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Master pages are a chapter-based feature, because allowing only one set of master pages per document would reduce the design options enormously. However, when I insert a chapter break into a document, the new chapter inherits the chapter format from the first one, including first, left and right ...

I've made the test. A tmdx document with four corner graphics on the master page and one line of text has a size of 54 kB. The same document with 20 pages of text has 57 kB. So, obviously, the graphics on the master page is counted only once.

Instead of Copy & Paste, use the „Duplicate“ command (Ctrl+D). This keeps the text alignment.

To get a neat row of boxes at the bottom of the document, duplicate the box as often as needed. Drag the last duplicate to the correct horizontal and vertical position. Then choose object mode, select all ...

There is a dropdown menu "Change language" in the formatting toolbar which offers the "No language" option. (If it isn’t there by default, you may put it into the toolbar via Tools > Customize...).

I could only test it with Word 2019 for Mac. This is the only version I’ve got.

Where is that mentioned in the User manual? What happens if the document is subsequently opened in Microsoft Word?
Well, it must have been in the manual at some point in the past – after all, that’s where I've learned it from. In the present version of the manual, it’s no longer there, I don’t ...

Set the cursor to the position before the first letter of the word and press Ctrl+-. (If this doesn’t work, try Cmd+-).

In Format > Columns, "Page break" is checked. This adds a page break at the start of the new section. I suspect this is the reason for the issue.

If you have received a product code, why don’t you download the program? Are you expecting a CD-ROM?

It is true that even different versions of MS Word are not entirely consistent in this respect. It is also true that using a full-fledged DTP program to prepare print publications will produce better results. However, just for a practical solution to the problem: If the manuscript's content is final ...

IIRC, in a discussion many years ago, it was said that Microsoft does not reveal the exact way in which fonts are rendered in Word, either on screen or in print. This means that competitors had to try to mimic it as closely as possible. This would explain why different word processors produce ...

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.

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 paper ...

There’s no accounting for taste. The mere fact that something pops up on its own bothers me. TextMaker’s context menu does essentially the same thing, but it only appears when I call it up. But when it comes to things like that, everyone has their own preferences.

I must admit that I’m not a fan of any controls that appear automatically (without me doing anything). That’s the typical MS Word way of imposing its suggestions on the user. I prefer SoftMaker’s approach, where you have to explicitly call up what you want. Just my 2 cents.