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Software of the Month Club June 1996 CD-ROM Windows Master Program Guide -Windows Latest & Greatest- BUDGET MANAGER v2.1 by Timothy R. Wagenmaker Keep track of your household budget with this great personal manager. Track expenses and income and manage cash with checking and saving accounts. A help file and tutorial get you started. Great for home businesses, too. EXILE II: CRYSTAL SOULS v1.00 by Spiderweb Software Can you survive this fantasy role-playing saga? Create an exploration party consisting of fighters, mages and wizards. Talk to townspeople and battle creatures in more than 100 towns and dungeons. Pick up weapons and armor as you travel. Filled with detailed graphics and great game play. FUNSOL SOLITAIRE v2.0 by The Softgame Co. of Vermont A huge collection of solitaire games - 113 in all! Includes Klondike, Aces Up, Yukon, Forty Thieves and more. View all cards (even under the pile), bring up the card counter, perform undos and graph your completion percentage. Comes with different card backs and table backgrounds. GOLDWAVE v3.03 by Chris S. Craig This program sounds great! Play, record, edit and convert audio on your computer with this comprehensive digital audio editor. Generate everything from simple dial tones to band pass filters with the Expression Evaluator. It supports more than 20 common functions and operations. It contains controls for playback, rewind, fast forward, record, volume and speed. LED meters and oscilloscopes display the sound during playback and recording. It's an excellent and comprehensive tool for all of your sound needs. NOTE: Requires Sound Card KIDS CARDS v2.0 by Ben Woodruff Teach kids their numbers and letters with this Concentration-style game. Features include an interactive opening screen, sound effects and animation's. This is an entertaining way to teach children the basics of numbers and the alphabet. *** Feature Program *** ON TOP OF THE WORLD LITE v2.0 by Exploration Software Explore the world as you travel around the globe in this excellent geography program. It combines the fun of a flight simulator with learning about the world. Fly around a colorful 3D model of Earth while learning thousands of geographic features. The globe's position and sunlit side are correctly depicted for the time and date. PIANO PROFESSOR v2.5 by SofTech Multimedia Inc. Learn how to read music with this melodic program. Begin by learning the basics of the piano with Keyboard Teacher. Identify corresponding keys on a piano keyboard in Note Tutor. Expand your musical talents with Chord Encyclopedia, Key Signatures, Name that Note and a detailed help system. Music to your ears! POSTER v2.3a by R. Bedoll Create your own signs, posters, banners, murals and more with this great little program. Select different shapes from vertical, horizontal and banner. Add different borders and even import graphics. Apply special effects to your text, including raised, outline and more. TRACK 'N TREND v3.0 by Sierra Software This trendy program will keep you on track. It creates a graphic displaying entered data. You can then use the chart to identify any trends. For example, sales trends can be discovered with financial figures or attendance can be tracked over a period of time. Use it for any number of applications. Import and export data through the Track Spreadsheet. Use the Clipboard to move graphed images and spreadsheets to other applications. WORDWIZ v3.0 by James A. Buccigrossi Create four different word puzzles with this highly-automated composition program. Design a crossword puzzle by clicking on a grid to open or close letter squares. The WordWiz composer automatically finds words to fit your empty pattern. In Word Search, the Instant Construction feature creates puzzles from any short word list. It comes with a built-in word list of more than 30,000 words. Compile your own special word lists from any ASCII text or word processing document. Also, create your own Number Fill-In or Word Fill-In puzzles. Print your games or export them to any Windows page layout program. Use the puzzles for party activities and school projects. -Windows Education- CHEMICAL v1.5 by Larry Puhl Construct molecule models with this scientific program. Select atoms from a complete periodic table and drag them to other atoms. The Time feature sets the molecule in motion. Determine the energy configuration by working with the Minimize Energy option. See your molecule in 3D with the Shade feature. Transfer your scientific creation to a graphics program through the clipboard. NOTE: Requires a 256-color display. EASY ACTION v1.0 by Boomeria Software Teachers take note! This learning tool comes with three components to assist educators: Rosters, Seating Charts and Drill. Organize your students in Rosters. It alphabetizes class lists so you can print student rosters, data entry records and attendance sheets. Import text files from word processors, databases and spreadsheets. Maximum class size is 100. Arrange your classroom in any format with Seating Charts. Choose desk size, page orientation and fonts. Create and edit your layout simply by dragging desks with your mouse. Use Randomize to create original arrangements. Drill randomly displays students' names on your computer screen. It's great for impartial calling on kids during drills. Organize