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SoftMaker Software GmbH is a software company that produces office software and is located in Nuremberg, Germany. SoftMaker was founded in 1989 by Martin Kotulla.〔 *(Review and interview focusing on the company, compatibility, and ODF compliance )〕 In 1991, it also added digital fonts to its offerings. Best known in Germany and the EU, SoftMaker is slowly pursuing the North American market,〔 where it faces stiff competition from both free and commercial competitors. Students, teachers, schools, and universities can purchase SoftMaker Office for a lower price through the "Schulen ans Netz" ("get schools onto the net") initiative, part of SoftMaker's academic sales program. Additionally, a free version named FreeOffice is available.〔()〕 To promote its digital font sales, SoftMaker publishes one font each month free for download from its (FreeFont ) web site. == SoftMaker Office == SoftMaker Office is SoftMaker's flagship product, an office suite marketed to home, small business and educational users.〔 The current version, called ''SoftMaker Office 2012'' consists of the word processor TextMaker (compatible with Microsoft Word), the spreadsheet PlanMaker (compatible with Microsoft Excel) the presentation software application SoftMaker Presentations (compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint) and the scripting language BasicMaker (compatible with Visual Basic for Applications). SoftMaker Office 2012 is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Android. Its predecessor, SoftMaker Office 2010, is available for Windows CE, and Pocket PCs (Windows Mobile handheld devices). The 2006 version was also available for FreeBSD and Handheld PCs. A database application DataMaker, as of 2012, is in development. Currently, SoftMaker Office supports all popular Microsoft Office file formats, as well as its own proprietary formats. SoftMaker claims to be working on ODF compliant formats,〔 but currently supports OpenDocument only in its word processor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SoftMaker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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