Software of the Month Club May 1996 CD-ROM Master Program Guide DOS Business AS-EASY-AS by Trius, Inc. Harness the power of a top-quality DOS spreadsheet with this popular program. Impressive features include a powerful macro language, linking and more. True 3D graphics, new engineering/ scientific functions and linear programming are included. Complete with external user functions, dBase interface and matrix operations. INVENTORY INTERFACE v7.38 by Data Interface Track your inventory with this comprehensive program. Includes extensive inventory controls, billing materials, work orders, sales/order processes, accounts receivables, account payables and purchase order systems. It provides an accurate, easy and efficient means of assessing required quantities of raw materials, spares, products, time and services. Design custom reports. Complete with 3D pull-down menus, pick lists and online help. NOTE: Requires a minimum of FILES=101; SHARE.exe must be loaded. Consult your DOS manuals and this program's MANUAL.DOC. LABEL MAGIC Create your own custom labels. MONEY & BANKS v1.6 by RCCO Research Associates Organize your accounts with this easy-to-use banking system. Maintains accurate records for personal, small business and professional checking accounts -- even money market accounts. Includes online documentation, context-sensitive help, hotkey calculator and calendar, check printing and a mailing label writer. Reports are automatically generated from custom selections. It offers reliable backups, credit card reminders, security tables and appointment schedulers. NAMES & DATES Full-featured mailing list manager. PLAIN VANILLA LABELS v4.02 by Rosewood Software This simple labeling program prints single labels or hundreds of labels for major mailings. Work with standard five line, 15/16 x 3-1/2 inch tractor-feed labels -- or two or three across label sheets for laser printers. Features include changing printing order, creating different lists and controlling how many labels are printed for each entry. RETAIL PLUS v5.2 by True North Computer Services Increase your sales and satisfy your customers with this retail management program. This full-featured retail sales and inventory system is easy to learn and use. Features include client databases, purchase orders, account receivables, on-screen reports, and data import and export. New features include on- screen credit card verification, staff identification and multiple sales slips printing. ROSEWOOD JOURNAL v5.04 by Rosewood Software Track your sales with this accounts receivable journal. Great for businesses that record sales on serially numbered invoices. It is much easier than entering invoices directly into a general ledger program. Features include automatic updating of customer accounts and generating invoice reports to the screen (for quick reference) or to the printer. Complete with a simple and intuitive interface. For small to medium sized businesses. SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR v96.2 by Ronin Software Now you have your own electronic tax and legal consultant for your business. This program advises small businesses on a vast range of business, legal and tax issues. Review more than 600 pages of up-to-date information. Participate in interactive consulting sessions covering topics of incorporation versus home office, custom startup checklists, tax planning modules and more. SMARTPHONE v1.40 by Pinnacle Software Streamline your long-distance business communications with this phone utility. Review more than 370 area and country codes from around the world and their time zones. It lists more than 20,000 towns and cities, complete with zip and postal code information. Get the latest news of projected area code changes. Complete with general information, including capitals and languages. VERALUX v1.4 by Clay Reid Organize important data with this popular personal information manager. Track appointments, addresses, telephone numbers, invoices and expenses. Includes powerful interface and online help. A great way to organize yourself and your office. WALL STREET - THE BOTTOM LINE for Windows v2.0 by Dan M. Schell Keep track of your investments with this portfolio manager. Organize your investments, profit and loss history and current value of any investment. Graph data to spot possible trends. A financial calculator, extensive online help and a great interface are just part of the package. DOS CHILDREN BILLY BEAR, IS IT CHRISTMAS YET? by Loraine Wauer Your children will have great fun exploring each page of this interactive story book. Follow Billy Bear as he discovers Christmas. Colorful, cute pictures surprise your youngsters. The story even reads to your children. COLORING BOOK v2.1 by Russell Holloway Kids can create their own masterpieces with this colorful drawing program. Color one of ten charming pictures. Print the final images in color or black-and-white. Its simple interface means it's easy to learn. JURASSIC SPELLING v2.0 by Dareware, Inc. Dinosaurs help kids learn how to spell in this talking prehistoric program! Learn how to spell and pronounce each letter by following the computer. Use existing word files or enter your own - - up to 500 custom words. Friendly dinosaurs keep them coming back for more. Lil' Picasso v1.21 Philip P Kapusta More fun for the young. Lil' Picasso is a coloring book for children. Great paint/drawing program for future artists. Push button interface makes it easy for even the youngest child to create a masterpiece. Includes several pre-drawn cute pictures, ready to color. Hundreds of colors/patterns. It even teaches eye/hand coordination skills! LILWUN by Jeff Gillman Turn your computer into a color spectacular as you introduce younger kids to the computer. Hit any key and splashes of color fill the screen with accompanying sounds. This program provides different feedback -- no matter what key they press. A 256-color screen saver runs continually to keep things interesting. MATH ASSAULT II: FRACTIONS by Veenetronics Corporation This instructional program really adds up. Learn fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions and percents in a word-solving game. You can succeed and learn even if you don't know fractions or have problems with math calculations. SPELLING GREMLINS - FLASH CARDS v2.1 by PUMA Software Brush up on your vocabulary with this spelling test. Learn to correctly spell 100 of the most commonly misspelled words. Designed around the question and answer flash card format. You'll want to use it with a good dictionary. THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP by FreEbook Company What is sleep? Why do we need it? Why do we dream? Do animals sleep? These questions and more are answered in this fun, educational program. Its comprehensive overview teaches adults and its simplicity captivates children. YOUR NUMBER GAME v1.0 by Software Avenue, Inc. Learn numbers with this exceptional counting game. Colorful graphics and comprehensive help your children learn