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Software of the Month Club November 1996 CD-ROM DOS Master Program Guide - DOS Business - Basic Warehouse Inventory 2.01 Inventory tracking This inventory tracking program is perfect for small- and medium-sized businesses. Create and track purchase orders, receipts and shipping records. * Tracks damaged merchandise * Prints three summary reports, two audit trails, exceptions reports and a recommendation report * Exports data to ASCII or dBase III+ file format * Context-sensitive help (Application by Roger Goodwin, Old Dominion Press) Feature Program BillPower Plus 7.3 You be the judge This is a time-keeping, billing and bookkeeping program for small law firms. Design your own custom bookkeeping package with this intuitive program. It's targeted at lawyers, but can be customized for accountants, consultants, technicians and anyone billing on an hourly basis. Track cases, services, disbursement, receipts, adjustments (write-offs) and general ledger entries. Billing periods can be specified on a regular time schedule or on a casual basis. You can prepare and print bills in eight different formats and edit or recalculate bills at any time. * Handles 15 timekeepers and employees, like partners, secretaries and more * Supports 4,000 cases/projects and 4,000 accounts * Creates up to 8,000 transaction entries per month, including services, disbursements and more (Application by Integra Computing) Business Plan Master 2.7a Master your business plans Develop business plans quickly and professionally with this collection of template files. Produce your own financial reports and analyses. Excellent for service and product businesses! * Reports include cash flow, income statements, balance sheets, ratios and more * File formats include WordPerfect 5.1, Word for Windows, Works for DOS, Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel (Application by Versatile Software Solutions; Requires one of the applications listed) CJPOS 5.49C Point-of-sales package This complete point-of-sale package meets the needs of any small business. Write invoices, estimates and work orders. Track accounts receivable, keep a customer database and track sales representatives. * Bar-code capability using a keyboard wedge-style reader (Application by Cuyahoga Computing Co.) Data Master 3.3 Database system Create, modify and sort standard dBase files. Add, edit, search, analyze and print reports of your data. It uses and creates standard dBase DBT memo fields and FoxPro style CDX compound index files (instead of NDX) for faster operations. * Handles dBase files of unlimited size * Includes a report writer for custom reports * Handy form letter writer * Create, print or import LBL mailing labels * Performs frequency analyses (Application by RKS Software) Survey Power 3.01 Survey says Create, analyze and print results of surveys and questionnaires with this useful manager. Supports questions with single or multiple choice answers, text entries and numerical entries. * Includes different analysis types, including demographic, correlation, numeric, text frequency and more * Analyzes up to 75 surveys * Exports to ASCII or Lotus WKS (Application by Terry L. Jepson, WISCO Computing) TimeCapture 3.11 Time clock system Employees can punch in and out with this electronic time clock. Supports vacations, sick time and holidays. * Group employees by departments * Edit and add work hours * Includes a bulletin board for communication between managers and employees (Application by Versatile Software Solutions) Variable Investment Analysis 5.92 Portfolio manager Calculate capital gains, profits, total return and buy/sell prices with this investment portfolio manager. It is useful for investments with multiple cash flows, like mutual funds, 401(k) plans, annuities and partnerships. Integrates well with Wall Street Tracker, included in this Volume. * Includes 12 types of charts for share prices, balance and more * Comes with four sample investment portfolios * Holds share prices and account balances of up to $999,999.99 * Has pull-down menus, dialog boxes and mouse control (Application by William H. Baldwin) Wall Street Tracker 7.1d Take the bull by the horns Determine the best times to buy and sell stock with this financial program. It uses technical analysis and market momentum to analyze key indices and compares the moving averages. A great tool to use along with a portfolio manager, like Variable Investment Analysis included in this Volume. * Updates data through online services * Produces