Software of the Month Club December 1996 CD-ROM Program Guide Software Research Institute - Business - Easy Base v10.5 by Easy Software Create your own program for data management with this database programming language. Create sophisticated menu- driven applications in record time with disk files called Forms. Forms store data and procedures that manipulate that data, allowing you to present information in a logical menu system. The user-friendly interface makes this program easy-to-use. FPLAN - Insurance & Estate Financial Planner v5.0 by First Financial Software Analyze your finances with this easy-to-use planner. This simple guide helps you gather important information. Review basic economic factors, including inflation, income projection and life insurance status. Great for personal use. Insta-Pay v2.90p by Cheque-Mate International, Inc. A complete reporting payroll system! Handles multiple companies - not just one. Features include personnel maintenance for each company, payroll maintenance for employees and payroll processing. You can process pre-pay or termination payroll checks. It generates quarterly or year-to-date reports, earnings report and other special reports. Loan Chief v1.12 by Insight Software Solutions Organize your loans with ease and flexibility. Work with a variety of loan tools, including Loan Amortization Schedules, Loan Charts and Loan Calculators. These tools consider variable payments, interest rates and compounding methods. Professional schedules can be generated with monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual information. Several pre- defined acceleration methods and variable payment types are available. Accelerated schedules can be illustrated side by side with the original schedule. Order Pro v3.1 by Automated Systems A complete ordering and invoicing program! Track your customers from the orders they place to the balances they owe. Ideal for medium to large businesses that have large and complex inventories and need to closely track purchases, sales and inventory. Rosewood Journal v5.04 by Rosewood Software Track your sales with this accounts receivable journal. Great for businesses that record sales on serially numbered invoices. It is much easier than entering invoices directly into a general ledger program. Features include automatic updating of customer accounts and generating invoice reports to the screen (for quick reference) or to the printer. Complete with a simple and intuitive interface. For small to medium sized businesses. Veralux v1.4 by Clay Reid Organize important data with this popular personal information manager. Track appointments, addresses, telephone numbers, invoices and expenses. Includes powerful interface and online help. A great way to organize yourself and your office. - Children's - Billy Bear, Is It Chrismas Yet? by Loraine Wauer Your children will have great fun exploring each page of this interactive story book. Follow Billy Bear as he discovers Christmas. Colorful, cute pictures surprise your youngsters. The story even reads to your children. Logical Deduction v1.1 by Judah Warshaw The ultimate code breaking game! All the features you want, including varying puzzle length and size, scrolling guess history for easy reference, scratch pad for solving help, tournament play, two high score boards, a built-in screen saver and more! If you like Master Mind, you'll love Logical Deduction! A game for your brain! Kids At Play v2.0 by Avazpour Systems Let your child explore this multimedia experience. Click on objects and watch corresponding animations and listen to wonderful sounds. Take your child to the zoo, visit the farm or walk through the city. There are even puzzles to solve. Kitty by Jeff Napier Here kitty, kitty! This is a great program for cat lovers and owners. Learn interesting bits of information about domesticated felines. For example, did you know that cats don't walk on aluminum foil? This and other facts make this program fun and educational. Math Assault II: Fractions by Veenetronics Corporation This instructional program really adds up. Learn fractions, decimals, ratios, proportions and percents in a word-solving game. You can succeed and learn even if you don't know fractions or have problems with math calculations. The Mystery Of Sleep by FreEbook Company What is sleep? Why do we need it? Why do we dream? Do animals sleep? These questions and more are answered in this fun, educational program. Its comprehensive overview teaches adults and its simplicity captivates children. - Desktop Publishing - Capture It! v2.2 by Henrique Avila Vianna A complete package for the DTP enthusiast. This screen capture utility allows you to overcome the problem of capturing screens from programs that take control of your keyboard. CAP2GIF (by TBH-Softwork) and SCRLD (by Henrique Avila Vianna) are included. CAP2GIF converts the CAP format (from Capture It!) into the GIF format. SCRLD allows you to view your screen shots. Fractal Animator v3.0 by Rickard Gunnarsson Animate your images with this excellent drawing program. Create and control image's color and complexity using fractal equations. Zoom in and adjust patterns to avoid pixellation. Supports screen resolutions up to 1024x768. Versamap v1.51 by Charles H. Culberson Draw 14 different outline maps with this versatile mapping program. Maps can be printed on dot matrix or laser printers. Export your maps to PCX, CGM, DXF, PIC and ASCII formats and use them with paint programs, word processors, and presentation and technical graphics programs. - Fonts - Bankrupt by Gerard E. Bernor Bankrupt is an unusual addition to your type library. The characters resemble the strokes of a calligrapher's pen. (TrueType) Bolted Bold by Gerard E. Bernor This strong typeface makes an impression. (TrueType) Double Trouble by Gerard E. Bernor Another bold, sans serif font. Its uniquely curved surfaces add a distinctive look to your