IBM Lotus Symphony, OpenOffice.org 3.0, and Microsoft...

Collaboration solutionsWhite paperApril 2009

IBM Lotus Symphony, OpenOffice.org 3.0, andMicrosoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007

Feature Comparison

Executive Summary

IBM® Lotus® SymphonyTM software is a suite of office productivity applications for creating,

editing, and sharing word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Designed to

handle the work needs of the majority of users, the three applications that comprise IBM Lotus

Symphony -- documents, presentations and spreadsheets -- are richly-featured and easy-to-use.

Lotus Symphony is based on the open, community developed and tested technologies from

OpenOffice.org and Eclipse. Lotus Symphony goes beyond basic productivity applications by

also providing a rich, extensible environment for building applications.

Available in 28 languages, Lotus Symphony supports Windows, Linux (RedHat, Suse and

Ubuntu) as well as Mac OS X (Intel) platforms and enables businesses to start working smarter

by allowing them to:

1. take control over spiraling upgrade and licensing costs with an open solution based on

industry standard OpenDocument Format (ODF) that is available at no charge

2. access and maintain documents well into the future without concern for ongoing software

licensing and royalty fees

3. get more value from current and previous Microsoft investments as Lotus Symphony can

also open, edit and save content as Microsoft® Office file formats

For many organizations, Lotus Symphony is a viable alternative to purchasing, deploying, and

managing typical vendor-proprietary productivity suites.

The information contained in this publication is provided for informational purposes only. While efforts were made toverify the completeness and accuracy of the information contained in this publication, it is provided AS IS withoutwarranty of any kind, express or implied. In addition, this information is based on IBM’s current product plans andstrategy, which are subject to change by IBM without notice. IBM shall not be responsible for any damages arising out ofthe use of, or otherwise related to, this publication or any other materials. Nothing contained in this publication isintended to, nor shall have the effect of, creating any warranties or representations from IBM or its suppliers or licensors,or altering the terms and conditions of the applicable license agreement governing the use of IBM software.Pricing data from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101211561033.aspx as of January 16, 2009

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This document is intended to provide you with a broad, detailed comparison of Lotus

Symphony 1.2 vis-a-vis Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and OpenOffice.org 3.0. It is worth

noting, in November 2008, IBM publicly announced it's continued support for OpenOffice.org

as part of the community and commitment to bring Lotus Symphony onto the OpenOffice.org

3.x code base as well as make contributions back to the community. IBM has already begun

work on that effort.

While comprehensive in review, this document cannot cover all aspects of all products. If you

have specific questions about Lotus Symphony and how it might benefit your organization,

please contact your Lotus sales representative.


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Table of ContentsProduct Offerings Overview ................................................................................................................. 5 File Formats Supported ......................................................................................................................... 6 Ease of Learning Features ..................................................................................................................... 7 Ease of Use ........................................................................................................................................... 9 General Formatting ............................................................................................................................. 11 Documents .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Spreadsheets ....................................................................................................................................... 16

Charting .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Presentations ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Extras .................................................................................................................................................. 23

Accessibility ................................................................................................................................... 25 Localization .................................................................................................................................... 26 Interoperability and standards ........................................................................................................ 28 Graphic Support ............................................................................................................................. 30

System Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 33


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Product Offerings OverviewLotus Symphony is a rich, fully-functioned office productivity suite. There are three applications thatmake up the Lotus Symphony suite: Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations. These applicationsoffer a complete set of features and can serve as a the office productivity solution for most users in anorganization. Lotus Symphony is available as no-charge web download at symphony.lotus.com, asan integrated component of Lotus Notes 8 (and higher) and as a component of Lotus Foundations Startor as an entitlement with Lotus iNotes 8.02 and higher. In addition to robust office productivityapplications, Lotus Symphony provides a rich platform for extending applications with Eclipse plug-ins, LotusScript and the Universal Network Object (UNO) Model.

Description MicrosoftOffice 2003

Microsoft Office 2007

Std. Prof. Std. Prof. Small-Biz

Prof.Plus

Enterprise Ultimate

OpenOffice.org 3.0

IBM LotusSymphony

1.2

Documents Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesDesktopPublishing

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Null (1) Yes(export to PDF)

Spreadsheets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesPresentations Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesDatabase Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoEmail/CalendarClient

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes(via Notes)

XML Yes

(2003XML)

Yes

(2003XML)

Yes

(OOXML)

Yes

(OOXML)

Yes

(OOXML)

Yes

(OOXML)

Yes

(OOXML)

Yes

OOXML)

Yes(ODF)

Yes(ODF)

XML Forms Yes Yes Yes Yes YesCollaborationSolution

Yes Yes Yes(collanos.com)

Yes (via Notes and

Quickr)Developer Tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

(with SDK)Yes

(with SDK)Price(upgrade/full) *

N/A N/A $239

$399

$329

$499

$279

$449

volumelicensing

volumelicensing

$679

$539

No Charge No Charge

(1) OpenOffice.org sets this field to NULL and so we reflect the same value to be consistent with their notation. Our understanding is

that Desktop Publishing is not only "export to PDF".