graphs for the data of individual stocks, the weekly updates, and gain/loss performance * Supports the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) and NASDAQ * Holds up to 30 stocks (Application by Watkins Enterprise) - DOS Children's - Action Educational Series Volume II: Multiplication Tables Learn multiplication This mathematical program teaches the times tables from zero to 12. Targets elementary students. * Includes a complete multiplication table with answers * 169 questions * 50 levels (Application by Gary Widders) Billy Bear's Lil' Brother Teddy tale, Part two Read along with the computer in this electronic children's book. Find out what happens when Billy and his little brother Henry go out to play. Children will love the colorful graphics, animations and digitized sounds. * Includes more than 100 of animations -- just click their pictures * 11 colorful pages * Supports sound cards and PC Speaker * Volume settings for music, sound and text (Application by Loraine Wauer; Requires a DOS mouse driver) Billy Bear's Pumpkin Seed Teddy tale, Part three See what scared Billy Bear at Halloween in this electronic book. Watch as Billy goes trick or treating as a clown with his sister Sarah dressed as a princess. This interactive children's book comes alive with sounds and animations. * 12 colorful pages filled with animations * Listen to the sounds, voices and music through the PC speaker or a sound card * Volume settings for music, sound and text (Application by Loraine Wauer; Requires a DOS mouse driver) Billy Bear Visits Luey Teddy tale, Part one Read about Billy visiting his cousin Luey -- when he isn't home. This storybook teaches children about feelings and planning ahead. * Questions at the end of the story show different emotions * Includes more than 100 animations accessible by clicking their pictures on the screen * Adjust sound, music and speech (Application by Loraine Wauer; Requires a DOS mouse driver) How We Saved the Buffalo 2.0 Saved from extinction This is an educational story about how American bison were saved from extinction. Learn important facts about buffaloes and a little about American history. * 26-page electronic book * Includes nine photos * Lists different types of buffaloes in the world, including the carabao and South African cape buffalo * Turn the colorful pages into jigsaw puzzles (Application by FreEbook Co.) Mini-Witch Gets Lost Boo! Read about Mersina the mini-witch as she gets lost in this electronic storybook. * Each page includes colorful illustrations * Turn the pages into jigsaw puzzles (Application by FreEbook Co.) Morning Exercises 1.0 Daily recitals This program teaches younger children the proper words to recite during "morning exercises" in school. It includes the Star Spangled Banner and the Pledge of Allegiance. Perfect for kids 4- to 9-years-old. * Plays the national anthem while the American flag waves * Contains a small trivia quiz * Graphical interface (Application by John Palmisano) Numbers and Logic III 1.1 Logical numbers Solve puzzles quickly in this set of logic games. Choose from four games: * Sequence: determine the last number in a set * Sum: solve equations by placing numbers in the correct boxes * Rotate: rotate three circles until numbers are in consecutive order * Zap: clear the grid by matching numbers (Application by David Burns) Feature Program Sounds Like A 3.3 Deluxe Listen carefully This set of entertaining games teaches kids how to identify pictures with sounds and songs. It uses your sound card to play the digitized animal sounds and music. The four different modules are: * Sounds: match the sounds with the correct animal * Songs: match the songs with the proper picture * Concentration game * Tape Player: play all 18 sounds and 18 songs (Application by KidStuff Software; Requires a sound card) - DOS Desktop Publishing - DVPEG 3.0l Image viewer View your images with this flexible program. Use the shell interface to choose which files to view or type the path names from the command-line interface. You can quantize, dither and view gray scales. * Supports JPEG, TIFF, PPM, BMP and Targa * Handles high resolutions of 1280x1024 with up to 24-bit colors * Slide show capability * Uses EMS, XMS or virtual memory (Application by Eric Praetzel) ICO2GIF 1.0 Convert images Convert standard Windows ICO-formatted icons to GIF formats with this command-line utility. Ideal for including images in your menus or Web pages. * Enlarge images * Accepts wildcards for batch processing * Specify the GIF background color (Utility by