CITYWAY

TextMaker

The best free alternative to Microsoft Word

Create all types of documents in no time with the CITYWAY TextMaker word processor, the best free alternative to Microsoft Word: Design flyers or brochures just as easily as you write business letters or complete scientific papers.

CITYWAY TextMaker offers numerous design options: Using its unique object mode, you can insert pictures, drawings and text frames into your documents. Thanks to the advanced positioning and text wrapping options, you can create any layout imaginable. Master pages not only enable you to watermark each page, but they also assist you in placing repeating objects in your document. Use character and paragraph styles to give your documents a consistent and professional look.

CITYWAY TextMaker supports spell checking via Hunspell dictionaries, thus helping you find typos in dozens of languages.

CITYWAY TextMaker opens and saves all Microsoft Word DOC and DOCX files. It also lets you create PDF files directly from within the application.

Features

Files and printing

Documents can be exchanged losslessly between any version of TextMaker on any operating system.
Open and save DOC and DOCX files from Microsoft Word in an identical format to the original files, including password-protected files
Open and save OpenDocument files in an identical format to the original files
Open and save documents in RTF, HTML, Pocket Word, ASCII and Unicode formats
Open WordPerfect (.wpd) documents (only in Windows)
Assistant for importing and exporting text files
Create PDF files directly in CITYWAY TextMaker
PDFs with tags and bookmarks
Print 2, 4, 8 or 16 pages on one sheet of paper (only in Windows)
Document preview directly in the file dialog

Pictures and drawings

Comprehensive drawing and picture functions: Draw and design directly in your document with Word-compatible AutoShapes
Insert pictures in a range of file formats
Change brightness, contrast and gamma of pictures directly in CITYWAY TextMaker
Fill drawings with colors, patterns, pictures and gradients
Contour wrap
Connector lines between objects
Large symbol library for flowcharts and organizational charts
TextArt feature for font effects

Editing and formatting

Insert fields, such as date/time, page number, author, consecutive numbers, etc.
Calculation in both the text and tables
Borders, shading, fill patterns, drop caps, paragraph control
Hidden and protected text
Paragraph and character styles
Automatic numbering of lines, paragraphs, lists and headings
Real master pages, not just simple headers and footers

Tables

Complex, nested and multi-page tables
Cells can be merged, split and rotated.
Repeating rows (headings are automatically repeated at the top of each new page)
Tables may be positioned anywhere on the page.

Language tools

Spell-check in 85 languages with Hunspell dictionaries.
Automatic hyphenation in 35 languages
Automatic spell-check: Incorrectly written words are underlined in red

Functions for complex documents

Track changes tracks all changes made to documents and enables you to accept/reject them later.
You can now click on the entries in indexes and tables of contents, which facilitates navigation.

Extras

Fully Unicode-enabled
Extended support for Asian fonts and Arabic
CITYWAY TextMaker for Windows is an OLE server and can insert its documents into any other program.
You can zoom and scroll with your fingers on touchscreens.
Complete database module integrated for SQLite and dBASE databases
Change the structure of databases
Insert individual addresses in letterheads