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http://symphony.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home

File Formats Supported OpenDocument Format (ODF) is an XML-based document file format for saving and sharing

editable office documents, spreadsheets, charts, and presentations. ODF is an application-

independent file format created by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured

Information Systems (OASIS) standards organization and supported by the International Standards

Organization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commissions (IEC) .

Adopting ODF-supporting applications in your business or service means you are not locked into a

single vendor in order to share and communicate your document data. ODF is important because

it provides choice, cost effectiveness, and control over the use of your documents and the

intellectual property contained therein. ODF enables efficient interchange of information between

various parts of an organization and between organizations.

Lotus Symphony software can open, create, edit and save documents, spreadsheets and

presentations in a variety of file formats. In addition, Lotus Symphony software can also convert

documents, spreadsheets, and presentations types into Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF)

files. The following table summarizes the file formats supported by Lotus Symphony.

IBM Lotus Symphony supported file formats

Application ISO/IECODF

MicrosoftOffice

OpenOffice.org XML

LotusSmartSuite(import only)

Otherformats

Lotus SymphonyDocuments .odt .doc .sxw .lwp .rtf

.txtLotus Symphony

Spreadsheets .ods .xls .sxc .123 .csvLotus Symphony

Presentations .odp .ppt .sxi .prz


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Ease of Learning FeaturesDescription Microsoft Office

2003Microsoft Office

2007OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus Symphony

On-line Help Office Assistant (notdefault)

Keyword & Full textsearch

Type a question forhelp

Step by step how-toinfo

Online/Offline mode

Search on Web

Office Assistant(not default)

Keyword & Full textsearch, search onweb

Type a question forhelp

Step by step how-to info

On/Offline mode

Help agent (not default)

Online Help programincludes

Keyword & Full text search

Bookmarks

Conceptual description offunctionality

How to information

Online Help program includes

Keyword & Full text search

Bookmarks

Conceptual description offunctionality

How to information

Create feedback button oneach help page in 1.2, allowend- users to provide thefeedback easily.

Users Manual General introductoryinfo including featuresoverview & userbenefits

Generalintroductory infoincluding featuresoverview & userbenefits

500 Page electronic usermanual for free

Dozens printed guidesand compendiums fromvarious publishers

User tutorials

This tutorial explores how tocreate and edit a document,Presentation and Spreadsheetusing the Lotus Symphony.

Web-based Help Assistance Centerorganizes hundreds ofarticles/ faqs/ howtosorganized by task andproduct

Assistance Centerorganizeshundreds ofarticles/ faqs/howtos organizedby task andproduct

1. WIKI

2. Forums

3. Documentationwebsite

1. Website: FAQs, demostutorials, reference cards,Technotes for the latestsolutions.

2. WIKI: demos, tutorials,videos and more for end-users and developers

3. Infocenter: online help

4. Forum: Request a newfeature, look for answers toissues, or post a question

Tips/What's this? Yes Yes + showshortcut keys

Yes + Extended Tips Yes + Extended Tips

Migration Help Microsoft Import Autopilotfor Word. PowerPoint andExcel documents &templates. White papersfrom website. Tips forMicrosoft user migrating

Information on migrating fromMicrosoft Office to LotusSymphony in wiki, plan toenrich the contents in 1.3

Toolbar (keyboard ) referencecard to help the migration.


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Description Microsoft Office2003

Microsoft Office2007

OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus Symphony

documented in wiki.

Ease of UseLotus Symphony provides a clean, intuitive interface to help users quickly become productive.Between the contextual sidebar that gives users quick access to most common tasks and theexhaustive right-click menus, most actions are just one to two steps away. Finally, as many otheroffice suites do, Lotus Symphony utilizes the concept “everything in one place” so all tools toperform a related task are grouped together, making them easier to find.


Microsoft Office2007 Professional


General Appearance Each module can belaunched separately.

Right panel changeswith tasks at hand.

