Name Price at Time of Review (£) Rating Comment Win 95 Win 3.1 From Tel no Issue Page Additional comments, notes
DTP/Document production
Allclear 200 **** Comprehensive flowcharting. Dreadful manual. Y Guildsoft 01752 895100 9 124
Authordocs 145 **** Logical companion to your word processor. Y Y ABMS 01256 818583 15 135
Capella 101 ***** Powerful and easy to use score publisher with MIDI connectivity. Y Y Software Partners 01926 842998 15 130 recommended
Common Ground 2 120 **** Useful for creating hardware and software independent documents. Y Y Fontworks 0171 490 2002 14 178
Corel Ventura 5 349 **** Easy to use both for long and short documents. Y Corel 0800 581028 3 140
Delrina Perform 69 ***** Generally excellent stand alone forms package. Y Delrina 0181 207 3163 10 140 recommended.
Font Consultant 2 50 ***** Highly polished font management tool. Y Max Software 01902 374858 7 140 recommended.
Fontographer 4.1 399 ***** The Rolls Royce of font editing and creation. Y Y Softline 0181 401 1234 21 150 recommended
FrameMaker 5 695 *** Ideal for long and complicated documents. Y Y Frame Technology 0181 606 4100 9 116
JetForm Design 399 **** Powerful forms designer hampered by an old fashioned interface. Y Y JetForm Corporation 01905 795079 21 141
PageMaker 6 515 ***** More a collection of add-ons than a major overhaul. A worthwhile upgrade. Y Y Adobe 0131 451 6888 15 110 recommended
PagePlus Home/Office Edition 43 **** Good value budget DTP. Y N Serif 0800 924925 17 128
Print House 79 ***** Quick and easy solution to varied document printing needs. Y Y Channel Market Makers 01703 814822 17 127
Publisher 95 68 **** Friendly and powerful. High demands on hardware. Y N Microsoft 0345 002000 14 172
Pianzhang 2 895 *** Makes long document production possible, though not especially easy. Y Y Miles 33 01344 861133 21 140
Spellwrite 25 **** Useful spelling checker. Y Future Software Developments 01207 544030 1 150
Toplevel Forms 149 *** Moderate flatfile database that emphasises form designing capabilities. Y TopLevel 01453 753955 2 163
Type Designer 3 120 *** High-end features at the expense of basic functionality and ease of use. Y Y NRB Systems 0181 570 3034 16 138
Type Twister 1 30 **** Easy to use and cheap type manipulation package. Good effects. Y Iona Software 0181 296 9454 2 180