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=====Words & Graphics
...Desktop publishing, graphics, printer fonts and utilities, word
processing programs and editors, word processing tools.
FontEdit 2.1 [FONTEDIT]
Laser Printers
#12450 (P2-02)
Alexander Walter; $30
is font editor for HP LaserJet printers. It allows you to view and edit
any HP LaserJet bit-mapped soft font. It supports portrait or landscape,
fixed or proportional, and can convert among them.
It handles 110 point (VGA), 80 point (EGA), 88 point (Herc and AT&T), or
44 point (CGA). You can sculpt individual pixels, or use the many
built-in special effects and area shapes. It imports PrintShop icon
graphics and characters from black and white PCX, TIF, or other soft
fonts. A handwriting font is included.
Letterhead Pro For WordStar 7+ [LPW]
WordStar
#12449 (WU-07)
CPI Software; $?
contains 16 sample letterheads, 6 logos, and a watermark. Each
letterhead and the watermark has a macro that installs it into any
WordStar document when the macro is activated. These examples may be
utilized to design your own letterhead, logo or watermark. Requires
WordStar 7.0+
BCM Borders, Corners & Frames II [BCMGRAPH]
Clip Art
#20239 [3 disks] (DP-01)
BCM Graphics; $15
is a set of 45 PCX graphics. It includes borders, corners and frames. It
includes a selection for just about any type of card, newsletter,
invitation, or announcement. It has full length borders, and 1/2 size
borders for your cards, memos, small notes, theater programs, etc.
(Preinstalled: \DOS\BCM_BCF2) <CORNER01.PCX>
CD Toons 1992: In the Beginning [CDTOONS]
Clip Art
#20240 (DP-01) [5 disks]
Cooper Designs; $20
is a collection of 139+ cartoon-type drawings in PCX format.
Preinstalled in the \DOS\CDTOONS directory of the CD, as well as
including the ZIP file. <CDT0100.PCX>
Graphics Galore [GGLABEL]
Clip Art
#20241 (DP-01) [2 disks]
Jim Cooper; $15
contains nearly 200 images of animals, children, men and women in PCX
format. These are small drawings sized for use with graphical label
printing programs like Avery Label Pro and for other applications where
small images are appropriate. <DENTIST1.PCX>
Hatcher 1.sw [HATCHER]
AutoCad Utilities
#12454 (GR-02)
Morris E. Sharp; $7
is a collection of 100 AutoCAD hatch patterns. It contains fun-to-use
patterns for drawings such as greeting cards and several patterns to be
used in professional drawings.
TRANS4 1.1 [TRANS4]
Graphics Displays
#12455
Lyn Ratcliff; $0
is an interactive graphics demonstration program which displays a number
of different colorful, animated 4-dimensional wireframe objects. It can
be used as a screen blanker or as a graphics show. You can modify
existing figures or create your own.
PCX-Demo Disk 1.0 [PCXDEMO]
Clip-Art and Fonts
#12456 (DP-01)
Speyside Software Enterprises; $?
is a collection of over 80 pieces of clipart in PCX format. It includes
images of nature, machines, people, air, and objects. <SCORPION.PCX>
Together 3.0a
Graphics
Joe Colucciello; $30
is a TSR (11k) which lets you pop up graphics (PCX) files when reading
text files. Text and graphics can be displayed together in a number of
different formats, including overlay. See the article in NEWS & VIEWS
for update info. Also see TOGETHER.DOC in the \SCREENS directory for
information about how to see screen shots in the PsL News files.
-----Quick Looks:
FW-Text 4.50 [FWT45X] (Frank Wolpers, Germany; $45) is a word processing
program. Error messages and some prompts are in German.
The "perfect" Editor v3.05 [PE305] (Just Excellent Software, ASP;
$29-49$) is a text editor with global search & replace across 40 windows
or files and over 160 other functions. Drag-and-drop blocks with mouse
or keyboard. Edit binary files in HEX, Reg expn's, {} match and much
more.
