10 reasons why Kingsoft Office is better than the competition

10 reasons why Kingsoft Office is better than the competition

1: Compatibility

Kingsoft Office has a high compatibility with the de facto standard in business -- Microsoft Office. The Kingsoft suite was developed with compatibility in mind and it shows. You can open/save documents (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) from Microsoft Office 97/2000/2003/2007/2010 (in both standard and compressed formats). But there is one caveat. Although Kingsoft Office is highly compatible with the Microsoft Office formats, it is not compatible with LibreOffice/OpenOffice default formats. You need to save those documents in the Microsoft Office format (or, say, RTF) to open them. But as for Microsoft Office compatibility, Kingsoft bests LibreOffice and OpenOffice.

2: Page layout/word processing

Kingsoft Office Writer is almost like a word processor/page layout tool in one. With the new Paragraph Layout tool, you can drag and drop your paragraph layouts (on a per-paragraph basis) to make the document look exactly how you need it to look. There is also an abundance of what Kingsoft calls Materials (lines, connectors, shapes, arrows, images, buttons, etc.) that you can quickly add to the document. As well, the Page Layout tab allows you to easily add/change things like orientation, size, breaks, columns, line numbers, text wrapping, and text direction.

3: Integrated backups

This is one feature that really makes Kingsoft Office stand out. Kingsoft Writer creates an initial backup upon first save. You also set up the frequency of autosaves, which works in conjunction with the backup management. Backup management works very much like the OpenOffice crash recovery, only you have access to the tool even when a crash has not occurred.

4: Tabbed interface

Unlike the other office suites, Kingsoft makes it simple to work with multiple windows by taking a page from the world of web browsers. Every time you open a new document (either within Writer, Spreadsheets, or Presentations), it will open as a new tab within the main window. This makes it incredibly simple to switch back and forth between documents and doesn't clutter your desktop. You can even have the documents open side by side, top to bottom, or cascaded.

5: Skin (UI) manager

Kingsoft Office offers two skins: a Ribbon-like UI and a classic, drop-down menu-based interface. With the paid version, you can quickly switch back and forth between UIs, which means no matter what type of interface you (or your users) prefer, you can have it. I have actually found the Ribbon-like interface to be the best. It's like the Microsoft Ribbon interface on steroids. You have faster access to features and tools than you do in the Microsoft version. Finally, if you're an Ubuntu Unity user, Kingsoft Office integrates with the HUD without any extra work (unlike the broken HUD interface with LibreOffice).

6: Mobile version

Kingsoft Office not only has a desktop version for Windows and Linux, but also for Android and should have a full version for IOS as well (currently it offers only the Presentation software). Without a doubt, Kingsoft Office is the king of Android office suites. It has the single best interface, and it offers more functionality and features than any other mobile office suite.

7: Outstanding reference/review tools

If you are a fan of creating TOCs, footnotes/endnotes, captions, and cross-references, Kingsoft Office has an incredibly easy tool for those tasks. Located in the Reference tab, the tool makes it easy to insert/update/toggle levels for TOCs, insert footnotes/endnotes, add captions and cross-references, and even handle mail merge (available only in the paid version). Any editor will be pleased with the tools offered on the Review tab. A much easier interface for accepting/rejecting changes makes editing far easier than in other office suites. And unlike LibreOffice, Kingsoft Office includes the ability to show markup.

8: Quick formula selection

I have never come across a better interface for a spreadsheet. On the Formula tab, you will find several categories, each of which contains a drop-down where you can select from numerous formulas. You'll find Autosum, Financial, Logical, Text, Date/Time, Lookup/Reference, Math/Trig, and more functions. There is even a Recently Used drop-down to select from your most recently used formulas.

9: Easy data tools

In a similar vein, Kingsoft Office Spreadsheets makes it easy to work with data. On the Data tab, you will find quick access to Sort, Duplicates, Validation, Forms, Text To Columns, Consolidate, Goal Seek, Group, Subtotal, and more. With the paid version of Kingsoft Spreadsheets, you also have access to data import tools, Edit OLE DB Query, and External Data Range Properties.

10: Cost effectiveness

There are two versions of Kingsoft Office -- free and paid. The free version is missing a few of the features (such as the ability to switch between UIs, online updating, macros, and cover page). The Professional version is (as of this writing) $69.95 USD. The full-blown Android app is free.

