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I have Windows XP running in a virtual machine (without Internet connection) to keep access to a few old and specialised programs, a very old game that I still like and some databases that were published as appendices to some doctoral thesis or other (and never updated or renewed); but I have to adm...

You are right. This function is only available in the commercial version of TextMaker, not in FreeOffice.

The user manual is based on the ribbon interface. You are obviously using classic menus. There the command is to be found at Table > Convert text to table...

You are right. I knew this behaviour from former versions of TextMaker, but obviously it has been changed in the meantime. Now insertion as a picture frame is the standard when dragging an image into the text. So you will have to either convert the picture after inserting it or use the other method ...

That depends on how you insert images. If you drag an image into the document when in Edit mode, it becomes an embedded image. With classic menus, choose Object > New picture... ( not Object > New picture frame...) to create an embedded image. With ribbons, click on the black triangle under Insert >...

TextMaker knows two types of images: embedded images and image frames. When you simply drag an image into a document, the image type it will assume depends on the mode you are in: If you are in edit mode (as you will probably be most of the time) it becomes an embedded image, if you are in object mo...

All SoftMaker Office programs have a maximum paper size (print output) of 22'' x 22''. So I'm afraid this will not be possible.

Many older versions of the FreeOffice website have been archived by the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000 ... ce.com/en/
I don't know if downloading works from these archived pages but maybe it is worth a try.

It is necessary if you want to make a change permanent, i.e. working for all future documents. Changes in the current document affect this document only, not the future ones. Every TextMaker document is based on a document template. If you don't choose one by yourself when creating a new document, T...

Did you change the hyphenation for the current document and want it as standard for all new documents? In this case, you must open the document template "Normal.tmvx", change hyphenation and save it again.

This function existed in FreeOffice 2016 but was removed in FreeOffice 2018. Please consider that this is a free software. It is up to the provider to decide which features they will offer free of charge. If you want to use the full feature set, you will have to choose the paid version.

If you work with ribbons, you will find the A-Z icon for "Sort text/table" in the "Home" ribbon, section "Paragraph". It will be greyed out until you have selected the whole text or part of it with the mouse for sorting.

Are you working with classic menus or with ribbons?

On my computer, FlexiPDF 2019 and 2022 coexist peacefully, no problems so far.

Re search and replace: Go to Edit > Replace... In the dialog box, click Special > Paragraph mark twice for the search field and once for the Replace field. Click "Replace all" and there you are. I think this is easier than using an additional text editor.