In addition to the ribbon and classic menus user interfaces, the Android/iOS version provides another option: the toolbar user interface.
The toolbars interface is designed in a manner that makes it easier to use PlanMaker on smartphones and tablets. It constitutes a mixed form of the functionalities of ribbon and classic menus. On smartphones, PlanMaker is started by default with this toolbars interface the first time you open it, while it is opened by default with the ribbon interface on tablets.
To switch the interface, choose the command File | Options 
in the ribbon interface or choose Tools > Options in the classic menu interface. In the following dialog box, the Appearance tab contains the dropdown list User interface. Here, you can choose between toolbars, ribbon or classic menus with different colors.
Tip 1: In the toolbars interface, you reach this dialog box by opening the "hamburger menu" 
to the left of the toolbar and choosing the command Tools > Options.
Tip 2: The hamburger menu also contains all other menu commands of the classic menu interface.
Using the "toolbars" user interface
The toolbars user interface contains a bar with icons at the bottom of the program window, and each icon represents a group of commands. If you click on a group icon, another bar opens with the corresponding group commands.
Behind the File group icon 
, for example, you will find the commands Open document, Save document, Print document, etc. To hide the displayed bar with the commands, simply click on the group icon again.
By default, the toolbar contains the following groups:
|
Group |
Commands (among others) |
|
File |
Open document, Save document, Print document, etc. |
|
Edit |
Undo, Format painter, Copy & Paste, Search, etc. |
|
Table |
Filter and sort, Cells (insert, delete, hide), Manage worksheets |
|
Character |
Font, Font size, Font color, Text styles (bold, italics, etc.) |
|
Formatting |
Number formats, Cell formatting, Cell styles, Conditional formatting, etc. |
|
Insert |
Table styles, Objects (picture, chart, AutoShape etc.), Comments, Hyperlinks |
|
Layout |
Page setup, Headers and footers, Align objects, etc. |
|
View |
Object mode, Zoom, Freeze first row/column, etc. |
"Keyboard" button
In Options , the System tab contains an option Show/hide keyboard automatically. Once this setting is enabled, it automatically opens the on-screen keyboard when you type something into the document.
If you disable the option, this behavior is suppressed and a freely movable Keyboard button 
is displayed instead on the document. If you click on the button, the keyboard is shown. By clicking on the button again, you hide the keyboard.
Note: This setting is possible in any user interface for smartphones and tablets. For tablets, the Keyboard button is only freely movable on the document in the toolbars interface if you disable the above option. In the ribbon and classic menus interfaces, the Keyboard button is displayed instead in a fixed manner in the upper left area of the command bar.
Change input mode
PlanMaker supports the use of certain input modes from Android/iOS devices.
▪Android
| The command Input method allows you to switch to a different keyboard mode on an Android device. PlanMaker accesses the on-screen keyboard settings of your Android device for this. |
| In the classic menus interface, you change the mode with the menu command View > Input method. In the ribbon or toolbars user interfaces, you can choose this command via the hamburger menu . |
▪iOS
| When Scribble mode is enabled in PlanMaker, you can write directly in the document on an iOS tablet using the Apple Pencil. Your handwritten entries are converted directly into text. For other edits – for example of objects – you have to disable the mode again. |
| In the classic menus interface, you enable or disable the mode with the menu command View > Scribble. In the ribbon or toolbars user interfaces, you can choose this command via the hamburger menu . |
| Note: The command View > Scribble is only available for iOS tablets, but not for smartphones. Also, please make sure that you have enabled the option Apple Pencil > Scribble in the system settings of your iOS tablet. |
Unlocking locked commands
Some commands are locked in the Android/iOS version (recognizable by the lock in the command icon), but they can be unlocked if necessary.
To unlock the commands, click on the command icon. The program opens a dialog box with the following options: Users of SoftMaker Office NX Home and NX Universal can use their product key to unlock commands. Users of other versions have the option of unlocking the functions via Google Play/Apple App Store (subject to a fee).
Customizing command groups
You can customize the default groups as desired by adding/removing commands. Note: However, you cannot add or delete an entire group in this interface.
In the hamburger menu , choose the command Tools > Customize. This opens the dialog box Customize user interface, which is structured as follows:
▪On the left side, you will find all of the commands that are available in PlanMaker. On the right side, the dropdown list Customize contains the groups that are in the toolbar. The list below it displays the commands that are currently in the selected group.
▪You can add new commands to each group (or remove them, change their position or insert separators). This works in a similar manner to that described for the classic menus with toolbars user interface in the Customizing toolbar icons section. Difference: Instead of "toolbaricons" you customize "groupicons".