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Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha12 Patch4 

[2014-03-17]

What's new:

1. Update End User License Agreement for Kingsoft Office.
2. Fixed the issue that menu item cannot be highlighted when selected.
3. Fixed the slow response issue when installing Kingsoft Office in the new version of Ubuntu.
4. Fixed the issue that border line cannot show after saving and reopening in DOC file format.
5. Fixed the line color missing issue in some shapes while saving in DOCX file format.
6. Fixed the rotation angle reading error of character in the text box in PPT format file.
7. Fixed the issue that cannot drag the slide using mouse in Kingsoft Presentation.
8. Fixed the issue that cannot set the pattern effect for narrow horizontal and narrow vertical in Shape Fill in Kingsoft Presentation.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha12 Patch3 

[2013-12-04]

What's new:

1. Fixed the crash issue while checking the printer information after adding or deleting a printer during program run.
2. Fixed Kingsoft Office was unable to open the specified file while dragging the file to the main editing area.
3. Fixed Kingsoft Office was unable to add custom spelling check dictionary of Hunspell format.
4. Fixed European character with 'All Cap' setting not take effect in Kingsoft Office.
5. Fixed the crash issue caused by error text string format in some cases.
6. Fixed the text display issue when some controls access to the wrong color in some specific system color theme.
7. Fixed the suffix of the file name cannot be changed according to the selected file format in the native Save As dialog of Gnome desktop.
8. Fixed the values error of the width and height for images while saving as DOCX format in specific language area environment in Kingsoft Writer.
9. Fixed images missing while saving as MHT files format in Kingsoft Writer.
10. Fixed no recovery modify flags and editing view issue when file recovery after a crash in Kingsoft Writer.
11. Fixed the issue of not filtering CJK vocabularies that are not supported when checking spelling in Kingsoft Presentation.
12. Fixed content is empty when pasting text in HTML format in Kingsoft Presentation.
13. Fixed the crash issue while opening some specific files with charts in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha12 Patch2 

[2013-10-28]

What's new:

1. Added: Restore the sense of crashing.
2. Added: Add a language option of Follow system locale.
3. Added: Add Insert Forms function in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
4. Fixed: Kingsoft Office crashed when inserting the 32bits bitmap file.
5. Fixed: Kingsoft Office do not support Linux symbol link and physical link.
6. Fixed: The Recent Documents function do not work when using unity desktop.
7. Fixed: Vertical artwords cannot render alphabets correctly.
8. Fixed: Table height error when copy table from Kingsoft Spreadsheets to Kingsoft Writer by RTF format.
9. Fixed: Missing some formulae in Kingsoft Writer.
10. Fixed: Missing the Match case option in Find dialog in Kingsoft Writer.
11. Fixed: Kingsoft Spreadsheets crashed when copying shapes from Kingsoft Writer.
12. Fixed: Cannot insert Cross-reference footnote in Chinese version of Kingsoft Writer.
13. Fixed: The Simplified and Traditional Chinese conversion function cannot work after copying the data by RTF format in Kingsoft Writer.
14. Fixed: Cannot play sound in special PPTX files.
15. Fixed: Kingsoft Spreadsheets crashed when system printer driver is not completed.
16. Fixed: Lacking of text in a textbox when saving as ET/XLS formats in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
17. Fixed: Cannot correct drawing combined shapes in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
18. Fixed: Cannot read XLSX in some regions which using comma as decimal point.
19. Fixed: The Iteration calculation function cannot work in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
20. Fixed: Cannot modify styles in Chinese verison of Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
21. Fixed: Cross-workbook references update error in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
22. Fixed: Lacking of hyperlinks when saving as XLS format in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha12 Patch1 

[2013-09-18]

What's new:

1. Added: Upgrade notice.
2. Fixed: Dirty flag update error in Kingsoft Presentation.
3. Fixed: Spelling recognition error when user add multiple custom dictionaries.
4. Fixed: The option of shape right margin distance from text cannot work in Kingsoft Writer.
5. Fixed: Cannot insert any function from Insert Function dialog in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
6. Fixed: Crash when playing special video in Kingsoft Presentation.
7. Fixed: Crash when using searchb function in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.

Notes:

• In this version, application settings merged into a single file.
• If you want keep the old settings, we provide a simple script. wps_merge_old_conf.sh

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha12 

[2013-09-10]

What's new:

1. Added: Saving as Microsoft Word 2007/2010 format files in Kingsoft Writer
2. Added: Reading and saving as Rich Text Format files in Kingsoft Writer
3. Added: Reading Microsoft Word 2003 XML files in Kingsoft Writer
4. Added: Added solver function in Kingsoft Spreadsheets
5. Added: Supported date and number formats in different locales in Kingsoft Spreadsheets
6. Added: Added owner-draw title-bar function and switching user interface freely between system style and owner-draw style
7. Added: Optimized the clipboard interaction between different programs
8. Added: Supported installing internationalization resource to user directory
9. Added: Supported geting the user name from the system automatically when user name is not set
10. Added: Added fallback language support
11. Added: Added RTL user interface layout support(Experimental)
12. Fixed: Cannot activate main window when user double click files
13. Fixed: Cannot saving as Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 files format on CIFS file system
14. Fixed: Missing pictures when reading Microsoft Word 2007/2010 files format in Kingsoft Writer

