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Contents 
Introduction
Testing Compatability
Evermore Integrated Office
Lotus SmartSuite
Microsoft Office
StarOffice/OpenOffice
WordPerfect Office
Specifications
Final words
Editor's choice
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Lotus SmartSuite continues to do its own thing with little concern for the rest of the industry. SmartSuite does not try to appear like the opposition and seems to be making little effort to even promote the product. I found the Web site, for example, particularly uninformative. One link offering more product details resulted in a message explaining that access was restricted to the requested page!
On the other hand it does have a good range of features, including database and organiser features. It doesn't include an e-mail client, but this is easily added and integrated with the organiser. Access to programs and files is via a toolbar at the top of the screen. Buttons also appear in the Windows system tray, but this can result in a lot of clutter.
The software is of average size, but it is only supported by the Windows operating system. It is able to export to Microsoft and Corel formats. Twelve language localisations are available. In many ways SmartSuite deserves to score better than it does in this review, but universal usability and compatibility is everything in today's market: SmartSuite is only supported by Microsoft Windows and it is simply too different to the competition.
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Not a bad balanced review. What about all the advanced features like IRM, shared workspace with SharePoint Services, Integration with backend systems etc This is the true differentiation for users who want to do more than change fonts and add italics to a document. Word processing is hard to differntiate, but you ask a very advanced spreadsheet user what really works for them.