Software of the Month Club March 1995 Windows Program Descriptions Astronomy Lab v1.14 = ALW.ZIP by Eric Bergman-Terrell Astronomy Lab is a fun and educational astronomy program. Astronomy Lab will present you with animation’s which simulate many different astronomical events such as: solar and lunar eclipses, lunar occupations, planetary occupations, orbits of Jupiter’s brighter moons, and the motion of the planets in the plane of the ecliptic. In addition, Astronomy Lab produces several reports that predict important and exciting astronomical events of the past, present, and future. And, Astronomy Lab generates several graphs that illustrate many fundamental astronomical concepts. Anyone interested in astronomy, novice or seasoned astronomers, will find this interesting and fun. Animouse v4.0 = ANIMOUSE.ZIP by Troy Beckstrom This is one of the most unusual and fun applications for Window’s we’ve seen in some time. Animouse allows you to replace the normal Windows cursors (the arrows, hourglass, and I-bar cursors) with snazzy, amusing, animated cursors. For example, you can replace the hourglass with a ticking grandfather clock, a bomb with a burning fuse (which explodes when the fuse burns down), or a planet with two circling moons (our favorite). Replace the arrow cursor with a shimmering radioactive arrow. The resizing arrows can be pulsing, rotating, or flowing. And, there are dozens more! All shapes, sizes, and types. (Our vote for the most entertaining - a Macintosh which, every time you click a mouse button, gets crushed by a booted foot!) Financial Freedom Business Cards v1.0 = FFBCRD.ZIP by M & R Technologies, Inc. Create and print your own business and rotary (Rolodex) cards. Great features are custom tailored so you can create stunning cards. What an economical way for you to advertise your services! Include them in your mailings and distribute them at conventions. These are just a few of the ways you can use the business cards to advertise your business. This program saves you time and money! Financial Freedom Labels = FFLBL.ZIP by M & R Technologies, Inc. Save time and money by creating and printing your own mailing labels! Make stunning labels of various sizes, for any occasion, and print quantities tailored to your specific needs! Home Phone Book v1.01 = HPBW.ZIP by Thomas E. Bonitz A PIM, or Personal Information Manager, allows you to track telephone numbers, to-do lists, set alarms and reminders, provides a calendar, and half a dozen other things. But, what if all you want or need is an address book? Well, Home Phone Book provides you with just that. However, you are not limited to just storing names, phone numbers, and addresses. HPB allows you to set special codes (up to 10), print envelopes, auto-dial, and maintain multiple phone numbers for each entry. HPB is easy to use and flexible enough to serve most anyone’s needs. NutriSoft Nutrition for Women for Windows v3.5 = NSNFW.ZIP by NutriSoft NutriSoft Nutrition for Women is based on the US Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health and the National Research Council dietary guidelines for women. This makes Nutrition for Women an excellent tool for checking, planning, and controlling your diet. You can quickly obtain nutritional information on dozens of different foods and achieve optimal health through proper nutrition. The software can be used by itself, or in conjunction with diet programs from your favorite authors. Whether you are vegetarian, or follow any special diet, or enroll in a weight-loss club, whether you are expecting a child or take care of older women, etc., you will find that NutriSoft Nutrition for Women gives you better insight into your diet and helps you make informed dietary decisions. Shopping List Manager v3 = SLM.ZIP by Joel Rose If you decide to use NutriSoft’s Nutrition for Women, you find this the perfect companion program. Even if you don’t use NutriSoft’s Nutrition for Women, you’re going to love this little gem. Unlike most shopping list manager programs, Shopping List Manager allows you more control over what your list contains, the descriptions, and, the biggest difference, where you want to buy it. You build your shopping lists per store. You usually have one large list of items which you have to weed through. If you buy your meats from one store and vegetables from another, you have to take the time to determine which store to buy the item from. With a large list, it is easy to miss something in one store and not notice until your already across town at a different store. Shopping List Manager allows you to make store specific lists. That way, everything you need from one store is on its own separate list. Shopping can be a torturous ordeal. With Shopping List Manager, it can be a breeze. Sign Finder = SIGNFNDR.ZIP by James Nusbaum American sign language has never been this easy! Sign Finder gives you easy access to many commonly used signs. Simply type in a word and press "Search." The basic sign and hand motions are instantly displayed. Browse through the signs in ascending or descending alphabetical order using the two browse buttons. Check out words like advice, boy, car, collect, deaf, demand, door, draw, dry, family, fine, full, headache, hungry, kid, learn, like, make, mother, patience, plan, same, seem and true. Trash Free-K! = TRASHFRK.ZIP by P.M. Chefalo A fantastic drag and drop file deletion utility! Simply select one or more file names from Windows File Manager, drag the names to the Trash Free-K! icon, and the files are immediately deleted. Access options by clicking on the icon and selecting items from the system menu. Free up disk space with Trash Free-K! NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL, found in your latest Utility Collection. Windows Wallpaper Manager/Changer/Editor = WWPLUS.ZIP by Don Bradner Take charge of your Windows wallpaper! Maintain a collection of wallpapers, automatically change them at any interval you select, and use image formats (GIF, PCX, TGA, TIF, .ICO and .JPG) that are normally not usable for Windows wallpaper. GIF and PCX provide compression of 256-color images, and .JPG provides compression for 16-million color images great ways to save disk space! NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL. included in your most recent Utilities Collection. ProgramConvert It! SE v3.0b = CONVERT.ZIP by SMI Corporation The ultimate conversion utility for MS Windows. Fifteen conversion categories with custom setup. Edit conversion factors, and add, change or delete units. Categories include temperature, mass, volume, time, area, angle, currency and more. Turn off the conversions you don"t need. Easy to customize to suit your needs. Wordnerd = WORDNERD.ZIP by A. J. GoodWare, Inc. Expand your vocabulary with Wordnerd! Flash cards, multiple choice and other techniques help you build a stronger vocabulary the easy way. For people of all ages! Xatax v1.01 by Pixel Painter's Years from now the Earth stands on the brink of peace, no longer do weapons of destruction exists. Man is excited about finally acheiving what was said to be impossible. Unfortunetly, it's not up to Man, but to Xatax. A alien life form that is destroying worlds throughtout the galaxy, Earth is next. Your job is to stop Xatax from destroying the Earth. Only the skilled will survive this game! Note: MS-DOS version 4.0 or higher, 80486 or higher, 4 Meg RAM or more, Color VGA Reccomended: Adlib, Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro or Compatible, Joystick or GamePad