<s>
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
was	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
editing	O
text	O
,	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
charts	O
and	O
other	O
documents	O
on	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Lotus	O
Development	O
as	O
a	O
follow-on	O
to	O
its	O
popular	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
produced	O
from	O
1984	O
–	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Application
Jazz	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
a	O
sibling	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
revived	O
the	O
name	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Symphony	I-Operating_System
in	O
2007	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
office	O
suite	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
but	O
the	O
two	O
programs	O
are	O
otherwise	O
unrelated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
had	O
originally	O
been	O
billed	O
as	O
an	O
integrated	O
product	O
with	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
database	O
and	O
graphing	O
functions	O
(	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
1-2-3	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
products	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
integrated	O
"	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Ashton-Tate	O
'	O
s	O
Framework	B-Application
and	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
,	O
from	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
normally	O
included	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
loads	O
entirely	O
into	O
memory	O
on	O
startup	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
run	O
as	O
an	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
task	O
on	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
3.x/95/98/ME	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
data	O
that	O
Symphony	O
handles	O
is	O
kept	O
in	O
spreadsheet-like	O
cells	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
completely	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
640k	O
of	O
conventional	O
memory	O
,	O
supplemented	O
by	O
any	O
expanded	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
and	O
competitive	O
packages	O
included	O
SmartWare	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Works	I-Application
,	O
Context	B-Language
MBA	I-Language
,	O
Framework	B-Application
,	O
Enable	O
and	O
Ability	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
's	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
engine	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
,	O
once	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
unique	O
application	O
looking	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
using	O
customizable	O
macro	O
driven	O
menus	O
and	O
display	O
Windows	O
,	O
the	O
result	O
being	O
menu	O
driven	O
applications	O
that	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
,	O
resembled	O
little	O
of	O
their	O
original	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
heritage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
@	O
formula	O
functions	O
building	O
on	O
1-2-3	O
'	O
s	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
only	O
formulas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symphony	O
put	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
at	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
fingertips	O
and	O
used	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
keys	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
could	O
use	O
both	O
hands	O
to	O
select	O
menu	O
functions	O
,	O
navigate	O
menus	O
and	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
,	O
all	O
other	O
Symphony	O
functions	O
by	O
touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
other	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
day	O
such	O
as	O
Micropro	B-Application
WordStar	B-Application
3.3	O
,	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
4.2	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2.0	O
,	O
Symphony	O
's	O
word	O
processing	O
environment	O
was	O
simple	O
,	O
but	O
effective	O
and	O
uncomplicated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
other	O
database	O
programs	O
of	O
the	O
Tate	O
's	O
dBase	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
MDBS	O
Knowledgeman	B-Application
,	O
Borland	B-Application
Paradox	I-Application
2.0	O
and	O
Borland	B-Application
Reflex	I-Application
1.0	O
—	O
Symphony	O
's	O
FORM	O
environment	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
robust	O
,	O
lacking	O
the	O
analytical	O
abilities	O
of	O
Reflex	O
and	O
the	O
pseudo	O
relational	O
power	O
of	O
dBase	B-Application
III	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
integrated	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
and	O
included	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
"	O
generate	O
"	O
a	O
FORM	O
from	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
generator	O
would	O
automatically	O
create	O
the	O
database	O
input	O
form	O
,	O
all	O
the	O
underlying	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
architecture	O
,	O
with	O
range	O
names	O
and	O
query	O
fields	O
,	O
turning	O
a	O
simple	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
into	O
an	O
instant	O
database	O
in	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BASE	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
any	O
dBase	B-Application
IV	I-Application
file	O
,	O
no	O
matter	O
its	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExtraK	O
add-on	O
,	O
extending	O
memory	O
capabilities	O
for	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
larger	O
than	O
4MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Lotus	B-Application
1-2-3	I-Application
,	O
Symphony	O
contained	O
a	O
reasonably	O
powerful	O
programming	O
language	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
its	O
"	O
Symphony	O
Command	O
Language	O
(	O
or	O
SCL	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
saved	O
either	O
within	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
or	O
separately	O
in	O
"	O
libraries	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
macros	O
:	O
lists	O
of	O
menu	O
operations	O
,	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
macro	O
keywords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
One	O
is	O
"	O
menucall	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
call	O
their	O
own	O
menus	O
,	O
embedded	O
into	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
,	O
which	O
behave	O
just	O
like	O
Symphony	O
's	O
own	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
day	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
programs	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
log	O
onto	O
a	O
stock	O
market	O
source	O
,	O
select	O
data	O
using	O
dynamic	O
or	O
pre-assigned	O
criteria	O
,	O
place	O
that	O
data	O
into	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
perform	O
calculations	O
,	O
then	O
chart	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
print	O
out	O
the	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
