Welcome!
Technical support
About this manual
System requirements
Installation and program startup
Installing on Windows
Installing on macOS
Installing on Linux
Installing on Android devices
Installing on iOS devices
Application window
Title bar
User interface: Ribbon
User interface: Classic menus
User interface on Android/iOS
Context menu
Document tabs
Horizontal ruler
Sidebar
Status bar
Basics
Entering text
Moving the text cursor
Deleting text
Undoing changes
Insert or overwrite?
Starting a new document
Opening a document
Printing a document
Saving a document
Exiting the application
The TextMaker tour
Sample letter
Saving the sample letter
Simple formatting
When something goes wrong...
Opening a file
Creating a letterhead
Paragraph alignment
Tabs
Inserting the date and other fields
Footers
Inserting a separator above the footer
Inserting fold marks
Printing the sample letter
Finished!
Working with selections
Selecting text and objects
Selecting in the Windows, Mac or Linux version
Selecting in the Android/iOS version
Moving, deleting and copying
Paste (special)
Inserting a document
Character formatting
Font and font size
Text styles
Font color
Superscripts and subscripts
Letter spacing and character pitch
Kerning
Format painter
Hiding text
Protecting text
Resetting the character formatting
Changing the default character formatting
Paragraph formatting
Indents
Line spacing
Spacing above/below a paragraph
Paragraph alignment
Changing the_character format for whole paragraphs
Tabs
Using tabs
Deleting and moving tab stops
Using the horizontal ruler
Bulleted lists
Drop caps
Shading
Borders and lines
Outline level
Forcing a break before a paragraph
Paragraph control
Suppressing line numbers
Line break – insert manually
Sorting text or tables
Showing non-printable characters
Page formatting
Inserting manual page breaks
Page setup
Headers and footers
Creating and editing headers and footers
Inserting a page number
Inserting date and time
Inserting other fields
Using alignment tabs
Changing the properties of headers and footers
Different headers/footers on the first page
Different headers/footers on left and right pages
Deleting headers or footers
Master pages
Editing the master page
Dividing a document into chapters
Inserting and removing chapters
Navigating chapters
Chapters and page formatting
Chapter formatting
Formatting page numbers
Changing the page background
Fold marks
Styles
Character styles
Creating character styles
Applying character styles
Changing character styles
Scope of character styles
"Normal" character style
"Based on" character styles
Character styles and the sidebar
Paragraph styles
Creating paragraph styles
Applying paragraph styles
Changing paragraph styles
Scope of paragraph styles
"Normal" paragraph style
"Based on" paragraph styles
Paragraph styles and the sidebar
Managing styles
Document templates
Creating document templates
Using document templates
Editing document templates
"Normal.tmvx" document template
Multi-column page layouts
Changing the number of columns
What are sections?
Searching and replacing
Search
Replace
Repeating a search/replace
Advanced search options
Searching/replacing formatting
Bookmarks
Go to
Searching with the sidebar
Navigating with the sidebar
Fields
Inserting a field
Editing and updating fields
Displaying field names and shading fields
Defining your own date and time formats
Inserting the date and time as text
Inserting special characters
Automatic numbering
Simple numbering
Numbered lists
Applying numbered lists
Changing numbered lists
Advanced functions: Creating your own numbered lists
Numbered headings
Numbering with auto numbers
Adding line numbers
Inserting breaks
Tables
Inserting tables
Ribbon tab "Table"
Moving in tables
Selecting table cells and cell contents
Deleting, copying, moving cell contents
Deleting and inserting table cells
Deleting cells from a table
Inserting cells in a table
Splitting and merging table cells
Splitting table cells
Merging table cells
Splitting tables
Merging tables
Formatting tables
Distributing rows and columns evenly
Changing row properties
Changing cell properties
Changing general table properties
Table styles
Converting a table into text
Converting text into a table
Sorting tables
Sorting text
Pictures
Inserting pictures into the text
Scanning pictures
Inserting pictures from the gallery/camera (Android and iOS)
Changing position and size of pictures
Compressing pictures
Changing picture properties via the ribbon tab
Changing picture properties via the dialog box
Charts
Inserting charts
Inserting charts via PlanMaker
Inserting charts manually
Editing charts
Changing the chart type
Entering/editing the data of a chart
Showing/hiding chart elements
Showing/hiding axes and axis titles
Showing/hiding chart titles
Showing/hiding data labels
Showing/hiding error bars
Showing/hiding gridlines
Showing/hiding the legend
Showing/hiding lines
Showing/hiding the trendline
Showing/hiding up/down bars
Editing chart elements
Chart area
Plot area
Walls (three-dimensional charts only)
Floor (three-dimensional charts only)
Corners (three-dimensional charts only)
Data series and data points
Trendlines
Category axis (X axis)
Value axis (Y axis)