All modules launchedseparately, but share thesame code base, makinglaunching the consecutiveapplications efficient forsystem resources

1. All modules launchedseparately, but share thesame code base

2. Each module can belaunched solely, or belaunched in Lotus Notes 8.

Single DocumentInterface

Single Single Single Single – can be extended viaSDK to support multipledocuments at once

Access to Features Multiple Task Panesfor using styles,inserting images,word translation,opening files, etc

Stylist, Gallery andNavigator offer easy andintuitive access to files,images, and styles .Multiple Task Panes forusing transition andanimation effects

Stylist, Gallery, Navigator toaccess document elementquickly

Toolbars 67 default tool bars Replaced byRibbons(Similar totoolbars but differentlook and feel)

67 default tool bars 27 default tool bars

CustomizableToolbars

Yes Replace by Ribbons,which arecustomizable

Yes Yes

Multiple Toolbars Yes Yes Yes YesMost Recently UsedMenus

Yes Yes No No


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Microsoft Office2007 Professional


Pull-down menus Fixed Replaced byRibbons, so abovefor more details

Fixed and customizable Fixed

Context Menus Yes Yes Yes YesShortcut Keys Yes Yes Yes YesDrag&Drop Yes Yes Yes YesMigration Aids Filters for previous

Microsoft Officerelease and otherOffice product

Filters for previousMicrosoft Officerelease and otherOffice product

Migration Document,Batch converter,autopilots

No

Large DocumentNavigation

Document Map basedon styles

Document Mapbased on styles

Navigation helps locateand jump to sections,different files whenmerging together,hyperlinked references,objects, change page upand down button, etc

Table of Content,

Hyperlinked references,

Navigators to file content andobjects

Xforms Capabilities No No Yes, with theOpenDocument file format

Yes, with the Open Documentfile format

Properties Sidebar No No No Yes


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General Formatting

Description MS Office 2003 MS Office 2007 OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM LotusSymphony

Font Styles/Effects 11 + 6 Text effects +17 underlines

Bold, Italic, Bold Italic,Strike through,

Double Strikethrough,Super/Subscript,

Shadow, Outline,Emboss, Engrave,

Small/All Caps, Hidden

11 + 6 Text effects +17 underlines

Bold, Italic, Bold Italic,Strike through,

Double Strikethrough,Super/Subscript,

Shadow, Outline,Emboss, Engrave,

Small/All Caps,Hidden

New metrically equivalentfonts to Microsoft topthree fonts.

11 + 4 text effect + 16underlines.

Bold, Italic, Bold Italic,Shadow, Outline,Emboss, Engrave, 5Strike throughs, Super/Subscript, Small/AllCaps, Hidden

8 + 4 text effects +16underlines.

Bold, Italic, Bold Italic,Shadow, Outline,Emboss, Engrave, 5Strike throughs, 4emphasis mask, 3 fontspacing, rotate text,hidden

Drop Caps Yes Yes Yes YesBullets/Numbering Yes Yes Yes YesBorders/Shading Yes Yes Yes YesFind & Replace Yes Yes Yes YesMultiple Undo/Redo Yes Yes Yes YesFields Yes Yes Yes YesFormat Paintbrush Yes Yes Yes Yes

Show/Hide non printingcharacters

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Word Art Yes Yes, 30 no custom Yes, fully customizable Yes, fully customizableSmartArt Yes,6 Yes, 100 No NoDiagrams Yes Yes Yes YesTables

Table in Table

Table Toolbar

Calculate in Tables

Create Chart from Table

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes(Ribbon)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes (By Frame)

No

Yes

Yes


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Description MS Office 2003 MS Office 2007 OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM LotusSymphony

AutoFormat/Styles

Repeat Table Heading

Change Text Direction

Distribute Cells Evenly

Sort

Banded Row/Column

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NoAutoshapes Yes Yes Yes Yes3D Styles Yes,20 Yes, 20 Yes, 8 Yes, 83D Effects Yes, Tilt up/down/left/

right, depth, direction,lighting, surface, color

Yes, Tilt up/down/left/right, depth, direction,lighting, surface, color

Yes, illumination, shading

shadow/camera,geometry: normals,rounded edges, scaleddepth, rotation

angle, segments,textures, materialproperties

Yes, extrusionssettings: direction,lighting, extrusioncolor, brightness, fillcolor...

Import from Camera/Scanner Yes Yes Yes No


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DocumentsLotus Symphony documents allows end user to create, edit, share and save word processingdocuments. Users can start with a blank document, open an existing document or choose from a setof document templates. Standard navigational elements include toolbars, context-sensitive sidebarfor common functions, an editing window and a status bar.A wide variety of formatting options include page, text, and paragraph formatting as well as pagenumbering and page breaks. Headers, footers, footnotes, cross references, indexes and table ofcontents are also among the many formatting features provided. Powerful table formatting and afreehand table drawing tool are also available. Each document can be formatted with a list of pre-defined styles or with user-customized styles, Predefined fields allow for the easy application ofdates, time stamps, page counts and more.

Description MS Word 2003 MS Word 2007 OpenOffice.orgWriter 3.0

IBM Lotus SymphonyDocuments

Formatting Task Pane listsoptions to allowusers to chose

Task PaneWYSIWYG formatsSmart Tags allowusers to choseformatting options.

