If you're using Lotus Notes 8.5.1 FP5 or higher, or 8.5.2 , you can use the add-on installer to upgrade the embedded Symphony from version 1.3 to 3.0 plus the latest Fix Pack. Instructions are available at the following URL:
https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21501057
Note: Lotus Symphony 3.0 is already included with Lotus Notes 8.5.3.
The are numerous benefits and new features available in Lotus Symphony 3, including the following:
- 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
- More template files
- Enabled file encryption and password protection with Microsoft Word and Excel files
- Enabled native nested tables support
- Enabled multi-page view layout support
- Support of Auto Text
- Extended maximum number of columns from 256 to 1024
- Text to column value convert support
- Detective function
- Solve equations and solver
- "What if" function
- Multi-monitor display support
- More presentation animation effects
- More page layouts
- Improved help content
For a complete list of new and enhanced features, please see the Release Notes - http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/help.nsf/ReleaseNotes