Software of the Month Club April 1996 CD-ROM Master Program Guide DOS BUSINESS AVOIDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT by Guided Learning Systems Help employees understand sexual harassment with this one hour training program. Learn to recognize words and behavior commonly regarded as sexual harassment. The built-in mastery exam may be used to certify employees when they have successfully completed the course. CMTS v4.0 by Torbert Data Systems The Church Membership Donation Tracking System (CMTS) is one of the best church management systems available. Several modules manage memberships, attendance, donations and bank accounts. One module supports multiple bank accounts and check writing. You can also print mailing labels and general ledger reports. Keep track of coming events, including baptisms and weddings. DAILY CALENDAR v6.0 by Elizabeth B. Copper This easy-to-use Personal Information Manager (PIM) incorporates many features. Track multiple appointments with its daily appointment calendar. Store contact information including names, addresses and phone numbers in an extensive database. A to-do list manages items by categories, priorities or dates. Generate mailing labels and form letters. Other features include automatic dialing, text searching, extensive data querying and ASCII exporting for editing by any word processor. NOTE: Requires a minimum of FILES=75 in your CONFIG.SYS file; refer to your DOS manual for instructions. EASY PROJECT v4.07 by Parcell Software Manage projects more efficiently with this powerful program. Organize projects into a series of phases and tasks -- up to 2,000 tasks. Plan the activities or tasks in a top-down outline, a format that is easy to follow. Display the project graphically using its chart feature with time bars spanning the time of each task. The extensive reporting module documents project status. Complete with context sensitive help and dBASE file compatibility. This program facilitates planning, scheduling and tracking of all types of projects. E-Z CREDIT KIT v2.0 by David W. Hulet Restore a good credit rating with this powerful home-based credit repair and improvement package. This kit is loaded with credit investment tactics and advice. You work with forms for requesting and repairing credit reports. It even shows you how to start fresh and legally create new credit! The program is menu-driven and user-friendly. There are help screens and step-by-step instructions throughout the program. FINANCIAL PARTNER v3.5CPP by Flying Pig Software Perform major financial calculations with this business utility. Calculate future value, present value, loan repayments, bond valuation and the rate of return on securities. It may be the only financial calculator you'll ever need. LEADS by Data-Plane, Inc. Keep track of your marketing leads with this handy organizer. Distribute leads and receive reports back from sales people in the field. Sort, collate and track past, present and future appointments and sales. It's geared for home improvement contractors, but is also useful for similar businesses. PAY-CALC v3.1 by Speth Software Figure out your take-home pay with this convenient paycheck program. Calculate pay and taxes based upon 14 inputs, including hourly wage and marital status. Predict how much you could bring home if you add other deductions. A great paycheck and tax program for personal and business use. ROSTER by E-Z Soft Keep a roster of your employees. Enter and save relevant employee information, categorizing them by departments or divisions. You can even store ID numbers, job positions, hire dates, employee reports and mailing labels. THE VIDEO STORE v2.0 by Software Store Products, Inc. Incorporate computers into your video store with this Point of Sale (POS) package. Keep track of customers, employees, vendors and inventories. Generate invoices, financial reports and mailing labels. Use your existing equipment -- it supports cash drawers, printers, modems and bar code scanners. It even operates in a network environment. NOTE: Requires a minimum of FILES=99 in your CONFIG.SYS file; refer to your DOS manual for instructions. DOS CHILDREN'S ADVANCED ENGLISH COMPUTER TUTOR v2.06 by MaxTex International Master the subtleties of the English language with this interactive tutorial. This program is useful for those who have a good command of English but find certain parts of the language puzzling. It highlights these aspects of the language and improves speech and writing skills. There are also pop quizzes throughout the tutorial so you can test how well you are learning the information. Amber's Learning Adventure v1.2 by Alicia L Wilson Kids will enjoy this collection of educational games. They'll learn numbers in the Counting Game by counting different shapes. Children sing along and learn the ABC song. Challenge their skills in matching numbers and mazes. Let their imagination loose by designing art with Mouse Draw. This program is colorful, entertaining and full of great children's songs. Animated Clock Teaches pre-schoolers through third graders to tell time. Requires EGA/VGA. Animated Multiplication and Division Aimed primarily at children from first through third grades. Requires EGA/VGA. Chalkboard Math Fun, easy-to-use math tutorial that teaches and enhances elementary math skills. Requires Windows v3 and VGA. Dad's Choice All games cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and pre-algebra. Fastart Helps children develop basic computer and mathematical skills, while providing hours of entertainment. MATHER The object of this program is to accumulate money by answering the math problems as fast as possible. MATH BY EXAMPLE v1.00 by Brand Software This excellent math tutorial really adds up! It sharpens mathematical skills with different exercises from addition to division. It keeps the students interested with a car racing game and a secret message puzzle. Choose the right answers in the car game to win the race and answer the problems in the puzzle game to reveal the message. Children will enjoy the program and learn math simultaneously. MATH FUNDAMENTALS v4.0 by Scholastic Software This mathematical program connects basic concepts to everyday experiences. The program's main focus is on multi-step problem-solving. It covers whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages and basic algebra problems. Practice solving problems with Bridge the Swamp, a fun-filled board game. Perfect for students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Math Maniac A full-featured math tutorial that entertains as it educates. It is set up like a flash-card system. Math Sampler Not just drill animated math lessons and arcade action. Six games covering counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Multidigit addition and subtraction include regrouping (borrow and carry). Requires mouse, EGA/VGA. Math Strategies Learning math