Style and Formattingdialog

Style and Formatting dialog

Views

Screen Yes Yes Yes Yes Print Preview Yes Yes Yes Yes Web Yes Yes Yes Yes Outline Yes Yes Yes(with the Navigator) Yes Reading Yes Yes No No Document Navigator Yes Yes Yes YesSpelling

Auto spell check Yes Yes Yes Yes Context menu spelling Yes Yes Yes Yes Backup/Undo Yes Yes Yes YesGrammar tool Yes Yes Yes NoThesaurus Yes Yes Yes No

Autotext


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Correct Yes Yes Yes YesAutotext

Format Yes Yes Yes Yes Format as you type Yes Yes Yes Yes Complete Yes program-

mableYes program-mable Yes programmable and

automatic after

second typing of word

Yes programmable andautomatic after

second typing of wordVersions Yes Yes Yes NoTrackChanges/Redlines Yes Yes Yes YesAuthors in diff colors Yes Comments Yes Comments in

marginYes & popups indicatewho said what & when.

Yes

Notes Yes Yes Yes Yes Document Compare Yes Yes Yes Via plug-in Version Compare No Yes Yes NoDocument Properties General,

summary,statistics,custom& contents ofdoc.

General, summary,statistics,custom &contents of doc.

General, description,user defined,internet,statistics

No

Header/Footer Yes Yes Yes YesTable of Contents Yes Yes Yes YesIndex Yes Yes Yes YesFootnotes/End Notes Yes Yes Yes YesForms Yes Yes Yes YesClick -n-Type Yes Yes

Collect & paste 24 item multipleclipboard with

options forformatting

24 item multipleclipboard with

options for formatting

No No

Comments/Notes Yes Yes Yes YesBookmarks Yes Yes Yes YesReferences Yes Yes Yes Yes


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Auto summarize/abstract Yes Yes Yes NoEmail from document Yes Yes Yes, Integrated with

system eMail programlike Mozilla,Thunderbird, Evolution,Outlook etc.

Yes – Embedded Symphonyin Notes 8 or higher-. Via aplug-in for standalone LotusSymphony.

Sound Support Yes Yes Yes NoMovie Support Yes Yes Yes NoDrawing Tools Yes Yes Yes YesSmartArt Yes Yes No NoMacro Recorder Yes Yes Yes YesFill color, line color, font color Yes Yes Yes YesFile Recovery Yes Yes Yes (with Auto Save)XML No Yes Standardized,

complete and fullydocumented ->OpenDocument format

Standardized, complete andfully documented ->OpenDocument format

Built In PDF Export No Yes ( As PlugIn) Yes YesResearch No Yes No No

HTML Export Yes Yes Yes Via a plug-in


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SpreadsheetsLotus Symphony spreadsheets allow end users to create, edit, share and save spreadsheets. Lotus Symphonyspreadsheets follow standard conventions for presenting data and calculations in organized rows and columns, providefull range of functions, support data manipulation techniques with DataPilot tables (i.e. Pivot tables) and easily creategraphs and charts. Lotus Symphony spreadsheets offer functionality very similar to Microsoft Excel. Both are highlyprogrammable applications, with hundreds of built-in functions. IBM Lotus Symphony software's language independentAPIs make adding more functionally very easy.

Description Microsoft Excel2003

Microsoft Excel2007

OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM LotusSymphony

SpreadsheetsPivot Table/Data Pilot Yes Yes Yes YesStatistical Analysis Yes Yes Yes YesWeb integration for Stock Quotes Yes Yes Yes NoXML Yes Yes Yes YesRunning XSLT scripts Yes Yes No NoError checking Yes Yes Yes YesFormula Evaluator Yes Yes Yes YesWatch Window Yes Yes No NoFunction Tips Yes Yes Yes YesNumber of Sheets 256 256 256 256Number of Columns 256 16,000 1024 256Number of Rows 65536 1 Million 65536 65536Text effects 5 underlines, strike

through,

superscript, subscript

5 underlines, strikethrough,

superscript, subscript

Outline, shadow,underline, strikesthrough,Embossed,Engraved,

supper script,

subscript

Outline, shadow,underline, strikethrough 15underlines, 5strikethroughs,Embossed,

Engraved

Alignment horizontal Default, left, center,right, filled,

justify, center,

Default, left, center,right, filled,

justify, center across

Default, left, center,right, filled, justify

Default, left, center,right, justify


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Microsoft Excel2007


Spreadsheetsdistributed selection,

distributedAlignment vertical Bottom, top, middle,

distributed, justifyBottom, top, middle,distributed, justify

Default, top bottom,middle

Default, top, bottom,middle

Text orientation Yes Yes Yes YesNumber formats 11 11 10 10 Border / Patterns Yes Yes Yes YesCell protection Yes Yes Yes YesSmartArt No Yes No NoNumber of functions

