Klumbu Word

Klumbu Word is a text editor whose purpose is to help you edit documents or create brand-new ones. It comes with several features that can be found in similar Office tools, so you may insert tables, images, bookmarks and symbols, as well as cut, copy or delete text messages.

When you run the text editor for the first time, a setup wizard pops out giving you step-by-step indications about how to tweak several options.

You may enable or disable a set of features, such as Backup (the tool automatically creates backups), Activity Center (in order to monitor several events and notifications), Intelligence (this function reminds you when you should save your work), and PlayIt (it helps you listen to all your music files without leaving the text editor but you need to have Windows Media Player installed on your system).

GUI personalization parameters give you the freedom to choose a background image and alter its size (display the picture in the center of the panel or stretch it, and zoom in or out), or choose between several theme packs.

What’s more, you can specify the saving directory where all backups are stored, and set up your library so as to be able to listen to your favorite songs (you may add the content of an entire folder).

Klumbu Word is able to automatically back up your documents so in case your computer shuts down or the program crashes, you can easily restore the lost information. Plus, you can easily with previous backups using the built-in manager.

Tags can be added to documents and password-protected in order to make sure other users cannot have access to your private information. The protection feature is used for controlling which files are viewed and which ones are restricted.

Klumbu Word adopts a ribbon-like interface which reminds of Microsoft Word’s layout. The GUI is intuitive and familiar so getting used to working with it shouldn’t take you too much time.

The File panel gives you quick access to a Metro-like interface and this is the place where you can perform several general actions, such as create or open documents, save data, print files, and export text. It is also called the ‘Garden’ and reveals a custom image in the background (the one that you have added during the setup wizard).

An additional set of features is embedded in the Garden. You can manage your audio files in the PlayIt Music panel, play or stop the current audio selection, go to the previous or next song, seek for a position in the audio stream, mute the sound, and shuffle the items. You can make the application delete backups every week or month and display notifications so you can remember to save data at a custom time.

Klumbu Word gives you the possibility to import and export data from and to RTF, TXT, HTML, MHT, DOCX, ODT, XML, EPUB or DOC file format.

Editing features allow you to alter the text in terms of font, size, alignment and color, search and replace text, as well as insert pictures, bookmarks, hyperlinks, header and footer, text box and special symbols.

Other options worth being mentioned allow you to perform searches on Google, Yahoo!, YouTube and other engines via your browser, change the page layout (margins, orientation, size, columns, breaks, line numbers and background color), activate the spell checking function, set up editing permissions, switch to a full screen mode, and undo or redo your actions.

Klumbu Word delivers an intuitive environment for helping you draft and edit your documents. It can be used as a great starting point for first-time Office users before switching to advanced software. There’s also a portable version of the utility in case you want to skip the installation steps.

On the downside, we have experienced several bugs while working with the app (e.g. it needs extra time to open, when you move the main window across the screen all the program’s features disappear). You should know that the tool eats up a moderate amount of CPU and memory resources.