Software of the Month Club February 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide - DOS Software Research Institute - - Business - Alteris Shareware by NovaTek Corp. Organize your point-of-sales material with this user-friendly business program. Use this program like a cash register. Create and print invoices _ record each sale and purchase. Keep track of sales people, vendors, customers and inventories. Records sales commissions and customer discounts. It even makes labels. Mortgage Analyzer 2.04 Real estate analysis Figure your mortgage amortization with this homeowner's tool. It supports many loan types, including conventional, FHA and VA, and different interests, like fixed, stepped and adjustable. * Includes seven predefined loan acceleration methods, including biweekly, double principal and growing equity * Compare mortgages * Buy vs. rent and lease vs. rent * Save and retrieve mortgage information * Useful calculators find the unknowns in a loan (Application by Insight Software Solutions) Roster by E-Z Soft Keep a roster of your employees. Enter and save relevant employee information, categorizing them by departments or divisions. You can even store ID numbers, job positions, hire dates, employee reports and mailing labels. Sales Power Organizer by Keycon Technologies, Inc. Manage vital sales information with this comprehensive business program. Includes customer lists, phone directories, calendar managers and financial reports. Forecast sales, plan sale cycles, order inventory, estimate quotes and more. Complete with an easy- to-use interface. The Billing Statement 2.0 by A. P. Software Generate your own billing statements with this easy-to-use program. Print bills on plain or letterhead paper. Track client accounts for an entire year, including charges and credits. Track individual accounts up to $100,000 and balance totals of up to $1,000,000.Perfect for small or home businesses. To Get The Job You Really Want! by Bruce J. Muckian You're hired! This helpful program guides you through the hiring process in four steps. Step one helps identify your abilities by asking you questions. The second step targets resumes and applications. The third step involves networking and the final step is the interview process. Complete with sample resumes, examples and questionnaires. Has a user-friendly menu interface. Excellent for students about to graduate from college. - Children's - Besttest 1.6 This is only a test Parents can create and print tests with this editor. Choose from different test types, including essay, fill-in, true or false, multiple choice and matching. * Spell-checker * Auto-shuffle questions and answers * Change text attributes, like bold, underlined, superscript and subscript * Online help (Application by WiseWare) Jurassic Spelling 2.0 by Dareware, Inc. Dinosaurs help kids learn how to spell in this talking prehistoric program! Learn how to spell and pronounce each letter by following the computer. Use existing word files or enter your own -- up to 500 custom words. Friendly dinosaurs keep them coming back for more. Kids Care About The Earth by Robert Alan Help your children learn about the world. Kids Care characters teach kids how they can make a difference and help save the Earth. It introduces children to the three Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. Math Fun-Damentals 4.0 by Scholastic Software This program connects basic mathematical concepts to everyday experiences. The program's main focus is on multi-step problem- solving. It covers whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages and basic algebra problems. Practice solving problems with Bridge the Swamp, a fun-filled board game. Perfect for students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Riddle Balloon 1.0 by Robert J. Deustch This educational program uses riddles to help kids learn several topics. A delightful host, named Little Robby, guides your child through a series of fun riddles. They teach spelling, logic and coordination. Correct answers are rewarded with humorous comments and bundles of colorful balloons. - Desktop Publishing - bCAD Vista 2.0h Three-dimensional modeling Create 3D images with this high-quality program. View images from any angle, and Rotate, Scale, Save and Render art. We've included several 3D wire-frames in this issue to get you started, listed under Clip Art. * Import and export 3D file formats, including 3DS, ASC, NFF, BDF and AutoCAD's DXF * Import and export bitmap images, like TGA, JPEG, GIF, TIF and PCX * Choose from four rendering methods: Flat shading, Phong, Gouraud and Ray-trace * Supports resolutions from 640x480 to 1280x1024 with