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• Kostas Spiliopoulos said on Aug 26, 2010 1:02 PM:

  Excellent suite I have tried the previous versions
  

• Edson Oliveira said on Aug 26, 2010 10:04 PM:

  The performance of beta 4 is very good.
  

• anonymous said on Aug 27, 2010 3:14 AM:

  The wikipedia article about ibm lotus symphony
  
  mentioned that there will an equation editor in
  
  version 3.0. There is (still) no equation editor
  
  in this beta 4 release.
  

• Joe said on Aug 27, 2010 6:39 AM:

  I downloaded latest version and when I tried to open a Lotus 123 file, I get an error message indicating the file type is not supported!
  
  This must be an error. If this is really true, you have gone over to the dark side with Microsoft.
  

• Mark said on Aug 28, 2010 2:38 AM:

  Still no update check.
  

• Guest said on Aug 28, 2010 3:40 AM:

  Good
  

• DJB said on Aug 28, 2010 3:00 PM:

  Great toolset for consultants. Zotero extension support for the academic target group would be nice. And a localized download page for the non English speaking users should be available just for demonstrating that IBM is really serious about bringing this software to the market.
  

• Bboy said on Aug 28, 2010 8:19 PM:

  Get it, and using
  

• Mike.Kartheus@gmx.net said on Aug 29, 2010 3:24 PM:

  Die suite wollte ich auf Chip .de runterladen und testen und siehe da sie läßt sich weder Installieren noch ausführen unter Windows 7 Home premium.
  
  Nun ich nutze einen 2 jahre alten Acer aspire Laptop , kann es sein das die software nur auf rechnern aber nicht auf Laptops läuft.
  

• BLyons said on Aug 30, 2010 10:16 AM:

  Presentation still needs a few enhancements in the animation area. Movement overall could still be more fliud. A grow/shrink emphasis effect is sorely needed. A way to reverse direction of a motion path so object will land where you place it wuld also be an excellent feature to add in.
  

• Ekls said on Aug 30, 2010 1:34 PM:

  I really like it. All that is needed now from an academic perspective is a usable bibliography extension such as mendeley or, preferably, zotero. Until then I will have to stick with Word.
  

• Sheldon A. Britton said on Aug 31, 2010 2:34 AM:

  Well, Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 4 was downloaded a few minutes ago; and, it installed very smoothly without any hitch on computer running 64-Bit Windows 7.0. However, the disappointment was that after years of waiting there is still not that Economic Rate of Return (ERR) Functionality integrated into this Lotus Symphony 3.0 Beta 4.0 Spread Sheet Application similarly in the way in which the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Functionality was integrated into the Spread Sheet Applications of both IBM's Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft's Excel.
  
  Regards.
  

• Arjan Radder said on Aug 31, 2010 6:45 AM:

  A customer is trying to use the ROI calculator. Unformtunately however the previous and next buttons do not work and make the tool useless. Can anyone fix this please?
  

• Mike.Kartheus@gmx.net said on Aug 31, 2010 7:07 AM:

  The suite I wanted to chip. And de download test and lo and behold they can neither install nor run on Windows 7 Home premium. Now I use a 2 year old Acer Aspire laptop, it may be that the software only on computers but not on Laptops running.
  
  or is it only on equipment designed for IBM, because more blue screen, hardware, and so on
  

• mike said on Aug 31, 2010 11:29 AM:

  Totally agree about Equation Editor. The absence of equation editor is a serious limitation.
  

• Jon said on Sep 1, 2010 4:41 AM:

  Lotus Symphony 3 Beta 4 is now available! Give it a try. Tell us what you think.
  
  ... where's the button to download following that statement?
  

• Jon said on Sep 1, 2010 4:46 AM:

  Ok, found the download button. Had to use google to find the page. Hmm.
  