doesn’t have to be dry, hard, and boring. Now, your children can learn math the fun way, with Math Strategies. Math Strategies guides children through problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and number recognition. Students run, shoot and blast their way through doors, mazes, and teleporters which stand in their way. Mom's Math Educational PC GEOGRAPHY v2.02 by Ascmetz Software Test your knowledge of world geography with this excellent program. Locate countries and territories from around the world and identify their capitals. You can even learn their national flags. This program tracks your progress. POETRY GENERATOR v2.5 by Rosemary West Turn your computer into a poet! Using a 20,000- word vocabulary, this program creates free-verse poems. It uses the structure of actual poems as models and randomly combines words and short phrases into verses four to nine lines long. Choose between automatic and personalized poems. The results are fascinating! SCRAMBLE v2.3 by RAD Software Unscramble challenging quotation puzzles in this classic game! Based on an old word game, well- known quotations are transformed or scrambled into nonsense. You must unscramble each quotation and solve the puzzle. This game is not only challenging, it's educational. Expand your vocabulary while broadening your intellectual horizons. Sir Addalot This arcade style educational game improves addition and subtraction skills as kids face dragons in enchanted castles. Requires VGA. SPARKY'S MATH ADVENTURE Your adventure begins at Jollystate Park and your goal is to help Sparky solve the math problems. Treasure Hunt Math Treasure Hunt Math covers elementary math education through sixth grade. Requires EGA/VGA. TOMMY'S TRIVIA by Tommy's Toys Test your trivia knowledge with this complex game. Bet a portion or all your money and see if you have what it takes to answer these questions correctly. There are eight ways to play. The first four are solo games where you try to get the highest scores. The remaining four pit you against a friend for intense two-player action. There are a total of 2,400 trivia questions. VGA DEDUCTION v4.1 by Scalzi SoftWorks Are you clever enough to solve this color game? The computer generates a column of five colors in a specific sequence. Figure out the sequence in as few moves as possible. The fewer moves, the higher your score. This game is great for teaching children how to think logically and intuitively. WORDHIDE v3.5 by RAD Software Make and solve your own word search games! This program hides a list of words within a group of random letters. It's up to you to find them. Words are arranged vertically, horizontally and diagonally -- both forwards and backwards. Create an unlimited number of lists with up to 20 words each. This game is fun and educational. DOS DTP Note To Members Who Received June '95 CD-ROM: The image named FRANCHAND.GIF from the Graphics Collection is a copyrighted work from Whizstreet Graphics. If you have or were going to use this image please contact Whizstreet Graphics. Contact information can be obtained within the binary header file of the image. COMPUTER MAGIC v15.42 by Jeff Napier and Another Company This multimedia authoring tool will knock your socks off! Combine images, video, sound and animations to create presentations, demos and tutorials. Complete with a drawing package for manipulating your images and creating special effects, like fades, swipes and color management. This program helps you create astonishing multimedia presentations. NEOSHOW PRO v2.6 by NeoSoft Corp. Create attractive, on-screen presentations with this powerful program. Arrange computer images into logical sequences, much like a slide show. The slide production may be set up to run auto- matically, or from your prompts. Determine how long each image is displayed, add sound clips and apply different special effects to make pro- fessional-looking transitions and wipes between images. PICTURE EDITING PACKAGE v1.7 by Trionum, Inc. Design innovative drawings and layouts with this creative program. Import graphic files, create predefined shapes, add and manipulate text, snap to guides for easy alignment and place objects using precise coordinates. It's designed for non- artists who need diagrams, illustrations and high- quality drawings. Create logos, banners, forms, certificates, presentations, slide shows, flow charts, floor plans and more. VERSAMAP v1.51 by Charles H. Culberson Draw 14 different outline maps with this versatile mapping program. Maps can be printed on dot matrix or laser printers. Export your maps to PCX, CGM, DXF, PIC and ASCII formats and use them with paint programs, word processors, and presentation and technical graphics programs. CLIP ART Bright Ideas Clip Art a Software of the Month Clubr exclusive! This month's collection of color and black-and- white clip art contains ten images, including a chef, a fire hydrant and a frog -- provided in PCX format. For more information about how to receive even more original Bright Ideasr clip art, along with fantastic fonts, original backgrounds and useful desktop publishing tips and tricks, call Customer Service at (619) 931-7302. MATHCLIPS by Patricia Mason This clip art collection of 100 16-color images in JPEG format really adds up. Choose from images like ferns, explosions, hexagons, snowflakes, octagons, spheres and 3D mazes. A great addition to your image library. NEW AGE CLIP ART COLLECTION by LifeQuest If you are looking for the unusual, try this sampler. It includes images like an alien, a dolphin, a crystal ball and an Egyptian. This New Age clip art collection contains high-quality black-and-white PCX images. FONTS SALUTE by Ken Kizer This heavy semi-serif headline face has Deco influences. With a 1920s look and feel, this typeface gives a unique look to your documents. Upper and lower case with numbers and punctuation included. (TrueType and Type 1) SUNRISESUNSET by Ken Kizer With three different designs, this drop cap font is both unusual and unique. Best if used at sizes larger than 48 points. Contains letters only. (TrueType) TQF WORDTRAIN by Gerard E. Bernor All aboard! Characters appear on flatcars pulled by engines. Because of the rich details, this font is recommended for use at 24 points or larger. This is a great font for banners and posters. Build trains of words! (TrueType) DOS Education 101 WORDS FOR AUTHORS -- FREQUENTLY MISUSED WORDS by McSwain Electronic Publishing Avoid misusing common words with this great electronic publication. This program is an excellent reference for anyone writing essays and other documents. It not only improves your writing skills, it also improves your vocabulary. CLICHE FINDER v2.0 by Rosemary K. West Cliche Finder is exactly that! This program helps improve your writing by helping you identify -- and avoid -- more than 300 cliches. You can even add to the list. This is an ideal tool