This feature is only included in SoftMaker Office NX Universal. It is not available in the Android or iOS version.
The ribbon command Review | SmartChat allows you to create AI-based texts and pictures. TextMaker uses the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI), which tries to understand a human instruction in order to generate a meaningful human-like result.
Note: The processing is performed by the online service ChatGPT rather than performed locally on your computer. You must thus be connected to the Internet to use this feature.
Choose the ribbon command Review | group Language tools | SmartChat 
and select from among the available uses of the AI in the menu that appears:
Summarize text
This option lets the AI summarize the key points of long texts in your document in just a few sentences. In the open dialog box, choose whether you want to summarize only the text section (which you must have selected beforehand) or your entire document.
Specify the appropriate text length and the desired output language for the summary, and then click on the Summarize button. If you don’t like the summary, press this button again to obtain another result. The previous text will be overwritten.
Insert the result directly into your open document using the Insert button. If you have chosen Whole document, the result will be inserted at the cursor position. If you have chosen Selected text, the result will replace the selection.
Alternatively, you can copy the result to the clipboard using the Copy button and then paste it into TextMaker or into another program.
Write a story
You can instruct the AI to create complete, coherent texts using the key points or ideas you suggested. In the open dialog box, enter the topics relevant to your article.
Choose the text style, an appropriate text length and the desired output language of the article you want to create. For some languages that use different types of personal pronouns depending on the desired formality (in German, for example, it is the formal "Sie" versus the informal "Du"), the appropriate Formality can also be set.
Click on the Write story button to create the text. If you don’t like the result, press this button again to obtain another suggestion. The previous text will be overwritten.
Insert the result directly into your open document using the Create button. The result will be inserted at the cursor position.
Alternatively, you can copy the result to the clipboard using the Copy button and then paste it into TextMaker or into another program.
Improve style and grammar
Use AI to refine the existing text in your document in terms of expression, spelling and readability. In the open dialog box, choose whether you only want to check the text section (which you must have selected beforehand) or your entire document.
You can output the result in the current language of your text or select another language into which the text should be converted. If you don't like the suggestion, press the Suggestions button again to obtain another result. The previous text will be overwritten.
Insert the result directly into your open document using the Insert button. If you have chosen Whole document, the result will be inserted at the cursor position. If you have chosen Selected text, the result will replace the selection.
Alternatively, you can copy the result to the clipboard using the Copy button and then paste it into TextMaker or into another program.
Review text
Use AI to examine the existing text in your document for factual inaccuracies or contradictions and its readability:
▪The AI analyzes the comprehensibility of the relevant text.
▪Suggestions for improvement are offered to make the text easier to understand.
▪The school level required to understand the text is assessed.
In the open dialog box, choose whether you only want to check the text section (which you must have selected beforehand) or your entire document.
You can output the result of the analysis in the current language of your text or select a different language in which the result should be formulated. If you don’t like the result of the analysis, press the Check button again to obtain another result. The previous result will be overwritten.
Insert the result of the analysis directly into your current document using the Insert button. If you have chosen Whole document, the result will be inserted at the cursor position. If you have chosen Selected text, the result will replace the selection.
Alternatively, you can copy the result of the analysis to the clipboard using the Copy button and then paste it into TextMaker or into another program.
Talk to the AI
Enter into a direct dialog with the AI-driven module and receive an AI-based response to a question you have asked.
The response will be written in the language in which your question was formulated. If you press the Answer button again, you will obtain another result. The previous answer will be overwritten.
Insert the result directly into your open document using the Insert button. The result will be inserted at the cursor position. If text has been selected in your document, the result will replace the selection.
Alternatively, you can copy the result to the clipboard using the Copy button and then paste it into TextMaker or into another program.
Create picture with AI
You can use this command to create an AI-generated picture by telling the AI your description of the desired picture, for example, "Create a picture of the Eiffel Tower with fireworks". This picture will then be automatically added to the SoftMaker AI gallery.
Enter your description for the picture to be created in the dialog box that opens. By clicking on the Create picture button, the picture will be created by the AI after you have selected the desired format from the menu of this button. If you would like to modify the generated picture afterwards, use the Modify button. A dialog box will then appear in which you can enter further descriptions.
The Full screen button can be used to display the completed picture at full screen size. You can use the Forward and Back buttons to access previous or subsequent descriptions and the previously created pictures from the history of the current session.
Insert the final AI picture directly into your current TextMaker document using the Insert button.
Alternatively, you can choose the command under Insert | group Objects | Picture 
, and select the From AI entry in the dropdown menu of the command. Here, you will find another entry From AI gallery, which you can use to insert existing AI pictures created with SoftMaker Office from the SoftMaker AI Gallery.
Note: You can convert an AI picture that has been inserted as a picture frame into a picture embedded in the body text and vice versa. To do so, choose the command Convert to embedded object or Convert to object frame from the context menu. For more information on the difference between frames and embedded objects, see Frames and drawings.
Modify picture
This command opens a dialog box in which you select existing pictures from your computer's folders and describe to the AI how you would like to change the picture.
Example: "Replace all the people in the picture with animals". You can then insert the modified picture into your current TextMaker document.
The dialog box contains the following buttons:
▪Select picture from gallery: Opens the SoftMaker AI gallery, which contains all AI pictures created so far with SoftMaker Office.
▪Browse for pictures: Opens the file browser in which you can search for any pictures available on your computer.
| Note: The original picture remains unaffected by the changes you make here using AI. The modified picture is automatically saved in the SoftMaker AI Gallery. |
After loading the picture you have selected, enter a description in the lower field of the dialog box as to how the picture should be modified. Then click on the Modify picture button.
The Full screen button can be used to display the completed picture at full screen size. You can use the Forward and Back buttons to access previous or subsequent descriptions and the previously created pictures from the history of the current session.
If you are satisfied with the result, insert the modified picture into your current TextMaker document using the Insert button.
Modify selected picture
Existing pictures in your TextMaker document can be modified using the AI by selecting the picture and describing to the AI how you would like to change it.
Example: "Replace all the people in the picture with animals". This picture will then be automatically added to the SoftMaker AI gallery.
To do so, select the desired picture in your TextMaker document and choose the ribbon command Review | SmartChat > Modify selected picture. In the following dialog box, enter a description as to how the picture should be modified. Then click on the Modify picture button.
The Full screen button can be used to display the completed picture at full screen size. You can use the Forward and Back buttons to access previous or subsequent descriptions and the previously created pictures from the history of the current session.
If you are satisfied with the result, you can use the Replace button to replace the existing picture in the document with the modified AI picture.
Alternatively, you will find the command in the context menu by right-clicking on the picture or on the contextual ribbon tab Picture with the command Modify selection with AI.
Changing the properties of AI pictures
An inserted AI picture actually nothing more than a picture frame. To change the properties, right-click on the object and select Picture properties in the context menu.
The options of the dialog box (or on the contextual ribbon tab Picture) correspond to a large extent to the properties of picture frames as described in the Picture frames section.
If you have converted the inserted AI image into a picture that is embedded in the normal body text, you will find the descriptions for adjusting the picture properties in the Pictures section.