Software of the Month Club December 1996 CD-ROM Program Guide - Windows Software Research Institute - -SRI Business- Budget Manager 2.1 by Timothy R. Wagenmaker Keep track of your household budget with this great personal manager. Track expenses and income and manage cash with checking and saving accounts. A help file and tutorial gets you started. InfoRecall Pro 5.5 by Phantech Software, Inc. Clean up your desk, clear away the scattered pieces of paper and watch your productivity increase with this personal and business organizer. Categorize numbers, contacts, dates and other personal records on designated pages. Save up to 32,000 bytes of information per page. Link information from one record to another with the HyperText functions. Quickly locate data with its powerful search feature. Product Scope Lite 1.1 by Encourager Software Let's go shopping! Maintain a record of products you purchase or intend to purchase on a regular basis. Track multiple suppliers and their different prices. Allocate specific product categories, manufacturers and product numbers. View information through the comprehensive browser. Track -n- Trend 3.0 by Sierra Software This trendy program will keep you on track. It creates a graphic displaying entered data. You can then use the chart to identify any trends. For example, sales trends can be discovered with financial figures or attendance can be tracked over a period of time. Use it for any number of applications. Import and export data through the Track Spreadsheet. Use the Clipboard to move graphed images and spreadsheets to other applications. -SRI Children's- Farnsworth Ferret's Fun Pack 1.2 by Dave Preller and Mike Kock,Elpin Systems A great collection of games for kids! The cartoon character, Farnsworth Ferret, guides your children with positive reinforcement through five games. Remember and repeat the sequence of animal pictures and sounds in Copy Cat. Kid Match is a Concentration-type game -- match pairs of numbers and symbols. Build a word as fast as possible using scrambled letters in Kid Scramble. In Math Invaders, save your galactic bases by blasting attacking arithmetic equations out of the sky. Create your own masterpieces in Kid Paint. This collection of programs is run from a graphical shell that allows children to easily select the game of their choice. NOTE: Requires a sound card. Insecta 1.0 by Interscape Corporation This entomology program will bug you. Learn about eight insects, representing different scientific orders and classes. Review their anatomy, life cycle, diet and wing types. An excellent program for children of all ages. The Spelling Voice 1.2 by Bob Dolan Software Test and enhance your spelling skills with this fun, unique program. Whether you are an advanced or beginning speller, reach your spelling goals and enjoy spelling at the same time. Create your own list of words or use the predefined word list. (Create lists by entering words, and record them by using a microphone.) Determine and work at your own skill level. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utility Collection), and a sound card. -SRI Desktop Publishing- Goldwave 3.03 by Chris S. Craig This program sounds great! Play, record, edit and convert audio on your computer with this comprehensive digital audio editor. Generate everything from simple dial tones to band pass filters with the Expression Evaluator. It supports more than 20 common functions and operations. It contains controls for playback, rewind, fast forward, record, volume and speed. LED meters and oscilloscopes display the sound during playback and recording. It's an excellent and comprehensive tool for multimedia development. NOTE: Requires a Sound Card. Hypermedia 2.1 by Bersoft Make your own HyperText files! Use the program's built-in word processor to create text, transfer text by copying and pasting, or import text files from RTF and ASCII formats. Link pictures, sounds, videos, programs and help files. Features include text searching, text and picture printing and text copying to the Clipboard. To distribute your HyperText files with the linked pictures or videos, the program automatically creates the required installation disks, optimizing space by compressing files. NOTE: Requires Video for Windows Run-Time. Photovision Pro 1.2 by Software Vision Corporation Create astonishing pictures with this excellent image manipulation program! Complete with a comprehensive tool selection. Sharpen edges, blur, remove noise and more. Apply special effects like embossing, posterization and charcoal filters. Supports TIFF, EPS, PCX, BMP and JPEG. -SRI Clip Art- Bright Ideas Clip Art a Software of the Month Club exclusive! This month's collection of clip art contains 12 images in PCX format, including a coffee grinder, a lobster and images of children. For information on 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. -SRI 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) 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) Bolted Bold by Gerard E. Bernor This strong typeface makes an impression. (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) DoubleTrouble by Gerard E. Bernor Another bold, sans serif font. Its uniquely curved surfaces add a distinctive look to your publications. (TrueType) Kolossal Normal by Ken Kizer This Deco-influenced headline type is striking. It's wonderful for banner headlines. (TrueType) -SRI Education- Easy Action 1.0 by Boomeria Software Teachers take note! This learning tool comes with three components to assist educators: Rosters, Seating Charts and Drill. Organize your students in Rosters. It alphabetizes class lists so you can print student rosters, data entry records and attendance sheets. Import text files from word processors, databases and spreadsheets. Maximum class size is 100. Arrange your classroom in any format with Seating Charts. Choose desk size, page orientation and fonts. Create and edit your layout simply by dragging desks with your mouse. Use Randomize to create original arrangements. Drill randomly displays students' names on your computer screen. It's great for impartial calling on kids during drills. Organize your classroom into cooperative learning, project or lab groups. Names are displayed in large type. An ideal tool for teachers! -SRI Games- Exile II - Crystal Souls 1.0.3 by Spiderweb Software Can you survive this fantasy role-playing saga? Create an exploration party consisting of fighters, mages and wizards. Talk to townspeople and battle creatures in more than 100 towns and dungeons. Pick up weapons and armor as you travel. Filled with detailed graphics and great game play. Ultra Blast 4.1 by Steve Moraff, MoraffWare The ultimate rendition of the popular game Breakout. Complete with tons of features, including two-player mode (mouse against keyboard), two variations (solid and falling walls), various brick images, different skill levels and more. Make the game more interesting by changing the background graphics with just about any graphic images. It's packed with super-high quality graphics, full sounds and exciting arcade action - all in one ultra game! Warpath by Synthetic Reality Co. Conquer the galaxy in a battle for power and universal development. You are one of two factions vying for control in this multi-player, real-time space conquest game. You can play solo, direct head-to- head with another player or with up to four players via the Game Connection, using Line Mode.