for anyone preparing documents -- from high school assignments to business reports. DEEP SPACE v5.21 by David Chandler Co. You'll be seeing stars with this astrological mapping tool. It provides accurate maps and observation information that show exactly what to look for, where and when. This excellent educational tool for astronomers has an extensive database, comprehensive online help and intuitive menu system. GRADE BOOK POWER v4.23 by Terry L. Jepson Teachers will love this classroom organizer. Arrange your work by creating different classes, adding students with their own ID numbers, determining class numbers and assigning seating arrangements. Individual progress reports include assignment dates, points possible and earned, absences, tardies and more. It allows modifications to the grading scale and weight. Create more than 30 different reports for students, parents and administrators. Illustrated Medical Herbal Encyclopedia v1.8 by M.K. Long, Longlastings Learn everything about medical herbs with this fascinating program. Get help for different ailments. It lists which herbs help cure every ailment from acne to weight problems. This program comes complete with a dictionary with descriptions and illustrations of each herb. NOTE: For entertainment only. If you are ill, consult your doctor. MATH FUNDAMENTALS v4.0 by Scholastic Software This program connects basic mathematical concepts to everyday experiences. The program's main focus is on multi-step problem-solving. It covers whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages and basic algebra problems. Practice solving problems with Bridge the Swamp, a fun-filled board game. Perfect for students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Mathplot Mathematical function plotting program. Enter math functions using ordinary algebraic notation and see them plotted on the screen or LaserJet printer. PC GEOGRAPHY v2.02 by Ascmetz Software Test your knowledge of world geography with this excellent program. Locate countries and territories from around the world and identify their capitals. You can even learn their national flags. This program tracks your progress. SCRAMBLE v2.3 by RAD Software Unscramble challenging quotation puzzles in this classic game! Based on an old word game, well- known quotations are transformed or scrambled into nonsense. You must unscramble each quotation and solve the puzzle. This game is not only challenging, it's educational. Expand your vocabulary while broadening your intellectual horizons. WEATHER FORECASTING AND DATABASE v5.3a Shamrock Software How's the weather? This integrated forecasting package incorporates a Weather Statistic Database so you can chart your local area. It's a great educational aid. Learn about dew point temperature, cloud-making and other weather facts. It explains simple tools that assist in accurate forecasting. It has a testing section to help teachers make their own tests. Easy-to-use, powerful and useful. WORDHIDE v3.5 by RAD Software Make and solve your own word search games! This program hides a list of words within a group of random letters. It's up to you to find them. Words are arranged vertically, horizontally and diagonally -- both forwards and backwards. Create an unlimited number of lists with up to 20 words each. This game is fun and educational. DOS Games COLD DREAMS v1.06 by Immortality Productions Wow! You'll enjoy this amazing adventure game. Explore an ancient planet Swandah, filled with mysterious monsters, dragons and other creatures of destruction. Run, jump and fight your way through the caves while collecting weapons and keys. This arcade game is full of action and outstanding graphics. DRAK v1.40 by Enypsox A unique twist on Tetris-style games! Instead of normal tiles, align differently shaped crystals. Other obstacles make this game a challenge, including natural disasters and lightning. Complete with 100 levels! This program comes with 256-color graphics, great musical backgrounds and a challenging game play. FLYNN SPRINT v1.4 by ImagiSOFT Combine fast action with mind-bending puzzles in this smooth-scrolling game. Race Flynn through the different mazes and past enemy robots and fatal energy blasts. Collect all the jewels before you can exit. Dig holes to trap your enemies, but don't trap yourself. You need fast thinking and quick reflexes to conquer each level! Highway Hunter You must escape the "adjustment camp" and join the freedom fighters. Guide your sophisticated high tech car across the treacherous roads of transformed Earth in this exciting arcade-style shooter. An assortment of weapons, enemies and ever changing difficulties keep you glued to your screen! JetPack You are a daring adventurer in search of precious emeralds. With your trusty jetpack strapped to your back, enter and explore a hundred levels full of treasures and peril. Requires VGA. NANOTECH v1.0 by Sean Lane Fuller The future of Earth is in your hands! A deadly virus threatens the planet and it's up to you to destroy it. Get to the viruses by jumping on different square and triangular blocks. It is not as easy as it sounds. Play in a world of virtual reality where you can move in all directions. Exciting soundtracks and 3D polygon graphics put you in the action! Night Raid Night Raid is a classic action shooter. Requires VGA. ORBOTS THE GAME v1.10 by Sunshower Systems, Inc. This is a heart pounding, brain boggling, shoot 'em up extravaganza. You must pilot an astro- chopper to defeat an invasion of half-machine, half-organic mutants from another dimension. They have plenty of surprises for you, and some nasty tricks. Defeat their mother ship to win the war. Super smooth 256-color VGA graphics complement the digital sound. Good luck -- you'll need it! Paganitzu Part I Romancing the Rose Recover the Crystal Rose from the flooded labyrinths. SANDEA HEARTS v1.02 by SanDea Software Play a combined version of the popular Hearts card game -- Black Lady and Omnibus. It features mistake undo, viewing all hands, hand sorting and more. Play three out of 12 computer players. You can also choose from the nine different card backs. Complete with colorful graphics, smooth animations and interesting players. Sango Fighter Sango Fighter is a fast-action Kung Fu game. Requires VGA and Sound Blaster is supported. Spit Wad Willy Shoot'em up arcade game. Your goal is to shoot and destroy as many obstacles as possible. Requires 386 and higher and Sound Blaster supported. Star Hammer Year is 2268 and still the war rages on. Become a Starfighter pilot in this mission-based combat game. Star Mines II Start with your small scout ship at the level of the Planet of Mines. You shoot everything, but perhaps you should not. Requires VGA and Sound Blaster supported. Thunder Zone This game originated from an ancient classic PC game. Loaded with shoot 'em up action. Fly your space craft through the universe facing a variety