publications. (TrueType) Blackwoods by Gerard E. Bernor This highly-stylized font appeals to a wide audience. It has a highly decorative uppercase and complementary lowercase with calligraphy characteristics. This bold font provides maximum impact for your documents. (TrueType) Kollosal by Ken Kizer This Deco-influenced headline type is striking. It's wonderful for banner headlines. (TrueType) TQF ClarendonBold Gerard E. Bernor Create professional documents with this precise font. It gives you the highest possible resolution at any point size. (TrueType) - 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 Ideas clip art, along with fantastic fonts, original backgrounds and useful desktop publishing tips and tricks, call Customer Service at (619) 930-7302. Valentine Clip Art by Grafixations You'll fall in love with this selection of clip art. Contains ten high-quality black-and-white PCX images. Images include cupid and a comic "Kiss Me" scene. - Education - Cliche Finder v2.0 by Rosemary K. West Cliche Finder is exactly that! This program helps improve your writing by helping you identify - and avoid - more than 300 cliches. You can even add to the list. This is an ideal tool for anyone preparing documents - from high school assignments to business reports. Kwikstat v4.1 by Texasoft If you analyze statistics, you'll love Kwikstat! perfect for financial analysis. Designed by professional statistical consultants and researchers, it gives you quick access to most common statistical data analysis procedures and graphs. This comprehensive analysis package includes regression and variance analysis, t-tests and comparisons. Mathplot v3.6 by Phillip H. Sherwood Visualize mathematical functions quickly and easily with this excellent tool. Specify math functions using ordinary algebraic expressions and immediately plot them. Specify four types of functions QA Study Aid v5.2 by Quid Pro Quo Software QA Study Aid is a test creation/execution system. Databases up to 20000 questions/answers may be created. Includes compiler and interpreter. Presentation, correct answer display, automatic scoring, data encryption and password protection are all features you will find in QA Study Aid. You can export score file for use in gradebook programs. All question types, except essay, are supported. Relative weighting, letter grade associations, random subset generation at run or compile time. It's like having a teacher at your side anytime you need one! Spanish Flash Cards v2.0 by PUMA Software Build your Spanish vocabulary quickly and easily with these simple flash cards. It's simple to operate -- you can concentrate on mastering the lessons. Choose from five difficulty levels. Complete 50 questions without making more than two errors. Strategies To Reduce College Costs v2.2 & College Aid Calculator v2.2 by Think Ahead, Inc. Thinking about going to college? Then you need to read this document -it explains the college financial aid system. Find out how individual finances can affect financial aid, and ways to improve your chances of receiving financial assistance. You'll learn the differences between public and private college assistance. World Factbase v1.03 by TexaSoft If you ve ever had to do a report on a country, you know the trouble necessary to round up all the details. World Factbase puts all these details at your command. You ll find information on area, population, government, commerce and much, much more! Searching is simple. Just provide a keyword or words and click your mouse button. All the information is right there. You even get obscure information like fishing lanes, international organizations, and current disputes. If you need to research a country, you need World Factbase! - Games - Gargoyle Medieval Pack v1.4 by Synaptic Entertainment Help a colony of elves reclaim their town from the evil Gargoyle Empire. There are three fascinating levels to this intense game. First, elves attack the Gargoyle's castle. Next, they must escape from the castle, unharmed. Finally, the elves must defend their village from another Gargoyle attack. If you fail, the game starts all over. Grab the coins and rubies, but watch out for falling rocks and fireballs. Glook v1.0 by Laser Point Blast your way through this Defender-style arcade game. Shoot alien ships and save humans on the planet's surface. Clear all the waves of alien ships before going to the next level. Complete with pounding sound effects, colorful graphics and fast side-scrolling action. Sokoban by Jim Radcliffe Sokoban means "warehouse man" in Japanese. Push boxes around the screen to a designated storage area. Good graphics and a high level of frustration keep you playing for hours. This is a wonderful, addictive and challenging game. SuperSpeed by The Game Factory Prepare yourself for the racing challenge of your life! Select your car then choose one of three race tracks! Each track challenges your skills in different ways. Some roads are wide with gentle curves, and sometimes you must fight arduously through narrow passages. Getting out of a tunnel can be trickier than entering. Driver beware! You re not alone there are three other cars (controlled by your pals or computer) that will stop at nothing to eliminate you from the race. If that isn t enough, you must remember to maneuver your car around cones and puddles to collect the Wrench power-ups. Use these power-ups to buy additional acceleration, top speed and traction for your vehicle. Outrageous fast-paced racing game for one to four players. NOTE: Requires at least 570K conventional memory. WordHide v3.5 by RAD Software Make and solve your own word search games! This program hides a list of words within a group of random letters. It's up to you to find them. Words are arranged vertically, horizontally and diagonally - both forwards and backwards. Create an unlimited number of lists with up to 20 words each. This game is fun and educational.