SoftMaker Office
SoftMaker Office is SoftMaker's flagship product, an office suite marketed to home, small business and educational users. The current version, called SoftMaker Office 2012 consists of the word processor TextMaker (compatible with Microsoft Word), the spreadsheet PlanMaker (compatible with Microsoft Excel) the presentation software application SoftMaker Presentations (compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint) and the scripting language BasicMaker (compatible with Visual Basic for Applications).
SoftMaker Office 2012 is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Android. Its predecessor, SoftMaker Office 2010, is available for Windows CE, and Pocket PCs (Windows Mobile handheld devices). The 2006 version was also available for FreeBSD and Handheld PCs.
A database application DataMaker, as of 2012, is in development.
Currently, SoftMaker Office supports all popular Microsoft Office file formats, as well as its own proprietary formats. SoftMaker claims to be working on ODF compliant formats, but currently supports OpenDocument only in its word processor.
| SoftMaker Product | Equivalent MS Product | Platforms | File Formats |
|---|---|---|---|
| TextMaker | Word | Win32, Linux, Android, Pocket PC, WinCE | .doc, .docx, .rtf, .odt, .tmd, .pwd, .txt, .sxw (import only), .pdf (export) |
| PlanMaker | Excel | Win32, Linux, Android, Pocket PC, WinCE | .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .pmd, .rtf, .dbf, .txt, .slk, .dif, .pdf (export) |
| Presentations | PowerPoint | Win32, Linux, Android, Pocket PC, WinCE | .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .prd, .rtf, .bmp, .png, .tif, .jpg, .pdf (export) |
| BasicMaker | VBA (limited) | Win32 | .bas, .txt |
| DataMaker | Access | Win32 due approximately 2013 | ??? |
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