Office: TextMaker Mobile for Android
Use this app all the time to keep my writing across multiple devices since Word mobile doesn't do track changes. I paid for this years ago and use it often. Suddenly I am getting a v1 retired error when trying to connect to dropbox, which makes this useless. Per Dropbox site, this is because of outdated API, which should have been updated by now. If you aren't looking for cloud access of the docs you work on, then this is fine. But I paid for it because it would link to Dropbox and had track changes. Pointless without that access.
Used to really like this app but now I have a device that I run by Bluetooth which means it's not connected alors of the time. To make a long story short TextMate wanted to make a license check while I wasn't connected to the internet and it said my license was not valid and lost all the work I did in that session and the previous sessions because the document I was working on was destroyed.
When I first got this app I loved it, but now due to outdated processes I can no longer connect it to either Google Drive or Dropbox. I originally got this app for that function, and considering that NaNoWriMo is coming up, that is especially disappointing. These functions should have been updated by now.
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. That you so mutch, God place you. Would you please can you add Arabic font I appreciate it thank you.
Cannot Directly Share into The App. Can't make it Default. Can't import from my San disc. And I PAID for this App, For Nothing.
Doesnt show pictures and objects in the Microsoft Office files.
I'm confused...I bought the Text & Plan Maker programs because I was so impressed with your earlier Windows Mobile versions. Your Android programs had several limitations, but I assumed you would improve them over time. Instead, you made the version I bought "free" and you released new "HD" versions which you are charging for again. It is unlikely that you will make any meaningful improvements to the software I already paid for, so if I want updates it seems I'll have to pay for the software again...
When I insert a table e.g 5 rows (across) & 3 columns (down). What shows up is reversed I. E. 5 down & 3 across. Similar problem to office suite 8 which I have also used.
I would give it four stars, but it stops recognizing the keyboard every few days and I have to uninstall and reinstall the app.
Very close to Polaris office. Losses colours in tables. Red became black etc. Insert pics from camera. .Not enough time to fully test
I paid enough for this app because nothing was available then, it was OK, though lacking in many ways. Now with Microsoft's office suite for android free of charge, I don't think it's worth the try and it was quite costly. If I had it for free like others maybe I would appreciate it more, but for the price paid l still regret it. When the beta version was released I wanted a discount having paid for this, l was told to pay 19.99 euros for the android bundle. Thank God I didn't buy it.
Offers track changes editing which I needed but keep crashing. Tried on different handsets
Why are my files opening as "Untitled 1*" instead of their file names? And the files that I'm trying to open are not template files. They are in .dox, .doc, .rtf, etc. format. Please resolve!
I cannot print from my LG G4 with this app, so I paid for a useless app.
Past text feature is not intuitive since there are different ways to past text from TTS and external apps // Some unpleasantness between last saved document version and cache document version when TTS suddenly close is making lost my last text modifications
Very close to Polaris office. Losses colours in tables. Red became black etc. Insert pics from camera. .Not enough time to fully test
Textmaker is perfect for reviewing edits while travelling. The track changes function carries over into Word perfectly, which can't be said for any other app I've tried. Love it!
So far, I would say that, for many reasons, it is the best on the market, as for academic works. And I have tried many, even those suggested as the best. Actually I would like to get answers to my questions. If for any reason I change my tablet how would I retrieve the app I paid for? 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. 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. QUESTION: Could you please fix the issue of the dcument opening as untitled, thereby wanting to be saved as a new doc. I really want to give you five stars. Thank you.
Great update but to bad all the apps I purchased is free to everyone now.
I'm confused...I bought the Text & Plan Maker programs because I was so impressed with your earlier Windows Mobile versions. Your Android programs had several limitations, but I assumed you would improve them over time. Instead, you made the version I bought "free" and you released new "HD" versions which you are charging for again. It is unlikely that you will make any meaningful improvements to the software I already paid for, so if I want updates it seems I'll have to pay for the software again...
Have been using for over two years now. Never seems to disappoit. Awesome from writing a letter to taking notes on the job. Reading word files is awesome.
An excellent—if not the best—writing app for Android, however there are Limitations I find rather severe: no simple paste-from-android icon in the tool Bar! I have to go through the whole menu deal. Grrrrrrr. A lot of my portable writing really needs this, as I can be skimming for quotes in other apps/notes. I can still paste externally from Textmaker, but it's a hassle. It also needs more white-space at the bottom of the page in draft mode. I'm sure others would like this too.
When I insert a table e.g 5 rows (across) & 3 columns (down). What shows up is reversed I. E. 5 down & 3 across. Similar problem to office suite 8 which I have also used.
Soft keyboard can be manually turned off & on, so the screen doesn't bounce around as it does in many other word processors. All options necessary for document creation and formatting, all easily available in well laid out menus. It lacks night mode, so the screen can be hard on the eyes; otherwise, its perfect.
This is the only app out of six others I've tried to support RTF files without losing proper table formatting.
..on my tablet. Definitely prefer it over Officesuite for that purpose :) One thing though - recently a Play Store site for a music app has been automatically launched without my consent in connection with Textmaker, which frankly I find annoying. Any help on how to stop this from happening?
No complaits
Some of the updates made it practically impossible to use a bluetooth keyboard with this editor. The function was recovered now and then, lost again a.s.o. I consider this to be extremely unprofessional.
...and does it VERY well. I prefer this over OfficeSuite. My only request would be to add strike-through for text. I frequently draft amendments to legislative bills and strike-through is essential. UPDATE: strike-through added! Many thanks for being responsive. Great program.
I would give it four stars, but it stops recognizing the keyboard every few days and I have to uninstall and reinstall the app.
Nice and very convinient app for editing documents better than any other that I've tried.
S'Bescht wo's jeh hets gitz!
Great app worth every penny, much better then anything else, paid for or free
Crashes constantly, arbitrarily stops recognizing Bluetooth keyboard, try to make one change and it deletes an entire paragraph or moves cursor to another part of the document. Complete waste of money.
I paid for it & cannot download it.
Since Google's kit Kat update ... it only edits and saves on Device memory NOT on ext. Mem card. Not Text maker's fault... and I'm so relieved it still works great on device memory.. but pretty much a disaster for working on mem card docs. Is there anything you can do about it? as device gets full l have to move docs to mem card ... what a nuisance! .... still ... . thanks for your life-saver wordprocesser ... couldn't do without it.
I've used this for a while, and have been mostly pleased with it. It's good for making minor edits to documents. However, I have been disappointed in using it for bigger edits. It is not really stable enough to treat it as a realistic competitor to MS word. For example, I just had it crash (and I think it was auto-save that made it crash, although I can't say that for certain), and somehow, even though it did auto-save, it only kept the first page in my auto-save, costing me a fair deal of time. Strangely, it saved the most recent edits I'd made, but completely lost the later pages (which had not been edited for a long period)
It doesn't seem to be able to read the styles embedded into a Word document properly and applies the wrong styles to headings in the docunent. King soft is better.
Textmaker is perfect for reviewing edits while travelling. The track changes function carries over into Word perfectly, which can't be said for any other app I've tried. Love it!
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At first I loved this app. Then recently I would save my work, come back the next day, and stuff I edited the day before was gone or partially gone. It's horrible. I'm not sure what's going on. I tried saving it as a separate document and it happened again this morning. Do not buy if you want to use for editing. Erases all your hard work.