New version of the Lotus Symphony has been released a few days ago. It’s free for evaluation and it’s free for using.
Download it from IBM today.
Below is a list of new features based on lotus.com :
- 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
- More template files
- Support of VML images in OOXML files
- Support of more parameters for protecting spreadsheet files and sheets in VBA API
- Support of separate downloads of spell check dictionary addons for 22 languages for Windows OS users
- Support of same build re-installation in silent mode on Windows
- Support of online check of new product updates