Date and time

Financial

Information

Logical

Mathematical

Statistics

Database

Text

Array/Spreadsheet/Lookup

Engineering

Addin

>335

14

16

16

6

50

80

12

34

18

No

No

>335

19

53

16

7

59

83

11

23

18

39

No

>371

30

59

19

6

62

77

12

31

35

No

40

>375

31

64

19

6

62

78

14

28

35

No

40Sorting options Yes Yes Yes YesConditional Formatting Yes Yes Yes YesChart Wizard Yes Yes Yes YesFind & Replace Yes Yes Yes YesCustom Lists Yes Yes Yes YesSpelling, Auto correct Yes Yes Yes YesCell styles, style catalog Yes Yes Yes Yes


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Microsoft Excel2007


SpreadsheetsChange tracking Yes Yes Yes YesPreview Yes Yes Yes YesFormula AutoPilot Yes Yes Yes YesCell notes Yes Yes Yes YesFormat As Table AutoFormat Yes Yes Yes YesGoal Seek Yes Yes Yes Yes (Solve equations)Scenarios Yes Yes Yes Yes (what-if)Subtotals Yes Yes Yes YesProgramming Yes Yes Yes YesMacro Recorder Yes Yes Yes YesDrawing Tools Yes Yes Yes YesHTML Export Yes Yes Yes No

(1) depending on locale

ChartingDescription Microsoft Office

2003MS Office 2007 Openoffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus Symphony

Chart Gallery/Wizard Yes Yes. 73 charts types Yes. 130 chart types Yes. 79 chart typesGraph colors update withpresentation

Yes No No

Working directly in cells Yes Yes Yes YesTab through selected cell range Yes Yes Yes YesDrag legends Yes Yes Yes YesLive links to data file Yes Yes Yes NoBar charts 6 15 27 19Column Charts 7 19 27 21Column and Line No 2 NoPie Charts

2D

6

yes

6

Yes

12

Yes

5

Yes


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MS Office 2007 Openoffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus Symphony

3D

proportional pies

pie of pies

bar of pie

yes

yes

yes

yes

Yes and 3DExploded

Yes (custom with %)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

NoLine Charts

Projected 3D

7

yes

7

Yes

24

Yes

11

YesScatter Charts 5 7 16 7Radar / Net 3 3 9 6Bubble 2 2 No NoDoughnut 2 2 No NoStock 4 4 4 4Area Charts:

Stacked

Shadowed 3D

6

yes

yes

6

Yes

Yes

9

Yes

Yes

6

Yes

YesCreate Chart from Table yes Yes Yes YesCreate Chart without

Table

yes Yes Yes Yes


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PresentationsLotus Symphony presentations allow end users to create graphic presentations that can be sharedwith audiences via a slideshow or as printed handouts. The presentations created by LotusSymphony can be created from scratch or using the included presentation templates for a variety ofpolished looks. Alternatively, Microsoft Powerpoint presentations can be opened, edited and savedusing Lotus Symphony. When using the presentation software, end users can view theirpresentations in a variety ways including page-by-page, outline, thumbnails in the page sorter, or aview of the notes for each page. End users can add text, graphics, charts, images, page transitionsand animation effects for professional looking presentations.

Description MS PowerPoint2003

MS PowerPoint2007

OpenOffice.org 3.0Impress

IBM Lotus SymphonyPresentations

Build In PDF Export No Yes (As PlugIn) Yes YesPresentation to web Yes Yes Yes YesPresentations as movies No Yes No NoExport to Flash No No Yes Yes(by plugin)Preview Yes Yes Yes YesPrint Preview Yes Yes No YesMultiple Slide Designs Yes Yes Yes YesImage Rotation Yes Yes Yes YesPassword Protected Yes Yes Yes YesImport pages from external file Yes Yes No (can only import a

whole file)Yes

Import outline from Writer Yes Yes Yes NoStyles Yes Yes Yes YesLayouts 31 0 24 0Views

Page Yes Yes Yes Yes Outline Yes Yes Yes Yes Slide Sorter Yes Yes Yes Yes Notes Yes Yes Yes Yes Slide Show Yes Yes Yes Yes


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MS PowerPoint2007



Handout Yes Yes Yes YesTransition effects 59 59 59 57Animation effects 158 158 158 115Effect preview Yes Yes Yes YesPackage on CD Yes Yes No NoEmail from presentation Yes Yes Yes Yes, can be send as

attachment if integrated withNotes or using send-to plug-in

Grid Yes Yes Yes YesHeader / Footer Yes Yes Yes YesComments Yes Yes No NoSound Support Yes Yes Yes NoMovie support Yes Yes Yes NoDrawing Tools Yes Yes Yes YesCanned Shapes Yes Yes Yes YesFill color, Line color, Font color Yes Yes Yes YesEdit Points Yes Yes Yes Yes3D Styles Yes Yes Yes Yes3D Effects Yes, but not full 3D

engine, limiting

the appearance of3D effects. Tilt,

depth, direction,lighting, surface

color

Yes, but not full 3Dengine, limiting

the appearance of3D effects. Tilt,

depth, direction,lighting, surface

color

Yes, full 3D engine, withfull rotation and

light sources.Illumination, shading,

rounded edges, scaleddepth, rotation angle,textures, etc.

