Ashampoo Office

Office suites can be considered a must-have for most computer users. Although not as encompassing as the well-known Microsoft Office, Ashampoo Office 2012 is a suite which provides a complete package for text processing, creating presentations and working with spreadsheets.

Clean interface

Ashampoo Office comes with several tools, as it follows: TextMaker, Presentations, PlanMaker and Equation Editor. All four applications that are included in this suite display a user-friendly interface, although those who have never used these types of products before may need to take some time to become familiar with the toolbars and adjust the settings.

Creating and editing text bodies

TextMaker is the word processing software of the suite, a comprehensive solution for text editing and poster design, as it offers you a wide range of tools to work with. To be more precise, you can adjust page and text formatting, use a spell checker, generate tables and graphs, and create envelopes, brochures and databases. Compatibility is definitely not an issue, since TextMaker can open all popular document formats, including DOCX or HTML.

Monitor finances and write math problems

The equivalent of Excel is PlanMaker, an application that offers multiple functions for working with complex charts and finance monitoring options. Among these you can find mathematical and financial functions, database formulas, statistics, logic or technical functions. All the formulas that you introduce can be audited, in order to easily detect possible errors and their source.
Also, Ashampoo Office 2012 also offers a separate Equation Editor, which you can use to write mathematical equations without any effort.

Convert items to PDFs and create data presentations

Using Presentations, you can create professional slides and customize them as you desire. Moreover, this application enables you to edit the images you insert in the presentation right from its main window, by applying several effects, and flipping, rotating or cropping the uploaded items.
All components are connected, so you can access one directly from another's interface. Furthermore, Ashampoo Office includes an in-built PDF converter, so you can save your word documents, presentations or spreadsheets directly in this format.

Bottom line

To conclude, although it does not offer as many instruments as Microsoft Office, Ashampoo Office 2012 is a viable solution for easily handling word documents, spreadsheets and creating professional-looking presentations. The interface is accessible to all users, the response time is good and there are still plenty of tools to keep you glued to your PC for quite a while. The computer’s performance is not hampered as it does not require many resources in order to run fully.