• alper said on Sep 1, 2010 8:53 AM:

  first of all i am really glad that this will be THE LAST BETA, but despite of some notes in wiki that there will be an equation editor i am still looking for it. as a first impression it is fast enough (actually can not detect the difference with the previous beta). As a user from balcan peninsula i hope that there will be spell check for bulgarian in the next beta, sorry THE FINAL RELEASE.
  

• Osz said on Sep 1, 2010 1:34 PM:

  I've installed this beta on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit). I'm loving the GUI! It's really great and easy to use.
  
  But the wohle program seems to be heavy loaded. It needs a while to load Symphony and then to start the word processing module. :(
  
  There are also still some bugs. Please activate the drawings toolbar and open for example the menu with the symbols. How can I close this? It doesn't close when leaving and clicking somewhere else. I first have to minimize the window.
  

• Francisco MM said on Sep 2, 2010 12:36 PM:

  Tengo problemas para instalar la versión Beta 4 en Windows 7, me saca este mensaje " NO SE HA ENCONTRADO EL PLUG-IN RPC BASE " y se empieza a desinstalar y la instalacion que incompleta.
  

• alpheus, gauteng said on Sep 3, 2010 6:52 AM:

  i cannot open approach files from earlier versions of smartsuite
  

• Eduardo Passeto said on Sep 3, 2010 2:42 PM:

  I received a message when trying to install Beta 4 on Windows XP: "RCP Base Plugin not found" and installation subtely finishes. My Windows is Portuguese-BR version.
  

• Carlos said on Sep 3, 2010 3:17 PM:

  I really appreciate the MS Office dynamic menus instead of Symphony usual menus. Poor performance to open files, specially open format files :(. software still a promise, who knows in version 4, 5....
  

• JRC Systems said on Sep 4, 2010 1:13 AM:

  I have loved Lotus SmartSuite products over MS Office for a long time... started with Ami Pro on Win3.1
  
  For a while, I had lost faith in IBM/Lotus since the Millenium addition had not been updated in like 10 yrs.
  
  I then found out about Lotus Symphony thru a wiki article and have downloaded/installed v1.3 which CAN read in MOST SmartSuite formats. I believe that the decision to remove read-in capabilities from these older formats in the newer v3.x Symphony will be a mistake. At the very least, IBM/Lotus should make available some type of add-in/plug-in that will continue to read-in these old formats. People will have to save in new formats, but that's fine. When there's 10+ yrs of docs created in the other format, to drop them, is bad PR.
  

• JRC Systems said on Sep 4, 2010 1:20 AM:

  I may have missed it... but does IBM/Lotus have an upgrade path for Organizer users?
  
  I have sold a number of my clients on Lotus Smart Suite in late 90's early 2000s.
  
  They love organizer, hate Outlook.
  
  Do you have an upgrade path for them?
  
  or should they switch to Microsoft now?
  
  Thanks.
  
  john@jrcsystems.com
  

• objecm said on Sep 4, 2010 6:49 AM:

  hey, if symphony is based on new open office source-code from 3.0 (ie only gpl), does that mean that its open-source now?
  

• Cengiz said on Sep 5, 2010 10:38 AM:

  I downloaded Symphony 1.3.0 and installed in this week.I installed on HP Compaq Presario CQ61 notebook PC having the OS Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit.
  
  I am a user of Lotus Smart Suite (Lotus 123 and Word Pro) since the vers.97.
  
  Actually, i have version Smart Suite 9.5, installed and using for many years(more than 5).And of course have the archive of 123,12m,lwp0mwp files.
  
  As i understood in my usage experience of a few days, Symphony can convert my Smart Suite files but does not let me save in the file format.Also this drives me to the position of learning spread sheet and word programming according to open office .As IBM bought Lotus years ago and knows every features of Lotus in programming and applications, why do they drive the users...
  

• Cengiz said on Sep 5, 2010 10:54 AM:

  to learn other programmes.If i have to learn one of them, why do i have to switch to Symphony.
  
  If IBM wants the users of smart suite stay as IBM users, they have to add the needed features to Symphony for these users which they could continue to work on Smart Suite format including every feature of Lotus Smart Suite format (Smart Suite is a fine software.That is why, i am contiuning to use).
  