Yes, full 3D engine, with fullrotation and

light sources. Illumination,shading,

rounded edges, scaled depth,rotation

angle, textures, etc

Canned Diagrams Yes Yes No NoWord Art / Fontwork Yes, 30 defaults,

no customYes, 30 defaults,no custom

Yes, fully customizable Yes, fully customizable

SmartArt No Yes No NoMacro Recorder No No No No


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MS PowerPoint2007



XML No No Standardized completeand fully documentedOpenDocument fileformat

Standardized complete andfully documentedOpenDocument file format

HTML Export Yes Yes Yes YesMultiple monitors Yes Yes Yes No


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ExtrasDescription Microsoft Office


2007OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus

SymphonyTemplates Word:45, Excel:6

PowerPoint:60

More template on web

Word:45, Excel:6

PowerPoint:60

More template on web

Writer:2, Calc:0,Impress:27 and dozensof template available onopenoffice.org

Presentations: 19

Documents: 0

Spreadsheets: 0

More templatesavailable on website

Clip Art 400 + Images 400 + Images Thousands available inthe web

500 + Imagesembedded

and plenty of available inthe web

Clip Art Insertion Module Task Pane Task Pane Gallery, easy drag anddrop includesbidirectional import andexport to and fromGallary

Gallery, Drag and dropfrom Gallery

Sounds .wav files 2 2 35 NoWizards Word: No wizards

available

PowerPoint: No Wizardsavailable

Excel: text import,convert text into column,lookup formula,Conditional Sum,Creating Formula,Function Argumentswizard

Access: Getting Started,Collect data by usingemail, Create Form,Create Sub-form,Command Button, List/Combobox, Lookup,Query, Report, Table,

Word: No wizardsavailable

PowerPoint: No Wizardsavailable

Excel: text import,convert text into column,lookup formula,Conditional Sum,Creating Formula,Function Argumentswizard

Access: Getting Started,Collect data by usingemail, Create Form,Create Sub-form,Command Button, List/Combobox, Lookup,Query, Report, Table,

Yes. Documentconverter, agenda, EuroConverter, Fax, List Box,Letter, Presentation,Print Forms, DBConnection, DB Forms,DB Report, DB Query,DB Tables, HTMLWebPage, SystemAddress Book, Chart,install new dictionaries

Yes.

Documents: Insert Fontwork,

Presentations: InsertFont work,

Spreadsheets: ChartSetup, Creating formula,function argumentwizard, Data pilot,


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Upsizing, DatabaseSplitter, Export, ImportWizard

Upsizing, DatabaseSplitter, Export, ImportWizard

Seamless Integration ofclipart preview andinsertion

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Easy to store and reusecustom graphics anddiagrams

Yes Yes Yes Yes


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AccessibilityDescription Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office

2007OpenOffice.org 3.0

ImpressIBM Lotus Symphony

Handwriting Recognition Yes. Using handwritingcomponent included inMicrosoft Office package

Yes. Using handwritingcomponent included inMicrosoft Office package

No Yes. Using third partytools or Microsoft Office'shandwriting component

On Screen Keyboards Yes text and symbol Yes text and symbol Windows: Using thirdparty tools.

Linux: GNOME OnScreen Keyboard(GOK).

Yes. Using third partytools:

Windows On-ScreenKeyboard

Speech Recognition Yes Yes No Yes. Using third partytools:

Dragon NuturallySpeakingScreen Reader Support Yes, almost all Windows

third party tools on themarket.

Yes, almost all Windowsthird party tools on themarket.

Yes, following thirdparty tools areworking :On Solaris(TM) OE andLinux:Gnopernicus ScreenReader and Magnifier.On WindowsJAWs Screen Reader( 4.5 or higher)ZoomText ScreenMagnifier (7.11 or higher)

Yes. Using third partytools:

JAWS Screen Reader( 8.0 or higher)

Window-Eyes ScreenReader (6.0 or higher)

Full KeyboardNavigation and Control

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Use of System ColorSchemes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

System Font & Color

settings

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Optional Suppression of

graphics

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Support for Assistive

Technologies

Yes Yes Yes Yes


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Non-Blinking Text

Selection Cursor

Yes Yes Yes


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LocalizationDescription Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2007 OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus

SymphonyTranslation Yes Translate functions

translates

word by word, English,French &

Spanish

No Via IBM WebsphereTranlsation ServerPlug-in

Languages 35 37 20 28Identifies language &switches dictionary

Automatically switchesthe spell checker to thelanguage you are typingin.

