SoftMaker has announced a public beta of SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices. This is a full fledged office suite for Windows Mobile that lets you open, edit, and save any Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file on your Pocket PC directly and without conversion, retaining all the formatting, functions, and contents of files created using desktop Office.
Here are the key features of SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows Mobile Pocket PC:
Word processor: TextMaker 2008
- Create PDF files directly with TextMaker optionally with font embedding and even as fillable forms
- Print directly from PlanMaker using “Jetcet Print” or directly to Bluetooth-capable PostScript printer
- save documents in the OpenDocument format
- opens password-protected Microsoft Word files
- Reads and writes numerous additional file formats – HTML, RTF, Pocket Word, ASCII, Unicode
- “Track Changes” tracks all changes made to documents and lets you accept/reject them later
- “SmartText” feature: just type e.g. “asap” and “as soon as possible” will appear (fully customizable)

Presentation graphics: SoftMaker Presentations 2008
You can create, edit, and manage slides, insert and edit all types of drawings, graphics, and tables and even apply all animations and transitions that you know from Microsoft PowerPoint.
- different types of formatting
- slide transitions and animations
- slide designs and color schemes
- graphics, drawings, and backgrounds
- notes and comments
Spreadsheet: PlanMaker 2008
- Create PDF files directly with PlanMaker
- Print directly from Excel on a wide range of printers by using “Jetcet Print” or, without any additional software, directly to Bluetooth-capable PostScript printers
- New automatic functions such as AutoSum and AutoProduct help you fill out worksheets more quickly.
- QuickInfos give useful hints about formulas right when you create or edit them.
- PlanMaker 2008 comes with more than 330 calculation functions.
Click here to download the beta version of SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows Mobile.