of different enemies. TOMMY'S TRIVIA by Tommy's Toys Test your trivia knowledge with this complex game. Bet only a portion or all your money and see if you have what it takes to answer these questions correctly. There are eight ways to play. The first four are solo games where you try to get the highest scores. The remaining four pit you against a friend for intense two-player action. There are a total of 2,400 trivia questions. WALL $TREET RAIDER v5.2 by Ronin Software If you enjoy playing Monopoly, then you'll love this stock market game -- it's a corporate takeover game. It simulates a real-time stock market, with a constantly moving stock ticker. Invest in any of the 250 companies in 36 industries. It also comes with financial news headlines. Up to four players can play the stock market or you can play against the computer. WORDHIDE v3.5 by RAD Software Make and solve your own word search games! This program hides a list of words within a group of random letters. It's up to you to find them. Words are arranged vertically, horizontally and diagonally -- both forwards and backwards. Create an unlimited number of lists with up to 20 words each. This game is fun and educational. DOS General Interest SRI ACCU MUSIC SYSTEM Create your own music! Support the internal speaker or AdLib compatible sound cards. HOME and BUSINESS LEGAL GUIDE Places a legal reference manual on your computer. Home & Contents This simple little program allows you to catalog your possessions and their current replacement cost. With a few key strokes, you can easily update current replacement cost each year. After each update, run a report to find the total value of all your possessions and compare this with your home owners policy. ListenUp Ear-training software for musicians. NOTE BY NOTE Read musical notes. Requires VGA and a mouse. NoteWorthy Create, edit and print musical scores with astonishing ease. Professional enough for the most demanding composer, it is also easy for beginners to learn and use, thanks to the extensive tutorial. Once you've created your sheet music on screen, you can print it out to almost any printer or output as a PCX graphics file to use in DTP or word-processing packages. Pianoman Turns your keyboard into a playing piano. Sandd's Book Guide There is nothing worse then having an extensive library and not knowing what you have. Sandd's Book Guide is a bibliophile's dream come true! We've seen a lot of different library programs, but this one is for the true book lover, not just the casual reader. Travel Points of Interest A travel planning package. Pick the points of interest that you want and ignore the rest. VACATION PLANNER Organize your trips and vacations. Windows Games BRAINSTRAIN v2.0 by Soleau Software This word guessing game combines elements of MasterMind and Hangman. Choose your difficulty level and word length, from three to seven letters. You must guess the word. The computer tells you how many letters you've guessed correctly and how many are in the correct places. Continue guessing until you guess the correct word. There are more than 150 words to solve, but just solving one word is a challenge. CUTOUT! by Micropress Corp. Welcome to the newest arcade hit for Windows! Capture territory in this addictive game -- 75%% completes a level. Watch out! Chasers and bouncers are out to get you. FEATURE PROGRAM Exile: ESCAPE FROM THE PIT v1.11 by Jeff Vogel You'll find adventure in this fantasy role-playing game. Explore a huge, magical world filled with 80 highly- detailed dungeons and towns. Create a party of warriors, sorcerers and magicians to slay monsters as you solve puzzles in this adventure. Travel around the dungeons, buy weapons, talk to townspeople and build up experience. Exile comes with a party editor that lets you edit the individual characters. Will you escape from the pit? FIVE FIELD KONO v1.0 by Bruce Calder You'll need planning and skill to win this challenging strategic game. Derived from an old board game, you must move all seven of your pieces diagonally to the opposite side of the board. Your opponent, human or computer, tries to do the same. You must be careful how you move or you may allow your opponent to cross to your side before you get to theirs. JOMRATI v3.0 by Eugene S. Schulze Just One More Roll And That's It (JOMRATI) is based on the old game of Greed. It's a dice game involving strategy and luck that can be played between two people. Keep rolling the dice to increase your score. Don't get the same number as your first roll or you bust and get nothing for that round. Additional features include Insurance and High Stakes, which test your greed and luck. You can also configure the computer opponent to be conservative or aggressive. JUMPSTAR v1.0 by Dexterity Software Pilot your ship through hostile alien worlds in this fast-action game. Intergalactic war has all but decimated Earth's forces. Flying Earth's last remaining ship, you must travel through the JumpStar, a newly discovered method of traveling astronomical distances in seconds. Your job is sealing the other side to prevent the invaders from returning to attack Earth again. This game features smooth 256-color graphics, digitized sound effects and MIDI music backgrounds. MONTANA SOLITAIRE v1.4 by Steve Schroedl You can make this Solitaire game as easy or as challenging as you want. All 52 cards are dealt face up into four rows. The aces are removed. You must arrange the cards in order by suit in the fewest number of moves and shuffles. NAPOLEON SOLITAIRE v1.0 by Thomas Warfield Choose from several Solitaire styles in this Super VGA game. This collection includes Forty Thieves, Diplomat and Congress. It features Undo and AutoPlay. A Game Wizard lets you create your own game by changing the rules by selecting from up to 900 different rule variations. NOTE: Some games require resolutions above 640x480. All games require 256-colors. Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). RADON v1.0 by Morgan McGuire This is the next generation of Tetris! This game is fully customizable. You set the game rules, keys, appearance and tile size. There are new game variations: some tiles have wild textures and shapes, others morph rather than rotate. Masters of the classic game can find new challenges -- beginners have a whole range of possibilities. Windows Software Research Institute -WINDOWS/HOME- Design A Room Create a room, add furniture and fixtures to exact dimensions, then move the pieces around to your hearts content without leaving your chair. Visual Basic Run-Time v3.0 Essential Home Inventory Fast and flexible program for the home and small home office user. Keep track of your belongings. Program requires Visual Basic Run-Time v2.0. Home Accountant for Windows Allows you to keep track of your household expenses, incomes, bank accounts, and credit cards. Mortgage Designer Powerful and easy to use mortgage package. Features: calculate mortgage repayment information, generate amortization schedules for output to screen, printer or file. -WINDOWS/FONTS- FontMe! So, you now have thousands of fonts. Tens of thousands! And, they're starting to control you. That new font you just got reminds you of one you already have? What now? Use FontMe! Font Off Font Off program helps you maintain your Windows TrueType fonts. Font Print The Font Print program will print font books of all installed fonts on your computer. You can choose the fonts, style and size to print. Printer's Apprentice Create your own professional-looking stylebooks for any font. TrueType Font Collection Collection of type for Windows v3.1 or higher. -KIDS/MATH- Chalkboard Math Fun, easy-to-use math tutorial that teaches and enhances elementary math skills. Requires Windows v3.x and VGA. Matchin' Mania! Matchin' Mania! is a multimedia game. It incorporates sound and animation to make the game more fun. It is modeled after a card game that you may have played as a child where you placed all of the cards of the deck face down. Then each player took turns turning two of the cards over hoping that they matched. Matchin' Mania! works the same way except that each card face is animated and speaks the name of the card. Requires MS Windows v3.1x SUPERFLASH! What's the best way to learn basic math? Flash cars! Here's a fun flash card game that allows you to select from four type of math operations. Requires MS Windows v3.1x -WINDOWS/WAV & MIDI & CD- Multi-Player Multi-Play can play several .WAV files at once or just one at a time. Requires Visual Basic Run-Time v3.0. The Bridge Timbre CD Player Turn your multimedia PC into an audio CD player! It's fully programmable you can have it skip songs, repeat songs as many times as you like, or even shuffle them all at the touch of a button. Access your sound card controls within this application. WinJammer Plays standard MIDI files along with Adlib ROL files, and includes 64 tracks, a powerful music editor, and much more. Windows Latest & Greatest BAMBI BOLD by Gerard E. Bernor This bold font has the feel of calligraphy with its precise and crafted letters. It is strong and visually appealing. (TrueType) BRAINSTRAIN v2.0 by Soleau Software This word guessing game combines elements of MasterMind and Hangman. Choose your difficulty level and word length, from three to seven letters. You must guess the word. The computer tells you how many letters you've guessed correctly and how many are in the correct places. Continue guessing until you guess the correct word. There are more than 150 words to solve, but just solving one word is a challenge. BUSINESS CARDS v3.20 by Michael Dvorkin Organize your business contacts with this useful database. Manage vital information, including names, addresses and phone numbers. Use the BusinessDialer module to dial phone numbers using your modem. Even store random data, like Internet numbers, video or CD titles, short articles, inventories and more. DELTACAD v1.2 by Midnight Software, Inc. Design precision schematics with this powerful and easy-to-learn Computer Aided Design (CAD) program. Produce accurately-scaled architectural or mechanical drawings -- or pretty pictures to paste into your favorite word processor. It's more than a paint program, because you can edit, scale, move, rotate and copy individual objects, not paint pixels. Zoom in to draw details. Zoom out to see the whole drawing. DINO CARDS v1.0 by DynoTech Software Develop counting skills with this children's game. Play along with Derik the Dinosaur, Rex the Tyrannosaurus and Mrs. Rex while learning how to count. Perfect for children ages five through nine. E-BOOK by Techno-Marketing, Inc. Create your own disk-based programs with this handy utility. Use it for sales, products, electronic resumes, corporate newsletters and more! Configure buttons to display scrolling text windows, show pictures, play video clips and animations, print text, run 20-image slide shows or run external applications. A great competitive edge for businesses. FASTYPE v5.0 by Trendtech Corporation Improve your typing skills with this fascinating tutorial. This program shows a 3D keyboard and uses animation and fonts to prompt you to type accurately. Complete with a text editor, timed exercises, letter patterns and more. For beginning and advanced typists. HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF DESIGN by Steve McNabb and Chris Bennett This excellent multimedia tutorial is perfect for beginning and intermediate designers. It contains an introduction to design, elements of design, principles of design, typography and color -- all in an easy-to-use graphical interface. Great for designing your own projects. PROFAN2 v3.3 by Roland G. Huelsmann Create powerful multimedia applications, screen savers, database programs and control software with this new programming language. Includes graphics, sounds, examples, tools and more. Full-blown development environment with editor, compiler and linker. Take advantage of the comprehensive help file. WORD WRESTLE v1.1 by Insight Software Solutions Improve your spelling and word recognition with this Boggle-style game! Solve word puzzles of various sizes. Set the timer, scoring options, puzzle sizes and fonts. This powerful program has more than 1,000,000 words in two dictionaries -- American and British! FEATURE PROGRAM XROSS WORD v2.0 by Centaurus Software Design Solve these challenging crossword puzzles. Options include saving and restoring incomplete puzzles, printing puzzles, automatically checking words, word hinting (vowels and consonants) and selecting background-style patterns. These puzzles combine entertainment and education. WINDOWS 95 PROGRAM SMARTDRAW 95 by SmartDraw Software, Inc. Draw great-looking diagrams and more with this easy-to-use program. Create diagrams, flow charts, flyers, posters, maps, invitations and other business graphics. This program provides drag 'n drop drawing, a built- in design library, shadows and textures. You don't have to be an artist to achieve professional results when you use this award-winning program! NOTE: Requires Windowsr 95 or Windows NT v3.5.1. Windows Desktop Publishing DELTACAD v1.2 by Midnight Software, Inc. Design precision schematics with this powerful and easy-to-learn Computer Aided Design (CAD) program. Produce accurately-scaled architectural or mechanical drawings -- or just pretty pictures to paste into your favorite word processor. It's more than just a paint program, because you can edit, scale, move, rotate and copy individual objects, not just paint pixels. Zoom in to draw details. Zoom out to see the whole drawing. JOT v1.4 by Brandon Fridley Take advantage of this text editor's many features. Choose from print preview, spell check and more. Edit multiple files. Use the clip box feature to store frequently-used text blocks. The program's calculator