Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility / Symphony

Hi :)
Of course one problem with Symphony is that is is always based on a fairly old version of the code. 
 

Hopefully the AOO project will be able to incorporate all that into their latest version but even 
then their version of the code has had far less developers time spent on cleaning it up and adding 
functionality.  

The accessibility features that Symphony adds would be a real boon if LO could incorporate them but 
as it is it looks like people that need those accessibility features will have to settle for the 
older code underlaying it.  

Regards from
Tom :)  



--- On Tue, 28/8/12, Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:

From: Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility / Symphony
To: "anne-ology" <laginnis@gmail.com>
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Tuesday, 28 August, 2012, 19:53

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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