Tuesday, July 9, 2002
Word Processor Beta
Posted by Brad Adrian in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:00 AM
http://www.softmaker.de/anywhere/anyce,en.htm
We've gotten very excited from time to time about news coming from SoftMaker, especially when it comes to the work they're doing on a CE-based Office Suite.
So far, SoftMaker has released a beta version of their TextMaker word processor, but it's only for Handheld Windows CE devices. However, if you look at their Web site, you'll notice an intriguing little blurb:
"Pocket PC users: This beta version will run on Handheld PCs only, but Pocket PC support is under delevopment."
Apparently, the people at SoftMaker really listened to requests from Pocket PC users and readers of this site concerning the need to port their products to the Pocket PC platform. For anybody who has felt that Pocket Word isn't as feature-rich as it needs to be, this is terrific news! There are so many ways that Pocket Word falls short of meeting my needs, so I can't wait until a better word processor hits the market.
I have absolutely no idea what the final Pocket PC version of TextMaker might be like, but if the Handheld PC version is any indicator, this could be BIG:
• Spell checker
• Direct exchange with desktop Word--no conversion
• Support for tables
• Integrated outliner
• Glossary functions
• Extended paragraph formatting
• Built-in thesaurus
We've gotten very excited from time to time about news coming from SoftMaker, especially when it comes to the work they're doing on a CE-based Office Suite.
So far, SoftMaker has released a beta version of their TextMaker word processor, but it's only for Handheld Windows CE devices. However, if you look at their Web site, you'll notice an intriguing little blurb:
"Pocket PC users: This beta version will run on Handheld PCs only, but Pocket PC support is under delevopment."
Apparently, the people at SoftMaker really listened to requests from Pocket PC users and readers of this site concerning the need to port their products to the Pocket PC platform. For anybody who has felt that Pocket Word isn't as feature-rich as it needs to be, this is terrific news! There are so many ways that Pocket Word falls short of meeting my needs, so I can't wait until a better word processor hits the market.
I have absolutely no idea what the final Pocket PC version of TextMaker might be like, but if the Handheld PC version is any indicator, this could be BIG:
• Spell checker
• Direct exchange with desktop Word--no conversion
• Support for tables
• Integrated outliner
• Glossary functions
• Extended paragraph formatting
• Built-in thesaurus
