TextMaker
2006 for Linux and FreeBSD. Fast. Powerful. Compatible. |
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SoftMaker
Office 2006 for
Linux or
SoftMaker
Office 2006 for
FreeBSD

European
customers: 69.95
Upgrade
from SoftMaker Office 2004: |
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$ 34.95
European
customers:
34.95 |
Upgrade
from older
versions
of SoftMaker Office, TextMaker, PlanMaker: |
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$ 49.95
European
customers:
49.95 |
Prices
include VAT for European customers |
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Welcome
to your NEW
word proessor
for Linux and FreeBSD!
TextMaker
2006 offers everything you expect from a high-end word processor,
executes all tasks instantaneously, provides superior Microsoft Word
compatibility, and is extremely easy to use.
What more
can you ask for? Fast. Compatible. Powerful. User-friendly. All
this at a price everyone can afford.
Reads
and Writes Word Documents with Highest Fidelity |
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TextMaker
2006 offers superior compatibility with Microsoft Word. In
fact, you won't find another word processor that is as capable of
handling intricately formatted Microsoft Word files as TextMaker 2006.
Many of
the new features in TextMaker 2006 have been designed with the goal
of allowing TextMaker users to work seamlessly in Microsoft
Word-dominated environments. Even if your colleagues or business
partners use Word under Windows, you can seamlessly exchange
documents with them:
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COMPATIBLE:
Track Changes
As soon as
you switch on the new Track
Changes
feature, TextMaker records all changes made to a document. Deleted
text appears struck through, text additions are displayed underlined.
If
you let a colleague or superior review this document, he or she can
accept or reject your changes one by one. It doesn't even matter if
such a document is then edited with TextMaker or Microsoft Word: all
tracked changes are equally visible in both word processors.
TextMaker's
new comments feature is just as compatible: Comments and
annotations appear as balloons in the right page margin
just like in Word 2003.
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COMPATIBLE:
AutoShapes like
in Microsoft
Word
TextMaker
2006 offers a complete set of drawing functions that let you create
arbitrary geometric shapes or freehand drawings, and insert symbols
from its vast symbols library into your documents.
You can
customize drawings with a huge selection of fill patterns, color
gradients, drop shadows, lighting effects, borders etc., and you can
rotate, mirror, flip and otherwise reshape them.
Even
better: All such drawing objects are AutoShapes that can be
transferred back and forth to Microsoft Word with 100% accuracy.
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COMPATIBLE:
TextArt Text Effects like
in Microsoft
Word
TextMaker
2006 now supports text effects that let you put together attractive
headlines and stunning logos.
Text following a wavy line, with a beautiful drop shadow, or running
in a spiral all this is just a few mouse clicks away!
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TextMaker
doesn't restrict itself to just providing excellent document exchange
with Microsoft Word, but also comes with other filters, for example
capable XML import filters for OpenOffice.org and OpenDocument.
Five
Good Reasons for TextMaker |
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TextMaker
is not "just compatible", but also offers unique advantages
compared to other word processors. Some examples:
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Better
proofing tools: TextMaker comes with advanced proofing tools
the German government's commission on the German language
preferred TextMaker's spell-checker over all other word processors!
Of course,
TextMaker doesn't limit itself to the German language: it comes with
spelling dictionaries in 17 languages, synonym dictionaries in 10,
and reliable automatic hyphenation in 33 different languages. It even
includes a five-language translation dictionary. |
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Better layout
capabilities:
If you want not only correct but also attractive documents, you'll
find a competent partner in TextMaker.
Among its
capabilities are master pages, sophisticated typographic functions,
powerful tools for creating forms, and most importantly: predictable
text
formatting.
With TextMaker, pictures don't jump from one page to another,
"just because", or disappear
entirely. |
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Better
database connectivity:
Mail merging doesn't have to be complicated. With TextMaker, creating
serial letters is child's play!
The
built-in database does not only store addresses for mail merges but
also lets you insert single addresses into single letters
with
a few mouse clicks. Just choose a letter template, select the
address in the database and you get a perfect letterhead as result.
Think about it: You write regular letters much more often than serial
letters, and TextMaker saves you time here as well. |
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You
don't need to speak English or German to use TextMaker:
The user interface (menus and dialogs) of TextMaker is available in
10 languages. Further, TextMaker provides a full set of ready-made
document templates in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
and Russian.
Automatic
hyphenation and spell-check is implemented in many languages as well,
and last but not least, there's an in-built dictionary for instant
translations in English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian. |
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TextMaker
is not only available for Linux and FreeBSD, but has versions for Windows,
Pocket PCs, Windows CE, and Sharp Zaurus as
well one word processor, six platforms.
All
versions of TextMaker 2006 share the same file format and can
exchange documents with each other without any conversion.
