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That was the problem! After setting font color to Auto and leaving the Background color as Transparent, the typed text appears in black by default.

Many thanks for providing a simple solution!

Wayne

I've recently installed FreeOffice TextMaker 2021 on two different Windows 11 systems used by neighbors. In both cases, all typed characters show up as blanks! (Interestingly, I see the red "squiggle" under what would show as incorrectly spelled words if everything wasn't blank.) I've trie...

Thanks very much for the clue about different Styles! I use a "template" for the table that is employed when generating the name/address list under Python. Even though the cell for the email address had a Normal Style, it seems that the associated font was 10pt Times-New-Roman. When I chan...

Folks, I've attached a 'snippet' from the output of a Python program that generates a docx file. When viewed with Microsoft Word, the email address adamsappleinc@bellsouth.net appears fine in Calibri 12 font. HOWEVER, when viewed with TextMaker 2021, this address (but NOT the rest of this 'snippet')...

Many thanks - the dpkg command removed just about all of softmaker-office-nx. Only the file /usr/share/officenx/mime/remove_icons.sh seems to have been left, but I assume it is safe to delete /usr/share/officenx to completely finish the removal...

Wayne

Folks, Instead of updating my SoftMaker 2021 programs I accidentally installed the BETA SoftMaker Office package on my MX Linux system. I've now updated the 2021 programs properly, but I would like to uninstall the BETA versions. Is there a procedure for doing such an uninstallation, or should I jus...

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When selecting a printer in TextMaker I see a half-dozen printers listed, but only two of these are actually installed via CUPS. I've looked at the Softmaker/offo21config.ini file and only the "real" printers are listed there. Having "phantom" printers listed is confusing, so I h...

Thanks for the clarification on the '?' icon! I've attached the sminfo.txt file - hope it helps determine why the filename is missing...

Wayne

I downloaded and installed the latest version of FreeOffice for Linux (softmaker-freeoffice-2021_1044-01_amd64.deb) but the filename is still missing. I'm confused about how to create the sminfo.txt file. What/where is the "?" option in the instructions '?' > About > Write System Informati...

Attached is a docx file with a screen capture showing the problem. Notice that there is no filename at the top left of the image...

Wayne

Folks, I just noticed that the name of the file being edited is not showing at the top of the TextMaker window (that is, directly above the File/Home/Insert/... bar.) I'm using the Ribbon interface and there is just a blank gray line where the filename would normally be displayed. Other than this mi...

Folks, I'm not sure what was causing this problem but it appears to have been "fixed" by: 1) Bringing up TextMaker 2) Going to Home > Character > Font 3) Changing the Font to something else 4) Clicking on Set as default... 5) Choosing the Change for all new documents ... option 6) Clicking...

Folks, I've recently started using a Chromebook and have found it VERY useful to have FreeOffice installed as a Linux app. With the latest version of Chrome OS it is possible to directly access/edit both local files ( My files ) and files on Google Drive . The only strange behavior is the inability ...

Wonderful - that does exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks very much, Wayne