Automatically identifieswhat language you aretyping in and switches thespell checker, autocorrectand proofing toolsaccordingly.

Has default dictionary tospell check, user can selectother dictionaries indictionaries list

1. check using the Fontlanguage(set in TextProperties->Font->Language) and switchthe spell checkeraccordingly

2. check using allsupported languages ifselect the optionPreference->SpellCheck->Check inall languages

Localized versions comewith other languages

Need MUI package Yes. Each localizedversion comes with aProofing Pak with 1-4 otherlanguages.

Also can add languageproofing tools with $80Proofing Tools CD.

Each language has its ownsetup package

localized versionscome with Englishversion.

Localized Office websites Yes Yes Some NoArabic Yes Yes Yes YesAzerbaijani No No Yes NoBasque No No Yes NoBrazilian Portuguese Yes Yes Yes YesCatalan No No Yes YesChinese (Simplified) Yes Yes Yes YesChinese (Traditional) Yes Yes Yes YesCroatian Yes Yes Yes NoCzech Yes Yes Yes YesDanish Yes Yes Yes YesDutch Yes Yes Yes YesEnglish Yes Yes Yes Yes


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Description Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2007 OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM LotusSymphony

Estonian Yes No Yes NoFinnish Yes Yes Yes YesFrench Yes Yes Yes YesFriulian No No Yes NoGerman Yes Yes Yes YesGreek Yes Yes Yes YesHebrew Yes Yes Yes YesHindi Yes Yes Yes NoHungarian Yes Yes Yes YesItalian Yes Yes Yes YesJapanese Yes Yes Yes YesKorean Yes Yes Yes YesLao No No Yes NoLithuanian Yes Yes Yes NoMalagasy No No No NoNorwegian Yes Yes Yes YesPapmiento No No No NoPortuguese (European) Yes Yes Yes YesPolish Yes Yes Yes YesRomanian Yes Yes Yes NoRussian Yes Yes Yes YesSlovenian Yes Yes Yes YesSlovakian Yes Yes Yes YesSpanish Yes Yes Yes YesSwedish Yes Yes Yes YesTamil No No Yes NoThai Yes Yes Yes YesTurkish Yes Yes Yes YesUrdu No No No NoVietnamese No No Yes NoWelsh No No Yes No


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Interoperability and standardsDescription MS PowerPoint

2003MS PowerPoint

2007OpenOffice.org

3.0IBM LotusSymphony

Build In PDF Export Yes (As PlugIn) Yes (As PlugIn) Yes YesStarOffice 5.x No No Yes NoOpenOffice.org XML file format No No Yes YesOpenDocument XML file format Optional Filter

AvailableOptional FilterAvailable

Yes (default) Yes (default)

Microsoft Office Open XML Yes Yes (default) Support OOXMLimporting

Not yet. ( Supportloading MicrosoftWord 2003 XML).Support plannedin future release.

Word Processing Filters MS Word Windows (*.doc)

XP Yes Yes Yes Yes2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes

97 Yes Yes Yes Yes95 Yes Yes Yes Yes

6 Yes Yes Yes Yes5 Yes Yes Yes Yes

MS Word XML Yes Yes Yes No ( supportloading MicrosoftWord 2003 XML )

Lotus Word Pro No No No Yes (import) WordPerfect (*.wpd)

10-13

Yes Yes Yes No

MS Works

2.0 DOS No No No No 3.0 Windows No No No No 4.0 Mac No No No No 4.0-9.0 Windows (*.wps) Yes Yes No No


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MS PowerPoint2007

OpenOffice.org3.0

IBM LotusSymphony

WordStar

2000 (3.0m 3.5)

No No Yes No

HTML (*.htm, *.html) Yes Yes Yes No XHTML No Yes Yes No

Flat XML Yes Yes Yes No Text (*.rtf, *.txt, *.asc, *.ans) Yes Yes Yes Support *.rtf, *.txt

and others PDA

AportisDoc (Palm) No No Yes No DocBook (simplified) No No Yes No Pocket Word (WinCE) Yes Yes Yes No Ichitaro 8/9/10/11 No No Yes No

Hangui WP 97 No No Yes No StarWriter 2.0 No No Yes No StarWriter DOS No No Yes NoUnified Office Format Text(.uot) No No Yes NoSpreadsheet Filters StarCalc 3.0 - 5.0 No No Yes No StarCalc 1.0 No No Yes No MS Excel 97-2003 Yes Yes Yes Yes MS Excel 4.x-5.0/95 Yes Yes Yes Yes MS Excel XML 2003 Yes Yes Yes Yes Quarto Pro 6.0 No No Yes No Rich Text Format Yes Yes Yes Yes Pocket Excel Yes Yes Yes No XML Yes Yes Yes No dBase Yes Yes Yes No Text Yes Yes Yes Yes