their 123s. TOM TELLS TALL TALES v1.2 by FreEbook Company Humorous cartoon animals illustrate tongue-twisting treats. Each colorful page of this electronic picture book can be turned into a coloring picture and jigsaw puzzle. DOS Desktop Publishing FRACTAL ANIMATOR v3.0 by Rickard Gunnarsson Animate your images with this excellent drawing program. Create and control image's color and complexity using fractal equations. Zoom in and adjust patterns to avoid pixellation. Supports screen resolutions up to 1072x876. NEOBOOK PROFESSIONAL v2.1 by NeoSoft Corp. Promote yourself through a new medium -- the computer. Go a step beyond printed publications by easily adding color, graphics, animation and sound. Create electronic brochures, newsletters, catalogs, interactive books and magazines, educational materials, sales tracts and more. PICTOPS v3.11 by TerSoftWare Convert image formats with this wonderful utility. Transfer BMP, PCX, TGA, ICO and RLE into color, gray scale, or black-and- white PostScript Level Two files for easy printing. Features include rotating PostScript files 90 degrees and compressing the final file. Clip Art BRIGHT IDEAS CLIP ART a Software of the Monthr exclusive! This month's collection of clip art contains 12 images in PCX format, including a coffee grinder, a lobster and images of children. For information on 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) 930-7302. Priceless People #2 by BCM Graphics A great collection of people perfect for any design project. This collection contains 45 fun images of different types of people in a variety of settings. You are sure to find an image just right for your application. All images are in PCX format. VALENTINE CLIP ART by Grafixations You'll fall in love with this selection of clip art. Contains ten high- quality black-and-white PCX images. Images include cupid and a comic "Kiss Me" scene. Fonts BLACKWOODS by Gerard E. Bernor This highly-stylized font appeals to a wide audience. It has a highly decorative uppercase and complementary lowercase with calligraphy characteristics. This bold font provides maximum impact for your documents. (TrueType) Kollosal by Ken Kizer This Deco-influenced headline type is striking. It's wonderful for banner headlines. (TrueType) TQF ClarendonBold Gerard E. Bernor Create professional documents with this precise font. It gives you the highest possible resolution at any point size. (TrueType) DOS Education ANNA'S LANGUAGE ADD-ONS by Abavagada Software These are language plug-ins for Anna's Language Tutor v2.2, included on this volume. Choose from Italian and Spanish. ANNA'S LANGUAGE TUTOR v2.2 by Abavagada Software Learn foreign languages with this customizable teaching tool. Create lessons for teaching any language using a variety of methods. Choose from story reading, drills, translations, games, verb helpers and phrase builders. It's totally flexible and adaptable. Add languages by using language plug-ins -- two are included in this volume. EUROPE v2.2 by Torpedo Software Travel throughout Europe in this program of exploration. Learn about European countries, including their main exports, geographic features and cities. This comprehensive program helps expand your child's knowledge of this vast continent. EUROPEAN LANGUAGE LEARNER v2.0 by Arthur Wells Jr. Begin or continue your foreign language studies with this great tutor. Use your computer to study vocabulary idioms and sentences from any text book, study guide, newspaper and more.Simply input the information and you'll be able to test yourself at a later date. The programcomes with basic vocabulary for French, German, Italian and Spanish. MATH ASSAULT II: FRACTIONS by Veenetronics Corporation This instructional program really adds up. Learn fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions and percents in a word-solving game. You can succeed and learn even if you don't know fractions or have problems with math calculations. PLANETARIUM v6.4 by Christian Nuesch This planetarium is out of this world! Observe planetary orbits from several different views, including heliocentric, equatorial and horizon. It provides animations of the planets' orbits and Jupiter's moons. Control the distance of observation by zooming in and out. Great astronomy program! PRESIDENTIAL FLASH CARDS v2.1 by PUMA Software An excellent introduction to the U.S. Presidents and their terms. Based on the reliable flash card method of learning, you'll quickly expand your knowledge of the nation's leaders. Combined with other historical studies, you'll learn the names of the men who made the decisions that helped shape this country. Check out other flash card programs on this volume, including math, Spanish and spelling. SPANISH FLASH CARDS v2.0 by PUMA Software Build your Spanish vocabulary quickly and easily with these simple flash cards. It's simple to operate -- you can concentrate on mastering the lessons. Choose from five difficulty levels. Complete 50 questions without making more than two errors. VISUAL COMPUTER DICTIONARY PLUS v2.0 by BlueStar Software Learn computer terms in this graphically-oriented program. Related terms,symbols and acronyms are presented in a comprehensive and attractive way. Thisproduct defines terms on a wide variety of topics covering AUTOEXEC.BAT,CONFIG.SYS, PROMPT and much more with more than 1,100 definitions. You'll refer to this handy utility again and again. VOCABULARY BLASTER - FLASH CARDS by PUMA Software Use the question and answer format to increase your vocabulary skills. Work with flash cards to memorize words and definitions. You'll want to use it with a good dictionary. WOMEN OF THE WORLD TRIVIA by Software Creations Test yourself on your knowledge of famous women throughout history. Sharpen your trivia skills in this four-player, competition- style game. Determine question difficulty and when you want hints and answers. Dos Games ABUSE by Crack Dot Com You'll have to fight to survive this adventure game. Battle your way through tunnels and by-ways, avoiding aliens and collecting bonuses. Look out for secret passages and teleporters. Complete with a level editor! BARS v1.01 by HomeBrew Software Don't get stuck between a rock and a hard place in this action- packed puzzle game. Prevent stone bars from growing by matching similar rocks. When you have three matches, the stones disappear, decreasing the bars. After levels five and 15, you get a bonus stone! BOLO ADVENTURES III by Soleau Software Can you solve this challenging game? These frustrating puzzles are full of mind-bending entertainment! Travel through intricate mazes by overcoming obstacles, moving force fields and filling in holes. If it gets too tough, the game solves itself. BOMBER v2.2 by Patrick Piche Attack! This game flies high with exhilarating aerial combat. You control a fighter bomber in this excellent scrolling game. Destroy all the enemy targets while avoiding attacking planes. Complete with smooth graphics and digitized sound. BREAKIT v1.0 by HomeBrew Software