Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility / Symphony

       Thank you for responding with these details.



On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:

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<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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