General

User interface

• SoftMaker Office uses the Microsoft Office formats DOCX, XLSX and PPTX natively, obviating the need to convert documents for colleagues or business partners.
• Create PDF files directly out of every application
• NEW: Create archival PDFs in PDF/A format for long-term preservation of documents
• 32-bit and 64-bit versions in the same package
• NEW: Enhanced version management that keeps a freely selectable number of manually and automatically saved versions of each file and enables you to revert to any previous version
• NEW: Powerful research function: Select terms in your document and look them up in a large variety of online dictionaries and encyclopedias.
• Can be installed to a USB flash drive so that it can be used on any PC without installation.
• NEW: The new license lets you use SoftMaker Office 2021 on any combination of up to five computers running any combination of Windows, macOS or Linux.
• Free customer support

• You can use SoftMaker Office either with modern ribbons or with classic menus and toolbars
• Ribbons are customizable.
• Quick access toolbar for frequently used commands
• Switch to dark mode to reduce eyestrain
• Touchscreen mode with larger icons and wider spacing
• Support for high-resolution 4K screens
• Open documents either in tabs or in separate windows – just like in a web browser
• Drag document tabs to the desktop to "undock" them to a separate window, or drag them to the tab bar to convert them to a document tab again.
• Rearrange document tabs using drag & drop
• Pin documents and templates in the file and template history for quick access to often-needed files
• NEW: The New document dialog box offers previews of document templates.
• NEW: The improved user interface for object sizing enables you to arrange pictures, drawings, text frames and other objects more conveniently.

Files and printing

• Documents can be exchanged between any version of TextMaker on any operating system with no loss of fidelity.
• Open and save DOCX and DOC files from Microsoft Word 6.0 to 2019 faithfully to the original, including password-protected files
• Open and save OpenDocument files (compatible with OpenOffice and LibreOffice)
• Open and save documents in RTF, HTML, Pocket Word, ASCII and Unicode formats
• Open WordPerfect documents (.wpd) [WINDOWS]
• Assistant for importing and exporting text files
• Create PDF files and PDF forms directly in TextMaker
• NEW: Create archival PDFs in PDF/A format for long-term preservation of documents
• Tagged PDFs and bookmarks in PDF files
• Export to the e-book format EPUB [SOFTMAKER OFFICE PROFESSIONAL AND NX UNIVERSAL]
• Print 2, 4, 8 or 16 pages on one sheet of paper [WINDOWS]
• Send documents in a freely selectable format (e.g. DOCX, DOC or PDF) by e-mail

Editing and formatting

• NEW: Create attractive documents based on the new document templates
• Insert fields, such as date/time, page number, author, consecutive numbers, etc.
• SmartText: for example, type "asap" and "as soon as possible" appears immediately
• Real-time word and keystroke counter in the status bar
• Calculations in text and tables
• Borders, shadings, fill patterns, drop caps, paragraph control
• NEW: Automatically add fold marks to your pages to make sure you fold them right for an envelope
• Hidden and protected text
• Paragraph and character styles
• Real-time preview of formatting changes
• Stylesheet manager: Manage styles and transfer them between documents
• Transfer formatting with the format painter
• Automatic numbering of lines, paragraphs, lists and headings
• True master pages, not just simple headers and footers

Graphics and drawings

• Comprehensive drawing and image functions: Draw and design directly in your document with Word-compatible AutoShapes
• NEW: Convert AutoShapes to curves
• NEW: Create sophisticated designs by combining multiple AutoShapes into one
• Insert images in a range of file formats
• NEW: Design attractive documents using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files
• Powerful graphics functions such as mirror effects, soft shadows and transparencies
• Images can be cropped directly in the document.
• Change brightness, contrast and gamma of images directly in TextMaker
• Fill drawings with colors, patterns, images and gradients
• Photo frames
• Contour wrap
• Connector lines between objects
• Large symbols library for flowcharts and org charts
• TextArt feature for type effects
• Insert more than 80 different types of charts, e.g. bar charts, histograms and pie charts
• Use smart guides for fast and precise alignment of objects with one another.

Tables

• Complex, as well as nested and multi-page tables
• Cells can be merged, split and rotated.
• Repeating header lines (headers are automatically repeated at the beginning of every new page)
• Sort text and tables
• Table styles

Language tools

• Spellcheck in 20 languages, synonyms in ten languages and automatic hyphenation in 35 languages
• You can add any Hunspell dictionary.
• Automatic spell-check: incorrectly written words are underlined in red
• NEW: Improved automatic hyphenation
• NEW: For German spell checking and grammar checking, the most current version of Duden Korrektor is included. [SOFTMAKER OFFICE PROFESSIONAL AND NX UNIVERSAL]
• NEW: Text-style analysis lets you write better German texts. [SOFTMAKER OFFICE NX UNIVERSAL]

Functions for complex documents