In case you haven't heard or tested SoftMaker Office, please take the time and give this fabulous piece of european software a try. I am using SoftMaker Office for years on all operating systems (MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android) in parallel. It is the closest thing I have seen to come to the MS Office file formats but lightning fast and offers a ton of great features.
Here's the link to the beta: https://www.softmaker.com/en/softmaker-office
Here's what's new in the NX/2024 beta:
- You can now compress inserted pictures. This reduces the file size, makes for smaller PDF files and speeds up printing. [SOFTMAKER OFFICE PROFESSIONAL AND NX UNIVERSAL]
- During PDF export, pictures can now be exported in a lower resolution, resulting in more compact PDF files.
- Automatic correction of common typos in many languages
- SoftMaker Office for Mac now uses Metal graphics acceleration instead of OpenGL.
- In the dialog box New document, there is now an additional list view that simply shows a list of files instead of thumbnails.
- When pasting from the clipboard, you can choose between keeping the source formatting, applying the target formatting, pasting unformatted and merging the formatting.
- You can now insert pictures in WEBP format in all programs.
- Better handling of spell checking: SoftMaker and Hunspell dictionaries are now automatically downloaded when they are used for the first time.
- Grouped objects can now be edited more easily.
- The full document path can now be optionally displayed in the program's title bar (switchable in the Options dialog box).
- The applications now fetch the font list via official functions of the operating system. As a result, fonts are also found in other folders, and font filtering by programs such as Font Book and Font Menu Cleaner also affects SoftMaker Office.
- Clean font list: The new setting "Load only fonts relevant for installed keyboard layouts" hides the fonts in the font list that you normally don't need. Example: You don't have a Chinese keyboard layout installed, so you probably don't need Chinese fonts.
- You can now also directly enter the hex value of a Unicode character in Insert | Symbol.
- When inserting a hyperlink, a text is automatically suggested, but you can still edit it.
- Improved dark mode with dark sidebars
- Dark mode can now turn on and off automatically when your operating system changes to "dark" or "light".
- In addition to sending documents via e-mail, there is now also a "Share" command that can share the document with Windows apps.
- When replacing text, Undo now undoes each step individually.
- When printing, the Apple print dialog is shown immediately, skipping the CUPS options.
- Documents are now saved in such a way that file attributes such as "Compressed", "Icon position on desktop", "Owner" etc. are preserved.
- In Windows 11, the appearance of the programs is harmoniously adapted to the operating system.