  Otherwise, what is my and other users' reason who downloaded and installed,spent time on Symphony to use Symphony.
  
  Cengiz from Turkiye.
  
  Symphony could have new file format but the archive of Smart Suite users could be convertedjjj
  

• Cengiz said on Sep 5, 2010 10:55 AM:

  to learn other programmes.If i have to learn one of them, why do i have to switch to Symphony.
  
  If IBM wants the users of smart suite stay as IBM users, they have to add the needed features to Symphony for these users which they could continue to work on Smart Suite format including every feature of Lotus Smart Suite format (Smart Suite is a fine software.That is why, i am contiuning to use).
  
  Otherwise, what is my and other users' reason who downloaded and installed,spent time on Symphony to use Symphony.
  
  Cengiz from Turkiye.
  
  Symphony could have new file format but the archive of Smart Suite users could be converted ...
  

• Cengiz said on Sep 5, 2010 11:24 AM:

  easily as 1-2-3 to the Symphony spreadsheet,word,presentation file format.
  
  Omitting smart suite file format omits the reason of Smart Suite users to use Lotus Symphony.
  
  If, IBM Lotus Symphony is a successor of Lotus Smart Suite, they have to proove it.Otherwise why Symphony
  
  has "Lotus" in its' name.
  
  Cengiz / Turkiye
  
  Old user of Lotus Smart Suite
  
  Not a user for IBM Lotus Symphony, yet ...
  

• Guest said on Sep 5, 2010 12:14 PM:

  I can't install it. "RCP Base Plug-in not found"
  
  IBM needs to make this a priority!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

• Guest said on Sep 5, 2010 12:18 PM:

  I can't install it. "RCP Base Plug-in not found"
  
  IBM needs to make this a priority!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

• user from Poland said on Sep 5, 2010 2:34 PM:

  For some reason I have installer in Russian, though I'm Polish and have Polish version of Windows XP. IF you think Russian is easier to read than English for people from Poland you are VERY wrong.
  

• Manfred Zillikens said on Sep 7, 2010 8:54 AM:

  Symphony 3 beta 4, Word Processing; German; Win 7; inserted + activated grahic; right klick graphic properties; selected lines + colors; colors of lines changed but also color of style box and all available line styles.
  
  M.Z.
  

• install problem said on Sep 9, 2010 10:26 AM:

  I can't install it. "RCP Base Plug-in not found"
  
  beta3 worked fine for me
  

• josef said on Sep 9, 2010 2:06 PM:

  it cannot be true that you don't support your own file type 123 (ex lotus smartsuite..)
  

• JRC Systems said on Sep 9, 2010 10:34 PM:

  IBM/Lotus really needs to pull-out all of the stops + put back into the program (even as a plug-in/add-in) the ability to READ older .123, lwp, etc files.
  
  If Symphony truly is the upgrade path for SmartSuite, IT NEEDS TO HAVE THIS.
  
  If IBM/Lotus thinks that all registered SmartSuite users already know about Symphony,
  
  + had previously installed / upgraded to 1.3x, for the special-task of converting & re-saving
  
  all of their old format documents in Open Office, they're dead wrong.
  
  Someone in marketing failed to get the word out to 1000s customers.
  
  With the conversion/upgrade capability out of Symphony, and when those 1000s of users finally find out about it, there won't be an upgrade path.
  
  Paddle anyone?
  

• Nick Halliwell said on Sep 10, 2010 2:15 AM:

  I have seen several request for the. "RCP Base Plug-in not found" to be sorted it faxt it every where. But Zero responce from any one. Why are you people ingnoring it. Its a major problem. People whop WERE running you software now cannot. How bad is that.
  
  I would urge any one running a lower version NOT NOT to upgrade untill IBM can bother to do something.
  
  This looks really bad on IBM.
  