Everyone will enjoy this Break Out-style game. Destroy brick walls by hitting each brick with a bouncing ball. Your success depends on how well you control the ball. There are several obstacles, bonuses and special features. Simple enough for the kids and challenging for adults. For one or two players. Crazy Eights High resolution VGA graphics make this card game come alive. Requires VGA. CYBER CHOPPER v1.00 by H/M Software Blast your way through this futuristic game! Fly a helicopter into battle on several enormous playing fields. Choose from multiple weapons, three difficulty levels, practice mode and one or two players. Complete with a four-way scrolling and a digital soundtrack. JOKERS WILD POKER VGA v4.2 by Scalzi Softworks Place your bets! Take a gamble with this five-card draw poker game. Complete with colorful graphics, intuitive interface and addictive gameplay. LOGIC v1.0 by HomeBrew Software You must plan carefully and extremely logically to solve this puzzle. Match reference patterns by using different stones and your playing pieces. Play on an 8x8 board. Good luck -- you'll need it. NOTE: Requires a mouse. Sokoban by Jim Radcliffe Sokoban means "warehouse man" in Japanese. Push boxes around the screen to a designated storage area. Good graphics and a high level of frustration keep you playing for hours. This is a wonderful, addictive and challenging game. SPEEDY v1.0 by HomeBrew Software On your mark get set go! Reach the finish line without injury in this great car racing game. Avoid several obstacles on the track, including rocks, water, fences, holes and more. Includes rocking tunes and comical graphics. TIME HUNTERS v1.0 by Homebrew Software Can you escape extinction? Travel to prehistoric time to challenge ferocious dinosaurs to battle. Avoid being eaten and win the game. Complete with 256-color graphics and a super soundtrack. Go where no Baccarat player has gone before, into the ultimate zone. A tutor is provided to take you through the game step-by- step. Requires EGA/VGA. Uzltimate Blackjack Enter into a fully animated casino card game and gambling school. Requires EGA/VGA. DOS General Interest GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION MANAGER v3.13 by David Blaine Wasden and Brian Clark Madsen Grow your own family tree with this traditional genealogical database manager. Includes an innovative method for grouping family history data into folders, each containing as many as two billion people. It's easy to navigate between people and families in each folder. This program really grows on you. HOME LOAN DIARY v2.20 by Philip Kapusta Monitor your payments and interest with this easy-to-use home mortgage diary. You can see how much money you save by making additional principal payments to pay off a loan early. Enter the additional payment amounts and it displays the new interest total. This program graphs your monthly payments (principal and interest) along with a running loan balance. Save your records to disk. This program really adds up. MY MUSIC v3.3 by RAD Software This directory system is music to your ears. Catalog your collection of albums, cassettes and CDs with this comprehensive library program. Find records quickly with its powerful search and category features. Categories include names of composers and performers, release dates, record labels, media formats and a key word index for fast searching. SmartCD v3.0 by Henrique Avila Vianna Play audio CDs with this new DOS program. This is one of the most complete CD playerswe've seen! Enter the disk's title and the title of each track then search for any song by name.Configure the program to play CDs automatically. This exciting package has a cleverlyconfigured interface that looks like a LED display. Access the functions with your F keys. DOS Utility BOBBY by Jimmy & Jon Yergaw Manage your DOS interface easier with this comprehensive, DOS prompt replacer! This excellent software provides an intuitive 3D graphical interface. It incorporates an extensive online help system, plain English error messages, file managing, a built-in player for WAV files and a PCX, GIF image viewer. Configure Bobby to provide single-click access to your favorite programs. COMPLETE PROGRAM DELETER A complete uninstaller for DOS or Windows programs. Totally remove all files and directories added to a disk by installation utilities. EASY WORD v10 by Easy Software This wonderful word processor will fulfil all of your word processing needs. Its comprehensive features include spell checking, line checking, table creation and macros. Print odd and even pages separately for double-sided printing. The Secure Erase feature protects important and sensitive documents. If you already use Easy Word, you'll appreciate this upgrade; if you haven't tried it yet, then take a close look at Easy Word. FILE FINDER File Finder for Windows is a file-find program. It can search all drives, and can search the most popular archive types. MAC-ETTE Mac-ette is a PC utility which can read, write, format and duplicate Macintosh HFS format 1.4 Meg diskettes on a PC equipped with a 3.5 inch high density diskette drive. INTOUCH v5.4 RAD Software InTouch will keep you "in touch" with people. InTouch has a host of powerful features. InTouch maintains 100 Address Lists, with 10,000 names per list, and provides a 1,000-line comment card for each listing. InTouch prints mailing labels, address envelopes, and it even has dialing/modem support. InTouch is a simple and easy way to maintain your contacts. LIST by Vernon D. Buerg Tired of using the TYPE command to display your text and document files? LIST gives you much more than simple text viewing capabilities. List will view, search and print documents, copy and paste selected text to a new file, and even has archive and hex viewing modes. List has filters, EGA/VGA display toggle and much more! NEOPAINT v3.2 by NeoSoft Corporation Create dazzling images with this powerful, full-featured DOS art studio. NeoPaint is easy-to-use. It's simple for children to use, but comprehensive enough for professional artists. Illustration features include highlighter, water color, oil, charcoal and crayon specialty brushes in multiple sizes. Multiple on-screen editing is also possible. Supports PCX, BMP, TIFF and GIF file formats. QUIKMENU A highly customizable, easy to use graphical interface for DOS. SYSCHEK v2.41 Advanced Personal Systems SYSCHK provides comprehensive information about the devices installed in your system. SYSCHK will search for: Computer model and manufacturer, if known, micro processor type, including the Intel Pentium(tm) and Cyrix chips. SYSCHEK detects early Pentium chips with the floating point bug, gives a complete IRQ list that shows usage and availablity, math coprocessor type, and Microsoft Windows setup information. It detects a slave 8259 interrupt controller, checks for the presence of a real time clock. Reports ISA, PCI, Micro Channel, or EISA bus System BIOS, including source, date and size. OS/2 Warp! SERVICE