The link from PCWorld is clearly to a trial. The question is whether the D/L from SoftMakerOffice.com is a trial (or a trojan, for that matter)
PPLandry:
I inquired to them and got this answer back:
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yes, it is a legitimate offer. We were caught off-guard by PC World releasing
their magazine a bit early (the free offer is an ad in PC World), so we put up
the readily available Office 2008.
It will be replaced by SoftMaker Office 2006 in about one hour.
Best,
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And checking again, the page was indeed updated
Now since I downloaded it a couple hours ago, I have Office 2008 .exe. It scans clean. :)
Darwin:
I installed the installation files for Office 2008 as downloaded from www.softmakeroffice.com yesterday and it installed on my other machine fine. It doesn't say it's a trial but it's not registered, either... I wonder if this is going to "die" 30 days from now, though it *is* the full installer and not the trial installer (when you purchase the software, you are given a link to download the non-trial version)?
Darwin:
UPDATE: I hit "Register Now" in the pop-up dialogue that appeared when I started one of the suite's applications and was re-directed to a webpage promising that upon registration a serial number would be sent to me. This, indeed, is exactly what happened. So... if you downloaded the installer for SO 2008 from www.softmakeroffice.com the other day and have held off installing it - go ahead! This is the real deal... :Thmbsup:
Note: if you download now you'll get SO 2006, which lacks the BasicMaker and the Presentations modules but PlanMaker and TextMaker are excellent!
Curt:
Service Pack 494 for SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows
Can also be used to update Ashampoo Office 2008. Cannot be used to update trial versions.
List of changes in this Service Pack:
All applications:
The Swiss German spell-checker now suggests words with "ss" when a "ß" was entered.
TextMaker 2008:
Improved RTF import
Improved Word-Export
Word 6.0 files created by TextMaker can now be opened by itself again (this bug was introduced in revision 493).
PlanMaker 2008:
PlanMaker now correctly releases memory that was allocated during editing and scrolling through worksheets (this bug was introduced in revision 493). This led to very slow response times after some working with a worksheet.
Improved display of 3D charts
The OLE Automation property Sheet.Name now allows renaming a sheet to its already used name.
SoftMaker Presentations 2008:
Pictures can now be pasted with Edit/Paste (previously, you had to use Edit/Paste Special)-SoftMaker
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