J. A. Roechelein) Feature Program Orpheus 2 2.20a Hypertext tools This is the perfect suite of authoring programs for creating and distributing Hypertext files. Ideal for presentations, manuals, documentations and training tools. Create documents complete with text, graphics and animations. * Create up to 9,999 storage directories with a maximum of 256 cards each * Supports PCX, GIF, SPR, PPR, FLI, FLC and ANSI files * Create graphics hotspots * Braille interface option (Application by Hyperion Softword) - Clip Art - 20 Krazy Kids Cool children This fantastic collection of 1940s style clip art features the antics of 20 crazy kids, including kids reading, playing horse and even one dressed as a knight. These images are provided in black-and- white PCX format. (Clip art by Havana Street) Bright Ideas Clip Art A Software of the Month Club exclusive! Choose from eight amazing clip art images, including an image of two men, a carpenter and a gardener. These color images are provided in PCX formats. For information about how to receive even more original Bright Ideas clip art, along with fantastic fonts, original backgrounds, 3D models and useful desktop publishing tips and tricks, call Customer Service at (619) 930- 7302. (Clip art by Bright Ideas) David's Textures Web textures This collection of 183 textures and patterns is perfect for anyone designing Web pages. Each one tiles seamlessly to give you interesting backgrounds. Provided in GIF format, they are ready to use. (Clip art by David McLaughlin) Timo Salmi's GIF Label Collection Sign of the times Use this collection of 503 small GIF images as signs on your Web pages or as link buttons in your Hypertext documents. Includes varieties of the Under Construction sign, flags of different countries, arrow signs, calculators, disks and more. (Clip art by Timo Salmi) - Fonts - Art Deco TrueType Fonts 1.3 A lot of fonts Choose from 10 amazing art deco fonts in this type collection. Includes an easy setup program for installing all fonts in this collection. Fonts include Broad Avenue, Dalith, Halfnium, Haman, Narcosis, Neaten, Orange, Ramose, Totem and Zyme. (Font by Elfring Soft Fonts; TrueType) ESF's TrueType Font Collection 1 2.2 A lot more fonts Choose from 10 incredible fonts in this type collection. Includes an easy setup program for installing all fonts in this collection. Fonts include Aapex, Century, Cursive Elegant, Fritz Quad, Old English, Micro and Zap Chance. Some fonts are available in both regular and bold. (Fonts by Elfring Soft Fonts; TrueType) - DOS Education - Action Educational Series Volume I: U.S. State Capitals What's the capital of ? Memorize the capitals of all U.S. states with this geography game. Play until you reach level 50. Great for older children. * Review chart for all states and their capitals * Tracks and reports student's progress * Shows percentage of correct answers * Online instructions (Application by Gary Widders) ActiveMaths Advanced math Learn higher levels of math with this advanced program. Perfect for high school students and above. It covers algebra and trigonometry with four activities. * Draw-by-Plot: explores plotting points and variable spaces * Graphing equations * Frankenstein's Math Word Game: a hangman-type game * Practice Test: multiple choice questions (Application by John Calder) Capitalization When to use uppercase letters Capitalization is an important part of communicating. This program provides a series of lessons that teaches when to use uppercase letters. * Includes 13 lessons * Records test scores and dates * Gives samples of each rule (Application by Skillware) DiaConvertor 1.0 Do you understand? Tired of your computer not converting foreign language characters? This utility cleans up text documents with foreign characters. Great for OCR, faxes and E-mail. * Filters accent (diacritical) marks, extended ASCII and control characters * Does not disturb ordinary punctuation and overall text * Compatible with virtually any language, including Spanish, French and German * Loads and saves to ASCII text files (Application by William Oldacre) Electronic Computer Tutor Comprehensive glossary This is an electronic glossary for computer terms from A to Z. * More than 200 glossary terms * Includes diagrams and explanations of basic hardware * Search feature * Graphical interface with point-and-click operations (Application by Coronel Data Processing; Requires a mouse driver) Fractal Experience 1.1 Amazing images This instructional program gives students a basic understanding of the amazing phenomenon known as