CENTER v2.0 by Martin Farrent Keep all your computer maintenance utilities under one roof. This program provides a backup, anti-virus, defrag, INI editor, config editor and class editor. Keep track of when utilities last ran. Features include FreeMem (which tries to free up memory), Kill Process and System Info. BRIGHT IDEASr CLIP ART a Software of the Monthr exclusive! This month's collection of clip art contains 12 images in PCX format, including a coffee grinder, a lobster and images of children. For information on 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) 930-7302. HLP2INF by Rick Papo Convert OS/2 HLP files to INF files with this handy utility. View the file's information without running its application. OS/2 VIEW.EXE automatically opens the new INF documents. KOLLOSAL by Ken Kizer This Deco-influenced headline type is striking. It's wonderful for banner headlines. (TrueType and Type 1) BOXER v7.0a by David Hamel A full screen editor geared towards experienced programmers. Supports multiple files, up to 4,096 levels of undo/redo and extensive macro capabilities. Record, play and simultaneously load up to 100 macros. It also has 26 Clipboard areas for storing text, and global search and replace. DRAGTEXT v1.1 by Rick Walsh Give your Warp text drag 'n drop capability. Drag highlighted text between different windows -- even from different applications. You can also drop text into the shredder. LX LITE v1.01 by Friends Software Put those large executables on a diet. This "lite" program packs executables into smaller sizes while keeping the programs intact. Save valuable hard disk space without removing the applications. Besides .EXE files, it compresses .DLL, .PDR, .QPR, .DRV, .FON, .SYS and .VDD files. SEAHAVEN TOWERS v2.20 by J. Daniel Kulp Build towers of cards in this Solitaire-type game. Towers serve as holding places for cards until they are played. Play with several people at different difficulty settings. SOLITUDE v1.02 by SoftPaw Development Mark your calendar to solve this puzzle game. Tiles depict different months of the year. Eliminate tiles from the playing field by moving four matching tiles. This game requires a lot of thought -- it's not as easy as it sounds. MESA v2.1.1 by Athena Design This spreadsheet package has so many professional enhancements that it takes up four disks! Includes print preview, formula builder, in-cell editing, script recorder and text box graphics. Recalculation and graph redraws are performed as background processes. Import files from Lotus 1-2-3, WK4, Quattro for Windows WB1 and ASCII text. NOTE: Copy the contents of the MESA folders in Disks Three, Four, Five and Six into one folder on your hard drive. Include the DLL files from the MESA\DLL folder in your LIBPATH. YAOS v1.00 by LEE Cjin Pheow Yet Another OS/2 Shell (YAOS) which runs on top of CMD.EXE. Features include Unix-like file name completion using tab key, implementation of aliases, built-in kill command and an excellent vcd-like directory changer that can change to the directory specified anywhere on the drive. If more than one of the same subdirectory names are found, it displays a list from which you can easily choose. MESA v2.1.1 by Athena Design These are the remaining files for Mesa v2.1.1. Copy the contents of all the MESA folders in Disks Three, Four, Five and Six into one folder on your hard drive. Include the DLL files from the MESA\DLL folder in your LIBPATH. WINDOWS BUSINESS DAYWATCH v2.00 by Dan Hounchell Track important events with reminders from this fantastic management program. Organize and prioritize your workload into categories. Comes complete with a daily journal, full-screen calendar, date calculator and phone book. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). For Windows v3.1 only. INFORECALL v4.1a by Phantech Software, Inc. Clean up your desk, clear away the scattered pieces of paper and watch your productivity increase with this personal and business organizer. Categorize numbers, contacts, dates and other personal records on designated pages. Save up to 32,000 bytes of information per page. Link information from one record to another with the HyperText functions. Quickly locate data with its powerful search feature. KEYS v1.0 by CyberNiche Software Unlock the possibilities with this key tracking system. Great for anyone using multiple keys -- for business offices, vehicle fleets, school rooms and even safety deposit boxes. Keep track of who checked out keys, how many keys there are and what each key does. Print out reports to track key usage. LEDGER v4.0 by U.S. Yankees Software, Inc. Balance your income and expenses with this easy-to-use accounting program. It automatically adds and subtracts deposits and expenditures, and displays the current balance. Even track your existing loans by calculating the total, principal paid and remaining balance. Complete with Windows Clipboard support and a calculator. NOTE:Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). LIFE PLAN v1.05a by Mind Tools, Ltd. Come closer to acheiving your lifetime goals with this well- designed planner. After you set long-term goals, the program helps you establish smaller goals for achieving your aspirations. Fantastic examples and explanations help you along. Choose from personal, business, relationship and educational aims. This is sure to impact anyone with a desire to succeed. MFTC: MUTUAL FUND TAX CALCULATOR v2.0 by RCCO Research Determine tax costs of redeemed shares in one or more mutual fund accounts with this handy financial calculator. This program provides a simple, nontechnical method for mutual fund account holders who must file Schedule D (Capital Gains and Losses) on IRS Form 1040 covering fund redemptions during any tax years. Compute dividends, capital gains distributions, redemptions and purchases on an average-cost basis0. PARAMIND by Paramind Brainstorming Software Expand your creative thinking for your business as your computer brainstorms for you! Enter text into its editor and it expands the text in infinite ways by giving you related words and sentences. It produces a new listing of your ideas. A great visualization tool! PRODUCT SCOPE LITE v1.1 by Encourager Software Let's go shopping! Maintain a record of products you purchase or intend to purchase on a regular basis. Track multiple suppliers and their different prices. Allocate specific product categories, manufacturers and product numbers. View information through the comprehensive browser. VCALC: THE VEHICLE CALCULATOR v2.5 by Hansen Software Hit the road with this vehicle tracking system. Monitor vehicles and associated costs. Track gasoline, repair, servicing and insurance costs. Graph and analyze these expenses over time. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). Winvoices v1.0d by Q&D Software Development Calculate bills easily with this great invoicing program! Create and print professional invoices and work orders. This program includes databases for tracking your customers, parts and resources. All these packages are tightly integrated, providing you with total control over your receivables. WINDOWS CHILDREN ANTEATER v1.0 Marcus Iremonger Anteater v1.0 is a Windows 3.1 compatible arcade game. It's highly addictive, with colorful animated characters, digitized effects and fun gameplay. Can you catch the ants? You are Anthony the Anteater, a very hungry anteater from the ElephAnteater family. You like eating ants and ant eggs. However ants can give you a nasty nip so it's best to creep up behind them.If too many ants nip his tongue, he tends to give up eating - which is not a good idea. In addition to nasty ants, Anthony also has to eat as quickly as he can. BOBBY'S FIRST LETTERS by Bob Naylor Help children learn how letters sound with this instructional program. Work in three modes. In the first, select a letter. The program displays a word that starts with the letter, tells what sound it makes, and displays text and pictures. In the second mode, the program displays a picture and asks what letter the word starts with. The third mode is a matching game where letters are linked to three pictures. A great program for young children. GEOUSA v2.0 by On-Target Software Broaden your knowledge of the United States with this great educational program. Begin by finding out facts about each state, including population, state capital, largest city, state bird and more. Test yourself on the knowledge you've learned. Learn about your own state and every state in the nation. INSECTA v1.0 by Interscape Corporation This entomology program will bug you. Learn about eight insects, representing different scientific orders and classes. Review their anatomy, life cycle, diet and wing types. An excellent program for children of all ages. FEATURE PROGRAM KID'S CONCENTRATION v5.1 by Centaurus Software Teach your kids the alphabet, numbers, colors and animals with this classic Concentration-style game. Each game has three difficulty levels. It comes with great sound effects, including animals and human voices. LEARN MATH v1.31 by SmartCo Enterprises Help your child learn arithmetic with this great educational program. You determine difficulty levels in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The program is great for all grade levels. Its simple interface completes this comprehensive math package. SIR HANGMAN v1.0 by Ssorg Software Improve kids' general knowledge and vocabulary with this excellent program based on the classic Hangman game. Children quickly learn how to use this program without supervision. With a colorful background and entertaining game play, it keeps your children occupied for hours. WINDOWS DESKTOP PUBLISHING CLIPMATE FOR WINDOWS v3.14 by Thornton Software Solutions Enhance your Clipboard with this handy enhancer. View, edit, combine and print Clipboard data. Paste images into your favorite application with its exclusive PowerPaste feature. Supports most formats, including bitmap, PICT, RTF, OLE and more! DIGITVIEW v1.2 by MindWorks Software Lights. Camera. Action! Play movies with this easy-to-use program. Its user-friendly interface resembles a common tape player. Buttons include sound control, continuous loop play, forward and reverse. Supports AVI and MOV QuickTime files. NOTE: Requires QuickTime for Windows and Video for Windows. FONT-ABC v2.0 by J. Behling Keep track of your font collection with this type organizer. Print a font catalog of all the fonts on your computer -- installed or not. View and print your fonts in any size and style. A great program! HYPERMEDIA v2.1 by Bersoft Make your own HyperText files! Use the program's built-in word processor to create text, transfer text by copying and pasting, or import text files from RTF and ASCII formats. Link pictures, sounds, videos, programs and help files. Features include text searching, text and picture printing and text copying to the Clipboard. To distribute your HyperText files with the linked pictures or videos, the program automatically creates the required installation disks, optimizing space by compressing files. NOTE: Requires Video for Windows Run-Time. FEATURE PROGRAM PHOTOVISION PRO v1.1 by Software Vision Corporation Create astonishing pictures with this excellent image manipulation program! Complete with a comprehensive tool selection. Sharpen edges, blur, remove noise and more. Apply special effects like embossing, posterization and charcoal filters. Supports TIFF, EPS, PCX, BMP and JPEG. SUPER CLIP v2.6 by Andromeda Software Save all or part of your Clipboard images to a graphics file with this viewer. Capture the entire screen any time. Text can also be captured while a DOS program is running full-screen in text mode. Save text to an ASCII file or to a monochrome graphics file. Save image files in BMP, GIF, PCX or TIFF formats. WEBPEN by Informatik, Inc. You'll hang ten when you surf the net with your own World Wide Web page! Create your own WWW home page with this awesome authoring tool. The program supports HTML v2.0 standards, most Netscape extensions incorporated into HTML v3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer extensions. This allows for maximum compatibility and accessibility, making your home page attractive and functional. The program comes with GIF images, extensive online help and a tutorial. WINDOWS 95 SPECIAL FEATURE BMP WIZARD v1.7 by Andrea Benoni Edit bitmap images with this fantastic program. Blend images and create different effects using mathematical functions with its powerful scripting language. Learn how to use the program's features from several examples and extensive online help system. If you need a comprehensive program to edit bitmaps at a very low level, this is the ideal package. FONTS BLACKWOODS by Gerard E. Bernor This highly-stylized font appeals to a wide audience. It has a highly decorative uppercase and complementary lowercase with calligraphy characteristics. This bold font provides maximum impact. (TrueType) KOLLOSAL by Ken Kizer This Deco-influenced headline type is striking. It's wonderful for banner headlines. (TrueType) TQF CLARENDONBOLD by Gerard E. Bernor Create a professional-looking document with this precise font. It gives you the highest possible resolution at any point size. (TrueType) WINDOWS EDUCATION BOOK LIBRARIAN FOR WINDOWS v2.5 by TurboSystemsCo. Manage your own library with this easy-to-use organization program. Track the location of books, when they were borrowed, and when they are due back. A comprehensive search system quickly sorts through your library. You can view reports on the computer, send them to a disk or print them. For large or small book collections. ENGLISH 201: HOMONYMS v4.12 by Leeware Development This is the first in a collection of three excellent grammar programs included in this volume. It is a complete lesson on the proper use of homonyms. The program introduces you to homonyms, then you progressively use the concepts in a variety of sentences. Correct answers are always available. Great for