your classroom into cooperative learning, project or lab groups. Names are displayed in large type. An ideal tool for teachers! GEO3D by Salt Creek Software View geographical elevation data through topographic maps and 3D drawings on several included maps. Import your own maps from Geological Survey Digital Elevation Model (DEM) files. Choose from black-and-white and color, change your viewing angle, view direction and vertical scale, and save to BMP files. Use bookmarks to save your favorite locations. GRAMMAR SLAMMER by James Bair This writing program answers questions not covered by standard grammar checkers. Based on the Windows help file format, this extensive file provides resources for all writers. Topics include writing style, word usage, abbreviations, capitalization and punctuation. HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE by Edward F. Willett, Jr., Esq. Confused about how Federal laws are made? This handbook provides a readable and non-technical outline of the many steps of the Federal law-making process. Follow a law from the origin of an idea through its publication as a statute. A great educational document! METER CHALLENGE by ETCAI Products Don't get zapped by this electronic program. Test your ability to wire from electrical schematics. Learn to use an ohmmeter and a voltmeter. Its simple story-line format makes learning electronics easy and fun. *** Feature Program *** ON TOP OF THE WORLD LITE v2.0 by Exploration Software Explore the world as you travel around the globe in this excellent geography program. It combines the fun of a flight simulator with learning about the world. Fly around a colorful 3D model of Earth while learning thousands of geographic features. The globe's position and sunlit side are correctly depicted for the time and date. PIANO PROFESSOR v2.5 by SofTech Multimedia Inc. Learn how to read music with this melodic program. Begin by learning the basics of the piano with Keyboard Teacher. Identify corresponding keys on a piano keyboard in Note Tutor. Expand your musical talents with Chord Encyclopedia, Key Signatures, Name that Note and a detailed help system. Music to your ears! -Windows Children- *** Feature Program *** KIDS CARDS v2.0 by Ben Woodruff Teach kids their numbers and letters with this Concentration-style game. Features include an interactive opening screen, sound effects and animations. This is an entertaining way to teach children the basics of numbers and the alphabet. LARRY'S ANIMALS 'N THINGS by Lawrence Goetz Pictures come to life in this simple program. Click on images to hear fascinating sounds, including a roaring lion, a trumpeting elephant and a hissing snake. Some pictures are also animated - a motorcycle moves across the screen. Kids of all ages can easily learn and use this program by themselves. LARRY'S LEARNING LETTERS AND NUMBERS by Lawrence Goetz Animated animals introduce your kids to letters and numbers. They learn the entire alphabet and the first ten numbers with the help of amazing graphics and cool sounds. Complete with a user-friendly interface - it even talks! LARRY'S TOYS by Lawrence Goetz Capture your child's imagination with these classic toys. Kids can play with toys by using the mouse. Children feel like they are actually holding them. Choose from several toys, including a rocket, taxi cab, helicopter and knight. Complete with background music. LAURA'S MATH PRACTICE by Laura Ashley Sturgeon This math program really adds up. Test your skills in addition, multiplication, subtraction and division. Change the difficulty to match your grade level. Great for kids of any age. LET'S COLOR v1.1 by TOTO Multimedia Kids can create their own masterpieces with this easy painting package. Color ten different images, including birds, animals and cartoon characters. Kids can even color with textures. Complete with cool sound effects. WILLIE WORM MATH v1.0 by Cici Morton Test your math skills with this fun game. Solve math problems before Willie Worm crosses the screen. Questions cover addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Choose from three difficulty levels. -Windows Desktop Publishing- FONT HANDLER SE by QualiType Software Expand your font management capabilities with this utility. Organize your font collection. Install, remove, preview and group fonts. Use this program with Font Sentry SE, included on this volume. NOTE: For Windows v3.1 only. FONT SENTRY SE by QualiType Software Have you ever loaded a document and been asked for a font you don't have? Font Sentry solves this problem! When Write documents ask for a nonexistent font, Font Sentry automatically substitutes a font of your choice on-the-fly. Save your substitution choices temporarily or permanently. You'll never have to install certain fonts just to view a document. NOTE: This program works with Windows Write and Windows 3.1 only. *** Feature Program *** GOLDWAVE v3.03 by Chris S. Craig This program sounds great! Play, record, edit and convert audio on your computer with this comprehensive digital audio editor. Generate everything from simple dial tones to band pass filters with the Expression Evaluator. It supports more than 20 common functions and operations. It contains controls for playback, rewind, fast forward, record, volume and speed. LED meters and oscilloscopes display the sound during playback and recording. It's