• Frank said on Sep 10, 2010 7:51 AM:

  Incredibl that you are not supporting your own older file formats! How stupid is that?! What are you trying to achieve? C'mon, really, what is going on guys?
  

• Andy said on Sep 11, 2010 5:57 PM:

  This newer version is little more faster to loading than version 1.x, but I think his development very, very slow. And... really, this new version don't offer support for older file format, and it is a great backward!
  

• Andy said on Sep 11, 2010 5:58 PM:

  This newer version is little more faster to loading than version 1.x, but I think his development very, very slow. And... really, this new version don't offer support for older file format, and it is a great backward!
  

• Robw1212 said on Sep 13, 2010 2:54 PM:

  Any possibility of completing the suite with a diary replacement for Lotus Organiser. I'm still running it (just) on Windows 7 but suspect the next OS upgrade may see the axe of incompatibility finally drop!
  

• Gleake said on Sep 14, 2010 1:46 PM:

  I would like
  
  1. a way to make custom toolbars
  
  2. A reviewing (tracking) toolbar like MS word has
  
  3. A way to edit the default auto numbering list style so that when I for example type "1. something" and hit enter that when it automatically changes it to a list and creates "2. " then each level of the outline would be how I want it and not some default outline form that uses all Arabic Numerals (this feature, as far as I can tell, is not available in any of the major word processors including MS word)
  
  It has great looks, and I love the tabs. That is the reason I downloaded it. Keep up the good work. I'm sure I'll have more ideas as I continue to use it is there a better place to post these?
  

• Josep said on Sep 15, 2010 1:55 PM:

  Symphony ha mejorado respecto la v. 1.3 pero seria bueno:
  
  -Sistema de pestañas de Lotus SmartSuite
  
  -Sistema de Propiedades de texto, pagina, etc. como el de Lotus SmartSuite o el de Notes
  
  -Editor de Ecuaciones como el de Lotus SmartSuite
  
  -Poder enviar documento directamente con el programa de correo predeterminado como en Lotus SmartSuite o el OpenOffice.org
  
  -Más agilidad en la carga del programa
  
  -Respetar lectura-escritura los formatos Lotus SmartSuite
  
  Con todo esto consideraría en gran heredero de la Fabulosa Suite «Lotus SmartSuite»
  
  Desde Valencia usuario de Lotus SmartSuite
  

• Lotus-user said on Sep 16, 2010 4:10 PM:

  without equation editor i can't use it !!!!!
  
  of course it had to convert / read older formats
  
  (I used AmiPro and SmartSuite)
  

• Barry said on Sep 19, 2010 11:08 AM:

  I dont think the update check are valuable
  

• Shaleen Singh said on Sep 20, 2010 9:54 AM:

  Have been seeing this Beta release for months . When is the final release coming out finally.
  

• Tiago said on Sep 21, 2010 8:19 AM:

  I have Ubuntu 10.04.
  
  Sometimes symphony craches when I start it.
  
  The icon in sidebar as a white bar. Is ugly in radiance theme in ubuntu.
  
  The ballon messages in sidebar are impossible to see - are all black.
  
  Why beta version isn't in portuguese to?!? PLease create also latin and portugues dictinary! Open Office has!
  
  Please create a ppa reppository of lotus symphony to ubuntu 10.04 32bits
  

• Jonatan said on Sep 24, 2010 7:11 PM:

  Hi, i want to see resolved the problem with fonts in linux versions, especially with Ubuntu, because i must to use Open Office only for this issue. If i can see the fonts correctly, i will work with Symphony, I really like the interface. Thanks
  

• Robert Miller said on Sep 24, 2010 9:43 PM:

  I had hoped for bringing in an image from a scanner, but do not see the capability.
  
  Also, it is a regretful omission to not include the capability of reading Symphony files from older versions. You must build upon the installed base you have, not toss it away, if you are to compete with other programs.
  
  I appreciate the ability to use Symphony on my Windows and my Ubuntu boxes--thank you for doing the work!
  

