Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility / Symphony

On 08/28/2012 11:58 AM, anne-ology wrote:
>        Thanks for informing the list;
>            I'm interested in hearing further on Symphony?, as to where 
> to find it, what all it contains, ...
Lotus Symphony is a product of IBM.  It's free, open source (I think) 
and, as I said, a close cousin to OO and LO.
I haven't gone back to the site to see if it's available in forms other 
than MS Windows and RPM, but the RPM
format is what I used to install it in PCLinuxOS. It's been a while 
since I got it, and I remember that it's just
a tiny bit tricky to find and download what you need, but a few minutes 
patience will get it for you.

http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home

Symphony contains the usual office paraphernalia--Document, 
Presentation, and Spreadsheet. It's
user-friendly, unlike its cousins, with graphic icons for all the usual 
editing functions--line spacing, fonts,
type size, justification, etc.  As I mentioned, it's /finished/. Not a 
work in progress.  But be warned:
There are a couple of glitches you will find, and if they are too 
onerous, you will give up on it.  I don't
know if the glitches will be fixed, but I live with them.  Mainly, the 
vertical bar disappears. YMMV. . . .

--doug


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