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- Software of the Month Club
- December 1996 CD-ROM Program Guide
-
- Software Research Institute
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- - Business -
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- Easy Base v10.5
- by Easy Software
- Create your own program for data management with this
- database programming language. Create sophisticated menu-
- driven applications in record time with disk files called
- Forms. Forms store data and procedures that manipulate
- that data, allowing you to present information in a
- logical menu system. The user-friendly interface makes
- this program easy-to-use.
-
- FPLAN - Insurance & Estate Financial Planner v5.0
- by First Financial Software
- Analyze your finances with this easy-to-use planner. This
- simple guide helps you gather important information.
- Review basic economic factors, including inflation,
- income projection and life insurance status. Great for
- personal use.
-
- Insta-Pay v2.90p
- by Cheque-Mate International, Inc.
- A complete reporting payroll system! Handles multiple
- companies - not just one. Features include personnel
- maintenance for each company, payroll maintenance for
- employees and payroll processing. You can process pre-pay or
- termination payroll checks. It generates quarterly or year-to-date
- reports, earnings report and other special reports.
-
- Loan Chief v1.12
- by Insight Software Solutions
- Organize your loans with ease and flexibility. Work with
- a variety of loan tools, including Loan Amortization
- Schedules, Loan Charts and Loan Calculators. These tools
- consider variable payments, interest rates and compounding
- methods. Professional schedules can be generated with monthly,
- quarterly, semi-annual or annual information. Several pre-
- defined acceleration methods and variable payment types are
- available. Accelerated schedules can be illustrated side by side
- with the original schedule.
-
- Order Pro v3.1
- by Automated Systems
- A complete ordering and invoicing program! Track your
- customers from the orders they place to the balances they
- owe. Ideal for medium to large businesses that have large
- and complex inventories and need to closely track purchases,
- sales and inventory.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- - Children's -
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- Billy Bear, Is It Chrismas 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.
-
- Logical Deduction v1.1
- by Judah Warshaw
- The ultimate code breaking game! All the features you want,
- including varying puzzle length and size, scrolling guess history
- for easy reference, scratch pad for solving help, tournament
- play, two high score boards, a built-in screen saver and more! If
- you like Master Mind, you'll love Logical Deduction! A game
- for your brain!
-
- Kids At Play v2.0
- by Avazpour Systems
- Let your child explore this multimedia experience. Click
- on objects and watch corresponding animations and listen
- to wonderful sounds. Take your child to the zoo, visit
- the farm or walk through the city. There are even puzzles
- to solve.
-
- Kitty
- by Jeff Napier
- Here kitty, kitty! This is a great program for cat lovers and
- owners. Learn interesting bits of information about domesticated
- felines. For example, did you know that cats don't walk on
- aluminum foil? This and other facts make this program fun and
- educational.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- - Desktop Publishing -
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- Capture It! v2.2
- by Henrique Avila Vianna
- A complete package for the DTP enthusiast. This screen capture
- utility allows you to overcome the problem of capturing screens
- from programs that take control of your keyboard. CAP2GIF
- (by TBH-Softwork) and SCRLD (by Henrique Avila Vianna) are
- included. CAP2GIF converts the CAP format (from Capture It!)
- into the GIF format. SCRLD allows you to view your screen
- shots.
-
- 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 1024x768.
-
- 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.
-
- - Fonts -
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- Bankrupt
- by Gerard E. Bernor
- Bankrupt is an unusual addition to your type library. The
- characters resemble the strokes of a calligrapher's pen.
- (TrueType)
-
- Bolted Bold
- by Gerard E. Bernor
- This strong typeface makes an impression. (TrueType)
-
- Double Trouble
- by Gerard E. Bernor
- Another bold, sans serif font. Its uniquely curved
- surfaces add a distinctive look to your publications.
- (TrueType)
-
- 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)
-
- - Clip Art -
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- Bright Ideas Clip Art
- a Software of the Month Club exclusive!
