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- Software of the Month Club
- March 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide
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- - Windows Research Institute -
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- - Business -
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- Digital Resume Writer
- by CompuSoft Technologies
- Make a great impression on future employers
- with this digital resume application. It
- builds resume files (text and photo) you can
- send to potential employers. Employers can
- receive and create resume data files based on
- job type, location and more. This software
- doubles as a great employee management tool
- for businesses.
- NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your
- Utility Collection).
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- EZ Loan Manager 97
- by Kevin Cai
- Save money with this simple, flexible loan
- manager, especially if you pay your loans
- early or are a home owner with adjustable
- loans. Find out how to choose a mortgage type
- and determine when to pay extra principle.
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- Mr. Wimple
- by CompuSoft Technologies
- Keep tabs on all your office supply inventory
- information. This program tracks item and
- part numbers, warranties, model and serial
- numbers, purchase price, descriptions,
- vendors, locations, quantities, inventory
- categories, supply expiration dates and more.
- The built-in vendor tracking system maintains
- vendor names, addresses, phone and FAX
- numbers, contacts, account numbers,
- department/billing codes and remarks.
- NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your
- Utility Collection).
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- Value Trend Indicator 2.62
- by William W. Odlum
- Record, track and graph your investment
- performance with this database program. It
- provides calculations, projections and graphs
- for many types of accounts, including
- savings, investment, retirement, stocks,
- mutual funds and more. Uses ratios and
- averages to compare and determine the value
- of your company share prices and recognizes
- growth stocks and mutual funds. Track and
- graph all popular stock market Indices.
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- - Children's -
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- Finderz-Keeperz
- by Steven T. Fricke
- Match pictures, colors, letters and shapes in
- this Concentration-style game. Intended for
- youngsters, but the fun will keep older kids
- entertained too.
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- Maxit 1.01c
- by Guido Klemans
- This program really adds up! Challenge your
- skill and luck with this mathematical
- program. Count numbers in several columns,
- selecting the positive numbers. Gather as
- many points as you can while competing
- against the computer.
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- Roxie's Abc Fish 1.2
- by LatticeWork Software
- Teach your children the alphabet and numbers
- with this cool multimedia game. Roxie is a
- charismatic, animated talking cat. With
- attractive animation and excellent sound
- effects, Roxie plays "Go Fish" with kids,
- helping them to choose the correct card. Used
- in many schools. Great for early elementary
- school kids. We've included versions for
- Windows v3.1 and Windows 95.
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- - Desktop Publishing -
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- WINDOWS 95
- DLR Draw 1.0
- by DLR Software
- Create your own masterpieces with this full-
- featured object drawing tool. Draw vector-
- based images using a complete set of tools,
- including rectangles, ellipses and free-form
- polygons. Save your files as common Windows
- metafile (.WMF) or in DLR binary format
- (which can cross-over to the Macintosh).
- Other features include 100 levels of
- undo/redo, full 24-bit color support and
- automatic document growth (creates and tracks
- the number of pages your drawing needs).
- NOTE: Requires Windows 95.
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- Fontspec Pro 7.1
- 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.
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- Clip Art
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- Clipart Potpourri
- by John McAdams
- This potpourri of clip art images can be used
- for many occasions. It includes images of
- fishing, animals, bikes, exercising and more.
- The black-and-white images come in TIFF
- format and can be used in many applications.
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- FONTS
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- Brushstroke Plain
- by Kevin Willis, Ransom Group Design
- Use this paint brush font for brochure and
- flier headlines. (TrueType)
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- Overexposed
- by Todd Dever, Big Things-Little Things
- This typewriter-style font looks like
- overexposed film -- funky, yet legible. It is
- best used in sizes larger than 12 points, but
- looks even better at 16 points. Perfect for
- video graphics. (TrueType)
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- Smash
- by Todd Dever, Big Things-Little Things
- This typewriter-style font looks like it's
- been smashed. It's nicely distressed and has
- cracks, chunks and blobs. (TrueType)
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- - Education -
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- Flash Card Manager 4.0
- by Christian Carrillo
- Organize your flash card collections with
- this handy manager. Scroll forward and
- backward through your cards, search for cards
- and create new collections. Add, flip, edit,
- delete, shuffle and print any collection. The
- shuffle function ensures you fully memorize
- cards, not just their order. The shuffle
- function has four types: reverse, random,
- pattern and alphabetize orders. A great
- organizer!
- NOTE: Requires Windows 95 or Windows NT
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- Merlin 2.0a
- by T. M. Parker
- Track hurricanes and tropical storms with
- this weather program. This easy-to-use
- hurricane/tropical storm tracking tool
- provides current information about storms,
- with easy-to-understand text report and five
- tracking maps. Advisories contain information
- calculated from minimal input, great circle
- calculations, Ratio Tracking Algorithm
- mathematical modeling and neural network
- decisions based on a trained network
- (artificial intelligence).
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- Variation 1.0
- by Steve Horn
- Test the theory of inherent random variations
- with this statistical program. The theory
- says that to successfully control any
- process, you must understand the fundamental
- differences in the variations. In this
- program, balls fire from a launcher, bounce
- once and land on a target scale. Random
- variations are built into each launch,
- including speed, size and "bounciness." This
- process helps you visualize vital processes
- and systems.
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- - Games -
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- Hounds & Jackals 1.0s
- by P. S. Neeley
- Shake, rattle and roll the dice in this
- ancient Egyptian game. Roll dice to race your
- hounds or jackals around a course. You'll
- find historic bits of information along the
- way. This exciting game is full of stunning
- graphics and great sounds.
- NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your
- Utility Collection).
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- Proliferation 1.0
- by Silicon Commander Games
- Will you be the next world leader? Stop
- warring factions by establishing a single
- nation in this futuristic global strategy
- game. During this dangerous period, the
- separated Soviet Union states arm themselves
- with nuclear weapons and Iraq conquers most
- of the Middle East. Play on a world map with
- each player assuming the role of major powers
- vying for dominance. Build up your forces,
- feed the population and conquer territories
- to win the game.
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- Sorcerer's Cave 1.1
- by Skookum Software
- Face an evil sorcerer and his army in this
- game of exploration, magic and adventure.
- Travel inside the evil sorcerer's labyrinth.
- Meet priests, dwarfs, specters, trolls,
- dragons and the sorcerer himself. Make allies
- or fight while collecting as much loot
- possible. There are enough challenges to keep
- you coming back for more.
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- Spades
- by Dart Consulting
- Compete against three other computer
- opponents in this challenging card game of
- Spades. Place the highest card of the suit
- being played and you get that point. First
- one to 250 points wins the game.
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- Wincraps 3.0
- by Cloud City Software
- Come on snake eyes! Play this classic casino
- game, complete with different sets of chips
- and dice. This game follows the professional
- rules with only one objective: winning big!
- It records all statistics and allows auto-
- play, which automatically arranges your
- chips, checks your bets and adjusts them.
- Complete with colorful graphics and digitized
- male and female voices.
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