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha11 Patch3 

[2013-08-06]

What's new:

1. Added: A user-friendly way to install dictionaries for spell checker.
2. Added: Pre-edit support. (Enhanced Korean and Japanese input support)
3. Fixed: Cannot use native Open/Save Dialog in Mate desktop environment.
4. Fixed: Cannot save to cifs file system.
5. Fixed: Cannot show user custom splash when using a custom skin.
6. Fixed: Cannot add new words to custom dictionary.
7. Fixed: Cannot use mouse wheel when using the shortcut to the main menu.
8. Fixed: Some hyperlinks invalid in Kingsoft Presentation.
9. Fixed: Cannot use European symbols in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
10. Fixed: Print page number error in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
11. Fixed: Cannot open "Options Dialog" when there is no active document in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.
12. Fixed: Cannot group and un-group multiple times in Kingsoft Spreadsheets.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha11 Patch2 

[2013-07-23]

What's new:

1. Added: Check Spelling for non-English language.
2. Fixed: Cannot use native Open and Save dialog boxes in KDE.
3. Fixed: Printer settings do not take effect in Kingsoft Office.
4. Fixed: Cannot open PDF file directly after exporting to PDF.
5. Fixed: Cannot launch multi-instances of the same component in same user with different X desktops.
6. Fixed: Missing File button on the Insert tab.
7. Fixed: Incorrect formula result when insert a formula to the table in Kingsoft Writer.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha11 Patch1 

[2013-07-11]

What's new:

1. Fixed: The program crashed when change some options in options dialog without open a document.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha11 

[2013-07-10]

What's new:

1. Added: Supported PivotTable function in Kingsoft Spreatsheets.
2. Changed: Unified the templates dir to ~/.kingsoft/templates
3. Fixed: The program crashed when pass a relative file path to program by command line.
4. Fixed: Cannot create another instance of the program when use a different account in Kingsoft Writer and Kingsoft Presentation.
5. Fixed: Cannot to match fonts in different locales.
6. Fixed: Missing option "disable the online templates auto-start". Now you can set it at "Options->General and Save->Open mode".
7. Fixed: The width of WordArt control adapted to the dialog size.
8. Fixed: Cannot open options dialog when current document do not exist in Kingsoft Writer and Kingsoft Presentation.
9. Fixed: Cannot storage settings about font and style to normal template in Kingsoft Writer.
10. Fixed: Missing option "Auto convert straight quote to curly quote" in Kingsoft Writer.
11. Fixed: Cannot hide Grid and Guides in Kingsoft Presentation.
12. Fixed: Kingsoft Presentation deadloop when playing sound in certain situations.
13. Fixed: Cannot set default layout of slides in English version in Kingsoft Presentation.
14. Fixed: Error in calculating charactor width when using a font which is not exist in system in Kingsoft Spreatsheets.
15. Fixed: The view will scroll to top-right after finishing editing in the case of non-100% zoom.

Notes:

• Welcome to WPS Community website http://wps-community.org/. The links have also been added to the help menu.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Alpha10 

[2013-05-16]

What's new:

1. New 2013 user interface
2. Add muilti language choose support
3. Spreetsheets: Add chart support(readonly currently)
4. Spreetsheets: Add txt, csv and prn file format multi text encoding support
5. Spreetsheets: Add xml file format support
6. Spreetsheets: Add xlsx's file crypt support
7. Writer: Add txt file format multi text encoding support
8. Fixup spreetsheets open xlsx lost some of autoshapes's filling
9. Fixup can not open file that's name contains ''
10. Fixup presentation crashed when insert special background music

Notes:

• In order to get an unity package name, we change package from wps-office to kingsoft-office.
• If you have installed previously package, remove it first, please.

Kingsoft Office for Linux Beta1 

[2013-01-31]

What's new:

1. Fixup spreetsheets crashed when cuts&pastes cross files or tables
2. Fixup presentation can not insert and play music
3. Fixup presentation crashed when click the sound image target
4. Fixup all products' problem that can not open https and mailto's Hyperlinks
5. Fixup wps forward compatibility menu button's update error while moveing out the mouse

Notes:

• WPS For Linux is here in http://wps-community.org/. Welcome

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