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SoftMaker Office 2012 BETA testing
tomos:
What is the difference between this and FreeOffice BTW?
-Tuxman (December 07, 2012, 07:40 AM)
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I hadn't heard of that one - sounds roughly like the previous version
PDF link (comparision of sorts):
http://www.softmaker.net/down/officecomparison_en.pdf
Tuxman:
I see. So, basically, switching from LibreOffice would not make much sense. Damn.
Curt:
The road from eM Client 3.5 to version 5 has not been long, but is at least a free upgrade.
SoftMaker eM Client Professional 5
E-mails, tasks, events, and contacts...
SoftMaker eM Client Professional 5, which is part of SoftMaker Office Professional 2012, competently manages your e-mails, events, tasks, and contacts:
Its powerful e-mail module lets you receive, create, and manage e-mail messages.
Tasks and events are taken care of by SoftMaker eM Client Professional, too. You can keep them locally on your PC, but you can also connect to calendars of friends and colleagues over the Internet.
SoftMaker eM Client Professional stores your personal and business contacts on your PC, but also synchronizes them over the Internet.
The built-in chat program lets you stay in touch with your friends, regardless of whether they use MSN, ICQ, Google Chat, or Facebook Chat.
-SoftMaker
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By the way, eM is made in USA, even though SoftMaker is German:
Curt:
hmm... SoftMaker's offers on Bits du Jour used to be 50% off, but eM Client 5 today is only "40% off". Maybe because version 5 still is quite new?
eM Client 5 (PC) 40% Discount Coupon Code-Bits du Jour
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valid for another 8½ hours...
40hz:
I see. So, basically, switching from LibreOffice would not make much sense. Damn.
-Tuxman (December 07, 2012, 08:14 AM)
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I've used both.
SoftMaker has more of an MS Office 2003 feel to it. Libre is Libre and not overly concerned about being quite so close to the MS Office experience as SoftMaker seems to be.
Functionally they're equivalent to each other although SoftMaker feels lighter on some PCs. However, with the advent of Libre v4 that may change since they're finally cutting out the Java nonsense previous versions were saddled with.
If you're happy with Libre there's really no major reason to switch unless you're curious or like to try new software. That said, SoftMaker puts out a fine product - so it might be worth a try just to see if you like it more.
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