choice of file format?

[MTO]

I'm just curious -- what are the advantages of saving files in the tmd or tmdx format, rather than docx, etc.?

[SuperTech]

Thanks for your inquiry. These are different file formats with minor differences.

tmdx/tmd are TextMaker file formats which include all the features provided by TextMaker where tmd is an older format and tmdx is the latest one. In other file formats like docx, there will be some features missing but tmdx includes everything.

Use other file formats only when you want interoperability with other similar software like if you have to share files with someone using MS-Word you can use docx so that you both can work on same file.

[JohnWasilewski]

I am very interested in this. Please could I trouble you to give us 3 or 4 examples of TM features we lose when saving as .docx, or else tell us where to look to read about them?

Knowing this would be very helpful.
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John

[Jossi]

One thing I remember is that TM allows multiple columns in text boxes, and Word doesn't. So these are not saved in *.doc or *.docx.

[jmarc]

Is there an update of this for the 2024 versions ?
Do we still have an interest of using tmdx instead of docs ?

[SuperTech]

Is there an update of this for the 2024 versions ?
Do we still have an interest of using tmdx instead of docs ?

There is nothing to update regarding this with any new version.

If you want to use native advanced features than use TMDX file format and if you are looking for compatibility with Word use DOCX file format.