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Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile – A text tool for Android
Tested version: 1.0
Latest version: 1.0
Requires Android: from 2.2
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Summary
Last month, just in time for Christmas, we reviewed PlanMaker Mobile for you and chose it as our app of the week. This week we're bringing you Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile. Does it do as well as the Excel version? Find out in our review.
Features & Use
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Test device:
-Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.2.1
If you're familiar with PlanMaker by know you'll know that after downloading Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile the first step will be to receive a license key, which I did not wind up needing in my test runs.
The landing screen brings you to the heart of the app's functionality: i.e. an empty page.
Check the bottom part of the display for the most important categories:
- Keyboard: Access keyboard
- File: All stock functions (open; save as; properties; send and export as PDF)
- Edit: Copy, Paste and all other generic functions
- Format: Bold, italics, font sizes, colours, etc.
- Track changes and make comments: Insert comments, etc.
- View: Set the zoom
- Help: Access the help feature
The menu is just as clear and concise:
- File
- Edit
- View
- Format
- Insert
- More (Table, Comments, Changes, Statistics, Settings...)
As you can see, the menu harbours the same functions as the button display in the main view.
TextMaker is clearly based on a Microsoft Office example—a smart choice if you ask me, as this way most users shouldn't have any trouble simply diving right into editing texts.
Settings allow you to adjust the app slightly according to your personal preferences. For instance, you can activate auto correct (for capitalising words at the beginning of sentences, URLs, etc.), as well as configure and set spell check for several languages.
My personal highlight feature: the cloud integration. This little function makes it possible to sign into Dropbox, Evernote or Google Docs via the internal file explorer, and then open and edits docs from there.
Another fun feature: users can configure buttons in the two categories, meaning you can assign those functions you are likely to use the most straight to the UI.
Interesting and useful: check the statistics to see how many characters/words/paragraphs/etc. are in a given doc, as well as the average word count, a feature which – correct me if I'm wrong – not even Microsoft Word has to offer.
The only small setback we encoutered was that TextMaker Mobile will crash, not very often, but it did happen once or twice during our test runs. Also, I was not able to make use of the option to insert a graphic from the camera. The app would quite simple freeze and become unresponsive.
If it weren't for these two minor issues we would've awarded TextMaker Mobile a full five stars!
Bottom line:
Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile is just as useful and easy to use as Office 2012: PlanMaker Mobile. It works out very well and is basically a fully compatible Word solution for Android.
Navigating the app is nice and easy and I think especially tablet users will be able to benefit from this tool.
Added bonuses, such as cloud integration and PDF exporting feature, round the whole thing off nicely.
Screen & Controls
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Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile has a lot to offer and navigating the app is a piece of cake. It resembles Microsoft Word quite closely, which should mean familiar territory for many of you.
The design suits the app's features nicely.
Speed & Stability
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As mentioned, Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile crashes infrequently, but it has been known to crash. Aside from this the app runs well.
Price/Performance Ratio
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Office 2012: TextMaker Mobile usually goes for €7.98 but as our app of the week (until January 20th) you can snag it up for only €4.99. A fair price considering the app's functionality.
If you're interested in testing the app before purchasing it, check out the 30 day trial period option.
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A Google User, Jun 14, 2013
Generally reliable Have figured out the Track Changes problem. Still dinged by the number of times it crashes, but other than that it's working again just as I need it to be.
A Google User, Jun 13, 2013
Will Not Paste My Clipboard! Why can't I paste my clipboard into Textmaker? My Samsung keyboard says it pasted but Textmaker just cursors down a line and my document stays blank.
A Google User, Jun 12, 2013
formats my docs correctly this is the first android office app I have used that formats my company forms etc correctly. Kingsoft office does a pretty good job and the Officesuite pro, I've been using for tooooo long never got it quite right
A Google User, Jun 8, 2013
Excellent. High quality app. Great user interface. Solid performance. (Galaxy Note 10.1)
A Google User, Jun 2, 2013
Primitive Tabs This app is highly touted to open and display all features of an MS Word document. However, its handling of tabs is primitive. It will not set or display correctly right hand or centered tabs--only left hand tabs are supported. Also, it will not allow editing of a tab after the tab has been set. This makes the app of limited use to me. On the other hand, the app does seem to be more full-featured than other word processors written for Android.