fractals. A fractal is an image generated by repeating a mathematical equation. * Teaching module includes four lessons * Three different modules let the student create or change the values of a fractal * Includes 10 examples in PCX format with viewing module * Supports resolutions from 320x200 to 1024x768 with 256- colors (Application by David Wright) MedTerm Is there a doctor in the house? A great study tool for students enrolled in medical studies. Covers six topics, including vocabulary, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. * Includes 1,250 questions * Gives a percentage of correct answers * Adjustable number of questions per session (Application by Ken Anderson) Practice 1.0 Scientific tutorial This program asks questions, gives hints and answers questions about a number of science topics, from biology to general science. * Includes more than 110 questions * Multiple choice questions with helpful hints * Tracks student names and prints reports (Application by Timothy J. Allen) Statistical Measures 2.0 Advanced engineering This interactive system is perfect for statistical analysis. Geared for engineers and college students, it calculates minimum, maximum, mean, range, median, standard deviation, variance and more. * Finds the autocorrelation of variables * Shows distribution diagrams for variables * Input information from external text files (Application by Timo Salmi) Feature Program World War II Trivia Declare war! Learn about World War II as you relive the era between 1930 and 1940 with this trivia collection. It covers important battles, planes, ships and people. Great for junior and high school students. * Save and load your games * Supports up to four players * Choose from three difficulty levels * Hint options (Application by Software Creations) - DOS Games - Abmis the Lion 1.0 Wild adventure As the king of the jungle, you must recover stolen potatoes from a sly fox in this exciting puzzle. Jump through obstacles, pick up items and fight with weapons. * Ten puzzle levels * Single player action * Re-definable keys * Helpful demonstrations HINT: The default keys include O for left, P for right, Space for jump, A for pick up and Z for shoot. Read the READ.ME file for tips on completing each level. (Application by Andre van Wyk) Connectris 1.01 Fast-paced action Can you seal pipelines as tiles fall off? You'll have to move fast in this arcade action. The level is completed when all the tiles have formed a closed loop. * Save and restore games * Three different speeds * Work with the mouse or keyboard * Quickly switch between sound card or PC speaker (Application by William D. Rinehart) G-stones III 1.04 Here's a little gem Destroy all gem blocks using your paddle and ball in this unique Breakout-style game. It has a random level generator - no two levels are the same! * Up to six people can play * Choose from three difficulty levels * Adjust game speed (Application by William D. Rinehart) Hugo II, Whodunit? 2.1 Murder mystery Hugo and Penelope must solve a murder mystery in this adventure game. Explore rooms, reveal secret places and solve puzzles. * Save and reload your games * Restore up to 8 games * Recall the last command (Application by David P. Gray, Gray Design Associates) Last Knight at Camelot 1.0 Long live the King Prove your worth to King Arthur and the fabled Round Table in this smooth-scrolling action game. As a brave knight, you must dodge obstacles, attack enemies and collect treasures. * Twelve game levels * Three difficulty levels * Two speed settings * Tracks up to 10 players (Application by Adventure LearningWare) The Maze You're trapped! Can you escape this treacherous labyrinth? Find you way out of rooms filled with teleporters, secret passages and enemies galore. You'll have to fight your way out in this amazing 3D, first-person game. * Four immense levels * Save and load up to 10 games * Choose from many types of weapons, including a shotgun, goo gun and machine gun * Mouse and sound card support (Application by Garry Wilson, PHreAk Software) Feature Program Ravage 1.1 Sci-fi shoot 'em up Save your fiancee from the evil Thoran in this vertical scrolling game. Maneuver your spaceship through danger as you blast enemy crafts, tanks and huge mother ships. * Supports two players simultaneously * Three difficulty settings * Up to 10 multi-level weapons * Save each level (Application by AlphaHelix) Super Pac-Mon 1.01 Eat 'em up Chomp ghosts in this Pac-Man-style game. Move your character around a maze and collect all the pieces to complete each level. * Includes