| TextMaker | |
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| Original author | SoftMaker |
| Initial release | 1987; 39 years ago (1987)[1][2] |
| Stable release | 2024; 2 years ago (2024) |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows,macOS,Linux,Android,iOS |
| License | Proprietary (commercial orfreeware/registerware) |
| Website | www |
TextMaker is aword processor, which aims at utmostcompatibility withMicrosoft Word, its default document format is.docx.
It is sold as part of theSoftMaker office suite. Some reduced versions of TextMaker are released asfreeware. It is available forWindows,MacOS,Linux,Android andiOS.
In contrast to Microsoft Word, SoftMaker TextMaker comes with some proprietary features like an object mode for working with frames or a simple built-in database functionality. It reads and writes its own document format (.tmd and .tmdx),Microsoft Word (.doc and .docx),OpenDocument (.odt),Pocket Word (.psw, .pwd),Rich Text Format (.rtf),HTML 4.0 (.htm), andplain text files (.txt). It can also openOpenOffice.org XML (.sxw) files.
Multilingual features include a five language translation dictionary, a thesaurus in ten languages, spell checking in 17, hyphenation in 29, and user interface in 31 languages.
VBA-compatible scripting is supported through SoftMaker's scripting language, called BasicMaker, which is part of itsSoftMaker Office suite for Windows.
For mobile use, TextMaker can be run from a USB stick without changing any registry or system files of the host PC.
The subscription-version ofTextMaker 2024 includes a connection toChatGPT, which summarizes texts on request, makes suggestions for improvements or generates texts according to hopefully appropriately formulated prompts. It translates documents withDeepL and preserves the text formatting completely.[3]
Development of TextMaker started in 1987 underMS-DOS.[4]
It was available asTextMaker 2002 forSharp Zaurus, asTextMaker 2006 forFreeBSD[5] andHandheld PC 2000, asTextMaker 2010 forPocket PCs withWindows CE 4.2.[2] It is the only word processor supporting all of these systems. Furthermore, it provides the same feature set on all platforms.
It has been available forAndroid since 2021 and a year later foriOS. The mobile versions offer the full functionality of the desktop versions, with the user interface tailored for touchscreens. Optimized both for small smartphone screens and bigger tablet screens.