• PinguyUser said on Sep 25, 2010 12:47 PM:

  Create a PPA as soon as possible so that it can be included in PinguyOS and other debian derivatives!
  
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9749340#post9749340
  
  Although some are not as pleased
  
  http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3703501/OpenOffice-vs-Lotus-Symphony.htm
  

• Michael Crosson said on Sep 26, 2010 2:17 AM:

  Please add back support for reading old Lotus file formats. It's absolutely crazy to remove this feature from Symphony. Come on .. you guys should know better.
  

• Andrew Paradis said on Sep 28, 2010 2:09 AM:

  Have used Smartsuite since it was called AmiWrite, then AmiPro, then Lotus WordPro. As a teacher I have over 15 years of files and I have dragged my feet at moving to MS Office all these years because of the sheer number of hours it would take to convert. I love the properties window in Smartsuite and haven't found a replacement yet in Corel or MS products. I NEED a product that will run on newer OS's as I am getting tired of WordPro crashing if I ask it to print more than five copies of a collated, double-sided document! Since Symphony 3 doesn't support Smartsuite, I guess I'll keep waiting, wishing they would release the software so someone could update it. By the way, I have been a registered user since DOS and have never been contacted
  

• Andrew Paradis said on Sep 28, 2010 2:16 AM:

  by IBM about any updates or Symphony. Just happened upon this site while trying to find a way to fix an Approach database I am rewriting.
  
  I will check back after a bit to see if there are any changes...
  
  I also need an equation editor for making tests for my Algebra and Physics classes!
  

• FX Weiss said on Sep 28, 2010 2:49 PM:

  Please, Please : make it SmartSuite compatible !!!!!
  

• JRC Systems said on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM:

  With today's news that the "Document Foundation" is forking the open-source "OpenOffice" and creating LibreOffice because of Oracle's grip to squash what it can't control, what exactly does that mean for Symphony v3, based on OpenOffice? ( which will soon, no longer exist ).
  
  Will Symphony be following the fork?
  
  http://www.documentfoundation.org/
  

• tomatt said on Sep 29, 2010 3:39 AM:

  I too have been waiting for the final release of V3 to convert all my Smartsuite files and complete migration to Windows7. And I too need a replacement for Organizer. Please don't tell me I've been waiting in vain.
  

• nadeem alherbawi said on Sep 29, 2010 4:04 PM:

  i did face some problems regarding shapers drawing since the menu will not close up if i just change my mind and want to close it. also got problems when i did try custom animation in power point first i cant change the values for speed for multiple items also the suite hanged when i try to edit each one alone so i forced to end the program then reopen it
  

• Tom said on Sep 29, 2010 11:01 PM:

  if the Lotus can demonstrate the no. of the words like office ,it will be better.and I hope the Lotus can be opened quicker than now.
  

• Ravi said on Sep 30, 2010 3:31 AM:

  I have been using Symphony from last 2 years and have downloaded the version 3 beta 4 same day when it was available for download. This beta is really great. I have already forgotten MS office. Also reagerly waiting for some new tools from Symphony which really helps me to go away from MS, example project management tool and gantt charting tool.
  

• Alice said on Oct 3, 2010 4:49 PM:

  This is awesome. Very easy to use and I have been using it for all new presentations I need to create. Saving at ppt or pdf means I can share with everyone. I am going to talk to my kids' school as I don't understand why education institutions are promoting an expensive, bloated, proprietary application like MS Office, when I think it will be obsolete by the time they get to college! Any plans to make a browser based version?
  

• Gouw said on Oct 6, 2010 3:28 AM:

  Please make it possible to open old lotus files from .wk1 until the last .123 and also for the .lwp files created by lotus wordpro (?). We have those old files that are no longer accessible but very useful for us.
  

• bert said on Oct 7, 2010 10:54 AM:

  Great improovments and great stability, but still some way to go:
  
  - I am missing import filters for ll the old Smart Suit file extensions. With Symphony 1.1 these was close but with Syphony 3 ß 4 there is non at all.
  