special super-pellets that increase your character's size three times, enabling you to step over monsters and doors * Start with one to five lives * Change the number of monsters on each level * Choose the maze style, including normal, free for all and invisible walls (Application by Jess CREATIONS, Co.) Tristix 1.0 Falling blocks Arrange falling blocks to complete rows at the bottom of a game field in this Tetris-style game. Move the blocks left and right, rotate them, and slide them into place. * Up to four players * Four different game styles, including normal, CPU challenge, competitive and endless * Ten difficulty levels * Preview the next block * Choose from three block sizes (Application by Evan Salomon and Phillip Bailey) - DOS Latest and Greatest - Basic Warehouse Inventory 2.01 Inventory tracking This inventory tracking program is perfect for small- and medium-sized businesses. Create and track purchase orders, receipts and shipping records. * Tracks damaged merchandise * Prints three summary reports, two audit trails, exceptions reports and a recommendation report * Exports data to ASCII or dBase III+ file format * Context-sensitive help (Application by Roger Goodwin, Old Dominion Press) BillPower Plus 7.3 You be the judge This is a time-keeping, billing and bookkeeping program for small law firms. Design your own bookkeeping package with this intuitive program. It's targeted at lawyers, but can be customized for accountants, consultants, technicians and anyone billing on an hourly basis. Track cases, services, disbursement, receipts, adjustments (write-offs) and general ledger entries. Billing periods can be specified on a regular time schedule or on a casual basis. You can prepare and print bills in eight different formats and edit or recalculate bills at any time. * Handles 15 timekeepers and employees, like partners, secretaries and more * Supports 4,000 cases/projects and 4,000 accounts * Creates up to 8,000 transaction entries per month, including services, disbursements and more (Application by Integra Computing) Billy Bear Visits Luey Teddy tale Read about Billy visiting his cousin Luey -- when he isn't home. This storybook teaches children about feelings and planning ahead. * Questions at the end of the story show different emotions * Includes more than 100 animations accessible by clicking their pictures on the screen * Adjust sound, music and speech (Application by Loraine Wauer; Requires a DOS mouse driver) Capitalization When to use uppercase letters Capitalization is an important part of communicating. This program provides a series of lessons that teaches when to use uppercase letters. * Includes 13 lessons * Records test scores and dates * Gives samples of each rule (Application by Skillware) CJPOS 5.49c Point-of-sales package This complete point-of-sales package meets the needs of any small business. Write invoices, estimates and work orders. Track accounts receivable, keep a customer database and track sales representatives. * Includes sample data for an automotive business * Performs sales analyses for any period * Includes more than 20 reports, like sales, daily payouts and inventory information * Bar-code capability using a keyboard wedge-style reader (Application by Cuyahoga Computing Co.) Electronic Computer Tutor Comprehensive glossary This is an electronic glossary for computer terms from A to Z. * More than 200 glossary terms * Includes diagrams and explanations of basic hardware * Search feature * Graphical interface with point-and-click operations (Application by Coronel Data Processing; Requires a mouse driver) How We Saved the Buffalo 2.0 Saved from extinction This is an educational story about how American bison were saved from extinction. Learn important facts about buffaloes and a little about American history. * 26-page electronic book * Includes nine photos * Lists different types of buffaloes in the world, including the carabao and South African cape buffalo * Turn the colorful pages into jigsaw puzzles (Application by FreEbook Co.) Orpheus 2 2.20a Hypertext tools This is the perfect suite of authoring programs for creating and distributing Hyper-text files. Ideal for presentations, manuals, documentations and training tools. Create documents complete with text, graphics and animations. * Create up to 9,999 storage directories with a maximum of 256 cards each * Supports PCX, GIF, SPR, PPR, FLI, FLC and ANSI files * Create graphics hotspots * Braille interface option (Application by Hyperion Softword) Feature Program Ravage 1.1 Sci-fi shoot 'em up