Lotus Symphony for Windows 1.2

Publisher's Description:

Lotus Symphony is comprised of three applications - Lotus Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations. These intuitive software tools, which support Windows and Linux desktops, are designed to handle the majority of office productivity tasks that workers typically perform. It supports multiple file formats including Microsoft Office and Open Document Format (ODF), and also can output content in PDF format.

Lotus Symphony has the following other editions available: Lotus Symphony for Linux.

Latest Changes:

• Improved .ods and .xls files loading performance
• Improved .ods files saving performance
• Enhanced performance optimization options usability by adding Symphony system tray icon
• Enhanced exported PDF accessibility by adding structural tags and attributes for document elements
• Enhanced BIDI support in Spreadsheet
• Added user interface language support in regional settings preferences page
• Enabled creating a hyperlink to local documents in all three editors
• Associated numbering and bullet style to paragraph properties in Documents
• Enhanced new page creation usability in Presentations
• Significant enhancements on DataPilot in Spreadsheets
• Lotus Symphony GA is available on Ubuntu
• Provided Lotus Symphony Debian packages on Ubuntu
• Provided Lotus Symphony RPM packages on SuSe and RedHat
• Symphony information center is available
• Added Business Partner page

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	cpb	Nov 17, 2008
Version:	1.2
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Reviewer:	thefallenlight	Nov 6, 2008
Version:	1.2
Nice user interface is just not enough. Slow, demanding on system resources, based on an outdated technology (OO.o 1.x). If it is supposed to be a replacement for Lotus Smartsuite then it is a huge step back.
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Reviewer:	Banquo	Sep 6, 2008
Version:	1.1
I like the program but the process of downloading it is just horrible. Hey IBM, making your products a hassle to download is a real turnoff to people. Having to register, and then actually find the link you want...try waking up and joining us in 2008. Give users a simple way to download the version they need and stop requiring them to fill out forms.
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Reviewer:	cltx99	Sep 2, 2008
Version:	1.1
For the average human, it's really nice and also intuitive. I like it.
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Reviewer:	mytake4this	Sep 1, 2008
Version:	1.1
Compared to OO Portable, the tabs for open spreadsheets is a plus. It seems to take longer to load on my computer than OO Portable, and for what I use it for mainly, the spreadsheets, I still prefer OO. You can pre-load into memory with Symphony, and it opens in about the same time frame as OO, but what's the use. The OO Portable is as fast without pre-loading for the initial spreadsheet to come up, then afterwards is the same speed as the Lotus using the optimized setting for 1GB of memory computers. I customized the OO toolbar the way I like it, find it attractive enough. Don't need Excel. Don't see how Symphony is all that much different looks wise, though as mentioned before, the tabs are nice.
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