Series axis (Z axis)
Axis title
Chart title
Gridlines
Legend
Changing chart properties via the dialog box
Saving charts as pictures
OLE objects
Inserting OLE objects
Editing OLE objects
Editing links to OLE objects
Changing position and size of OLE objects
Changing OLE object properties via the ribbon tab
Changing OLE object properties via the dialog box
Using the SoftMaker Equation Editor
Frames and drawings
Frames – basic functions
Inserting frames
Selecting objects
Object mode
Changing the position, size and margins of objects
Changing the position of objects
Changing the size and margins of objects
Preventing changes in an object's position and size
Rotating and flipping objects
Changing the order of frames
Duplicating objects
Changing the names of objects
Converting between frame and embedded object
Aligning and distributing frames
Grouping frames
Hiding objects
Changing the AutoShape of frames
Combining shapes
Editing shapes retroactively
Changing object properties via the dialog box
Object properties, Layout tab
Object properties, Format tab
Object properties, Fill tab
Object properties, Lines tab
Object properties, Shadow tab
Object properties, 3D tab
Object properties, Effects tab
Object properties, Properties tab
Object properties, AutoShapes tab
Additional tabs
Changing the default settings for objects
Text frames
Inserting text frames
Changing text frame properties via the ribbon tab
Changing text frame properties via the dialog box
Changing the text area
Linking text frames
Picture frames
Inserting picture frames
Changing picture frame properties via the ribbon tab
Changing picture frame properties via the dialog box
Drawings
Inserting drawings
Adding text to AutoShapes
Changing drawing properties via the ribbon tab
Changing drawing properties via the dialog box
AutoShapes tab (available only for AutoShapes)
Inner text tab (available only for AutoShapes with text)
Text tab (available only for TextArt objects)
Transformation tab (available only for TextArt objects)
Forms
Filling in forms
Creating forms
Types of form objects
Inserting form objects
Editing form objects
Preparing an example form
Form objects in detail
Text fields
Using text fields
Changing the properties of text fields
Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"
Text (field) frames
Checkboxes
Using checkboxes
Changing the properties of checkboxes
Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"
Checkbox frames
Dropdown lists
Using dropdown lists
Changing the properties of dropdown lists
Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"
Dropdown list frames
Labels and groupboxes
Using labels and groupboxes
Changing the properties of labels and groupboxes
Options of the contextual ribbon tab "Object"
Forms – advanced functions
Changing the tab order
Protecting contents of form objects
Protecting forms
Calculating with form objects
QR codes/Barcodes
Language tools
Setting the language
Setting the default language
Formatting text in another language
Application examples
Spell check
Manual spell check
Checking the spelling as you type
Conversion to the new German spelling
Enabling conversion to the new German spelling
Correcting words with old German spellings
Info command of the spell check
Editing user dictionaries
Hyphenation
Duden Korrektor
Using the Duden spell check
Using the Duden hyphenation
Using the Duden grammar check
Configuring Duden Korrektor
Auto correction
Options tab
Auto correction tab
First letter tab
Initial Caps tab
SmartText
Creating SmartText entries
Inserting SmartText entries
Editing SmartText entries
Thesaurus
Translation
Research
SmartChat
Read aloud
Database
Opening a database
Creating a new database
Creating a new SQLite database
Creating a new dBASE database
Using the database module
Main window of database module
List and form view
Scrolling through records
Searching a database
Adding and editing records
Deleting and restoring records
Sorting a database
Closing a database
For advanced users: Changing the database structure
Importing individual addresses
Preparing a document template
Using document templates
Creating lists and labels
Printing envelopes
Mail merge
Assigning a database to a document
Inserting database fields
Viewing test records in the text
Sample letter
Selecting records for a mail merge
Selecting individual records manually
Selecting by record numbers
Selecting by condition
Printing a mail merge
Calculations in the text
Inserting calculations
Variables in calculations
Table cells in calculations
Database fields in calculations
Objects in calculations
Formatting and rounding calculations
Updating calculations
Conditional text
Simple calculations at the touch of a button
Formulas and functions
Structure of a formula
Operators
Overview of computational functions
Working with large documents
Outlines
Using the outline view
Changing the outline levels of paragraphs
Selecting the outline levels to be displayed
Expanding/collapsing a heading
Editing text in outline view
Formatting headings
Expert tip: Managing headings via paragraph styles
Practical outlining
Numbering headings
Advanced functions: Creating your own heading list
Outlined documents and chapters
Tables of references (TOC, index, etc.)
