Are you looking for the best free word processor for Android tablets? Look no further – Office HD: TextMaker Basic offers seamless compatibility with Microsoft Word from 6.0 up to 2016 has a superior feature set and a touch-optimized user interface. Did we already mention that it's free?

Uncompromising compatibility: Office HD: TextMaker Basic reads and writes DOC and DOCX files from Microsoft Word 6.0 up to Word 2016 including password-protected ones. Additional supported file formats include OpenDocument RTF HTML and several more.

Intuitive to use: If you've already worked with TextMaker or Microsoft Word you'll pick up Office HD: TextMaker Basic in no time. The user interface is just like the one on the PC but perfectly adapted to touchscreen use.

Save locally or in the cloud: Office HD: TextMaker Basic not only opens and saves documents on your Android tablet but also in the cloud: Directly from Office HD: TextMaker Basic you can edit documents in Dropbox Google Drive Amazon Cloud Drive Evernote and OneDrive.

Office HD: TextMaker Basic is free to download and use. With its comprehensive feature set it is ready for your everyday writing tasks. If you need the full feature set of a desktop word processor a single inexpensive in-app purchase unlocks all features of the full Office HD: TextMaker.

The following is the feature list of Office HD: TextMaker Basic. Some of these features are available after this one-time in-app purchase.

Files and printing

► Open and save DOC and DOCX from Microsoft Word 6.0 to 2016 as well as OpenDocument Text RTF and HTML faithfully to the original
► Assistant for import and export of plain-text files
► Create PDF files and PDF forms directly in Office HD: TextMaker Basic
► Printing and mail merge via Google Print and other printing programs
► Send document by e-mail as DOC DOCX or PDF
► Built-in database module lists & labels

Editing and formatting

► Insert fields such as date/time page number author consecutive numbers etc.
► SmartText: for example type "asap" and "as soon as possible" appears immediately
► Calculations in text and tables
► Borders shading fill patterns drop caps paragraph control
► Hidden and protected text
► Paragraph and character styles stylesheet manager
► Automatic numbering of lines paragraphs lists and headings
► True master pages not just simple headers and footers

Complex documents

► Outliner for structuring documents
► "Track changes" tracks all changes made to a document and lets you accept/reject them later
► Comments appear as balloons in the right margin of your pages
► Cross references footnotes endnotes indices tables of contents bibliographies
► Captions and tables of figures
► Forms with input fields checkboxes dropdown lists calculations etc.

Graphics and drawing

► Draw and design directly in your documents with AutoShapes that are fully compatible with Microsoft Word
► Insert images in a range of formats both from files and from the Android gallery
► Mirror effects soft shadows and transparencies
► Crop images directly in the document
► Change brightness contrast and gamma of images directly in Office HD: TextMaker Basic
► Drawings can be filled with solid colors patterns images and gradients
► Wrap text around irregularly shaped graphics
► Large symbols library for flowcharts and org charts
► TextArt feature for amazing type effects
► 80 different types of 2D and 3D charts

Tables

► Nested and multi-page tables
► Cells can be sorted merged and rotated
► Repeating headers

Language tools

► Spell-check in 17 languages synonyms in 10 languages and automatic hyphenation in 33 languages
► Typos are highlighted with a red underline