Pop-Label 2.1 [PL21] (Robert F. Keber Jr.; $18) is a small, fast program
for creating and printing labels.
[SetUpPrn] (MG Software; $10) is a printer setup program.
[CaddView] 1.01 (Monumental Computer Applications, Inc.; $30-$60) is a
file viewer and management program. It features built in VESA mode
graphic routines which will display DWG, GCD and CMP drawing and
component files which were created with Generic CADD Level 3, CADD5 and
CADD6. This is a limited version of the program.
Karl's Graphic Portfolio [KGP] (Karl Weller; $0) contains VGA animations
and stills. These graphics were created by raytracing, scanning, and
video capture. Available on 3.5" 1.44mb disk and CD only. <KWGP.PCX>
[NeoShow] 2.0 (OSCS Software Development, Inc.; $40) combines PCX and
GIF images into effective presentations. You can use it to group presen
tations, self running exhibits, sales tracts, and more. A variety of
screen wipes, fades and dissolves allows the you to create smooth
transitions. It supports 2, 16, 256 color files at up to 1024x768, and
SoundBlaster compatible cards. Requires DOS 3.1+, EGA/VGA/SVGA, mouse,
hard disk and 640K+ RAM.
NeoShow PRO 2.0 [NSHOPRO] (OSCS Software Development, Inc.; $95)
combines PCX and GIF images into effective presentations. This program
incorporates the same features as NeoShow in addition to a sound
recorder and a runtime license that lets you produce and distribute EXE
stand alone shows. Requires DOS 3.1+, EGA/VGA/SVGA, mouse, hard disk,
and 640K+ RAM.
Text-Show 5.0 [TSHOW5] (PC West; $75) is a dazzling presentation
software system operating in the DOS text mode. Features include dozens
of screen fades/transitions, custom fonts, support for Sound Blaster
VOC/FM files, special screen effects, conditional branching, user input
and more. A screen capture utility is included. <TSHOWS.PCX>
-----Updates:
(DP-02: #4778) [IMGFun] 1.01 ASP is an image compression and enhancement
utility.
(DP-02: #2478) [PIXCAT] 2.7 will print a catalog of all pictures in a
NewsMaster, PrintMaster, Print Shop, or New Print Shop graphics library
in as few pages as possible.
(GR-02: #20062 [2 disks]) [NEOPAINT] 2.1 is an image editing program. It
reads and writes PCX, GIF, and TIFF formats and converts between differing
formats and resolutions.
(DP-02: #2478) [PIXCAT] 2.7 will print a catalog of all pictures in a
NewsMaster, PrintMaster, Print Shop, or New Print Shop graphics library
in as few pages as possible. NEW: support for HP LaserJet printers and
compatibles.
(P1-02) PrintPlus 6.6 [PRNTPLUS] (ASP) is a full-featured file printing
utility.
(P2-02: #2642) softJet II 2.3B [SJII] lets you preview output intended
for the printer which is in HPLJ's PCL format.
(WP-01: #27070 [5 disks]) PC Write 4.1 [PCW41A, PCW41B, PCW41C] is a powerful
word processing program. NEW: graphics support, envelope printing,
customizable status line, stress indicator, and more. The stress
indicator is an interesting idea. It measures the amount of stress
accumulated on the hands/wrists and displays it as a percentage of the
maximum allowed. Users can ease off when the stress rate gets too high.
Registration: $69.
PC-Write is preinstalled in \DOS\PCWRITE. Not only does the program
take 4MB of disk space, the installation is a long process requiring many
disk swaps. To copy it to your hard drive without having to go through the
install, create a directory such as C:\PCWRITE, change into that directory,
then (assuming your CD drive is D:), enter XCOPY D:\DOS\PCWRITE /S
This will copy the contents of the PCWRITE subdirectories too.
(WP-06: #12363) WP BookLet System 2.3 [WPBOOKLT] is a macro package for
producing booklets with WordPerfect 5.1.