<s>
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
SoftMaker	O
and	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SoftMaker	B-Application
office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
reduced	O
versions	O
of	O
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
are	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
started	O
in	O
1987	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
aims	O
at	O
utmost	O
compatibility	B-Device
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
(	O
adding	O
some	O
proprietary	O
features	O
like	O
an	O
object	O
mode	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
frames	O
or	O
a	O
simple	O
built-in	O
database	O
functionality	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reads	O
and	O
writes	O
its	O
own	O
document	O
format	O
(	O
.tmd	O
)	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
(	O
.doc	B-Operating_System
and	O
.docx	O
)	O
,	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
(	O
.odt	O
)	O
,	O
Pocket	O
Word	O
(	O
.psw	O
,	O
.pwd	O
)	O
,	O
Rich	O
Text	O
Format	O
(	O
.rtf	O
)	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
4.0	I-Language
(	O
.htm	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
plain	O
text	O
files	O
(	O
.txt	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
open	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
(	O
.sxw	O
)	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
document	O
format	O
can	O
be	O
.tmdx	O
,	O
.tmd	O
,	O
.docx	O
,	O
.doc	B-Operating_System
,	O
.rtf	O
,	O
or	O
.odt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VBA-compatible	O
scripting	O
is	O
supported	O
through	O
SoftMaker	O
's	O
scripting	O
language	O
,	O
called	O
BasicMaker	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
SoftMaker	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
mobile	O
use	O
,	O
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
run	O
from	O
a	O
USB	O
stick	O
without	O
changing	O
any	O
registry	O
or	O
system	O
files	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TextMaker	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
only	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
worldwide	O
to	O
support	O
all	O
these	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
