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by Woody44
Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:09 pm
Forum: SoftMaker Fonts
Topic: Megafont NOW equivalent?
Replies: 3
Views: 9431

Re: Megafont NOW equivalent?

Yes, I am aware that "equivalent" fonts are typically look-alikes, not direct replacements with identical font metrics. In this case, I did a book cover for a fledgling author using Felix Titling. I did it as a freebie, to help her self-publish her first novel. Then she revealed that this ...
by Woody44
Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:10 am
Forum: TextMaker 2021 for Linux
Topic: Inserting emoji into a document/presentation
Replies: 4
Views: 29547

Re: Inserting emoji into a document/presentation

One can never predict when one may want or need to enter an emoji. The key point is that Piscador installed a TruetYpe font that works in other applications but doesn't work in SoftMaker Office. TrueType is supposed to be a universal font format. For an application to not recognize a TrueType font i...
by Woody44
Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:03 am
Forum: SoftMaker Fonts
Topic: Megafont NOW equivalent?
Replies: 3
Views: 9431

Megafont NOW equivalent?

Does Megafont NOW offer an equivalent for Felix Titling?
by Woody44
Fri Jul 04, 2025 10:24 pm
Forum: SoftMaker Fonts
Topic: Font equivalents
Replies: 10
Views: 359181

Re: Font equivalents

Is there a tabulation of the fonts available in the Megafont collection showing what "big name" commercial fonts each most closely corresponds with? Do you mean a font that is metric-compatible, or just a font that looks similar? Preferably look-alikes that are metrics-compatible but, con...
by Woody44
Mon Jun 30, 2025 4:45 pm
Forum: FlexiPDF NX and 2025 for Windows
Topic: Features questions
Replies: 5
Views: 52027

Re: Features questions

As a follow-up, here's what the PDF/A notification looks like in Adobe Reader 11: PDF-A_Screen_Shot.jpg I consider this to be better than in Bluebeam and Foxit, in both of which you have to click through some menu choices to see whether or not the file has PDF/A (or digital signature) status. This i...
by Woody44
Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:00 pm
Forum: FlexiPDF NX and 2025 for Windows
Topic: Features questions
Replies: 5
Views: 52027

Re: Features questions

Another feature I have found lacking in FlexiPDF Pro 2022, and I'd like to know if it is offered in FlexiPDF 2025: I frequently work with PDF files that are supposed to be in the PDF/A (restricted) type. When I open such files in Abode Acrobat or Adobe reader, Adobe displays a colored bar across the...
by Woody44
Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:30 pm
Forum: Water Cooler
Topic: Editing Services
Replies: 23
Views: 250847

Re: Editing Services

None of them can pull in TextMaker's default/internal format . . . or at least none I've encountered. TextMaker needs to steal a page from WordPerfect for its internal file format. Needs to allow font embedding so you get the exact same font no matter what system opened the file. I used that a lot ...
by Woody44
Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:24 pm
Forum: Water Cooler
Topic: Proprietary File Enhancement
Replies: 2
Views: 4314

Re: Proprietary File Enhancement

TextMaker can make a huge leap if they expand their proprietary file format to: allow embedding of fonts create multiple document sections The paid version of TextMaker does both. In the FreeOffice version, font embedding is possible when exporting to PDF but not in the TextMaker file itself. Both ...
by Woody44
Thu Jun 19, 2025 7:34 am
Forum: FlexiPDF NX and 2025 for Windows
Topic: Features questions
Replies: 5
Views: 52027

Re: Features questions

Video.06-19-2025.07.52.30.mp4 Getting deeper into setting up the document I was working on. I found that the bookmark page associations were often incorrect and zoom levels were often inconsistent. Adobe Acrobat allowed me to right-click each bookmark to access and edit the properties, including th...
by Woody44
Tue Jun 17, 2025 6:57 pm
Forum: Water Cooler
Topic: Editing Services
Replies: 23
Views: 250847

Re: Editing Services

It was how we were taught in both high school and grade school. 13th edition of CMOS wasn't published until after that for me. That's the kind of thing a simple-ish checker could fix though. The reference to CMOS 13.37 is to the section of the CMOS, not the edition. I'm 81 years old. I graduated fr...
by Woody44
Tue Jun 17, 2025 6:54 pm
Forum: Water Cooler
Topic: Editing Services
Replies: 23
Views: 250847

Re: Editing Services

Sorry - double post
by Woody44
Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: TextMaker NX for Android
Topic: How do I save a new file?
Replies: 1
Views: 11820

How do I save a new file?

I use SoftMaker Office primarily (almost exclusively) on a Windows desktop computer, and secondarily on a Windows laptop computer. However, I also have it installed (the free version) on a couple of Samsung Android tablets. I have an e-friend in another country who is a fellow author. She writes exc...
by Woody44
Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:36 am
Forum: Water Cooler
Topic: Editing Services
Replies: 23
Views: 250847

Re: Editing Services

When I started writing books this was mandatory. He said "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah." "And another thing blah blah blah blah blah." Assuming this is all the same speaker, this was never correct (in American English). Each new paragraph should begin w...
by Woody44
Sat Jun 14, 2025 11:05 pm
Forum: Water Cooler
Topic: Editing Services
Replies: 23
Views: 250847

Re: Editing Services

For basic editing of novels and similar books, Strunk & White's The Elements of Style would suffice as the only editorial guide needed. For reasons lost in the mists of time, I have three copies of it on my desktop reference shelf -- all 3rd edition.

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