makes quick computations. The online help is enough to get you up and running. Feature Program HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF DESIGN by Steve McNabb and Chris Bennett This excellent multimedia tutorial is perfect for beginning and intermediate designers. It contains an introduction to design, elements of design, principles of design, typography and color -- all in an easy-to-use graphical interface. Great for designing your own projects. TEXT RECALL v1.1 by Informatik, Inc. Process repetitive and complex text editing with this powerful utility. Select a commonly-used text block. Assign this text a hot key and abbreviation. When you need to insert the text into a document, press the hot key, type the abbreviation and the text is inserted. This utility increases efficiency and is an excellent utility for serious desktop publishers. Fonts WINDOWSr 95 SMARTDRAW 95 by SmartDraw Software, Inc. Draw great-looking diagrams and more with this easy-to-use program. Create diagrams, flow charts, flyers, posters, maps, invitations and other business graphics. This program provides drag 'n drop drawing, a built- in design library, shadows and textures. You don't have to be an artist to achieve professional results when you use this award-winning program! NOTE: Requires Windowsr 95. FONTS BAMBI BOLD by Gerard E. Bernor This bold font has the feel of calligraphy with its precise and crafted letters. It is strong and visually appealing. (TrueType) GALLERY by Gerard E. Bernor This interesting font evokes images of America in the 1920s. It provides a wonderful visual impact for your publications. (TrueType) SALUTE by Ken Kizer This heavy semi-serif headline face has Deco influences. With a 1920s look and feel, it gives a unique look to your documents. Upper and lower case with numbers and punctuation included. (TrueType and Type1) SUNRISE SUNSET by Ken Kizer With three different designs, this drop cap font is both unusual and unique. Best if used at sizes larger than 48 points. Contains letters only. (TrueType) TQF WORDTRAIN by Gerard E. Bernor All aboard! Characters appear on flatcars pulled by engines. Because of the rich details, this font is recommended for use at 24 points or larger. This is a great font for banners and posters. Build trains of words! (TrueType) Clip Art MATHCLIPS by Patricia Mason This clip art collection of 100 16-color images in JPEG format really adds up. Choose from images like ferns, explosions, hexagons, snowflakes, octagons, spheres and 3D mazes. A great addition to your image library. NEW AGE CLIP ART COLLECTION by LifeQuest If you are looking for the unusual, try this sampler. It includes images like an alien, a dolphin, a crystal ball and an Egyptian. This New Age clip art collection contains high-quality black-and-white PCX images. Utilities Desktop Publishing EnVision Publisher by Software Vision Why spend hundreds of dollars or more for desktop publishing software when EnVision is such an excellent program! This is a true WYSIWYG, full-featured desktop publishing application! Now you can design letterheads, resumes, flyers, newsletters, invoices, greetings cards and just about anything else, right at your computer! The clean interface is structured with pull-down menus, icons and buttons everything you need! Scalable fonts, kerning, importing PCX images, easy column manipulation, drawing capabilities, text editor and the list goes on! You'll love this one! Font Monster by Leaping Lizards The ultimate TrueType and Type 1 font utility! Whether you're a font novice or a font nerd, this is a must-have! If you've got font troubles, then you haven't got Font Monster. It's acclaimed by thousands of DTP professionals world-wide. Find out why! Requires MS Windows v3.1. Image Gallery by Alchemy Mindworks Organize your images the easy way! This handy tool helps you track large collections of bitmapped image files. It's a visual database which catalogs files. Add comments and key words to each entry and you've got it made! Graphic Workshop by Alchemy Mindworks What do you want to do with your graphics? How about convert, print, view, dither, transform, flip, rotate, scale, crop, color adjust, catalog or just plain old special effects? What format do you use? Graphic Workshop handles MacPaint, IMG, PCX, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, WPG, MSP, IFF/LBM, BMP, RLE, Halo CUT, Targa, ART, HRZ, EXE, TXT and EPS files. Whew! What a mouthful. This one does it all! ThumbsPlus by Cerious Software Everything at your fingertips! Create thumbnail catalogs of all your clip art, wall paper and electronic art. Supports just about every image format you can imagine! This one's hot! Utilities General Interest LIST by Vernon D. Buerg Tired of using the TYPE command to display your text and document files? LIST gives you more then just text viewing capabilities. It supports searching, printing, copy and paste to file, archive and hex viewing modes, filters, EGA/VGA display toggle and much more! MEG by Jim Tolliver These large, clear pie charts and 3-D bar graphs make it simple to track drive space and memory. These easy to read displays work with your hard disk, network, floppy and CD-ROM drives. Also checks the CPU speed. VGA required. PKZIP by Pkware, Inc. Need to squeeze some free space on your hard disk? Do you have file(s) too large to copy onto floppies or transfer via modem? With Pkware's suite of compression tools it's easy to create your own .ZIP or self-extracting archive. (Self-extracting files do not require PKUNZIP to decompress.) Also provides for backup switches. QuikMenu by NeoSoft Corp. What a great icon-based graphical menu and desktop for DOS! This powerful utility and file management does it all! It launches all DOS based software! It comes with a phone database and dialer, password protection, screen saver, wallpaper and supports Hercules, mono, CGA, EGA and VGA displays. SHEZ by California Software Design If you like using compression tools and are tired of memorizing command switches then check out SHEZ! This gives you a front-end to ZIP, LHA, ZOO, ARC, ARJ, SQZ, PAK, UC2 and HAP file compression packages. Utilities Windows DLLMAN by Barry Press Have you ever installed a Windows application and then tried to uninstall it? Trying to figure out which .DLL files the program used can be a real hassle, till now. This program shows you the relationships between EXE and DLL files. Drag And File by Canyon Software Streamline and simplify file management! You've got control over directory and file finding capabilities! It's all here file and graphic viewing, directory tree, drag-and-drop file move, copy and delete and other features too numerous to mention! Customize the program to meet your needs, your work style and your experience. This one's for you! InWatch by Rick Green Keep an eye on your important system files (AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI). InWatch