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Lotus Symphony 3.0

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Lotus Symphony is a suite of applications for creating, editing, and sharing word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

What's New

Version 3.0:

New Features

VBA scripts support
ODF 1.2 standard support
Office 2007 OLE support
Brand new sidebars containing enriched property sections and panels across different editors, with support of sidebar panel management to show or hide sidebar panels
Ability to customize toolbar content and layout
Ability to create new business cards and labels
Ability to insert OLE, audio and video files
Master document support
Support of Live Text
Enabled file encryption and password protection with Microsoft Word and
Excel files
Support for "Open in new window". Users can use Command+~ on Mac OS and Alt + Tab on XP/Vista to switch windows
New clip art gallery
Complete release notes available here.

Version 3.0:

New Features

VBA scripts support
ODF 1.2 standard support
Office 2007 OLE support
Brand new sidebars containing enriched property sections and panels across different editors, with support of sidebar panel management to show or hide sidebar panels
Ability to customize toolbar content and layout
Ability to create new business cards and more...

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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Lotus Symphony User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 3.x:

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+160

Ilgaz commented on 27 Oct 2010

Sad thing is, with every single G5 we purchased, we paid a significant sum to IBM and nobody else. G4 etc. got Motorola involved and you know current status of them so lets not bother with them.
IBM Lotus Symphony is Intel only. IBM can't code multiple architecture and yet this is the same company who STILL sells G5 and real POWER machines, some costing millions. Same company also sets up www.power.org .
I got great respect for them but every kind of "Intel only" release validates Steve Jobs point even more. In fact, if Console makers go with X86 in next generation, this kind of abandonment will also be part of reason.
They just validate non-X86 phobia with such actions. SJobs said really less about their disservice. It wasn't just 3Ghz and performance per watt, it was also lack of support from IBM and their strange developer connections.

[Version 3.0]

+10

Wighta commented on 23 Oct 2010

This feels like a direct Windows port i.e. fairly horrid to a long time Mac User. From IBM's web site it is clear that though there are Mac & Linux versions it is primarily meant as an alternative to Office for Windows users. It is based on current OpenOffice.org 3.0. I prefer NeoOffice, which is also based on current OpenOffice.org 3.0, which much more Mac friendly.

Why bother with such software, even if it is free? I see them as being primarily document conversion utilities i.e. you can open Windows documents and then save them out as PDFs. Alternatively one can transform Mac documents into a form Windows users can readily handle. And why install it if you have already installed NeoOffice? Well, it might just happen to handle a Windows document better than NeoOffice. That's why I have Adobe Reader---I rarely use it except when Skim or Preview or PDFpen cannot successfully print a particular PDF file.

Incidentally, before you can download you will have to give your full contact details but can then opt out of being contacted by them. And when you do download, be sure to select the non-default option of download via http as their applet crashed Safari on my 10.5.8 system.

[Version 3.0]

+44

Y-Guy reviewed on 09 Aug 2009

I picked up v1.3 back in June and been running it on my Mac as well as my XP machine at work. I really like the interface compared to OO or Neo, just has a refined clean look. I didn't care for IBM's request to register and their download process is anything but easy, but the program itself is great. I've since removed OO and Neo and only use Symphony for my Mac.

[Version 1.2b]

+86

gazman commented on 26 Jul 2009

I would really like to try this software but the link MacUpdate supplies doesn't work and when you go to IBM's page to download it, instead of using Safari's built-in downloader it insists on using its own 'Download Director' which cannot connect through my work's proxy server. Ridiculous setup.

[Version 1.2b]

+81

rampancy commented on 16 Jun 2009

Version 1.3 of Lotus Symphony is here:

http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/ReleaseNotes

Hopefully this resolves the issue where it broke after 10.5.6.

[Version 1.2b]

+14

AppScout commented on 08 Feb 2009

The interface indeed looks much, much better than either Neo or OOo.

But, that's about it.

[Version 1.2b]

+10

wilpon commented on 07 Nov 2008

This is using the current OpenOffice 1.1.4 code. The response I got from the Symphony Forum was that they will be moving to the 3.0 code in 2009. The interface seems superior to other OO derivatives.

[Version 1.2b]

Johnnie Baram reviewed on 07 Nov 2008

If you guys could remember the era of DOS, during that time IBM did a great job with their Lotus 1-2-3. It was perfect office application and really unbeatable. After Windows start using 3.1 the user of Lotus get decrease day by day even though IBM lower the price either offer for free BUT it wasn't successful.

However, I have download this application and it's really nice. IBM done a nice begin, the interface is clear and easy to use. I'm currently using Office For MAC 2008 and I can feel that this app seems to be better. I hope this App might bring IBM back to their position where they were standing with Lotus 1-2-3

[Version 1.2b]

1 Reply

Anotherscott replied on 23 Dec 2009

re: "IBM did a great job with their Lotus 1-2-3"

FYI, IBM did not own Lotus at that time. By the time IBM bought them, they were hardly relevant except for Notes.

+79

influous commented on 06 Nov 2008

I am a keen user of OpenOffice (PC/Linux) and NeoOffice (Mac) and I must say that IBM has done a great job here - all existing files load and save perfectly, including those with macros and/or password protection, and the user interface is a significant improvement over that of the other packages, which is frequently muddled or overwhelming. Everything is just easier to get to - grouping of open files in a single tabbed window, the permanently-visible palette with common options on the right hand side (perhaps borrowed from iWork, but never mind), the rearranged and simplified menus and, in particular, the completely reworked Preferences. Finally, jargon has been stripped out, more important and less important options are physically separated, and those for each subprogram (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation) are available at the same time!

[Version 1.2b]

+16

PetieG commented on 06 Nov 2008

If I'm not mistaken this is based on the 2.x codebase and not the newer 3.x ... I'd say hang on and wait... IBM has done a good job in 'cleaning up' the interface, polishing it off a bit when I tried this months ago (on Windows) vs. OpenOffice... so ... keep up the good work!!!

[Version 1.2b]

Franco45 had trouble on 09 Nov 2009

I downloaded the .dmg file in both ways, through the IBM applet AND by http connection. The dmg file opens up, but when trying to launch the package , the Apple installers opens... and nothing happens. Is there something else to do i missed? When downloading by the IBM applet, the progress bar indicates a 99% completion, whilst the applets say "finished". Mistery. I really would like to try Symphony.

[Version 1.3]

1 Reply

+235

Lvdoc replied on 12 May 2010

You got further than me. I just tried to download their latest beta, and I got this whole weird dialog box thing that I've never seen in all the years (decades, actually) I've downloaded shareware. Ultimately, no matter which drive I tried to select for downloading it, it did not seem to recognize it. They did, however, manage to successfully gather my e-mail information. I can't say strongly enough that one should STAY FAR FAR AWAY FROM THIS!!

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