Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2013 is out + guide how to change dictionaries

Giveaway version shows no updates, while 9.1.0.4256 is already released. Manual download asks for serial number or trial. Selected trial, and my license was kept.

 

If I remember well GOTD when you grab it said to you that there is no update available in future so the GOTD version stil remain the same for 1 year

 

Source: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/kingsoft-office-suite-professional-2013/

 

ahh right, I rembember the poin 2 in condition terms 2) No free upgrades to future versions, but in this case is a update and not an upgrade
I think it will come asap for pro users.
I stop using it because it is working perfectly in italian language but Kingsoft set my Windows O.S. in US Regional Setting mode "1,200,000.10" instead of the correct european mode "1.200.000,10" even if i reset it, openig kingsoft rollback to the wrong setting

 

uses en-us dictionary. does not seem to have a en-gb one available. link to dictionaries in earlier post does not work. home page does not list en-gb. closest is a canadian dictionary with en-gb hyphenation. not close enough.

en-gb dictionary used by mozilla and other products was added via writer options and set to default. it didn't work. still uses en-us in spell checks.

 

Yes it seems that they are focused only in US market with the office suite

There is a changelog from filehippo: http://www.filehippo.com/it/download_kingsoft_office_suite_free/changelog/

# Kingsoft Writer New Features
- Supported showing bookmark in document map
- Supported inserting a picture from scanner
- Supported opening XML Files format
# Kingsoft Spreadsheets New Features
- Supported solver function
- Supported saving as MHT File format
- Supported calculate sheet function
- Supported exporting to XLS format in a shared workbook
# Kingsoft Writer Fixes
- Optimized reading HTML Files format
- Optimized reading XML Files format
# Kingsoft Spreadsheets Fixes
- Optimized reading HTML Files format

 

Professional version can save in 2007/10/13 Office formats:
http://www.ksosoft.com/product/compare.html

It seems they are still implementing this, because the newest changelog says:
· New: Save documents as DOCX/DOTX/DOCM/DOTM

 

New version is out:
http://www.neowin.net/news/kingsoft-office-suite-free-2013-v9104480
http://www.ksosoft.com/
and now free version can 100% import and export docx, xlsx

What's new in version 9.1.0.4480:

Writer

[+] Saving documents as *.docx, *.dotx, *.docm, *.dotm
[+] Add Restrict Editing and Restrict Formatting options under Review tab (2013 style interface) and Tools menu (Classic interface)
[+] Support exporting PDF with background color
[+] Support find and replace formatting
[+] Support automatic adjusting page width when reading HTML file
[+] Support displaying table width according to the specified percentage when reading HTML file
[+] Add Border and Shading option under Home tab > Border (in 2013 style interface)
[+] Add Separator and Comment options under Insert tab
[+] Support Ctrl+Alt+Home to display the Object Browser
Spreadsheets

[+] Saving workbooks as *.xlsx, *.xlsm
[+] Expand the row and column number, supporting 1048576 rows and 16384 columns.
[+] Support AutoFilter by color
[+] Add GetPivotData function
[+] Add function recommendation list when inputting functions
[+] Support applying custom color for reading layout view
[+] Add Switch Sheet option beside sheet tabs
[+] Support freezing selected column
[+] Support displaying context menu when right clicking on the input box in Find and Replace dialog
[+] Support refreshing imported text
[+] Support Ctrl+[ shortut to go to referenced cell range
[+] Support adding break lines automatically to the content when using Fixed width to split content
[+] Support Alt+; shortcut to go to visible cells
[+] Support AutoFilter when reading HTML files
[+] Under Home tab, default border settings is set to All Borders
Presentation

[+] Add Fit slide to current window on the right end of the status bar.
[+] Add Insert Columns and Delete Columns options in the context menu when right clicking on a table cell.
Office Suite

[+] Add document encryption types
[-] Fixed the printing problem of files with custom paper size
[*] Improved the quality of exported PDF files
[*] Improved the stability of all three programs by reducing their crashing rate

 

hi!
I tried to install a portuguese dictionary in Kingsoft and it's working...kind of.
It doesn't recognize the punctuation. Can you help me please?!
Best regards, joananana

 

Kingsoft Office Suite Free 2013 v9.1.0.4514

not a great change but usefull for UK users
What's new in version 9.1.0.4514:
[+] Add UK English spell checker.
[+] Switch spell checker languages within each office program.

http://www.neowin.net/news/kingsoft-office-suite-free-2013-v9104514

How to switch between US and UK:
http://www.ksosoft.com/office/413-change-spell-checking-language-office-2013.html#.UxsPcnX5MvQ

I think there are more change inside the program and not mentioned so even if I'm Italian I will update too

 