  - I do not work all day with Sypmhony. Therfore I did uncheck it in the MS Config start tab. Unfortunately Symphony does ignore that.
  

• Soieb said on Oct 7, 2010 1:55 PM:

  What is Lotus Symphony....I didnt undrstnd....
  

• 李鹏 said on Oct 10, 2010 8:03 AM:

  前
  

• Benji said on Oct 10, 2010 10:29 AM:

  Hello, IBM. I am an original SmartSuite user and tried to hang on to it as long as I could before switching to MS Office out of necessity. I also used Symphony 1.3 for several months but it's slow and document conversion from Office to Symphony did not always get the expected results. I've also tried OpenOffice but it's just too slow for my liking. Now, I was hoping that Symphony 3 would be an improvement but when I tried one of the early beta version it did not show any compelling reason to be optimistic. I am simply giving up waiting because it's taking you soooo looooong to get to this point. How many months, maybe years, has it been? This is not the 80's or 90's where you can simply make people wait. (to be continued)
  

• Benji said on Oct 10, 2010 10:29 AM:

  (continued from previous post) The duration of time that this thing has been in beta is an eternity in today's business world. By the time you release this version for general availability, it's months or years out of date. Oh, and I seriously doubt that you are using the latest version of OpenOffice, which is already being abadoned for LibreOffice. Granted, this is freeware but you still need to do a better job with faster and more frequent update, better compaibility with the competitors, and backward comptibility with your own legacy products. Or you are going to be irrelevant, as usual.
  

• Benji said on Oct 10, 2010 10:43 AM:

  One more thing. The LibreOffice team is already promising to improve speed and compatibility. If that happpens, people will just use LibreOffice as is. The only remaining reason for Symphony would be compatibility with your own lagacy products. If you can't or won't do that then you should just quit.
  

• Anton said on Oct 11, 2010 12:30 PM:

  I think the tabs could be made more discrete by decreasing their size, and the properties field could be made slightly more compact.
  

• Dave said on Oct 12, 2010 2:24 PM:

  +1 for reinstating SmartSuite file support. .lwp file support was my main reason for installing Symphony 1.3 instead of OpenOffice. 3.0b4 looks better than 1.3 to me (it's visibly faster, and the properties I care about are more accessible), but I can't be using software that doesn't support 90% of my documents.
  

• Russell Ross said on Oct 15, 2010 9:45 AM:

  I wasn't able to launch the setup. Not a good sign.
  

• Ray Trainer said on Oct 16, 2010 1:00 PM:

  Are you going to re-add opening 1-2-3 and LWP files into 3.4?
  

• Pure Flow filtration said on Oct 18, 2010 8:04 PM:

  Without support for Lotus WordPro documents, Symphony is useless to us. We been hoping for an improved WordPro filter. Instead IBM / Lotus drops it?? We used ONLY IBM computers for year, until the sale to Lenovo. We've spent a small fortune on IBM OS's, software, and support. With thousands of accumulated documents ranging from invoices, to purchase orders and customer letters, we certainly expected, and still expect better treatment. I hope SOMEONE at IBM actually reads this forum, gives a damn, and does the right thing.
  

• Not Quite there said on Oct 19, 2010 5:25 AM:

  Have been playing with IBM symphony for a while now, but sadly I keep returning to Open Office.
  
  Sure it's slower and it opens multiple windows instead of a nice tabbed interface but it does have a basic feature that all office software should have and symphony is sadly lacking: You should be able to select more than one file to open at a time.
  
  Without this feature Symphony is sadly lacking in the office marketplace where opening several documents quickly and efficiently is a must. Once Symphony can open several files from the one open prompt I will gladly switch over to it and have the rest of the staff using it, but until that time OpenOffice will stay as the Office Suite of choice for me.
  

• Erik Peelen said on Oct 20, 2010 11:08 AM:

  I will try
  

• CarlDC said on Oct 27, 2010 6:41 PM:

  Need SmartSuite (espec. WordPro) support!
  