an excellent and comprehensive tool for multimedia development. NOTE: Requires a Sound Card. GRAPHICS FACTORY v1.0 by Kamyan Software Create and review your own patterns with this fascinating program. Explore the infinite world of fractals or experiment with artificial life simulations with cellular automations. Create marble backgrounds or cloud textures. Generate repeatable patterns that you can tile. Employ modules that randomly build entire landscape pictures. Control the flow of drawing or let your module run overnight to produce hundreds of patterns automatically. POSTER v2.3a by R. Bedoll Create your own signs, posters, banners, murals and more with this great program. Select different shapes from vertical, horizontal and banner. Add different borders and even import graphics. Apply special effects to your text, including raised, outline and more. SYMMETOY by Hufnagel Software Generate symmetric art with this amazing program. All the tools are provided for making kaleidoscopic designs, beautiful geometric mosaics and wondrous 3D models. TRUE MANDEL v1.5 by Uberto Barbini Make stunning images with this creative program. It's based primarily on the Mandelbrot Set, a scientific method of calculating fractals. Enter and manipulate scientific equations necessary to produce images. Complete with an intuitive interface and comprehensive tutorial. CLIP ART 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 Ideasr clip art, along with fantastic fonts, original backgrounds and useful desktop publishing tips and tricks, call Customer Service at (619) 930-7302. FONTS BANKRUPT by Gerard E. Bernor This unusual font adds a unique flavor to your work. The characters are constructed of bold strokes typical of a calligrapher's pen. A great addition to your font library. (TrueType) BOLTED BOLD by Gerard E. Bernor With strong characteristics, this font makes an impression. It has precise edges and is reminiscent of computing/technology circa 1970s. (TrueType) DOUBLE TROUBLE by Gerard E. Bernor This bold, sans serif font has uniquely curved surfaces. Adds a distinctive look and feel to your publications. (TrueType) -Windows Games- DEPTH CHARGE v1.0 by Roger Robertson An enemy submarine lurks beneath the dark blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. As captain of a naval destroyer, you must engage the enemy and send them to a watery grave. Select coordinates to fire depth charge drums, guided only by a depth sonar. Two patrol sizes challenge even the most seasoned sailors. *** Feature Program *** EXILE II CRYSTAL SOULS v1.00 by Spiderweb Software Can you survive this fantasy role-playing saga? Create an exploration party consisting of fighters, mages and wizards. Talk to townspeople and battle creatures in more than 100 towns and dungeons. Pick up weapons and armor as you travel. Filled with detailed graphics and great game play. FLEET TACTICAL COMBAT v1.0 by Smoke and Mirrors Studios This strategy-based war game is out of this world! You must rely on maneuverability and resource management. Combines the strategic elements of the best war games with a sophisticated computer opponent. For one or two players. FUNCRD v1.1 by The Softgame Co. of Vermont Challenge three computer players to a game of hearts. Choose from eight different opponents, each having unique skills. Features include score tallying, cheat mode and card counting. Comes with realistic graphics and multiple card backs. FUNPOK VIDEO POKER GAME v1.2 by The Softgame Co. of Vermont Play video poker Las Vegas-style. Choose from six machines, including nickel, dime, quarter, dollar and more. Options include double-up, progressive jackpot, casino style and different card backs. You can even ask for more money if you lose it all! FUNSOL SOLITAIRE v2.0 by The Softgame Co. of Vermont A huge collection of solitaire games -- 113 in all! Includes Klondike, Aces Up, Yukon, Forty Thieves and more. View all cards (even under the pile), bring up the card counter, perform undos and graph your completion percentage. Comes with different card backs and table backgrounds. PIXM by Roger Robertson Test your memory with this Concentration-style game. Pairs of animals are hidden under 40 tiles. Uncover two tiles at a time. If the tiles match, your score increases. The quicker you uncover similar pairs, the higher your score. SPADES v2.0 by Windswept Software Play the classic Spades card game. Change suit orders, choose your opponents, use Jokers and add sounds. Review your game and stats. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection). THE CAVES v1.0 by AtomSoft This simple game is full of high energy! Avoid three monsters - Evil P. Eye, Crazy T. Lights and W. C. Hungry. Drop radioactive waste on the monsters to stop them. If you hit a monster, the waste is reprocessed into barrels. Pick up the barrels to gain points. Gather bonus objects on each level. WORDWIZ v3.0 by James A. Buccigrossi Create four different word puzzles with this highly-automated composition program. Design a Crossword puzzle by clicking on a grid to open or close letter squares. The WordWiz composer automatically finds words to fit your empty pattern. In Word Search, the Instant Construction feature creates puzzles from any short word list. It comes with a built-in word list of more than 30,000 words. Compile your own special word lists from any ASCII