Save your fiancee from the evil Thoran in this vertical scrolling game. Maneuver your spaceship from danger as you blast enemy crafts, tanks and huge mother ships. * Supports two players simultaneously * Three difficulty settings * Up to 10 multi-level weapons * Save each level (Application by AlphaHelix) TimeCapture 3.11 Time clock system Employees can punch in and out with this electronic time clock. Supports vacations, sick time and holidays. * Group employees by departments * Edit and add work hours * Includes a bulletin board for communication between managers and employees (Application by Versatile Software Solutions) Tristix 1.0 Falling blocks Arrange falling blocks to complete rows at the bottom of a game field in this Tetris-style game. Move the blocks left and right, rotate them, and slide them into place. * Up to four players * Three different game styles, including normal, challenge competitive and endless * Ten difficulty levels * Preview the next block * Choose from three block sizes (Application by Evan Salomon and Phillip Bailey) - DOS Software Research Institute - - Business - BLUEBOOK v1.02 by JGS Finally! A fast and versatile personal database for DOS! This one supports flat-file, free-text, up to 32,000 records, unlimited "metabases" and hyperlinks. When used with a compression package, it even performs compression and document management. Perfect for contact management, "to do" lists, menus and more. Its crisp VGA graphical interface and comprehensive manual make this program a joy to use! DAILY CALENDAR v6.0 by Elizabeth B. Copper This easy-to-use Personal Information Manager (PIM) incorporates many features. Track multiple appointments with its daily appointment calendar. Store contact information including names, addresses and phone numbers in an extensive database. A to-do list manages items by categories, priorities or dates. Generate mailing labels and form letters. Other features include automatic dialing, text searching, extensive data querying and ASCII exporting for editing by any word processor. NOTE: Requires a minimum of FILES=75 in your CONFIG.SYS file; refer to your DOS manual for instructions. E-Z CREDIT KIT v2.0 by David W. Hulet Restore a good credit rating with this powerful home-based credit repair and improvement package. This kit is loaded with credit investment tactics and advice. You work with forms for requesting and repairing credit reports. It even shows you how to start fresh and legally create new credit! The program is menu-driven and user-friendly. There are help screens and step-by-step instructions throughout the program. FINANCIAL PARTNER v3.5CPP by Flying Pig Software Perform major financial calculations with this business utility. Calculate future value, present value, loan repayments, bond valuation and the rate of return on securities. It may be the only financial calculator you'll ever need. FIXED ASSET PRO v2.10 by HammerSoft Track your business equipment for tax and financial purposes. Ease the complex task of fixed management by calculating depreciation on multiple bases. Apply tax limits, perform projections and conduct comparisons. Complete with extensive online help. Great for any size business. PC-FOOD II v7.1 by Schreck Software If you are in the food industry, you'll enjoy this food pricing and cost management system. Maintain a food list with ingredients and prices. When you update one price, the change is instantly updated on all lists. Maintain two selling prices for each menu item. One is a selling price based on a desired gross profit dollar amount. The second is based on a desired gross profit percentage - selling price minus food cost. The price change feature alerts you to items which are outside your price specifications. Review the listing and decide if the price should be updated. A thorough and useful program. THE VIDEO STORE v2.0 by Software Store Products, Inc. Incorporate computers into your video store with this Point of Sale (POS) package. Keep track of customers, employees, vendors and inventories. Generate invoices, financial reports and mailing labels. Use your existing equipment - it supports cash drawers, printers, modems and bar code scanners. It even operates in a network environment. NOTE: Requires a minimum of FILES=99 in your CONFIG.SYS file; refer to your DOS manual for instructions. - Children's - ANIMATED SHAPES v.1.0 by Flix Productions Learn to recognize colors and shapes with this entertaining and educational program. They appear on the screen and form clever animated shapes that are fun to