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My TextMaker is already set to use the MF-230 as the default, and I do NOT see in the paper sizes in TextMaker anywhere near the number of paper sizes I see when I go into Windows Devices and Printers and click on Properties for the MF-230.

On a related note, a nice feature in TextMaker is that if you hover your cursor over each icon, a helpful pop-up label appears in decently sized text; however, the label appears underneath the cursor, which partially obscures the label. It would be helpful if the pop-up label were in a slightly ...

The page sizes (including envelopes) come straight from the printer driver, not from inside SoftMaker Office.


Martin, I just opened the driver properties for my default printer, a Canon MF-230. In the list of paper sizes there are a LOT of sizes (including a No. 9 envelope and several other ...

I agree. My monitor has the same dimensions and for me, the icons have a decent size. But I use the Touch mode UI; without that, all icons are too small for me.


I had to check. Touch mode is activated on my system, too. What's interesting is that I did NOT set it when I installed the 2026 Beta ...

martin-k wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 9:22 pm The page sizes (including envelopes) come straight from the printer driver, not from inside SoftMaker Office.

Thank you for that. So the answer is to make standard templates, as suggested by Jossi.

Being able to save custom paper sizes by name would be very useful.

For this purpose, document templates exist. You define the paper size, save as TextMaker template (*.tmvx) or Word template (*.dotx), name it accordingly (e.g. "No. 10 envelope" or "8 x 10"), and you can easily select the ...

Update: I was just informed that both LibreOffice and OpenOffice DO allow selecting widow protection and orphan protection independently. I verified it.

That's all the more reason for TextMaker to allow them to be selected separately.

When you highlight text and right-click to bring up formatting options, the icons for Pasting options are too small. They are smaller than other icons in the right-click formatting options like Bold, Underline etc. Increasing the size if the Pasting icons to be as large as the other icons would ...

This discussion suggests another request for a feature improvement. The page setup options allow users to set dimensions and margins for a custom paper size ... for one-time use. It is not possible (that I can find) to create a custom paper size for (as an example) a No. 9 envelope and to save it in ...

It would be nice if the list of paper sizes said "No 10" in addition to "Standard" for the No. 10 Envelope. There are No.9, No. 11, No. 12, No. 14 listed, but not a "No.10."


But "Envelope No. 10" IS listed. And I do not see No.9, No. 11, No. 12, or No.14. Where are you seeing those sizes as ...

I vote for improved widow and orphan control. Although it currently works pretty well for me, I've been writing some longer documents recently and the automatic widow-orphan control can be frustrating. Sometimes I resort to inserting page breaks and carriage returns to achieve the desired result ...

Being able to select ANY block of text to keep together on the same page would also be very helpful. I like to keep bulleted lists together for instance

That's what the "Keep together" checkbox is for.


But that has to be selected manually for each affected paragraph, correct?

What would be ...

I don't know how difficult this would be to implement, but here's my request, with the reasons for it:

Like most word processing software, TextMaker offers a setting to prevent "widows" and "orphans" in typesetting. A "widow" is a single line of a multi-line paragraph that gets stranded at the top ...

We know that preferences vary—some users prefer this new look, others the older one, and some favor the menu interface only. While it's a matter of personal choice, this update is part of our ongoing effort to improve the experience for the majority of our users. We appreciate you sharing your ...

Actually, for the ribbon menu I omitted a step It should be:

• Layout tab
• Page Setup panel
• Page size menu