copies them, then monitors them for changes. You will be alerted if any changes occur. With InWatch, you've got peace of mind. Memory Watcher by Martin Roskelly Monitor system resources while working in Windows! Don't let your resources run dangerously low! While loaded, Memory Watcher is a great early warning system! Requires Visual Basic Run-Time v3.0 and THREED.VBX files. PKZIP by Pkware, Inc. Need to squeeze some free space on your hard disk? Do you have file(s) too large to copy onto floppies or transfer via modem? With Pkware's suite of compression tools it's easy to create your own .ZIP or self-extracting archives. (Self-extracting files do not require PKUNZIP to decompress.) Also provides for backup switches. Trash Manager by CheckBox Software Delete files and directories the safe way. Trash Manager creates a trash-can on your desktop. Have fun associating various WAV sounds with different events and choosing from assorted icons. Visual Basic Run-Times by Microsoft 'Club' members occasionally receive fantastic MS Windows applications written in Visual Basic. This set of .DLL files insure that these exciting new applications run properly. Includes Visual Basics's VBRUN100/200/300.DLL files. WinZip by Nico Mak Computing, Inc. Now you can use the popular Pkware file compression without ever leaving Windows! Drag and drop your files into WinZip. Voila! They are now compressed. It's that easy! Windows Business BUSINESS CARDS v3.20 by Michael Dvorkin Organize your business contacts with this useful database. Manage vital information, including names, addresses and phone numbers. This program is integrated with BusinessDialer, allowing you to dial phone numbers using your modem. Even store random data, like Internet numbers, video or CD titles, short articles, inventories and more. CAR BOOK PLUS v2.0 by PrimaSoft These two programs will steer you in the right direction. Manage all your car expenses. Car Expenses Book saves all your car records, like services, repairs, insurance and fees. Input each cost and it automatically keeps a running total. Car Mileage Book records the miles you drive. Save items in categories, including regular trips and work routes. Both programs have quick search capabilities and summary features that graph data and calculate percentages. DONATION EVENT MANAGER v2.5 by Steven Cole Non-profit organizations can organize in-kind donation information easily with this database program. Create databases for specific events, like a charity fund-raiser. Use the same database to track all in-kind donations for a fiscal year. Pre-defined reports include category, solicitor and donation lists. Sort by field, up to three fields deep. Enter, view and edit from the same screen. You can easily generate mailing lists or export records into spreadsheets, word processors or other database products. Database filters let you select specific records when creating reports. EASY INVENTORY by I. J. Smith Powerful features and an intuitive interface make this inventory tracking, sales and invoicing program a great addition to your business collection. Track sales, purchases, inventory, customers, suppliers and accounts receivable. It prints information in forms clear enough to send directly to your customers. A must- have program! Feature Program E-BOOK by Techno-Marketing, Inc. Create your own disk-based programs with this handy utility. Use it for sales, products, electronic resumes, corporate newsletters and more! Configure buttons to display scrolling text windows, show pictures, play video clips and animations, print text, run 20-image slide shows or run external applications. A great marketing tool for businesses. FUND MANAGER v8.4 by Mark Bailey Monitor your investments with a variety of graphic and numeric displays! The Share Price Plus Accumulated Distributions graphs show the true performance of your investments, even lowering the share price when distributions are paid. Overlay markers let you see when you invest and receive distributions. Also, calculate and display Return On Investment, Fund Performance with Distributed Distributions, and Fund Performance with Reinvested Distributions for each investment or for your entire portfolio. HOMEBUYERS WIZARD v1.11 by Pumpkinhead Software Home sweet home. Figure your monthly payments before you even buy a house! Calculations include the principal plus interest. Determine the total interest, total amount and payment schedule. The program graphs your equity whenever you calculate your payments. It charts all payments and the balance for individual months. TAXCEL v1.0 by RCCO Research Figure sales tax quickly and easily with this simple calculator. The small calculator remains on top of other running applications for quick access. WINPAGE v1.2 by MegaBux Software Send pages directly from your computer with this easy-to-use program. This low-cost solution provides alphanumeric paging capabilities to everyone in large organizations. Create paging groups and send messages to multiple pagers with one phone call. Page either as you go or choose numbers from a list of frequently-used groups. NOTE: You'll need a PC equipped with Windows and a modem, eliminating the need for dedicated terminals. Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). ZIP EXPRESS v1.1 by Insight Software Solutions Pinpoint cities by zip code, find zip codes by city, locate cities from area codes and more. If you do business across the United States, this utility will save you time and effort. Updated in January 1996, this is sure to be a valuable tool for your business. Windows Children DINO CARDS v1.0 by DynoTech Software Develop counting skills with this children's game. Play along with Derik the Dinosaur, Rex the Tyrannosaurs and Mrs. Rex while learning how to count. Perfect for children ages five through nine. NOTE: Sound Blaster or compatible sound card is optional. DINO MATCH v4.0 by DynoTech Software Your kids will enjoy this prehistoric game! Rex the Tyrannosaurs has stolen all the books in the city and scattered them and their bookworms. Help Derik get them all back. A game packed with prehistoric animals, sound, graphics and fun! DINO NUMBERS v4.0 by DynoTech Software Help Derik the Dinosaur rescue cows from Rex the Tyrannosaurs by solving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Includes charming animation, music and sound effects. Exciting arithmetic game for ages seven through 12. DINO SPELL v4.0 by DynoTech Software Rex is at it again! All the apples and strawberries have been stolen by Rex the Tyrannosaurs! To get the fruit back, Derik must answer spelling questions. LABEL THAT DIAGRAM - EUROPE by R.T. Carman Brush up on European geography with this fast-paced game. It asks you the location of a country and you must find it. Fastest times win. Review several maps to increase your knowledge of the European continent. NOTE: Requires a 