ODF is indeed currently supported only in the word processor. Both the free and the commercial version can be extended by any Hunspell dictionary.Ģ. Spell-checking in the commercial version covers 20 languages. The next version (due this fall) will support around 40 languages. Both come with user interfaces in 15 languages. Thank you for posting about SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice. The most important issue to me is the case of vendor lockin, as manifested by defaulting to their own storage format and only providing very limited support for ODF (which presently, AFAIK, is the only truly free office document format in common use). You must give them your email address (product key is sent by email).You can install on several computers from one product key, but they all need the same combination of email address and name. The free suite is a limited version of their commercial office suite.All applications default to using their own (proprietary, by the looks of it) storage format.ODF is only supported for wordprocessor documents.

The suite install is available in a fairly limited selection of languages.Some drawbacks I found (as compared to OpenOffice): I have only tested the 'lightweight' FreeOffice version, not the full-featured commercial one.

I have not done any tests towards spreadsheet compatibility. My simple tests indicate that when it comes to preserving document layout in wordprocessing and presentation files from MS Office, Softmaker FreeOffice performs better than OpenOffice-related suites. I am not able to thoroughly test every feature in various Office suites against each other, so I post what I have here, and hopefully others will pitch in with their knowledge. Because the advice mentioned could be seen as eager marketing of a commercial package, moderators have asked that I post my findings in public. The advice is reasonable, but there are also issues which should be mentioned. There are several posts recommending Softmaker's office suites, mostly when the issue is connected to MS Office compatibility.

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