SoftMaker FreeOffice

"Permenantly free to use!"


SoftMaker FreeOffice, currently released as FreeOffice 2018, is a 100% FREE office suite without too many caveats, with only one being that it doesn't come bundled with more than a word processing package (TextMaker), a presentation software package (Presentations, should really be called PresiMaker) & spreadsheets package (PlanMaker). FreeOffice does have a paid sibling called SoftMaker Office 2018

SoftMaker Office, the paid version, has the inclusion of a VisualBasic for Applications (VBA) alternative for creating Macros (BaseMaker) and a modified edition of Thunderbird (email client by Mozilla). SoftMaker Office is not fully compatible with many VBA macro enabled documents. FreeOffice & SoftMaker's additional bundles of its office suite are mostly, if not fully compatible with Microsoft Office file types, such as: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, .csv, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx and more.

Each office package is colour coded, similar to Microsoft Office (with the difference being that TextMaker is red to MS Word's blue). One of the most interesting features of FreeOffice is that the experience can be personalised to your taste or for the device you are running the program. FreeOffice has options that can allow each packege to resemble modern or classic editions of its Microsoft counterpart, with the inclusion of a ribbon, which can be set to be minimised, to have larger icons for touch screen or tablet use, or a classic look as seen in versions prior to MS Office 2007, a design still used in LibreOffice & OpenOffice as of September 2019. 

An Andoid/Mobile equivalent to both SoftMaker Office & FreeOffice is SoftMaker Office HD & SoftMaker Office HD Basic (Basic is Free) respectively. 

A separate application, FlexiPDF, a PDF document editor & viewer, available in premium & free (using the "BASIC" suffix) flavours exists as a separate download or purchase from SoftMaker's website. You can find this blogs' article on FlexiPDF Basic here: FlexiPDF

FreeOffice is available for all current versions of Windows, as well as Linux & macOS 
Visit the website to download: https://www.freeoffice.com/en/


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