school-age children or anyone wishing to sharpen their fundamental English skills. Once you've mastered homonyms, learn about antonyms and synonyms in English 202 and 203. ENGLISH 202: ANTONYMS v4.0 by Leeware Development Learn the differences between homonyms and antonyms with this education program, the second of three English skill programs available in this volume. The program is intended as a personal study aid. Also, brush up on your homonym and synonym skills with English 201 and 203. ENGLISH 203: SYNONYMS v3.25 by Leeware Development Complete your fundamental language skills with the final installment of this volume's English collection. This program teaches students and adults about synonyms and how to use them properly in sentences. Use this program with English 201 and 202, two programs that teach homonyms and antonyms. GEOUSA v2.0 by On-Target Software Broaden your knowledge of the United States with this great educational program. Begin by finding out facts about each state, including population, state capital, largest city, state bird and more. Test yourself on the knowledge you've learned. Learn about your own state and every state in the nation. SCHOOL MASTER v1.05 by R&R EdWare Educators will love this comprehensive productivity tool. It incorporates a full-featured grade book program for individual instructors or entire school systems. It also designs seating charts, tracks attendance, records conduct and citizenship, creates reusable lesson plans, organizes appointments, maintains contact information and allows you to create and save your own databases and form letters. Add your own database fields for recording any information. STUDYMASTER FLASH CARDS v2.1 by Michael P. Cohen Study any subject with this wonderful flash card program. Enter the information you want to memorize and then test yourself in question/answer format. Create your own difficulty level, highlighting the challenging questions. Choose from easy to difficult cards. You can even add pictures and sounds. WINDOWS GAMES BOXES II v1.1 by DynoTech Software Eliminate colored crates by maneuvering and dropping boxes on them. Watch out for falling stones! It's not as easy as it looks. A fun, challenging and addictive puzzle game. NOTE: Requires 256-color mode. CARO v1.22 by Thu Nguyen Expand the classic Tick-Tack-Toe game into tremendous proportions. Play on a whopping 14x14 game board instead of the normal 3x3 grid. First player to connect four in a row wins! Watch out for the computer player it is tough and very tricky. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utilities Collection). CHALLENGE POOL v1.0 by Jiping Pang and Zheng Lee Reach the proficiency of the great pool experts with this fun game! It gives you full control of the cue stick using your mouse or keyboard. Also, control cue ball activity with four different hits: dead center, one cue tip above, one cue tip below and two cue tips below the center. Adjust your strength level. See the path of the cue ball before you make the shot. Complete with several game styles, including Straight, Rotation, Eight Ball and Nine Ball. For one or two players. CROSSWORD EXPRESS v3.1 by Aus-PC-Soft This is an excellent educational game for crossword enthusiasts. Create your own puzzles from the program's six dictionaries of various topics. You can even create your own dictionaries. All puzzles can be printed or solved on the screen. An excellent interface rounds off this wonderful piece of software. DODGER v1.1 by Ivan Mackintosh Save the Pacman-like creature one more time in this arcade game. The enemies are four head-hunting laser guns that follow the creature through a challenging maze. Your job is dodging fatal laser blasts while chomping apples, strawberries and cherries. You'll need fast thinking and quick reflexes to survive each level. MULTIMEDIA BINGO v1.0 by James A. Buccigrossi Bingo! Enjoy a whole evening of Bingo with this talking program. Everyone can play along as the computer draws and announces each ball. It lets you print an unlimited supply of randomized cards from normal to super-sized cards. This game includes digitized voices, multiple game modes, automatic game recovery and cool sound effects. NOTE: Requires a Sound Card for voices and sound effects. QUIZZY v1.01 by JKS Development If you like quizzes, then you'll love this entertaining and educational program. As a quiz program, you can add your own categories of questions and answers. It has general questions already installed. This excellent program will keep you entertained for hours. VIRUS v1.3 by DynoTech Software Who says a virus is a bad thing? In this exciting game, you are a computer virus collecting bytes on the hard drive surface. Avoid the anti-virus disks and other computer nasties. Includes high- quality graphics, sound effects, music and challenging game play. NOTE: Requires 256-color display. FEATURE WINBOWL v2.1a by Thomas Bernthal Strike! It's bowling night at the computer lanes. This game features practice sessions, single or three game series, throwing meter for power and spins, and automatic computer scoring. There are three difficulty settings for each player and three available computer opponents. Includes incredible graphics and realistic sound effects. This fast-paced bowling game is for one to four players. WORD SEARCH RAMPAGE v3.0 by Insight Software Solutions You'll go on a rampage with more than 100 word search puzzles! Solve the puzzles on the computer or print them. Create unlimited custom puzzles by entering new words. This excellent game also incorporates sounds and visual effects for a complete multimedia experience. WINDOWS GAMES BOXES II v1.1 by DynoTech Software Eliminate colored crates by maneuvering and dropping boxes on them. Watch out for falling stones! It's not as easy as it looks. A fun, challenging and addictive puzzle game. NOTE: Requires 256-color mode. CARO v1.22 by Thu Nguyen Expand the classic Tick-Tack-Toe game into tremendous proportions. Play on a whopping 14x14 game board instead of the normal 3x3 grid. First player to connect four in a row wins! Watch out for the computer player it is tough and very tricky. