SoftMaker Office For Linux

SoftMaker Office is an office suite comprised of TextMaker, a powerful word processor, PlanMaker, a spreadsheet app, and Presentations, a presentation software.

SoftMaker Office 2012 is available for Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows CE and Android. The suite offers 100% file compatibility between all supported OSes!

To install SoftMaker Office, first switch to the directory below which you want to install it, for example:

cd ~ to install below your home directory cd /opt to install below /opt cd /usr/local to install below /usr/local

Note: You need administrator rights (root) to install SoftMaker Office beyond your home directory.

Then, unpack SoftMaker Office as follows:

Extract the files with: tar xzvf softmaker-office-2012-669.tgz

Finally, start TextMaker or PlanMaker by typing:

cd officetrial ./textmaker ./planmaker