486DX 33Mhz or greater compatible processor and Windows running in 256-color mode or greater. STICKY MATH v1.0 by Phil Noel This mathematical game really adds up. It asks random math problems covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Customize your own features, including number size, level and difficulty. Your scores are tracked so you can monitor your progress. Print out math work sheets and more. USA PUZZLE! v1.1 by Torpedo Software Take a spin across the USA! This program includes colorful map puzzles of U.S. states and their capitals. Move map pieces into their correct location within the continent. Great for any age with several difficulty levels. Easy-to-use and colorful interface! Feature WORD WRESTLE v1.1 by Insight Software Solutions Improve your spelling and word recognition with this Boggle-style game! Solve word puzzles of various sizes. Set the timer, scoring options, puzzle sizes and fonts. This powerful program has more than 1,000,000 words in two dictionaries -- American and British! Windows Education CHEMCALC v3.0 by Integrated Graphics Chemists will love this comprehensive calculator! It's simple and easy- to-learn, yet is complex enough to handle difficult calculations, including molecular weights, percent composition functions, logarithms and exponents. Use and edit constants. DATAFIT/VIEW PLOT v2.2 by Engineered Software Engineers can generate functional equations and other calculations with these two comprehensive modules. Use Datafit to import data from a tab, comma or space delimited file -- or enter data through its built-in editor. Use this information to generate subroutine source codes. Then compile and use them to interpolate the data into your own programs. Plot Datafit's data and other equations in Viewplot using multiple curves from one or more data sets. Display them in the same or separate window. Customize your charts by formatting legends, numerical scaling, line colors, line styles and axis/title labels. The plots can be saved, printed or copied. FASTYPE v5.0 by Trendtech Corporation Improve your typing skills with this fascinating tutorial. This program shows a 3D keyboard and uses animation and fonts to prompt you to type accurately. Complete with a text editor, timed exercises, letter patterns and more. For beginning and advanced typists. FIRST CLASS v6.29 by First Class Software This wonderful program is an invaluable utility for teachers. Organize your class schedules, activities, subjects and students. Graph your information and quickly spot trends that may otherwise escape your attention. A must-have program for teachers. Feature Program PROFAN2 v3.3 by Roland G. Huelsmann Create powerful multimedia applications, screen savers, database programs and control software with this new programming language. Includes graphics, sounds, examples, tools and more. This is a full- blown development environment with editor, compiler and linker. Take advantage of the comprehensive help file. XROSS WORD v2.0 by Centaurus Software Design Solve these challenging crossword puzzles. Options include saving and restoring incomplete puzzles, printing puzzles, automatically checking words, word hinting (vowels and consonants) and selecting background-style patterns. These puzzles combine entertainment and education. Windows Games BRAINSTRAIN v2.0 by Soleau Software This word guessing game combines elements of MasterMind and Hangman. Choose your difficulty level and word length, from three to seven letters. You must guess the word. The computer tells you how many letters you've guessed correctly and how many are in the correct places. Continue guessing until you guess the correct word. There are more than 150 words to solve, but just solving one word is a challenge. CUTOUT! by Micropress Corp. Welcome to the newest arcade hit for Windows! Capture territory in this addictive game -- 75%% completes a level. Watch out! Chasers and bouncers are out to get you. Exile: ESCAPE FROM THE PIT v1.11 by Jeff Vogel You'll find adventure in this fantasy role-playing game. Explore a huge, magical world filled with 80 highly-detailed dungeons and towns. Create a party of warriors, sorcerers and magicians to slay monsters as you solve puzzles in this adventure. Travel around the dungeons, buy weapons, talk to townspeople and build up experience. Exile comes with a party editor that lets you edit the individual characters. Will you escape from the pit? FIVE FIELD KONO v1.0 by Bruce Calder You'll need planning and skill to win this challenging strategic game. Derived from an old board game, you must move all seven of your pieces diagonally to the opposite side of the board. Your opponent, human or computer, tries to do the same. You must be careful how you move or you may allow your opponent to cross to your side before you get to theirs. JOMRATI v3.0 by Eugene S. Schulze Just One More Roll And That's It (JOMRATI) is based on the old game of Greed. It's a dice game involving strategy and luck that can be played between two people. Keep rolling the dice to increase your score. Don't get the same number as your first roll or you bust and get nothing for that round. Additional features include Insurance and High Stakes, which test your greed and luck. You can also configure the computer opponent to be conservative or aggressive. JUMPSTAR v1.0 by Dexterity Software Pilot your ship through hostile alien worlds in this fast-action game. Intergalactic war has all but decimated Earth's forces. Flying Earth's last remaining ship, you must travel through the JumpStar, a newly discovered method of traveling astronomical distances in seconds. Your job is sealing the other side to prevent the invaders from returning to attack Earth again. This game features smooth 256-color graphics, digitized sound effects and MIDI music backgrounds. MONTANA SOLITAIRE v1.4 by Steve Schroedl You can make this Solitaire game as easy or as challenging as you want. All 52 cards are dealt face up into four rows. The aces are removed. You must arrange the cards in order by suit in the fewest number of moves and shuffles. NAPOLEON SOLITAIRE v1.0 by Thomas Warfield Choose from several Solitaire styles in this Super VGA game. This collection includes Forty Thieves, Diplomat and Congress. It features Undo and AutoPlay. A Game Wizard lets you create your own game by changing the rules by selecting from up to 900 different rule variations. NOTE: Some games require resolutions above 640x480. All games require 256-colors. Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). RADON v1.0 by Morgan McGuire This is the next generation of Tetris! This game is fully customizable. You set the game rules, keys, appearance and tile size. There are new game variations: some tiles have wild textures and shapes, others morph rather than rotate. Masters of the classic game can find new challenges - - beginners have a whole range of possibilities.