Key features:
Low system requirements
The high speed of the program
Full compatibility with all Microsoft Office file formats
Support for new formats of Microsoft Office 2013
Save any document in PDF format
The ability to create a portable version
Built-in programming language VBA
A toolbar similar to the familiar and convenient interface
Four tools: TextMaker, PlanMaker, Presentations and BasicMaker

New in version 2016:
Even faster than before
Flexible graphics editing with the new SoftMaker Office
Pivot tables and more math functions in the new version of PlanMaker
Preview documents and pictures before opening them
Charts can now be created in TextMaker and Presentations, too
Touchscreens, high-resolution monitors, and more
Huge worksheets in the new PlanMaker
Improved user interface in SoftMaker Office
The new SoftMaker Office has EPUB and enhanced PDF export
Extended toolbars in the new SoftMaker Office
The new TextMaker makes it easier to work on tables
Improved backup, including version management
Smart guides in the new version of Presentations
The new SoftMaker Office offers you a huge choice of first-class templates
SoftMaker Office 2016 has even better compatibility with Microsoft Office

Revision 739 comes with the following improvements:
The file manager now also shows descriptions for DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files.
The dialog box Format/Character now also sorts the five most recent fonts to the top.
The unlock dialog now explains explicitly how to run the software as a trial version.
When text with varying font sizes is selected, the functions "Increase font size" and "Decrease font size" now scale each part individually.
The functions "Increase font size" and "Decrease font size" now also work with selected table cells.
The preview of large pictures has been sped up in the Insert Picture dialog.
The version manager now has a button for previewing documents.
Several additional improvements to the version manager
The tool for creating USB flash drive installations (usbstick.exe) now copies the correct license file to the USB flash drive.
TextMaker: EPUB files are now created in a way that Adobe Digital Editions lets the user change the font size when reading e-books.
TextMaker: Additional improvements to EPUB export
TextMaker: EPUB export now documented in the help file
TextMaker: Comments in table cells are now displayed correctly again.
TextMaker: The preview of numbered lists in the dialog box "Bullets and numbering" now displays the correct color even with old documents.
PlanMaker: The function Subtotal now also accepts the argument values 101 to 111.
PlanMaker: Improved and faster pasting from the clipboard
PlanMaker: Improvements to the opening of files with pivot tables
PlanMaker: When saving to PMDX and XLSX formats, formulas that were entered by the user with errors will now be handled correctly.
Presentations: As soon as the spell checker reaches the final slide, it continues verifying with the first slide.
Presentations: If you undo deleting a table column, the selection frame will now be shown correctly.
Additional bug fixes
Improvements to the file filters