A Google User, May 29, 2013
Nice app so far! Actually I would like to get answers to my questions. If for any reason I would have to recover my tablet, thereby losing my files and programs, how would I get this app back on my tablet? Or let me put it this way, if I change my tablet how would I retrieve the app I paid for? I was not given any code or key, so? I would like to update this app. So far, I would say it is the best on the market, at for academic works. UPDATE: The most annoying thing is that this app will never open your word document and save the changes on that same word document. It will always save it in a new tmd document. What is the essence then in saying "this is the only word processor for Android that lets you.... And each time you make corrections or additions the story is the same. This is very annoying. Could you please tell me how to fix this annoying issue? In my case, I open the doc and first of all it opens as untitled.text... and after making amendments I touch save and it automatically wants to save it as a new textmaker doc and there are no two ways about that. I don't know if you did something like a default saving or what. Believe me it's very annoying and it renders the app almost useless
A Google User, Apr 25, 2013
Brilliant in every way except one ... it KEEPS crashing !! ! please help. utterly brilliant BUT it KEEPS crashing ! ! ! .. no other office app compares ... thankyou so so much ... however ..it REALLY needs a shortcut on menu bar for external paste ... how come you missed that essential bit out! very strange ...... please please please ... it would be perfect then! and it would make our lives even more easier ... but brilliant app... BUT it KEEPS crashing ! ! !
A Google User, Apr 25, 2013
User friendly Textmaker is far more user friendly than is Kingsoft Office. As the saying goes, 'You get what you pay for.' Kingsoft is free, but after using Textmaker Trial for a few minutes, it was well worth the $4.99 to upgrade.
A Google User, Apr 15, 2013
Worked great for the entire trial period, broke the day I bought it! I have emailed the devs twice now with no response. I really loved the app and was happy to buy it, but the day I paid for it, the app would open my documents and then freeze, making me totally unable to edit them. If this problem were resolved, my review would be very different. Even a response would add several stars, as I think this is a good app even if there a few kinks to work out. As it stands, I am very disappointed. :(
A Google User, Apr 9, 2013
Excellent word processor My only complaint is that it takes too long to save as a MS word format over to my Google Drive. I find that saving a file under the native format better and then transferring later.
A Google User, Apr 7, 2013
My phone had to be reset to free resources, but textmaker works fine. Tested it on a 290 page doc!!
A Google User, Apr 6, 2013
Missing some features other suites have Softmaker was an excellent program at the times of Windows Mobile. It included a lot of features that turned the tiny devices into micro laptops. It was based on menus that were chock-full of features and options that simply no other competitor could rival. Fast forward to now, and the software still have competitive advantages in terms of functionality. Yet that functionality is still burried in old style menus reminiscent of the past. Menu system no longer intuitive. It also lacks widgets too.
A Google User, Apr 4, 2013
Great but lags Hands down the most robust and well made office suite available in the Play Store with one unbearable flaw. When you type with a bluetooth keyboard, the app lags resulting in skipped characters. As a fast typist, this is unacceptable and does not occur in any other apps that I have used. I am also running this on a Nexus 7 which should have more than enough power.
A Google User, Mar 31, 2013
well done but could use an update spellcheck imo best program ive found for writing, has options like auto cap and spell check that few programs has (android office has spell check but was a horrible waste of money and time, and quickoffice pro has spell check but you need to buy it separate, though looks like a better set up program, for the price i stuck here) feels to me like kingsoft office, probably not as well set up menu wise but has a scroll bar on the side that i can click and slide to find the right page(very useful when you got over 200 pages to scroll through) and the spell check. only things i would hope they would fix is first off the spell check lets you know exactly when you miss spell a word, but its suggestions suck, i mean really bad, other programs are just as bad but it cant figure out what the word is if you accidentally replace a i with a e... also the cap first letter works about 50% of the time, overall its a great smooth program, it just needs the perks to be sup'ed up a little, maybe in an update they will improve them.
A Google User, Mar 24, 2013
Very good track changes capabilities I this this is the only software that truly oferrs real track changes capabilities.
A Google User, Mar 19, 2013
Wow it's amazing This is really good this is what I was looking for really amazing, even I can right in Arabic, it's Microsoft Office, it's true you feel like working in a Computer. Thakyou so mutch, God place you.
A Google User, Mar 16, 2013
Ok Half the time i switch to some other app and then return to text maker, it loses all my work since the last save. Even worst, even if i save before switching, half the times it loses my work. Basicaly instead of loading the file that i manualy saved to, text maker loads some backup file it saved to good knows when. Insuot to injury, when i manualy open my saved file it asks me if i want to save the old file over my new file. IF YOU WORK ON IMPORTANT STUFF BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN AND WHAT AND WHERE YOU SAVE
A Google User, Mar 16, 2013
Droid RAZR Maxx Finally an editor for documents that actually keeps the format of the document!!!!