So, if you
need, for example, to access TextMaker and Microsoft Word files on
the road, TextMaker will become your indispensable companion on your
notebook computer or PDA: Editing Word files without loss of
formatting that's a feat only TextMaker achieves! |
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Direct
document exchange with TextMaker 2006 for Windows, Pocket PCs, and
Windows CE |
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NEW:
Seamless document exchange with Microsoft Word 6.0, 95, 97, 2000,
Word XP, Word 2003, and Word for Macintosh |
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Reads
and writes numerous additional file formats
HTML, RTF, Pocket Word, ASCII, Unicode |
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NEW:
Imports OpenOffice.org
and OpenDocument documents |
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NEW:
Now also opens password-protected Microsoft Word files |
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Nearly unlimited
undo/redo |
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Insert
fields like date, time, page number, author, auto-numbers, etc. |
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Bookmarks |
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"SmartText"
feature: just type e.g. "asap" and "as soon as
possible" will appear (fully customizable) |
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Calculations
in text and tables |
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All of the
character and paragraph formatting capabilities you expect from a
high-end word processor |
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Extended
character formats like small caps, font color, hidden text,
adjustable character spacing and character width |
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Extended
paragraph formats like automatic numbering, bullets, borders,
shading, fill patterns, widow/orphan control |
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Fully customizable
style sheets for character and paragraph formatting |
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NEW:
Transfer formatting with the format brush |
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NEW:
Line, paragraph, and headline numbering |
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Headers
and footers, master pages (e.g. for watermarks) |
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Outliner
that lets you easily promote, demote, and rearrange passages of text |
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NEW: "Track
Changes" tracks all changes made to documents and lets you
accept/reject them later |
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NEW: Comments
add annotations to any part of your documents |
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NEW: Cross
references |
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Footnotes,
endnotes, tables of contents, indices, NEW: Bibliographies |
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Easy
creation of forms with input fields, checkboxes, drop-down
lists etc. |
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NEW: Comprehensive
drawing and image functions built in: Draw
and design directly in your documents |
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Insert
images in all common formats, create freehand drawings,
rectangles, circles... |
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NEW:
All drawings fully compatible with Microsoft Word's AutoShapes |
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NEW:
Object frames can be anchored
to paragraphs and will move when the paragraph moves. |
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NEW:
Change brightness, contrast, and gamma of images directly inside TextMaker |
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NEW:
Drawings can be filled with colors, patterns, bitmaps, and numerous
types of gradients |
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NEW:
Align, distribute, mirror, and flip objects, free rotation both
in 2D and 3D |
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NEW: Contour
wrap
correct wrapping of text even around rotated or irregularly
shaped drawings |
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NEW:
"Sticky" connector lines between objects |
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NEW:
Large symbols library
for flowcharts and org charts |
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NEW: TextArt
gallery for easy pick-and-choose selection of pre-built type effects |
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NEW:
True nested tables |
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NEW:
Merge, split, and rotate cells |
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NEW: Repeating
header rows (rows with headlines automatically repeat on every
new page) |
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Sorting
of text and tables |
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NEW:
TextMaker 2006 is now Unicode-enabled.
It
can be used for writing documents in all Western, Central European
and Baltic languages, Russian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. |
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NEW:
Extended support for Asian
scripts |
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Multi-language
spell-checking and hyphenation |
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Automatic
spell-checking: typos will be underlined in red. |
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Spell-checking
in 17, synonyms in 10, and hyphenation in 33 languages |
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Integrated
five-language translation dictionary:
English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish |
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Comprehensive
built-in address book and database (dBASE format) |
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Creates,
at the touch of a key, letters and faxes with letterheads,
recipient's address, and salutation already filled in |
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Sorting,
searching, selecting, filtering by condition |
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Create lists
and labels |
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Easy
creation of mail merges |
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Linux:
Any Linux for PCs with glibc 2.2.5 or higher, X Window system with
any Window Manager |
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FreeBSD:
FreeBSD 5.2 or higher, X Window system with any Window Manager |
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Memory
(RAM): 32 MByte |
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User interface: |
English,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, NEW:
French, NEW: Russian, NEW:
Hungarian and NEW: Turkish
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Spell-checking: |
English
US, English UK, German, German (reformed), Swiss-German, Swiss-German
(reformed), French, French (Canada), Italian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin
America), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
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Thesauri
(synonyms): |
English
UK, English US, German, German (reformed), Swiss-German, Swiss-German
(reformed), French, French (Canada), Italian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin
America), Dutch
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Automated hyphenation: |
English
(UK), English (USA), German, German (reformed), Swiss German, Swiss
German (reformed), French, French (Canada), Italian, Spanish, Spanish
(Latin America), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Danish,
Swedish, Norwegian, NEW: Finnish, NEW:
Turkish, NEW: Greek, NEW:
Czech, NEW: Polish, NEW:
Slovak, NEW: Slovenian, NEW:
Croatian, NEW: Serbian, NEW:
Romanian, NEW: Bulgarian, NEW:
Russian, NEW: Ukrainian, NEW:
Estonian, NEW: Latvian, NEW: Lithuanian
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Translation
dictionary: |
English,
German, French, Italian, and Spanish |
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