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In previous discussions, I have suggested that in order for SoftMaker Office to fully compete against either Microsoft Office/Microsoft 365 or LibreOffice, SoftMaker Office needs a real, relational database, not just the mail merge address book that's built into TextMaker. It is my understanding ...

martin-k wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2026 11:28 pm This is one very weird thread that could have been totally avoided by starting the setup, choosing a custom install and seeing that you can select TextMaker, PlanMaker and Presentations independently.

Thank you, Martin. That's the answer I was looking for.

Léon wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2026 8:09 am As long as your computer is not full, unused program parts are no problem at all.

Suppose space is a consideration?

Do you have an answer to the question, or not?

Léon wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2026 9:53 pm If you only use TextMaker, just pin that one to the taskbar and leave the rest invisible.

Problem solved.

How does that in any way solve the problem of not wanting unused programs installed on a computer?

What Amazon calls FireOS is a derivative of the Android operating system (which, in turn, is derived from Linux). FireOS does not include the Google Playstore -- it includes Amazon's own app store.

Does SoftMaker NX for Android run on Amazon Fire Tablets? If so, how difficult is it to install? I ...

Interesting.

Using TextMaker 2024 on a Windows 10 computer, I cannot reproduce this problem.

Thank you. I now have the most-used fonts from my Windows computer on my tablets, which allows me to open and edit documents across platforms.

The built-in font manager is a great feature. I don't know why I didn't know about it before now.

TextMaker does not have a pre-made style for ""Headline," but they do have a pre-set style for Header, and in the style menu 'Header" appears immediately above "Heading1." Is it possible that you wanted to click "Heading1" and you clicked "Header" by mistake?


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A question by another user led me to look more closely at the fonts available in TextMaker when I open it on Android devices. When I use TextMaker on my Windows computers, I routinely use several fonts that are not available on the Android, and there are a number of fonts on the Android device that ...

I should add that fonts downloaded from the freefonts[dot]de site are zipped. You will need to unzip the downloaded files and extract the actual .ttf or .otf file before copying it into the fonts directory on the android device.

Realme RMX 1941 Version Android 9


On Android devices, fonts for use in SoftMaker Office are stored in a file directory (folder) called \Softmaker\Fonts. To make new fonts available in the SoftMaker Office apps, download the new fonts into that directory (folder).

Freefont[dot]de is safe. I ...

Which program in Office are you suggesting this feature for? TextMaker, PlanMaker, or Presentations?

I do not understand your question. Is your phone an Apple iPhone, or an Android phone?

https://support.google.com/android/thre ... roid?hl=en

Thank you for explaining your concerns. The message is intended to inform SoftMaker Office 2024 users about the availability of SoftMaker Office 2026. Upgrading is entirely optional, and your existing license remains usable.

You can disable them by disabling the program-internal update checker in ...

The fonts offered each month on the Freefont[dot]de web site are, in general, TrueType and OpenType copies of fonts that are taken from SoftMaker's Megafont NOW! collection. I have downloaded several of them in the OpenType version (I have Megafont NOW! but those are all TrueType) and used a few of ...