watch. MATH BY EXAMPLE v1.00 by Brand Software This excellent math tutorial really adds up! It sharpens mathematical skills with different exercises from addition to division. It keeps the students interested with a car racing game and a secret message puzzle. Choose the right answers in the car game to win the race and answer the problems in the puzzle game to reveal the message. Children will enjoy the program and learn math simultaneously. ORBIT by Major Tom L. Riggs, Jr. You'll space out with these two great programs. Learn About Orbits v2.2 teaches the basics about orbits. Take what you've learned from Learn About Orbits to work with Orbit Simulator. Input orbit coordinates in Orbit Simulation and watch a 3D simulated Earth orbit. TOMMY'S THINK II by Tommy's Toys An entertaining word game! You have 300 seconds to generate as many words as possible, each one longer than the first. Includes nine levels of difficulty! The program keeps track of the best scores. On Level One, the score to aim for is 1,000. - Desktop Publishing - COMPUTER MAGIC v15.42 by Jeff Napier and Another Company This multimedia authoring tool will knock your socks off! Combine images, video, sound and animations to create presentations, demos and tutorials. Complete with a drawing package for manipulating your images and creating special effects, like fades, swipes and color management. This program helps you create astonishing multimedia presentations. PICTURE EDITING PACKAGE v1.7 by Trionum, Inc. Design innovative drawings and layouts with this creative program. Import graphic files, create predefined shapes, add and manipulate text, snap to guides for easy alignment and place objects using precise coordinates. It's designed for non- artists who need diagrams, illustrations and high-quality drawings. Create logos, banners, forms, certificates, presentations, slide shows, flow charts, floor plans and more. - Clip Art - BRIGHT IDEAS CLIP ART a Software of the Month Club exclusive! This month's collection of color and black-and-white clip art contains ten images, including a chef, a fire hydrant and a frog - provided in PCX format. For more information about how to receive even more original Bright Ideas clip art, along with fantastic fonts, original backgrounds and useful desktop publishing tips and tricks, call Customer Service at (619) 930-7302. MATHCLIPS by Patricia Mason This clip art collection of 100 16-color images in JPEG format really adds up. Choose from images like ferns, explosions, hexagons, snowflakes, octagons, spheres and 3D mazes. A great addition to your image library. NEW AGE CLIP ART COLLECTION by LifeQuest If you are looking for the unusual, try this sampler. It includes images like an alien, a dolphin, a crystal ball and an Egyptian. This New Age clip art collection contains high-quality black-and-white PCX images. - Fonts - SALUTE by Ken Kizer This heavy semi-serif headline face has Deco influences. With a 1920s look and feel, this typeface gives a unique look to your documents. Upper and lower case with numbers and punctuation included. (TrueType and Type 1) SUNRISESUNSET by Ken Kizer With three different designs, this drop cap font is both unusual and unique. Best if used at sizes larger than 48 points. Contains letters only. (TrueType) TQF WORDTRAIN by Gerard E. Bernor All aboard! Characters appear on flatcars pulled by engines. Because of the rich details, this font is recommended for use at 24 points or larger. This is a great font for banners and posters. Build trains of words! (TrueType) - Education - 101 WORDS FOR AUTHORS - FREQUENTLY MISUSED WORDS by McSwain Electronic Publishing Avoid misusing common words with this great electronic publication. This program is an excellent reference for anyone writing essays and other documents. It not only improves your writing skills, it also improves your vocabulary. DEEP SPACE v5.21 by David Chandler Co. You'll be seeing stars with this astrological mapping tool. It provides accurate maps and observation information that show exactly what to look for, where and when. This excellent educational tool for astronomers has an extensive database, comprehensive online help and intuitive menu system. 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 program comes with basic vocabulary for French, German, Italian and Spanish. 