Plain text

• Phrase without text formatting and without bitmaps.
• Phrase formatting adapts current formatting of the target document/application.
• Efficient and memory resource friendly.
• The text formatting automatically adapts to the formatting in the target application.

We recommend preferring plain text for maximum flexibility and compatibility.

Formatted text

• Phrases with formatted text, tables and/or bitmaps.
• Requires more space in the phrase database .

Use only, if text formatting, tables or bitmaps are required.

Word format

• Support for Microsoft Word specific text formatting, Word macro placeholders and embedded contents (such as Excel spreadsheets), etc.
• Requires more file space. Slower operation as Microsoft Word is launched in the background to insert or edit Microsoft Word formatted phrases.

No support of PhraseExpress macro functions or functions that alter the phrase contents (e.g. duplicate search, search & replace, bulk editing features).

Requires locally installed Microsoft Word.

We recommend avoiding this formatting option unless the specific Microsoft Word formatting is essential.