Great News !!! My trick for others languages is working and now with the new switch features we can have 100 languages working if you want.
As you can see in the picture above I have now English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish and you can swith into your prefered
I go to update my first post on page 1 if I can and explain how to ... is realy simple
Update: I can't edit first post 'cause is too old so i explai here how to set multiple language:
1) Download your favorite language from here http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/search?f[0]=field_project_tags:157
2) With your zip program (7zip, bandizip ....) Drag and drop the file that is OXT on the main gui of your archive program and choose to open it.
3) extract only the 2 files that have extension .aff and .dic (it_IT.aff, it_IT.dic or es_ES.dic and ES-Es.aff or en_EN ....)
4) change is name in "main" so there are 2 fale called main.aff and main.dic
5) put this 2 file in a pattern in my case it_IT , pt_PT, es_ES ...
6) insert in the pattern even this file called "dict.conf" open it with notepad and insert inside it this content (change name accordig with your language but let the second row unchanged I think is something chineese):
[General]
DisplayName=Italiano (Italia)
DisplayName%5Bzh_CN%5D=英语 (美国)
DisplayName%5Bit_IT%5D=Italiano (Italia)

[Dictionary]
DisplayName=Italiano_IT
7) save and cloese the file
8 ) Repeat step from 1 to 7 for all the language you want
9) Put the patterns you created in:
programs(x86)->Kingsoft->Kingsoft Office->office6->dicts
if you have a 32bit windows I think is in Programs and not Programns(x86)

At the end you have multilanguage dict and you can switch going into tools - set language
Enjoy

 

New version is out
Kingsoft Office Free 9.1.0.4550
http://www.neowin.net/news/kingsoft-office-suite-free-9104550
Chnagelog is unknown at the moment
Language dics tricks is still working

 

I wouldn't update, because:

 

humm, I don't know, the official page at this time is silent
http://www.ksosoft.com/what-is-new-in-kingsoft-office-free-2013
The changelog you report is from Filehippo but for me there is something wrong, this is a free suite so there is nothing trial that expired.
Thanks god I use PrivateFirewall so I stoped every Kingsoft's outbound connection

 

Kingsoft Office is now WPS Office and a new version was released as WPS Office 2014 beta 1
http://www.neowin.net/news/wps-office-2014-formerly-kingsoft-office-beta-1
Now English-USA English-French-Spanish-Portuguese are present by default (dics not the gui that is still english and chinese only)
My tricks for other language is working but take attenction to the installer because is full of bloatware you need to unselect

 

Just another little trick before I forget to mention here
WPS as usual start with an annoying page of template online.
To change this stupid behaviour and start with a new blink page make this simple trick:
Open the Writer, go at the right up corner and click on the "Writer" now there is a Options and Exit icon, click on the Options and go to "General and Save" at the end there is a "Start with" option and choose New document instead of Homepage. Made this for spreedsheets too.
Problem solved

 

Hi, i installed KSO about 2 weeks ago to try it out. I'm glad my FW is set to prompt for ALL outbounds, as there were many which i blocked ! I also discovered how to disable the Very annoying online template startup like Romagnolo1973.

I didn't have time to test everything, but what i did worked fine, apart from saving to PDF. It saved as one, but the quality was Very poor. Anybody else found this to be the case, & is there a way to improve it via settings etc ?

 

I only try with a simple text (my C.V.) and the quality seems good, but I don't know how can be using a complex pdf with images. In Options-General and Save there is an option to enable truetype, I don't know if this can help in pdf export too.
I dont see others settigs that seems related to PDF quality

 

@ Romagnolo1973

I think i made a small Word doc & converted it. Thanx for replying

 

Thanks, that worked really nice.

I switched to Kingsoft a couple of weeks ago and wont be updating to the latest version for a while, if at any time, changing the GUI language becomes an option, please let us know here. Thanks.

Bo

 

UK Gov. move to ODF https://www.gov.uk/government/news/open-document-formats-selected-to-meet-user-needs
so Kingsoft need invest in this format too, is the only problem of this great office, no odf support
I write in WPS facebook page, if they reply I will inform you. In the past they said there are not enough developers to add this format, that cost a lot of work.
http://wps-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26

Could be this step from some Gov. change the story?

Ahh WPS 2014 beta 2 is coming soon

 

Kingsoft Office (Now WPS Office) Beta 2 is out with Cloud and french UI
http://www.wps.com/office-for-windows/

• Added spell check support for Spanish, Portuguese and French
• Easily switch between Chinese, English and French language interface
• Added support for WPS Cloud

How to enable French UI
http://help.wps.com/customer/portal...tch-between-language-interfaces-in-wps-office
How to use WPS Cloud
http://help.wps.com/customer/portal/articles/1641528-how-to-use-file-roaming-in-wps-office



My triks are still working hoping they add more language interface

 

Kingsoft Office Suite Professional 2013 (100% Discount)

http://www.windowsdeal.com/w/kingsoft-office-suite-professional-2013-discount-coupon/

 

WPS OFFICE 2014 Beta 3 is out
Link and changelog
http://www.neowin.net/news/wps-office-2014-formerly-kingsoft-office-beta-3
Tricks are working

 

WPS Office 2014 v9.1.0.4759 Beta 3
previous version was 9.1.0.4758 Beta 3 so there is a little update, changelog is unknown at the moment
http://www.neowin.net/news/wps-office-2014-v9104759-beta-3
save your language dictionary because during update it delete all your dicts and settings, then put it again and it will works 100%