SoftMaker Presentations

SoftMaker Presentations is a presentation program developed by SoftMaker and compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint. It is part of the SoftMaker Office productivity suite. It is a commercial software, but some older versions were also released as freeware (SoftMaker Office 2008).[3]

SoftMaker Presentations
Original author(s)SoftMaker
Initial release2007[1][2]
Stable release
2018
Operating systemMS Windows, Linux, Android, Pocket PCs, Windows CE
Typepresentation program
LicenseProprietary (commercial or freeware/registerware)

SoftMaker Presentations 2008 and 2010 is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows CE, and Pocket PCs (Windows Mobile handheld devices). A version for Google Android is also available.

The application reads and writes Microsoft PowerPoint's .ppt, .pps, and .pptx files.

User interface

Starting with Softmaker Presentations 2016, the Ribbon-styled user interface is offered as an alternative to traditional menus and toolbars.

History

The first version of SoftMaker Presentations was released in November 2007 as part of the commercial SoftMaker Office productivity suite and carried the version number "2008". In May 2011, this version was also released as freeware.[3]

The second release was SoftMaker Presentations 2010, released in November 2009 as part of SoftMaker Office 2010. This release added a sidebar similar to the one in Microsoft PowerPoint, video export, DirectX-accelerated animations and transitions, support for picture collections, and improved PDF export.

The current release is SoftMaker Presentations 2018.

References
  1. "SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows". 2007. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-31.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "SoftMaker". 2008. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved 2011-05-31. Dec 20 2007 - SoftMaker Office 2008 for Windows is shipping.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "SoftMaker Office 2008 now available for free". 2011-05-22. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2011-05-24.


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