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 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Doug <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] compatibility / Symphony To: "anne-ology" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] 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 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
