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IBM Lotus Symphony for Windows

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 3.0.1
  • 3.4

    (344)

Softonic review

Completely free office suite for docs, sheets and presentations

In the beginning was Microsoft Office. Then OpenOffice appeared as an open-source alternative. And now IBM makes a new move and offers its own productivity suite, IBM Lotus Symphony, all free of charge. The idea is not new: there have been a few free suites launched lately, but all of them were online. IBM Lotus Symphony is the only desktop suite that, together with OpenOffice, can offer a free alternative to Microsoft's proprietary apps.

IBM Lotus Symphony offers three tools: word processor, spreadsheet and presentations. It's true that other productivity suites are usually more complete. However, IBM Lotus Symphony stands out for a convenient, single-windowed interface from which you can launch the three apps. Simply click on the "Open" button and select the kind of document you want to open: the program's toolbar will change accordingly. What's more, you can have as many opened documents as you want at the same time, no matter which type, and switch between them in the top tab bar.

The IBM Lotus Symphony suite includes all the basic tools that you could expect in such an application: spell checker and tables for documents, pre-designed templates for presentations and charts for spreadsheets - to name a few - besides the usual configuration options as regards fonts, colors and the like.

In my personal opinion, I'm glad to have another possibility like IBM Lotus Symphony to choose from when deciding which suite I'm going to use. A little rivalry is always good and usually produces better and wider options for computer users. And it seems IBM is beginning to take the suite competition quite seriously, as can be seen with IBM Lotus Symphony.

IBM Lotus Symphony has left the beta stage behind and now offers a stable, highly functional productivity suite that, despite not being as complete as other suites, may perfectly fit your needs.

Ability to open files created using Microsoft Office 2007Enhanced drag and drop capabilityPassword protection for documents

Changes

  • Ability to open files created using Microsoft Office 2007Enhanced drag and drop capabilityPassword protection for documents

PROS

  • Completely free suite
  • Convenient
  • Exports documents to PDF

CONS

  • Not as complete as other suites
  • Can't import Office visual styles

Program available in other languages


IBM Lotus Symphony for PC

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 3.0.1
  • 3.4

    (344)

User reviews about IBM Lotus Symphony

  • Tewodros Ayalew

    by Tewodros Ayalew

    GOOD and attractive why you forced me to comment before the use of your app

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    Best Free Microsoft Office Alternative.
    This is hands down better than OpenOffice.org. It offers the same features as OpenOffice.org but cleaner More


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