You can save your individual settings that you have configured in the SoftMaker Office applications. In the first step, export the settings data – for example, before you install a new version. Then, in the second step, import this data into the newly installed version.
For both steps, use the Manage button in the File | Options dialog box 
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Which settings you can exactly export/import, you will find below.
Note: Export and import of settings data is only possible for version 2021 and later.
What reasons could there be to export/import settings?
The following reasons could be considered for exporting/importing your settings:
▪You want to apply the settings from the old version to a new version of SoftMaker Office that you install on the same computer.
▪You have also installed the current version of SoftMaker Office on another computer and would like to use the same settings there.
▪You want to apply the settings of an old version of SoftMaker Office to another computer on which you have installed the new version of SoftMaker Office.
Which files are saved?
For the export BasicMaker accesses the settings files (...config.ini, ...tools.dat etc.) that are stored in the SoftMaker\Settings folder on your device.
Note: The above information is for illustrative purposes only and you usually don't need to do anything here. BasicMaker will automatically replace these files for you if you follow the steps described below for exporting/importing the settings.
Step 1: Export the settings
To export, choose the command File | Options to open the dialog box "Settings". Here, click on the Manage button located at the bottom left of each tab of this dialog box.
Another dialog box "Manage Settings" will open. Here, choose from the following options which settings you want to save:
Tip: You can also just export all of them, but later when importing you must make sure that you only select the options you really want.
▪Configuration files
| This option saves all the settings you have made in the dialog box of the File | Options command. Some of these settings are also located directly on the ribbon tabs (or in the toolbars). |
▪Customized ribbon/toolbars
| If you have changed the arrangement on the ribbon, in the Quick access bar or in toolbars, you can save your individual arrangement with this option. |
| Please note for the import of settings from an old to a new version of SoftMaker Office: If this option is enabled, command icons that have been newly added in the more recent version will then not be displayed there. So if you prefer the new icons to be displayed instead of keeping your old arrangement, you should disable this option. Or you can import your old arrangement anyway and pick out by yourself afterwards the new icons relevant for you by using the command File | Customize. |
▪Keyboard shortcuts
| This option allows you to import keyboard shortcuts that you have assigned yourself. |
▪User dictionaries
| This option allows you to save the words you have added to your user dictionaries (see TextMaker, PlanMaker, Presentations). |
▪Other (SmartText, Labels, ...)
| Enable this option if you want to apply all other settings that can be saved in SoftMaker Office. |
When you finally click on Export, a Zip file is created with the options you selected. Save this file to any location that you can easily access for later import.
Note: The settings of all SoftMaker Office applications will be exported in this process (TextMaker, PlanMaker, Presentations, BasicMaker). The same applies to the import in the following step.
Step 2: Import the settings
To import the settings to another installation of the program, choose the command File | Options there. In the "Settings" dialog box, click on the Manage button.
In the following dialog box "Manage settings", place a check mark in front of the settings you want to import. (Details about the options are described above in step 1).
Now click the Import button and select the Zip file you created in step 1. The imported settings will take effect in the current BasicMaker application when you restart the program.
"Reset" button
The Reset button resets all the program's settings to their delivery state.
Note: This action resets the settings for all SoftMaker Office applications (TextMaker, PlanMaker, Presentations, BasicMaker) of this version.