Lotus Symphony 1.0 now available

The OpenOffice.org version of Lotus Symphony, offering free document, presentation, and spreadsheet functionality, is now available: IBM Lotus Symphony Documents Easy to create documents with predefined document templates Fast formatting with predefined styles for paragraphs, characters, and headings Contextual toolbars and editing menus Inline spell checking and correction Graphics that you can insert to create a variety of tables, charts, diagrams, and drawn items Automatic creation of a table of contents, footnotes, indexes and footers and headers Support for a variety of file types, including Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite Export documents to Adobe PDF for easy sharing IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations Easy to create presentations from scratch or from preconfigured presentation masters Single, tabbed user interface to launch all Lotus Symphony applications and access all open document types Easy to manage formatting for slides, text boxes, drawing objects and graphics Slide show flow and timing control Support for charts, tables, drawing objects, and graphics Animation for graphics and slide transition effects Support for a variety of file types including Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite Export documents to Adobe PDF or HTML format for easy sharing IBM Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets Easy to create new spreadsheets or use built-in spreadsheet templates Single, tabbed user interface to launch all Lotus Symphony applications and access all open document types Large library of mathematical functions that can be applied to cells Robust formatting of text, cells, and spreadsheets Formula evaluator to edit complex equations used in spreadsheets Data table offers pivot table functionality Support for tracking changes as you edit and revise spreadsheets Support for a variety of file types includin

Paul Thurrott

June 17, 2008

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The OpenOffice.org version of Lotus Symphony, offering free document, presentation, and spreadsheet functionality, is now available:

IBM Lotus Symphony Documents

  • Easy to create documents with predefined document templates

  • Fast formatting with predefined styles for paragraphs, characters, and headings

  • Contextual toolbars and editing menus

  • Inline spell checking and correction

  • Graphics that you can insert to create a variety of tables, charts, diagrams, and drawn items

  • Automatic creation of a table of contents, footnotes, indexes and footers and headers

  • Support for a variety of file types, including Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite

  • Export documents to Adobe PDF for easy sharing

IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations

  • Easy to create presentations from scratch or from preconfigured presentation masters

  • Single, tabbed user interface to launch all Lotus Symphony applications and access all open document types

  • Easy to manage formatting for slides, text boxes, drawing objects and graphics

  • Slide show flow and timing control

  • Support for charts, tables, drawing objects, and graphics

  • Animation for graphics and slide transition effects

  • Support for a variety of file types including Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite

  • Export documents to Adobe PDF or HTML format for easy sharing

IBM Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets

  • Easy to create new spreadsheets or use built-in spreadsheet templates

  • Single, tabbed user interface to launch all Lotus Symphony applications and access all open document types

  • Large library of mathematical functions that can be applied to cells

  • Robust formatting of text, cells, and spreadsheets

  • Formula evaluator to edit complex equations used in spreadsheets

  • Data table offers pivot table functionality

  • Support for tracking changes as you edit and revise spreadsheets

  • Support for a variety of file types including Microsoft Office and Lotus SmartSuite

  • Export documents to Adobe PDF for easy sharing

The good news? It's free. (And there's a Linux version available.) The bad? It's based on OpenOffice.org. IBM's Web site is a joke.

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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