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utilities Collection). CHALLENGE POOL v1.0 by Jiping Pang and Zheng Lee Reach the proficiency of the great pool experts with this fun game! It gives you full control of the cue stick using your mouse or keyboard. Also, control cue ball activity with four different hits: dead center, one cue tip above, one cue tip below and two cue tips below the center. Adjust your strength level. See the path of the cue ball before you make the shot. Complete with several game styles, including Straight, Rotation, Eight Ball and Nine Ball. For one or two players. CROSSWORD EXPRESS v3.1 by Aus-PC-Soft This is an excellent educational game for crossword enthusiasts. Create your own puzzles from the program's six dictionaries of various topics. You can even create your own dictionaries. All puzzles can be printed or solved on the screen. An excellent interface rounds off this wonderful piece of software. DODGER v1.1 by Ivan Mackintosh Save the Pacman-like creature one more time in this arcade game. The enemies are four head-hunting laser guns that follow the creature through a challenging maze. Your job is dodging fatal laser blasts while chomping apples, strawberries and cherries. You'll need fast thinking and quick reflexes to survive each level. MULTIMEDIA BINGO v1.0 by James A. Buccigrossi Bingo! Enjoy a whole evening of Bingo with this talking program. Everyone can play along as the computer draws and announces each ball. It lets you print an unlimited supply of randomized cards from normal to super-sized cards. This game includes digitized voices, multiple game modes, automatic game recovery and cool sound effects. NOTE: Requires a Sound Card for voices and sound effects. QUIZZY v1.01 by JKS Development If you like quizzes, then you'll love this entertaining and educational program. As a quiz program, you can add your own categories of questions and answers. It has general questions already installed. This excellent program will keep you entertained for hours. VIRUS v1.3 by DynoTech Software Who says a virus is a bad thing? In this exciting game, you are a computer virus collecting bytes on the hard drive surface. Avoid the anti-virus disks and other computer nasties. Includes high- quality graphics, sound effects, music and challenging game play. NOTE: Requires 256-color display. FEATURE WINBOWL v2.1a by Thomas Bernthal Strike! It's bowling night at the computer lanes. This game features practice sessions, single or three game series, throwing meter for power and spins, and automatic computer scoring. There are three difficulty settings for each player and three available computer opponents. Includes incredible graphics and realistic sound effects. This fast-paced bowling game is for one to four players. WORD SEARCH RAMPAGE v3.0 by Insight Software Solutions You'll go on a rampage with more than 100 word search puzzles! Solve the puzzles on the computer or print them. Create unlimited custom puzzles by entering new words. This excellent game also incorporates sounds and visual effects for a complete multimedia experience. WINDOWS LATEST & GREATEST BOOK LIBRARIAN FOR WINDOWS v2.5 by TurboSystemsCo. Manage your own library with this easy-to-use organization program. Track your books, from when they were borrowed to when they are due back. A comprehensive search system quickly sorts through your library. You can view reports on the computer, send them to a disk or print them. For large or small book collections. CHALLENGE POOL v1.0 by Jiping Pang and Zheng Lee Reach the proficiency of the great pool experts with this fun game! It gives you full control of the cue stick using your mouse or keyboard. Also, control cue ball activity with four different hits: dead center, one cue tip above, one cue tip below and two cue tips below the center. Adjust your strength level. See the path of the cue ball before you make the shot. Complete with several game styles, including Straight, Rotation, Eight Ball and Nine Ball. For one or two players. HYPERMEDIA v2.1 by Bersoft Make your own HyperText files! Use the built-in word processor to create text, transfer text by copying and pasting, or import text files from RTF and ASCII formats. Link pictures, sounds, videos, programs and help files. Features include text searching, text and picture printing and text copying to the Clipboard. To distribute your HyperText files with the linked pictures or videos, the program automatically creates the required installation disks, optimizing space by compressing files. NOTE: Requires Video for Windows Run-Time. FEATURE PROGRAM INFORECALL v4.1a by Phantech Software, Inc. Create easy access to vital information with this personal and business organizer. Categorize numbers, contacts, dates and other personal records in designated pages. Save up to 32,000 bytes of information per page. Link information from one record to another with the HyperText functions. Quickly locate data with its powerful search feature. Clean up your desk, clear away the scattered pieces of paper and watch your productivity increase. KIDS CONCENTRATION v5.1 by Centaurus Software Improve your memory skills using numbers, colors and the alphabet in these great games. Each game has three difficulty levels. It comes with great sound effects, including animals and human voices. LEARN MATH v1.31 by SmartCo Enterprises Help your child learn arithmetic with this great educational program. You determine difficulty levels in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The program is great for all grade levels. Its simple interface completes this comprehensive math package. LIFE PLAN v1.05a by Mind Tools, Ltd. Achieve your lifetime goals with this well-designed planner. Once you set long-term goals, the program helps you establish smaller goals for achieving your aspirations. Fantastic examples and explanations help you along. Choose from personal, business, relationship and educational aims. This is sure to make an impact on anyone with the desire to succeed. PHOTOVISION PRO v1.1 by Software Vision Corporation Create astonishing pictures with this excellent image manipulation program! Complete with a comprehensive tool selection. Sharpen edges, blur, remove noise and more. Apply special effects like embossing, posterization and charcoal filters. Supports TIFF, EPS, PCX, BMP and JPEG. STUDYMASTER FLASH CARDS v2.1 by Michael P. Cohan Study any subject with this wonderful flash card program. Enter the information you want to memorize and then test yourself in the question/answer format. Create your own difficulty levels, highlighting the challenging questions. Choose from the easy to difficult cards. You can even add pictures and sounds. WINBOWL v2.1a by Thomas Bernthal Strike! It's bowling night at the computer lanes. This game features practice sessions, single or three game series, a throwing meter for power and spins, and automatic computer scoring. There are three difficulty settings for each player and three available computer opponents. Includes incredible graphics and realistic sound effects. This fast-paced bowling game is for one to four players. WINDOWS UTILITY COLLECTION DISKERS by Fineware Systems and Al Meadows An easy and user friendly way to create copies of diskettes or for copying files to and from diskettes. Disk Duplicating: This is accomplished by first creating an image file of the diskette on your local hard disk. All image files are stored within the application's directory and are identified by their three character [.DK~] file extension. You may store as many image files as physical disk space allows. Once these images are created, you may use Diskers to re-create the original diskettes. Note: Diskers does not support the new Microsoft DMF format at this time. File Copying: Diskers makes it easy to copy files to and from diskettes and includes