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IBM's free, cross-platform Lotus Symphony now MS Office 2007 compatible
by Lee Mathews Jun 18th 2009 at 3:30PM
Symphony doesn't provide the same number of tools as Office or OpenOffice, but it does handle word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tasks. The latest release adds a much needed piece of functionality to Symphony - the ability to open files created using Microsoft Office 2007 (though files can only be saved in 2003 or 2000 formats). A Flash-based presentation of Symphony's features is available for viewing, and there's also a transcript available if you would rather read them yourself.
One I particularly like is the tabbed interface. As with the tabs in my browser, it keeps my workspace just as tidy whether I've got a single document or dozens open at the same time.
The suite is roughly a 200Mb download for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and is available from the IBM web site. There's also a large, online library of clipart for you to utilize in your documents.
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David Ron said 3:55PM on 6-18-2009
It was my understanding that Lotus Symphony was simply a new skin on top of OpenOffice. Wouldn't that make the featureset of Symphony roughly the same as that of OpenOffice?
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Symphony
IBM released version 1.0 of Lotus Symphony in May 2008 as a free download. IBM plans to incorporate code from the latest version of OpenOffice.org into version 2.0. Symphony 2.0 will also include modules that are already part of OpenOffice.org, including an equation editor, database software, and a drawing program, as well as other modules specifically provided by IBM.[3]
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AndrewNoNumbers said 4:05PM on 6-18-2009
Yes Lotus Symphony is just OO.o with a new interface, unfortunately one that is slow and buggy. It really doesn't add any features over OO.o and you have to register with IBM to download. However there's a huge library of OO.o compatible slideshow templates that I always use.
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iGate said 6:40PM on 6-18-2009
what internet browser is that? or should i ask what skin?
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James Rainey said 11:30PM on 6-21-2009
Symphony 1.3 is pretty awesome... I'm ashamed to admit it, but IBM has done their homework. Runs on my MAC and my Win machine.
It is a completely IBM Version, nothing Open Office built in, but it is fully Open Office compatible. And.. it's easier to use than Open Office or Office 2007.
Try it... you will be surprised.
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alikasim1939 said 4:24AM on 10-08-2009
It is a Marvellous job, thanks
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alikasim1939 said 2:49PM on 7-15-2009
It is Great
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alikasim1939 said 6:58AM on 7-17-2009
It is Magnificance
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