Software of the Month Club January 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide - Software Research Institute - - Business - BusinessCards 3.21 by Michael Dvorkin Organize your business contacts with this useful database. Manage vital information, including names, addresses and phone numbers. This program is integrated with BusinessDialer, allowing you to dial phone numbers using your modem. Even store random data, like Internet numbers, video or CD titles, short articles, inventories and more. E-Book by Techno-Marketing, Inc. Create your own disk-based programs with this handy utility. Use it for sales, products, electronic resumes, corporate newsletters and more! Configure buttons to display scrolling text windows, show pictures, play video clips and animations, print text, run 20-image slide shows or run external applications. A great marketing tool for businesses. Money Math 2.0 by Robert Lovell A comprehensive set of financial analysis tools in one package! Performs more than 50 financial calculations, including bank discounts, and simple and compound interests. Figure multiple calculations in the specialized work sheets -- from refinancing mortgages to calculating savings income. Any way you look at it, this program really adds up. WInvoices 1.0d by Q&D Software Development Calculate bills easily with this great invoicing program! Create and print professional invoices and work orders. This program includes databases for tracking your customers, parts and resources. All these packages are tightly integrated, providing you with total control over your receivables. - Children's - 1st Class GradeBook 6.51 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. Crossword Express 3.4 by Aus-PC-Soft This is an excellent educational game for crossword enthusiasts. Create your own puzzles from the program's six dictionaries of various topics. You can even create your own dictionaries. All puzzles can be printed or solved on the screen. An excellent interface rounds off this wonderful piece of software. GEOUSA by On-Target Software Broaden your knowledge of the United States with this great educational program. Begin by finding out facts about each state, including population, state capital, largest city, state bird and more. Test yourself on the knowledge you've learned. Learn about your own state and every state in the nation. Laura's Math Practice 1.0 by Laura Ashley Sturgeon This math program really adds up. Test your skills in addition, multiplication, subtraction and division. Change the difficulty to match your grade level. Great for kids of any age. Starcharts 1.0 by Steven C. Strouse Turn life's little chores into fun projects with this charting system. Inspire your children to do their daily tasks -- homework, taking out the trash, brushing their teeth and more. It helps children take a more active part in household chores and encourages them to develop new skills.Charts are organized with the tasks listed on the left and the dates of the week on top. Fill in the appropriate boxes with symbols that represents anything you want (like a happy face for a job well done). A variety of symbols are included. This program replaces the "chores" list on the refrigerator and puts your children on the right track. WordWiz 3.0d by James A. Buccigrossi Create four different word puzzles with this highly-automated composition program. Design a crossword puzzle by clicking on a grid to open or close letter squares. The WordWiz composer automatically finds words to fit your empty pattern. In Word Search, the Instant Construction feature creates puzzles from any short word list. It comes with a built-in word list of more than 30,000 words. Compile your own special word lists from any ASCII text or word processing document. Also, create your own Number Fill-In or Word Fill-In puzzles. Print your games or export them to any Windows page layout program. Use the puzzles for party activities and school projects. - Desktop Publishing - Text Recall 1.1 by Informatik, Inc. Process repetitive and complex text editing with this powerful utility. Select a commonly-used text block. Assign this text a hot key and abbreviation. When you need to insert the text into a document, press the hot key, type the abbreviation and the text is inserted. This utility increases efficiency and is an excellent utility for serious desktop publishers. - Clip Art - Clipit Clip Art by Daniel Austin These beautifully-rendered images cover a wide range of themes. Thiscollection has 39 clip art images in the PCX format including fish, money, tools, Christmas images and everything in between. These images are rendered in several styles ranging from simple black and white sketches to elaborate grayscale drawings. They make a fine addition to any clip art library. - Fonts - Angelus Angelus is an attractive, somewhat angular text or display font. Use thismono-spaced font in titles. (TrueType) Benevento Benevento is based on ninth-century Lombardic calligraphy. This distinctive font adds flair to headings or text. (True Type) Isometric Fonts by Rubicon Labs Add spice to your publications with 11 first-rate isometric