Indices
Preparing an index
Editing the keyword list
Creating the index
Tables of contents
Captions and tables of figures
Inserting captions for pictures and other objects
Generating a table of figures
Bibliographies
Step 1: Creating and editing the bibliography database
Step 2: Assigning the bibliography database
Step 3: Inserting references to sources
Step 4: Generating the bibliography
Bibliographies with Zotero
Updating tables of references
Editing and formatting tables of references
Cross references
Inserting cross references
Editing and updating cross references
Style references
Footnotes and endnotes
Footnotes
Inserting and editing footnotes
Changing the formatting of footnotes
Footnote options
Endnotes
Inserting and editing endnotes
Changing the formatting of endnotes
Endnote options
Reviewing documents
Using comments
Inserting comments
Editing comments
Deleting comments
Displaying and printing comments
Locating comments
Settings for comments
Tracking changes in a document
Step 1: Enabling the Track changes function
Step 2: Making the desired changes
Step 3: Accepting/rejecting changes
Settings for the Track changes function
Using hyperlinks
Outputting documents
Print preview
Printing a document
Printing a mail merge
Exporting a document as a PDF file
Exporting a document as an EPUB file
Sending a document by e-mail
Finalize document (remove personal data)
Document management
Quick paths
Document summary
File manager
Searching with the file manager
Backup copies (file versions)
Document protection
Enabling document protection
Disabling document protection
Working with other file formats
Saving and opening files in other file formats
Notes on the text format
Notes on the HTML format
Working with Arabic text
Enabling extended support for Arabic text
Changing the text direction of paragraphs
Changing the direction of tables
Changing the direction of multi-column text
Changing the font of Arabic text
Inserting dates in Arabic
Inserting dummy text
Scripts (BasicMaker)
Working with multiple documents
Creating or opening a document
Switching between open documents
Arranging documents on the screen
Closing a document
Customizing TextMaker
Changing TextMaker settings
Settings, View tab
Settings, General tab
Settings, Appearance tab
Settings, Language tab
Settings, Files tab
Settings, Backup tab
Settings, System tab
Settings, Fonts tab
"Manage" button
Exporting/importing settings
Changing document properties
Document properties, Summary tab
Document properties, View tab
Document properties, Colors tab
Document properties, Statistics tab
Document properties, Protection tab
Document properties, Form tab
Document properties, Review tab
Document properties, Fonts tab
Customizing the document display
Zoom level
Full screen view
Dark document mode
Viewing documents side by side
Customizing the ribbon
Showing and hiding the ribbon
Customizing icons and groups in the ribbon
Changing the position of the Quick access toolbar
Customizing icons on the Quick access toolbar
Customizing toolbars
Showing and hiding toolbars
Positioning toolbars on the screen
Managing toolbars
Customizing toolbar icons
Using the toolbar menu
Creating user-defined icons
Customizing shortcut keys
Using the grid
Using guides
Installing dictionaries
Installing additional dictionaries
Choosing a different dictionary for a language
Appendix
Ribbon commands and corresponding menu commands
Shortcut keys
Shortcut keys in Windows and Linux versions
Shortcut keys in Mac version
Command-line parameters