|
Name |
Price at Time of Review (£) |
Rating |
Comment |
Win 95 |
Win 3.1 |
From |
Tel no |
Issue |
Page |
Additional comments, notes
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DTP/Document production |
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Allclear |
200 |
**** |
Comprehensive flowcharting. Dreadful manual. |
|
Y |
Guildsoft |
01752 895100 |
9 |
124 |
|
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Authordocs |
145 |
**** |
Logical companion to your word processor. |
Y |
Y |
ABMS |
01256 818583 |
15 |
135 |
|
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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 |
|
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Corel Ventura 5 |
349 |
**** |
Easy to use both for long and short documents. |
|
Y |
Corel |
0800 581028 |
3 |
140 |
|
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Delrina Perform |
69 |
***** |
Generally excellent stand alone forms package. |
|
Y |
Delrina |
0181 207 3163 |
10 |
140 |
recommended.
|
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Font Consultant 2 |
50 |
***** |
Highly polished font management tool. |
|
Y |
Max Software |
01902 374858 |
7 |
140 |
recommended.
|
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Fontographer 4.1 |
399 |
***** |
The Rolls Royce of font editing and creation. |
Y |
Y |
Softline |
0181 401 1234 |
21 |
150 |
recommended
|
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FrameMaker 5 |
695 |
*** |
Ideal for long and complicated documents. |
Y |
Y |
Frame Technology |
0181 606 4100 |
9 |
116 |
|
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JetForm Design |
399 |
**** |
Powerful forms designer hampered by an old fashioned interface. |
Y |
Y |
JetForm Corporation |
01905 795079 |
21 |
141 |
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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
|
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PagePlus Home/Office Edition |
43 |
**** |
Good value budget DTP. |
Y |
N |
Serif |
0800 924925 |
17 |
128 |
|
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Print House |
79 |
***** |
Quick and easy solution to varied document printing needs. |
Y |
Y |
Channel Market Makers |
01703 814822 |
17 |
127 |
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Publisher 95 |
68 |
**** |
Friendly and powerful. High demands on hardware. |
Y |
N |
Microsoft |
0345 002000 |
14 |
172 |
|
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Pianzhang 2 |
895 |
*** |
Makes long document production possible, though not especially easy. |
Y |
Y |
Miles 33 |
01344 861133 |
21 |
140 |
|
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Spellwrite |
25 |
**** |
Useful spelling checker. |
|
Y |
Future Software Developments |
01207 544030 |
1 |
150 |
|
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Toplevel Forms |
149 |
*** |
Moderate flatfile database that emphasises form designing capabilities. |
|
Y |
TopLevel |
01453 753955 |
2 |
163 |
|
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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 |
|
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Type Twister 1 |
30 |
**** |
Easy to use and cheap type manipulation package. Good effects. |
|
Y |
Iona Software |
0181 296 9454 |
2 |
180 |
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