colors up to 16 million (Application by ProPro Group, Inc.; Requires a DOS mouse driver) Graphic Workshop 7.08 by Alchemy Mindworks Manipulate bitmapped graphics with this excellent, menu-driven graphics program. Convert, view and print files. Reverse, scale, move, copy, sharpen and soften the images. Adjust the brightness, alter the contrast and balance the colors. You can use the half-toning and dithering utilities to convert full-color photographs into superb black-and-white clip art. It handles most of the popular file formats. Word Fugue 3.13 by Fugue Software An industrial-strength word processor! Contains many popular features, including multiple file editing, pull-down menus, context sensitive help, page formatting, footnotes and endnotes, indexes, mail merge and spell checking. It includes macro capabilities for recording, playing back and editing macro scripts. - Clip Art - Bright Ideas Clip Art a Software of the Month Club exclusive A beetle, and elephant and a child on stilts - all this and more! This original clip art collection is from the individuals of our Bright Ideas staff. These images are guaranteed to please! Nineteen high quality PCX pictures. For more information about how to receive even more original Bright Ideas clip art, along with fantastic fonts, original backgrounds and useful desktop publishing tricks, call Customer Service at (619) 930-7302. Triangle Clip Art Vol 1 by Cengiz Akinli Playing children, a rocket, a caduceus and an old-fashioned hat box are just a few of the images in this exciting collection! You get a total of 60 wonderful black-and-white TIFF images with a variety of objects and people. US And Canada Clip Art by Albert K. Hon Add these sketches of the 50 states, 10 provinces and two territories of the USA and Canada to your collection. These PCX map sketches are perfect for presentations, reports and geography projects. - Fonts - Arwen Regular by Keystrokes A wonderful art deco font reminiscent of the 1920s. The clean lines and delicate symmetrical balance makes rich and interesting layouts. This font adds an airy, visually appealing look to any document. (TrueType) Burrito Regular by Keystrokes Add pizzazz to your design work with this distinctly southwestern font. (TrueType) Fox Regular by Keystrokes A wonderful font with the look and feel of bold pen strokes. It's sure to add impact to your publications. (TrueType) Majistir by Tony Lynch Take advantage of this wonderful sans serif font family, complete with normal, bold, italic, and bold italic styles. It comes with a full character set. With interesting curves and sweeps, this font is a valuable addition to your collection. (TrueType) Orianne by Tony Lynch Reminiscent of Adobe's Futura, this outstanding sans serif font family has a complete character set. Choose from normal, bold, italic and bold italic. (TrueType) Stiletto by Tony Lynch Elegant and charming. Thin ascenders give this font family charm. Work with a full character set in normal, bold, italic, and bold italic. (TrueType) - Education - Algebra Editor 3.3 by John Henckel Perfect for first-year algebra students. Understand basic algebra principles by entering equations in a text-based data file. Graph equations, simplify and distribute. Includes a tutorial file. Entente 1.1 by Robert Alan Mole Brush up on your French with this English/French translator. Type in a word, phrase or sentence and the program translates it for you. Choose between four specialized vocabularies to keep the translation accurate, including business, automotive, military and beauty. Toggle between English and French translations. Planetarium 6.4 by Christian Nuesch This planetarium is out of this world! Observe planetary orbits from several different views, including heliocentric, equatorial and horizon. It provides animations of the planets' orbits and Jupiter's moons. Control the distance of observation by zooming in and out. Great astronomy program! The Federalist Papers by Moonlight Software This collection of essays originally appeared in the New York press between October 1787 and May 1788. Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison in support of the new constitution. Great for reviewing American history -- use with U.S. Constitution v1.11, included on this volume. Zpeller 4.10 by Unicorn Software Limited Check your spelling and vocabulary knowledge with these seven tests. You can edit the current list or add your own spelling lists. Handles up to 19 students and can store up to 32,000 words and definitions. - Games - Aspetra by Zonarware Protect a peaceful village from evil in this full-fledged, animated role-playing game. Battle mystical creatures, fight evil soldiers and find out who's behind it all. Gain enough experience from combat and your character increases one level for attack, defense and health. Talk to townspeople, buy weapons and armor, find helpful items and scour the vast world. Attila 1.2 World domination Rule the world in this Risk-style strategy game. Start with a small army, establish your defense and plan for attack. As the game progresses, you gain more armies. Game cards strengthen your armies or can be traded for more armies. Occupy every territory and eliminate the other players to conquer the world! * Choose from 16 flags * Game recorder * From 1 to 4 players * Includes a full color map * Learn the program's strategy as you watch it play itself (Application by Lueder Osmers) Hearts Attack! 1.0 by Stuart White and Kevin Prince Play the traditional game of Hearts with three computer opponents. This game follows the original rules. It comes with colorful graphics and smooth game playing. Infinitris 1.0 by Leizer Portnoy Play this Tetris-style game. It features 16 different shapes instead of the usual five. Add blockdestroying bombs and a changeable field view. Choose from 256-color or gray scale graphics, and a playback feature. Scubaman's Quest 4.0 by Alive Software Explore deep waters in this underwater action game. Swim past killer whales, sharks, electric eels and more as you collect lost treasures. Comes with three adventure levels: Discover the Golden Gates, Explore the Dark Cave and Face Killer Mutant Jellyfishes. Complete with 256-colors graphics, and soundcard and joystick support. Tommy's Think II by Tommy's Toys An entertaining word game! You have 300 seconds to generate as many words as possible, each one longer than the first. Includes nine levels of difficulty! The program keeps track of the best scores. On level one, the score to aim for is 1,000. - Special Interest - Backup Fugue 1.14 Protect information Data loss is a thing of the past with this complete backup software. It helps backup important data, like financial reports, client information and inventory databases. Backup your entire hard drive, selected files or just your updated files. * Backup to floppy disks, removable drives or network drives * Uses compression algorithms to fit more data onto each disk * Uses DOS protected mode -- allows the program to access all the memory for faster operations * Includes many file manager functions, including Format, Delete, Rename, Change Attributes and Run (Application by Fugue Software) Electronic Computer Tutor Comprehensive glossary This is an electronic glossary for computer terms from A to Z. * More than 200 glossary terms * Includes diagrams and explanations of basic hardware * Search feature * Graphical interface with point-and-click operations (Application by Coronel Data Processing; Requires a mouse driver) Integrity Master 3.02 System protection Protect your important business files with this comprehensive maintenance program. It includes a thorough virus scanner and data integrity checker. Besides protecting the computer from viruses, it also detects software bugs, hardware glitches, sabotage and anything that can damage or may have damaged your data. * Detects and cleans more than 700 viruses, plus many new and unknown viruses * Provides full CMOS protection, allowing you to backup and restore copies of the original configuration * Fixes partition tables on the hard drives and floppy disks by reloading a clean copy * Checks for any changes on the computer, including the CMOS * Provides a comprehensive report about the viruses found, damaged files, false alarms and more (Application by Stiller Research) Sapphire 4.11 Post your business online Start your own bulletin board system (BBS) with this comprehensive software. Includes all the basic features of any BBS - messages, bulletins, E-mails, file transfers, doors and events. Perfect for small and medium businesses, including consultants, charities and institutions. * Fuzzy logic algorithms automatically handle administrative tasks * Supports XMODEM, YMODEM and ZMODEM transfer protocols * Has a demonstration and a local, no-modem mode to help you learn the program (Application by Pinnacle Software) SuperSonic PRO 2.0 Pump up the volume This program resembles a rack-mounted sound system for audio enthusiasts and DJs. It includes a mixer, sample player, sample editor, spectrum analyzer, wave analyzer, disc jockey system, studio clock and more. * CD player module lets you play and even save music CDs * Open and edit WAV sound files * Supports radio tuner hardware (Application by Morton Software Development; Requires a DOS mouse driver and Sound Card)