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MS Word Tip: Print Multiple Copies of Individual Pages
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SoftMaker Office 2010 ($80, 30-day free trial) for Windows comes with the same versions of TextMaker, PlanMaker, and Presentations which come with the $60 Ashampoo Office 2010; these are covered in our review of the Ashampoo product. What SoftMaker Office 2010 has which Ashampoo does not is BasicMaker, a scripting language which can add functionality to your applications. This review focuses on that module.

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Microsoft Office is the de facto standard for productivity tools, to the point at which word processors and spreadsheets are now called "office programs." But Office is costly, and it's bloated with features few users ever need or even know about. Budget-conscious users and system-resource skinflints can look to several alternatives: One such is Office 2010 by Ashampoo and/or SoftMaker. In this review, we examine Ashampoo Office 2010 ($60, 30-day free trial).

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