• ac said on Nov 1, 2010 8:54 AM:

  no comment
  

• Alf said on Nov 2, 2010 2:59 PM:

  Symphony 3.0 cannot open SmartSuite files...have thousands of files LWP 123 PRZ.....
  

• pushawlake said on Nov 12, 2010 11:36 AM:

  AmiPro --> WordPro --> Symphony
  
  That's a steep downhill path. It's amazing to me IBM throws money at this low quality software. I have thousands of ".lwp" Word Pro documents, loved the AmiPro interface, liked the WordPro interface and strongly dislike Symphony and all its bugs and awful interface. I give it one star. What a disappointment.
  

• Calvin L. said on Jan 15, 2011 9:21 AM:

  IBM really needs to wake up to the demands of both old and new alike. Give support and/or access to the old timers while bringing in the new. A "new" look just is not going to cut it when businesses need to get work done!
  
  I can not use this "new" symphony to read "old" symphony files and that is a total discouragement right there. Meanwhile, I can read any version of my excel files with the "new". "Make it so" that I can read my old symphony (and other old Lotus 1-2-3) files and I might consider moving over the "new" symphony in lieu of Excel. Otherwise this is just another useless spreadsheet program in a huge market of spreadsheet programs. Supporting old file types would definitely be a good incentive for me!
  

• Buzz Baldrin said on Feb 21, 2011 6:45 AM:

  Needs to read and write SmartSuite and, if possible, AmiPro files, for legacy users. Deleted Symphony and re-installed SmartSuite.
  

• moronic said on Mar 26, 2011 12:48 PM:

  I have read requests for an equation editor on symphony forums / comments written in 2007.
  
  Now, about 4 years later you still do not have it, I'd say you don't care about what users want.
  
  It should be simple too, since it's actually in the OpenOffice Code, Symphony is based on.
  
  I will not consider Lotus again, seeing how you don't seem to care at all.
  

• Christoph said on May 28, 2011 2:16 PM:

  When lotus symphony 3.0 does not support LWP-files, I have to work further with Lotus smart suite. But this old program does not run on Windows 7 home edition. Will Lotus smart suite run on Windows 7 professional in the XP modus? Has somebody tried this?
  

• Ingomar Binnz said on Sep 6, 2011 6:40 AM:

  Es ist erstaunlich, dass sich IBM selbst nach so vielen Kommentaren für einen SmartSuite Importfilter, der ja schon vorhanden war, weigert, diesen Filter z. B ins letzte FP (3) zu integrieren.
  
  Why writing comments, if IBM doesn't respect the meanings of the customers. A lot of people write that they would have again the suport for smartsuite-files and even in the lastest FP cou can't find it. I have the impression that they think it's a weakness to fulfill the desires of the symphony-users.
  

• Huang YH said on Oct 10, 2011 11:53 PM:

  We have need for LWP and 123 support as 90% of our files are in these formats. At the minimum, being able to read in the older format and saving to a new format eg odt, would be a real life saver.
  

• Francisco said on Dec 3, 2011 10:36 AM:

  mi ingles no es suficiente.... Problema: Lotus SmartSuite milenium edition , version 9.5 no puedo instalarlo en mi nuevo windouws 7! Quie tiene una solución??? Gracias!
  

• Derek Shaw said on Jan 13, 2012 3:20 PM:

  LibreOffice will,thankfully, now open most smartsuite documents. .123 and .lwp files are now much more easily convertible into ODF format.
  
  Sorry, Lotus, you just lost us as customers.
  

• Lou Faanelli said on Aug 9, 2012 7:47 PM:

  My only interest in Symphony is to utilize my 123 files and to continue using 123. However, from what I've read on this site, surprisingly, Symphony doesn't accomplish this.
  

• Guest said on Apr 1, 2013 1:31 PM:

  Amazing that it offers no support for earlier Lotus file types, such as WordPro .lwp. :-(
  
  I give it zero starts. Uninstalled it immediately when it would not open my .lwp files.
  

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