- This month's collection of clip art contains 19 images in
- PCX format, including an elephant, a gardener and a
- wedding scene. For information about how to receive even
- more original Bright Ideas clip art, along with fantastic fonts,
- original backgrounds and useful desktop publishing tips and
- tricks, call Customer Service at
- (619) 930-7302.
-
- 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.
-
- - Education -
-
- 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.
-
- Kwikstat v4.1
- by Texasoft
- If you analyze statistics, you'll love Kwikstat! perfect for
- financial analysis. Designed by professional statistical
- consultants and researchers, it gives you quick access to most
- common statistical data analysis procedures and graphs. This
- comprehensive analysis package includes regression and
- variance analysis, t-tests and comparisons.
-
- Mathplot v3.6
- by Phillip H. Sherwood Visualize mathematical
- functions quickly and easily with this excellent tool. Specify
- math functions using ordinary algebraic expressions and
- immediately plot them. Specify four types of functions
-
- QA Study Aid v5.2 by Quid Pro Quo Software
- QA Study Aid is a test creation/execution system. Databases up
- to 20000 questions/answers may be created. Includes compiler
- and interpreter. Presentation, correct answer display, automatic
- scoring, data encryption and password protection are all features
- you will find in QA Study Aid. You can export score file for use
- in gradebook programs. All question types, except essay, are
- supported. Relative weighting, letter grade associations, random
- subset generation at run or compile time. It's like having a
- teacher at your side anytime you need one!
-
- 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.
-
- Strategies To Reduce College Costs v2.2 & College Aid
- Calculator v2.2
- by Think Ahead, Inc.
- Thinking about going to college? Then you need to read
- this document -it explains the college financial aid
- system. Find out how individual finances can affect
- financial aid, and ways to improve your chances of
- receiving financial assistance. You'll learn the
- differences between public and private college
- assistance.
-
- World Factbase v1.03
- by TexaSoft
- If you ve ever had to do a report
- on a country, you know the trouble necessary to round up all the
- details. World Factbase puts all these details at your command.
- You ll find information on area, population, government,
- commerce and much, much more! Searching is simple. Just
- provide a keyword or words and click your mouse button. All the
- information is right there. You even get obscure information like
- fishing lanes, international organizations, and current disputes. If
- you need to research a country, you need World Factbase!
-
- - Games -
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- Gargoyle Medieval Pack v1.4
- by Synaptic Entertainment
- Help a colony of elves reclaim their town from the evil
- Gargoyle Empire. There are three fascinating levels to
- this intense game. First, elves attack the Gargoyle's
- castle. Next, they must escape from the castle, unharmed.
- Finally, the elves must defend their village from another
- Gargoyle attack. If you fail, the game starts all over.
- Grab the coins and rubies, but watch out for falling
- rocks and fireballs.
-
- Glook v1.0
- by Laser Point
- Blast your way through this Defender-style arcade game.
- Shoot alien ships and save humans on the planet's
- surface. Clear all the waves of alien ships before going
- to the next level. Complete with pounding sound effects,
- colorful graphics and fast side-scrolling action.
-
- 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.
-
- SuperSpeed
- by The Game Factory
- Prepare yourself for the racing challenge of your life! Select your
- car then choose one of three race tracks! Each track challenges
- your skills in different ways. Some roads are wide with gentle
- curves, and sometimes you must fight arduously through narrow
- passages. Getting out of a tunnel can be trickier than entering.
- Driver beware! You re not alone there are three other cars
- (controlled by your pals or computer) that will stop at nothing
- to eliminate you from the race. If that isn t enough, you must
- remember to maneuver your car around cones and puddles to
- collect the Wrench power-ups. Use these power-ups to buy
- additional acceleration, top speed and traction for your vehicle.
- Outrageous fast-paced racing game for one to four players.
- NOTE: Requires at least 570K conventional memory.
-
- 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.
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