WINDOWS SOFTWARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AUGUST 1996 -WINDOWS BUSINESS- GIZMO by William Turner Organize and track names, phone numbers, CDs, video tapes and more with this simple database. Don't let its simplicity fool you -- this program offers the flexibility of a professional database. It performs query searches, saves specific records or whole databases, edits records and fields, outputs to ASCII text files and copies specific records to the clipboard! LIFETIME by Amber Timbre Software Organize your life with this exceptional personal information manager. Complete with drag `n drop interface, an animated tutorial and extensive online help. Features include a Scheduler, ToDo list, Phonebook with contact info, Notes and more. Once you start using this program, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. TIME KEEPER by Custom Computer Solutions Time Keeper is business software for attendance record keeping. Entering attendance or payroll records regularly will give you instant access to employees' regular time, overtime, vacation, personal, sick, holidays, or whatever benefit time your company uses. Employees can be tracked working on different projects and in different offices. Professional reports are included with the Time Keeper. These reports are well designed to give access to all the information that has been stored in the database. These include benefit time reports, schedule reports, overtime reports, and attendance reports. VISTACALC by Brandon Fridly Create a wide range of documents with this spreadsheet program. Everything from your own personalized budget plan to financial and accounting presentations for the office. You'll enjoy its many features and user-friendly interface. -WINDOWS CHILDREN- A LITTLE PAINTER by PSG-HomeCraft Software A wonderful drawing program for kids. Seven safari-themed images provide your children with hours of fun. This program also uses animated images and icons to bring the program to life! Pictures can be printed or copied for use with other programs. EARTHWORDS FOR ALIEN DINOSAURS by Right to Left Software Learn English with the help of prehistoric creatures. Alien dinosaurs land on earth and are amazed to discover that we speak many different languages. This program uses colorful graphics, a cute story line and speech to help children learn English. It uses animated dinosaurs to guide you through several games. Picture Dictionary displays color pictures and pronounces the words. Multiple Choice is a fun game of matching words to pictures. Spelling and Letter Invasion are both spelling and letter recognition programs. Each game has three levels of difficulty. Earthwords has fantastic sounds, graphics and animations that keep you and the kids entertained and educated! NOTE: Use Earthwords language add-ons (included in this volume) for additional languages. EARTHWORDS FOR ALIEN DINOSAURS LANGUAGE ADD-ONS by Right to Left Software These are add-on language modules to EarthWords for Alien Dinosaurs. With these add-ons, your children can learn German, Hebrew, Portugese, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish! NOTE: Requires the program EarthWords for Alien Dinosaurs, included in this volume. LARRY'S LEARNING MATH MACHINE by Lawrence Goetz Learn arithmetic with this fun, educational tool! Input your own math problems to solve. The computer tells you if your answer is correct. Since the program doesn't solve the problem for you, it's a great way to test your math knowledge. MATH CASTLE FOR WINDOWS by Northwest Software Engineers The setting is a medieval castle and the student is the ruler who defends it by answering math problems. It teaches basic math facts using a fun-filled, video arcade game format. The colorful graphics, animation and digitized sound make Math Castle interesting and fun to play. Input the problems or select from one of 160 built-in sets. MULTIPLICATION#1 by K.P.C. Software Corporation MULTIPLICATION#1 helps your child improve their skills in MULTIPLICATION, with more than 5 million problems presented in colorful graphics. The great number of possibilities gives you a different problem each time. You can choose from 4 levels of difficulty, and level 5 with the capability to print the math problems to a printer. An input box to select from 1 to 50 problems per session. -WINDOWS DESKTOP PUBLISHING- ABC SNAPGRAPHICS ABC SnapGraphics is a very useful program. Use it for school, personal or creating a business presentation for work. CAD/DRAW Powerful CAD and drawing application. Features numerous drawing tools, associated dimensioning, library management, user defined hatching and more. NOTE: Requires Windows 95 MICROLATHE by Daniel S. Baker æLathe (MicroLathe) is an easy to use modeling tool that allows you to create three dimensional objects using the metaphor of the carpenter's lathe. Once you've created the 3 dimensional object copy and paste it into your publication and give it zing of 3D. TOPDRAW by Top Software Powerful yet easy to use object-oriented drawing program. For desktop publishing, illustrations, diagrams, logos, brochure, newsletters, and more. -WINDOWS EDUCATION- 1ST CLASS by First Class Software This wonderful program is an invaluable utility for teachers. Organize your class schedules, activities, subjects and students. Graph your information and quickly spot trends that may otherwise escape your attention. A must-have program for teachers. COMPUTER DICTIONARY FOR WINDOWS by Gary FitzGerald Expand your computer vocabulary with this collection of more than 1,000 terms. These definitions are the most important terms that every Computer user should know. Easy to install and use, this program belongs on everyone's hard disk. PERIODIC TABLE by SMI Corporation Learn the basic elements and more with this program. It offers 110 elements, 890 isotopes and more than 500 radioisotopes with decay trees. Calculate molecular weights, compare bond properties, list properties in sorted lists and graph the properties. Print tables, data and decays. Has more than 30 data items on each element, including abundance, melt/boil point, electronegativity, oxidation states and more. Complete with a quiz mode. THE EARTH CENTERED UNIVERSE Designed as an observing tool for the amateur astronomer, but is equally useful to the "armchair" astronomer. -WINDOWS GAMES- MUD RACER by Andrew McNab Here's mud in your eyes! Race your sprint car in the mud, screeching around corners as you splash your opponents with mud. This fast- paced racing game has a two-player option, two levels of difficulty and tough race tracks. BRAINWAVE by Dexterity Software Your brain is being invaded! Nanobots (tiny robots created with nanotechnology) are implanted in your cerebral cortex to repair damage but something went wrong! Now, they are feeding on your brain's gray matter and it's up to you to destroy them before you lose your mind. This is a Space Invaders-type game where you move your ship from left to right and blast the robots. Special nanobots drop power-ups which increase your weapons' firepower. Contains hot graphics that will blow you away (if the nanobots don't get you first). PARADISE SOLITAIRE by Digital Paradise Corporation One of the best solitaire collections for Windows! Choose from eight games, including Klondike, Dutchess and Beleaguered Castle. Complete with six backgrounds and eight different card sets. This game has a commercial-quality feel and is a must-have for solitaire lovers. NOTE: We Included both 16-bit and 32-bit version of this program. WINCRAPS 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. PASSAGE PLUS by Gekko Software You won't get stuck between a rock and a hard place with this puzzle game. Place stones next to those with the same design or same color. Images including sail boats, bikes, helicopters and trains. You can even use the bombs to clear some stones. Learn the game in a helpful Training Mode. This game has stunning graphics and great musical scores.