fonts. This collection has TrueType and PostScript versions, and each font contains a full character complement and provides kerning pairs. Some fonts in this packages include the popular Stempel Garamond, Frobisher, and CGThames an Helvetica families. (TrueType and Type 1) Zabdiel Zabdiel is an unusual, archaic-looking display font. It has sharp, blade-like serifs and is easy to read in both small or large. (TrueType and Type 1) - Education - Chemical 1.5 by Larry Puhl Construct molecule models with this scientific program. Select atoms from a complete periodic table and drag them to other atoms. The Time feature sets the molecule in motion. Determine the energy configuration by working with the Minimize Energy option. See your molecule in 3D with the Shade feature. Transfer your scientific creation to a graphics program through the clipboard. NOTE: Requires a 256-color display. Grammar Slammer 1.1 by James Bair This writing program answers questions not covered by standard grammar checkers. Based on the Windows help file format, this extensive file provides resources for all writers. Topics include writing style, word usage, abbreviations, capitalization and punctuation. Piano Professor 2.5 by SofTech Multimedia Inc. Learn how to read music with this melodic program. Begin by learning the basics of the piano with Keyboard Teacher. Identify corresponding keys on a piano keyboard in Note Tutor. Expand your musical talents with Chord Encyclopedia, Key Signatures, Name that Note and a detailed help system. Music to your ears! - Games - Arasan Chess for Windows 2.0 by Jon Dart Put the computer in check with this challenging chess game. For serious chess players only. Levels change in difficulty depending on the computer you're using. This program is the 16-bit version designed for the original Windows v3.1 operating system. Arasan Chess for Windows 95/NT 2.0 by Jon Dart A 32-bit version of the same game meaning faster speeds. You can even play while your computer is working on something else. The Windows v3.1 operating system will not support this version without Win32s (not provided). It is recommended that you run this version with Windows 95. Caro 1.22 by Thu Nguyen Expand the classic Tick-Tack-Toe game into tremendous proportions. Play on a whopping 14x14 game board instead of the normal 3x3 grid. First player to connect four in a row wins! Watch out for the computer player, it is tough and very tricky. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL (included in your Utilities Collection). Funcrd 1.2 by The Softgame Co. of Vermont Challenge three computer players to a game of hearts. Choose from eight different opponents, each having unique skills. Features include score tallying, cheat mode and card counting. Comes with realistic graphics and multiple card backs. Solar Vengeance 2.0 by Silicon Commander Games Conquer the entire solar system in this interstellar conflict. Eliminate enemy empires by conquering their capital star systems. Use spy ships, fighter ships and scout ships to explore and fight your enemy. Defeat everyone to win the game and dominate the universe! Save your progress in different games. Create your own solar systems with Solar Vengeance Scenario Editor v2.1, included in this volume. Solar Vengeance Scenario Editor 2.1 by Silicon Commander Games Create your own custom solar system for Solar Vengeance v2.0, included in this volume. Determine the number of shields and scanners in an area, set the star system as neutral and make capital systems. Editing features include grid lines and mirroring. - Special Interest - CompuPic 1.2 by Photodex Corporation CompuPic is the quickest multimedia viewer/manager for Windows. It has a rich set of tools that allow you to view, hear, play, convert, thumbnail, edit, enhance, crop, print, create slideshows, etc. any graphic/sound/video file. It supports every graphic file type, PhotoCD, sound wave files (WAV), animation files, movie files even MAC Quicktime, and a lot more. CompuPic looks and performs like a file manager to make it easier for users to search for files. Runs in Windows NT and Windows 95 Hyper Maker 2.1 by Bersoft Make your own HyperText files! Use the 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. Microangelo 2.1 by Leonard A. Gray Personalize your computer with MicroAngelo, the ultimate customization tool for Windowsr 95. Use it to customize your multi-image icons. Now you have complete access to all image types provided with Windows 95. Personal Media Manager by Simple Soft Manage your reference library with this cataloging program. Organize your publications, software, video tapes and audio cassettes. Track when and where items were purchased, prices, versions and revisions. Create a digital library and store all your important information. WebMania! 1.5b by Q&D Software Development This HTML editor and form generator makes Web page authoring a breeze -- requires little or no HTML knowledge! Supports frames, forms, tables, images and more. It will never become outdated, because it includes 60 programmable buttons which you can easily change as HTML standards evolve and as you learn new tags.