text or word processing document. Also, create your own Number Fill-In or Word Fill-In puzzles. Print your games or export them to any Windows page layout program. Use the puzzles for party activities and school projects. -Windows Business- ACCOUNT PRO FOR WINDOWS v3.21d by W. R. Aus der Au Manage your finances easily with this user-friendly accounting planner. It's based on double entry bookkeeping principles. Choose from many standard account charts and customize them to your own needs. Other features include 2,000 accounting systems and 1,000 accounts per system. Work with 16,300 double entry transactions per system, including 200 standard transactions and 200 recurring transactions. Print income statements, balance sheets and monthly income and expenditure reports. APR CALC v2.2 by Larry Leonard Review various loan scenarios quickly with this generic amortization calculator. The calculator works with four loan variables: amount financed, term, annual percentage rate and payments. Enter any three variables to determine the fourth. Complete with adjustable rate mortgages support and break-even analysis. *** Feature Program *** BUDGET MANAGER v2.1 by Timothy R. Wagenmaker Keep track of your household budget with this great personal manager. Track expenses and income and manage cash with checking and saving accounts. A help file and tutorial gets you started. CASH EXPRESS HOME ACCOUNTING v3.0d by Silicon Programming Manage your bills, savings and investments with this straightforward program. Use separate windows to enter and retrieve important information, including addresses, outstanding bills, investments, and saving and checking accounts. Project securities, graph bill information and reconcile bank statements. Provides easy backup of all important information. Ideal for business use. EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING ASSISTANT v1.09 by GUIA International Organize your employees' work schedules with this handy staff assignment program. Assign work shifts to full- and part-time employees, considering vacations, sick days, holidays and special events. Graph time and wage distribution, and determine the number of employees scheduled at any time. This comprehensive scheduling program is perfect for any business. MASTER INVESTOR v1.17 by OWL Software Be informed before making important business decisions. This powerful tool helps individual investors and professional money managers organize and analyze information. Use the comprehensive portfolio manager to work with up to 1,000 portfolios and generate reports based on any number of portfolios. Track capital gain, return on investment, security and cash transactions, asset allocation and more. Chart technical analyses, indicating moving averages, balance volumes, relative strength indexes, trend analysis and correlation analysis. MONEY MATH v2.0 by Robert Lovell A comprehensive set of financial analysis tools in one package! Performs more than 50 financial calculations, including bank discounts, and simple and compound interests. Figure multiple calculations in the specialized work sheets -- from refinancing mortgages to calculating savings income. Any way you look at it, this program really adds up. PAY WINDOW v1.2 by ZPAY Payroll Systems, Inc. Clock into this unique payroll system. Configure the system to account for local, state and federal tax. Track employees' hourly and salaried rates on screen or through a series of printed reports. This excellent package may ease your payday headaches. TRACK 'N TREND v3.0 by Sierra Software This trendy program will keep you on track. It creates a graphic displaying entered data. You can then use the chart to identify any trends. For example, sales trends can be discovered with financial figures or attendance can be tracked over a period of time. Use it for any number of applications. Import and export data through the Track Spreadsheet. Use the Clipboard to move graphed images and spreadsheets to other applications. WXPNS v1.0 by Treeless Software and Design Bon Voyage! Business travel just became easier with this expense tracking system. Enter, print and generate business travel expense reports. Organize expenses into ten categories, including lodging, transportation, entertainment, meals and more. You can even create your own categories. -Windows Software Research Institute- - WINDOWS CHILDRENS/EDUCATION - MY PROGRAM - COUNTING by M&R Multimedia, Inc. My Program - Counting was designed to help your child learn to count. Using the "Natrual Approach" to learning they will learn their numbers by seeing and hearing. Once your young ones have the grasp of their numbers change the mode from easy to hard and let them test their comprehension skills. PENNY PENGUIN'S MATH BINGO (WINDOWS 95) by LatticeWork Software Teach your children simple math skills with this multimedia game. Includes addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. With cute animation and excellent sound effects, this game plays Bingo with your children, helping them choose the correct block with the appropriate mathematical answer. NOTE: Requires Windows" 95. RAYTRACE by IME Software Calculate the paths followed by light rays passing through two- dimensional optical systems of arbitrary complexity. This is primarily a teaching tool but can also be used for practical design of optical systems. All