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. STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COLLEGE COSTS v2.1 by Sally Fesler Thinking about going to college? This text document explains the college financial aid system, how individual finances fit into the aid picture and ways to improve your chances of receiving financial assistance. The difference in public and private colleges assistance is also highlighted. As college costs continue to rise rapidly, you're sure to find this an invaluable resource. STUDY OF ALGEBRA V.9.0 by Alfred D'Attore SOA provides the math student with hundreds of questions and answers in algebra and basic math. An excellent way to test yourself, or provide yourself with additional practice in your math studies. - Games - ASSIMILATION v1.1 by Perry Robertson Challenge your mind against artificial intelligence in this strategic board game. Move colored pieces around the board, assimilating everything they touch. Dominate the playing field to win the game. Detailed graphics, 256 colors, digitized sound effects and addicting game play make this one hot game! Play against the computer or another player. DRAK v1.40 by Enypsox A unique twist on Tetris-style games! Instead of normal tiles, align differently shaped crystals. Other obstacles make this game a challenge, including natural disasters and lightning. Complete with 100 levels! This program comes with 256-color graphics, great musical backgrounds and a challenging game play. ORBOTS THE GAME v1.10 by Sunshower Systems, Inc. This is a heart pounding, brain boggling, shoot 'em up extravaganza. You must pilot an astro-chopper to defeat an invasion of half-machine, half-organic mutants from another dimension. They have plenty of surprises for you, and some nasty tricks. Defeat their mother ship to win the war. Super smooth 256-color VGA graphics complement the digital sound. Good luck - you'll need it! PLUNDERMINE V1.1 by Lee Gaiteri Eureka! Mine gold and silver nuggets in this challenging arcade game. Watch out for rock-throwing monsters. Don't forget about the other miners who are careless with explosives. Play against a friend or just the computer. This game has colorful graphics and is fun to play. SCRAMBLE v2.3 by RAD Software Unscramble challenging quotation puzzles in this classic game! Based on an old word game, well-known quotations are transformed or scrambled into nonsense. You must unscramble each quotation and solve the puzzle. This game is not only challenging, it's educational. Expand your vocabulary while broadening your intellectual horizons. - General Interest - HOUSEHOLD REGISTER V3.15 by TurboSystemsCo If your home or office is ever robbed, damaged or destroyed, you'll be glad you have Household Register! It records all the pertinent information about your assets. This unique inventory program locates any item by category, location or owner, and reports to screen, disk or printer. Don't wait until it's too late! INTERSTATE TRAVELER v3.0 by Jacobson Software Enterprises Need a vacation? Plan it with this handy organizer. Produce itineraries, expense estimates and maps for road trips across the contiguous United States. Planning a trip involves specifying the desired route in a point-to-point manner. Select an origin city, then each intermediate city or highway junction along the way, until the final destination is reached. It's easy to add new cities and highways. Once you specify the route, it prepares an itinerary and estimate of expenses. The program also includes individual maps of 35 selected cities. These maps show major highways, lakes, rivers and points of interest. Information about population and local climate is also provided. Produce a complete travel package by printing out the itineraries and maps. Enjoy your trip! PC CONFIG by Michael Holin Figure the exact configuration of your computer's hardware and software. This ultimate configuration reporting program provides a wealth of information on every possible aspect of your computer. THE ONLY WEB PUBLISHING TUTORIAL YOU'LL EVER NEED v2.0 by Brian J. Collopy Learn how to write HTML (HyperText Markup Language) for the World Wide Web. It covers text formatting, page layout and design, graphical content and links. Get tips on what it takes to differentiate between good Web pages from bad ones. Contains samples and images to make learning easy and fun. WEIGH-IN v2.24 by Frambach Software Systems The fastest and easiest way to keep track of your weight! This is the convenient way to record your weight and chart your progress towards your weight goal. Display and print out your progress on various graphs. Track you weight and lose or gain the pounds you need at a safe rate. NOTE: Requires VGA graphics and a hard disk. A mouse is optional, and it supports most printers.