some powerful features to simplify the operation including the ability to mirror the hard disk directory structure and the use of the COMPRESS utility to store more files on the diskette. Diskette Viewing: Useful for quickly seeing the contents of a diskette. Built in version information display shows embedded version information on program files (.EXE) and library modules (.DLL & .VBX) even when the files are stored in compressed format (Typical for Installation Diskettes). FONTSPEC PRO v7.1 by UniTech Manage your fonts with this advanced organizer. Preview fonts before you install them or view and print samples of your installed fonts. A great feature is the program's ability to organize fonts into groups. Create Font Groups for specific projects or different applications and install those groups when needed. Mix and match different groups of fonts as needed. PAGEPLUS INTRO by Serif Inc. Create spectacular publications limited only by your imagination. PagePlus builds on the classic desktop publishing principle: the direct manipulation of many objects on the page. This program enables you to break your text into many blocks for greater flexibility. It's particularly versatile, providing both free and frame text. Provides extensive typographic adjustment for fine-tuning text appearance. Letter and word spacing, variable line spacing (leading), kerning, variable slant (artificial italic), patterns, colors and rotation are all available. This DTP program lets you draw frames and link them together to control text flow. It's exceptionally flexible and allows you to use the mouse to visually adjust margins, and lay out multiple columns of varying widths and depths in any frame. This elaborate DTP program is perfect for the holiday season. With the included Bright Ideas clip art and fonts, you can create superb holiday greeting cards and newsletters. PAINT SHOP PRO by Jasc, Inc. This is the ultimate image editor. Its array of options include filtering, masking and color depth altering. Supports more than 30 file formats! VISUAL BASIC RUN-TIMES by Microsoft "Club" members occasionally receive fantastic Microsoft Windows applications written in Visual Basic. This set of .DLL files insure that these insure that these exciting new applications run properly. Includes Visual Basic's VBRUN100/200/300.DLL files. WINDOWS SOFTWARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE MAY 1996 CD-ROM - WINDOWS BUSINESS - HOME ACCOUNTANT FOR WINDOWS Allows you to keep track of your household expenses, incomes, bank accounts, and credit cards. NETWORK EMAIL Set up your own Windows-based network mail system. Requires VBRUN300.DLL TO THE BANK! To The Bank! is an essential tool for making out those tedious deposit slips for making bank deposits. To The Bank! is sort of like your trusty adding machine only better but To The Bank! produces something even better, a historic detailed record of every deposit. NOTE: This program requires VBRUN300.DLL (included on your Utilities Collection) - WINDOWS CHILDRENS - DINO MATCH 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 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 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. - WINDOWS DESKTOP PUBLISHING - E-BOOK 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, playvideo clips and animations, print text, run 20-image slide shows or run external applications. A great marketing tool for businesses. E-MEDIA Create and distribute books, catalogs, training programs and more - - all on disk! With the trend toward electronic documents, you need a tool like this to help you prepare professional documents. Create fully customizable electronic documents for maximum visual impact with its simple interface and powerful features. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions This is a fantastic source of information, answering the most frequently asked questions. FAQ (pronounced FACK) opens text files about any subject you can imagine. We've provided three subjects for you to review, each one dealing with DTP topics. Copyrights Answer questions about copyright laws with this FAQ text file. What is a copyright? How do I get a copyright? What protection does a copyright offer? This is a comprehensive file. PostScript This FAQ text file explains the popular PostScript graphics language. You'll learn what PostScript is, what it can do for you, how to use it and much more. MINISTRY OF BUTTONS This is a driver for Windows 3.1x that puts a button bar into your Windows. You can create buttons to do almost everything that you can do. Create a button to run a program, open a document, exit Windows, arrange your icons or whatever you choose. This little program can easily save you time. Note: Requires Windows 3.1x - WINDOWS EDUCATION - PLACES WORLD ATLAS v2.0 Now you have a desktop globe on your PC! Turn the globe with mouse clicks. Use the zoom feature to zoom in on any area to bring out city details. Latitude and longitude are displayed as you move the cursor around the globe. With two quick mouse button clicks, you can determine the distance from one point on the globe to another. THE CONSTITUTION NOTEBOOK v2.1 This study aid contains more than 100 pages of constitutional rights commentary, with great interactive search and indexing abilities. Study, edited, print or save the commentaries in a text file. You can even add your own commentary. All the documentation you need is included in three on screen tutorials. The perfect way to study the Constitution! - WINDOWS GAMES - BOXCARS CASINO Place your bets and roll them bones! Boxcars Casino features craps, poker, slots, and much more! you can even play Keno while you play other games. You'll love the fantastic color graphics and realistic game play. NOTE: As in real life, you must go to the bank and get some money before you gamble. BOXES Fun, challenging, and addictive puzzle game for Windows. Eliminate colored crates by maneuvering and dropping boxes on them. But, watch out for falling stones. Smarts are more important than speed. It's not as easy as it looks! Includes five levels of bind bending fun and also features joystick support. Addictive new twist on the classic Tetris that will keep you coming back for more with it's awesome graphics, sound effects, music and game play. - WINDOWS PERSONAL - AMF DAILY PLANNER A complete personal information manager for Windows! This one outshines the competition - its full drag 'n drop and push button interface gives you exceptional flexibility! Status line help, menu selection help, and tool tips remind you instantly of each button and object's function. You won't outgrow this planner! THE WEDDING PROGRAM Planning a wedding? Impress your mother-in-law to be with your excellent planning and organizational skills. Who's gonna tell her it's a computer program? Its superb design and excellent layouts make planning your wedding a joy. Every now and then a program comes along that "blows away" the commercial version this one is first rate!