ray paths are calculated using double precision arithmetic and the basic principles of reflection and refraction , no approximations are made. In addition to "real" optical systems, Raytrace calculates and displays the standard thin lens and par-axial spherical mirror approximations found in text books. Z & Z PUZZLE v1.0 by Z and Z Software A great slider and jigsaw puzzle that improves kids problem-solving skills. When you move puzzle pieces to their correct locations, they change colors. Prizes are awarded when you successfully complete each puzzle. -WINDOWS GAMES- 3D Morejongg! v3.0 by MoraffWare The finest implementation ever made of the ancient Chinese tile game! This great game has the following features; outstanding 3d graphics with Field of Flowers background (or add your own) and multiple tile sets like Waterfall, Smooth Walnut, Thailand, Animals and more; MegaGame mode that will surely melt your brain, full game play statistics so you can measure how fast and average game wins ratio; game hints and undo's, especially useful in MegaGame mode. Tired of the redundant Mahjongg clones then try Morejongg! and look at what enhancements MoraffWare has done to this popular classic. NOTE: Requires Windows 95. Don't have Windows 95? No problem, we have also included the 16-bit version of MoraffWare's Morejongg!. - WINDOWS GENEOLOGY - GENIUS v1.35 by Peter Resch Genealogy, or tracking family history, has become an extremely popular activity. This is an easy-to-use Windows based family tree. Four generations of family members are displayed on the Family Tree screen. The display includes parents, grandparents, one partner, up to two siblings, up to four children and the currently selected person. Select any person displayed on the family tree with the mouse or keyboard, then print, view or edit their information. Reports include Descendants Chart (eight generations), Pedigree Chart, Individuals Data Sheet and Lists of All Persons on Record. - WINDOWS ICONS - ICONMASTER The premier icon creator/editor. MICROANGELO v1.0 by Leonard A. Gray Personalize your computer with MicroAngelo, the ultimate customization tool for Windows 95. Use it to customize your multi- image icons. Now you have complete access to all images types provided with Windows 95. NOTE: Requires Windows 95 - WINDOWS PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGERS - LIFETIME v2.00 FOR WINDOWS by Amber Timbre Software The PIM of a lifetime! This new Windows PIM features an object- oriented interface which allows you to drag and drop, drag and modify, drag and print, drag and dial, drag and view, and mouse click your way into time management efficiency.LifeTime has some great features. Modify your schedules, drag and drop from the all powerful calendar, browse any day's items with the pop-up schedule. If you are a traveler, you'll find the special select-dial feature indispensable! Use the WYSIWYG print preview to verify results before you print! You'll love the animated, five minute tutorial. LifeTime also has a superb Windows Help file that is context sensitive and minutely indexed. This one also has all the standard features you expect in a PIM: maintain a to-do list and appointment scheduler; view an entire week or month of your items on one screen; attach notes to any item or to any day; set alarms, due dates and priorities; use a full-featured phone book with auto-dial (and keep detailed contact information on each entry); print your daily schedule and to-do list, and their attached notes; and use the powerful find facility to search for text strings. SMART ADDRESS by Oakley Data Services Oh this is just another PIM (personal information manager), not even close! You could use it as a PIM , only if you used a minor part of this program capabilities. This is a GREAT Windows address management system. Direct Links to any Word Processor, Mail- Merge Data File Creation for MS-Word, Modem Support, Envelope and Label Printing Mail-Shot capabilities, Reminder systems, callbacks, tabbed dialogs, dialing very user configurable, User defined notes, MDI, sophisticated searching, Import/Export, Full context sensitive Windows Help. Tooltips. This program does much more than stated here. We ran the program and changed it from address book to a program that tracked products. Hidden beneath it's basic appearance lies the power to create literally a new program. Once you realize its true potential you will grow to love this program for it's simplicity and it's incredible depth. Time & Chaos Time & Chaos is an alternative to the abundant supply of overly complex personal information managers. - WINDOWS WORD PROCESSORS & TEXT EDITORS - FACTOTUM FOR WORD v1.2 by Online Design Record and organize notes the easy way with this handy program. Collect notes for speeches, reports, presentations or anything you can think of. This template makes note taking, organizing and compiling a snap. Factotum uses dual windows for quick and easy control of your research. One window is an outline of your notes, the other is the detail window. You can quickly move through your notes and rearrange them from either window. This is a researcher's dream! -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. This is accomplished by first creating an image file of the diskette on your local hard disk. 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.