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MS PowerPoint2007

OpenOffice.org3.0

IBM LotusSymphony

SYLK Yes Yes Yes No DIF Yes Yes Yes No HTML Yes Yes Yes No Lotus 1-2-3 Yes Yes Yes Yes (import)Unified Office Format Spreadsheet(.uos) No No Yes No

Presentation Filters StarImpress/Draw 3.0 - 5.0 No No Yes No MS PowerPoint Yes Yes Yes Yes Macromedia Flash export No No Yes No CGM - Computer

Graphics Metafile

No No Yes No

Lotus Freelance Graphic No No No Yes (import) HTML Yes Yes Yes Yes(Export)Unified Office Format Presentation(.uop) No No Yes No

Graphic SupportDescription Microsoft Office


2007OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus

SymphonyTotal 14 22 25 25BMP - MS Windows Yes Yes Yes YesCDR - CorelDraw Yes Yes No NoCGM - ComputerGraphics Meta

Yes Yes Yes No

DRW - MicrogrfxDesigner

No Yes No No

DXF - AutoCAD No Yes Yes YesEMF - MS Win. Metafile Yes Yes Yes YesEMZ - Compressed Win.Enhanced

Metafile

Yes Yes No No


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EPS - EncapsulatedPostScript(TM)

software

Yes Yes Yes Yes

FPX - FPX Format No Yes No NoGIF - GraphicsInterchange

Yes Yes Yes Yes

JPG - JPEG Yes Yes Yes YesMET - OS/2 Metafile No No Yes YesMIX - Picture IT Forma No Yes No NoPBM - Portable Bitmap No No Yes YesPCD - Photo CD No Yes Yes YesPCT - Mac Pict Yes Yes Yes YesPCX - Zsoft Paintbrush No Yes Yes YesPCZ - Compressed MacPICT

Yes Yes No No

PGM - PortableGraymap

No No Yes Yes

PNG - Portable NetworkGraphic

Yes Yes Yes Yes

PPM - PortablePixelmap

No No Yes Yes

PSD – AdobeOPhotoshop software

No No Yes Yes

RAS - Sun Rasterfile No No Yes YesSBM No No Yes NoSGF No Yes Yes

SGG No No Yes NoSGV No No Yes YesSVM No No Yes YesVG No No Yes NoTGA - TruevisionTARGA

No Yes Yes Yes


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TIF - Tag Image File Yes Yes Yes YesWMF - MS WindowsMetafile

Yes Yes Yes Yes

WMZ - CompressedWindows Metafile

Yes Yes No No

WPG - WordPerfectGraphic

No Yes No No

XBM - X-Consortium No No Yes YesXPM No No Yes Yes


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System RequirementsDescription Microsoft Office


2007OpenOffice.org 3.0 IBM Lotus Symphony

HardwareArchitecture PC PC PC

Sun SPARCPC

Processor Pentium 233 MHz orhigher processor

Pentium 500 MHz orhigher

Pentium CPU or higher

UltraSparc II / III / IV / IV+

Pentium III 500 MHz or higherprocessor

Memory / RAM Windows 2000 SP3,Windows XP,Windows 2003:128MB

Windows XP SP 2,2003 SP1, Vista: 256MB

Win 2000 SP2 or higher, XP,2003, Vista: 256 MB(512 RAMrecommended)

Solaris Sparc:, x86: 256 MB

GNU/Linux : 256 MB

Mac OS X: 512 MB

512 MB

Hard Disk Space 400 MB Standard: 1.5 GB forinstallation

Professional: 2.0 GBfor installation

Ultimate: 3.0 GB forinstallation

At least 650 MB for installationagainst Windows platform

450 MB for Solaris Sparc, x86

400 MB for GNU/Linux

400 MB for Mac OS X

540 MB for Windows platform

750 MB for Linux platform

Video 800x600 or higher-resolution graphicdevice with 256 colors

Super VGA(1024x768) or higher,256+ colors

1024x768 or higher resolutionwith at least 256 colors

1024x768 or higher display-resolution graphic device with256 colors

OtherRequirements

CD-ROM CD-ROM CD-ROM or internet connection CD-ROM or internetconnection

OS Supported Windows 2000 SP3,Windows XP,Windows 2003

Windows XP , 2003,Vista

OS X

Windows 2000(SP2 or higher),Windows XP, 2003, VistaSolaris SPARC,Solaris x86,GNU/LinuxMac OS X

Windows XP SP3

Windows Vista SP1RHEL 5.2 DesktopSLED 10 SP2 Unbutu 8.0.4Mac OS X (Intel)


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