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FreeOffice TextMaker opens and saves all Microsoft Word DOC and DOCX files. It also lets you create PDF files directly from within the application. Free download for Windows. Downloads for other operating systems. Features. Files and printing. Documents can be exchanged losslessly between any version of TextMaker on any operating system.
Comparison between FreeOffice and SoftMaker Office, the GDPR-compliant Office alternatives from Germany for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android.
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Before you can download SoftMaker FreeOffice, you'll be prompted to enter your name, country and email address. You'll then be sent a free registration code, though it isn't actually necessary to enter this in order to start using the software.
Once you start using it, you'll find SoftMaker FreeOffice fast and user-friendly. It looks very similar to older editions of Microsoft Office) and provides almost seamless compatibility with Microsoft Office files from 1997 onwards. It supports the same OpenDocument format used by LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice too.
SoftMaker FreeOffice can create PDFs too – something that can be a bit of a pain on Windows normally – and the spreadsheet app is happy doing database tasks as well as crunching numbers.
It's a shame that the thesaurus is only available in the premium version, but there have to be some concessions. SoftMaker FreeOffice doesn't offer quite the same breadth of tools as LibreOffice either (there's no tool for mathematical formulae or diagrams, for example), but it's otherwise a superb free suite that will serve you extremely well.
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TextMaker lets you create documents of any size in next to no time – whether it's a flyer, brochure, business letter or complete academic paper. Thanks to its native use of the DOCX file format, your documents are compatible with Microsoft Word.
TextMaker. The powerful word processor FreeOffice TextMaker combines ease of use with a huge range of features that enable you to effortlessly create beautiful documents.
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