Carputers News and Computer Tips

The newest version of this free office suite was released June 10.  As shown in the screenshot below, it will now open/import Microsoft Office 2007 files and templates:

Here are links to our previous posts on using and configuring this very capable free office suite:

• Our first IBM Lotus Symphony post, from about a year ago…

• Our post about major IBM Lotus Symphony updates

• IBM Lotus Symphony “how-tos” can be found here.

Edit 06/19/2009:

Amy Vernon wrote about Lotus Symphony 1.3 over at HotHardware.  She notes that according to an IBM press release there are several large companies that are using this free alternative to Microsoft Office…

Edit 10/30/2009:

Courtesy of the Lotus Symphony wiki, here are all of IBM’s Lotus Symphony education offerings.  These include Getting Started pages, Online courses, Reference Cards, and short “show me” videos.  We’ve mentioned some of these in previous Lotus Symphony posts.

Apologies for our lack of blog updates of late, but we’ve been busy.  Individuals and small businesses are repairing and upgrading PCs rather than replacing them.  Given the state of the economy, this isn’t suprising.  We’d like to think that our increased activity is a sign of our quality of service.  Our customers seem to think so.

We’d like to thank all of our regular and new customers for their support.  Thanks also to all who have contacted us, even if we haven’t yet done business.

If you’re having a computer issue, don’t hesitate to contact us - we’ll work you into our schedule quickly and do what it takes to get your PC up and running smoothly again!