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CrystalGraphics offers a huge selection of award-winning, easy-to-use, affordable still and animated shapes that enhance your PowerPoint presentations. SuperShapes is not a clipart package-- it's so much more! Now you can go way beyond the static 2D world of PowerPoint's AutoShapes. These professional quality shape effects will visually direct your audience's attention to your key points by pointing, surrounding, and underlining them. SuperShapes has a powerful software engine that lets you easily browse and select from a wide variety of pre-created shape effects. It also lets you edit the effects to your heart's content. For example, you can change colors, timing, and size, even proportions! PowerPlugs: SuperShapes volume 2 is the second of two volumes of artistically designed 3D shapes. There's a huge selection of still and animated directional arrows, banners, separators and text frames. Save money when you buy volumes I AND II of PowerPlugs: SuperShapes for PowerPoint! Or, get PowerPlugs: SuperShapes I & II and much more in PowerPlugs: Ultimate Combo 15! ... Read more

Features

• Over 140 still and animated effects per volume!
• Buttons, text frames, animated arrows and more!
• All shapes are antialiased!
• All shapes are customizable!
• Quick and easy to use!

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Perfect for small business and home design
Professional designers don't need to sweat this program. This software isn't a threat to you, the skills it took years to learn, or your innate abilities to be creative.

LogoCreator is geared more towards people who need what this software provides, and that is ordinary folks who would never, ever hire a pro to make a logo for their crafts booth, home business, small business or exciting new project idea. Such people need tools like this, and LogoCreator delivers a wonderful alternative.

I've even seen many "professional" logo design websites using LogoCreator's templates to provide interested parties with individual logos for $50 to $150 each (which is legal to do according to LogoCreator's license agreement).

All in all a nice alternative to those with a need to create and maintain their identity without paying overpriced designers who don't know your business as well as you.

You're joking right???
Well, I'm going to throw my design degree right out the window, cuz I should've bought this program and saved myself four years and thousands of dollars!

Does the world really need another logo with a #^%@$ shwoosh on it??? ... Read more

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Ulead® COOL 3D™ Studio is a new breed of 3D animation software for high-quality video production. Streamline your 3D text and graphics with advanced tools to produce professional-looking animation.

• Sophisticated 3D Objects:Design sophisticated 3D text and objects with intuitive tools. You can use pre-made shapes and styles or create them by scratch. COOL 3D™ Studio imports the most popular 2D and 3D file formats.
• Powerful Effects & Animation Control:Drag and drop hundreds of customizable backdrops and animation effects. Apply video backgrounds and add audio to your creations. Use magic, natural texture and particle effects for dynamic-looking animations.
• Professional Output: COOL 3D™ Studio exports files out to a variety of formats -- video files, alpha-channel video overlays, Web animations, images, and 3D models. You can also import a COOL 3D™ Studio project file into Ulead video editors' timelines.

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You can create custom flow charts, organization charts, business and network diagrams and more! Choose from professional templates or start from scratch - using 600 predefined drag-and-drop symbols. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Harvard Graphics Easy Presentations offers a four-step process for the creation of attractive and effective presentations: 1) choose a prebuilt presentation template, 2) add your titles, 3) add your content, and 4) choose your output media.

There is a variety of features to make the process simple and effective:

• The Advisor feature gives you step-by-step guidance on design and content.
• Quick Tips points you to the common tasks to get your presentation done quickly, and without the need for mastering a complex interface.
• Design Tips offers helpful pointers for the design novice.
• Design Checker keeps all of your ideas in the proper order and layout. Before you finalize your presentation, Design Checker will check for style or design problems, and fix them automatically.
• Quick Looks takes the guesswork out of choosing the appropriate layout. Experiment with different options--titles, bullets, tables, or charts--to find the look that you want, without having to modify your current slide.

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Just what I was looking for!
Harvard Graphic was exactly what I was looking for to present aschool presentation. It had most of the capibilities of"Powerpoint" without spending the money. Easy Directions, great color!For the presentation beginner, this is all you'll need. ... Read more

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PowerPlugs: SuperShapes adds television-style still and animated shape effects to your PowerPoint presentations. SuperShapes goes way beyond the static 2D world of PowerPoint's AutoShapes with artistically designed, colored and animated 3D shapes such as arrows, buttons, text frames, banners, separators and more! These professional quality shape effects will visually direct your audience's attention to your key points by pointing, surrounding, and underlining them. SuperShapes is not a clipart package. It has as its foundation a powerful software engine that lets you easily browse and select from a wide variety of pre-created shape effects. It also lets you edit the effects to your heart's content. For example, you can change colors, timing, and size, even proportions! But, the greatest thing about SuperShapes is that you can usually get the exact effect you want with just a few clicks. Its interface is very intuitive. And it works right inside Microsoft PowerPoint, which helps make it even easier to use! ... Read more

Features

• Over 140 still and animated effects per volume!
• Buttons, text frames, animated arrows and more!
• All shapes are antialiased!
• All shapes are customizable!
• Quick and easy to use!

Features

• Cross-platform compatibility between Mac & PC
• All new Classic, Refined & Designer font styles with extended font families
• International character set, including Euro symbol
• New FontManager that can view installed fonts in TrueType, Postscript & OpenType format
• Improved language support and smaller font file size

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MacFonts 2
I am an amateur to the world of mac /computers in general, so with that being said... I have chosen, "Mac Fonts 2" for my first review!!! I found the installation to be a little confusing and very time consuming. I was hoping to be able to install all fonts at once, instead of clicking on each individual font. The good news however, is that the" Mac Fonts 2" has 1000 fonts to choose from and a great variety for whatever the occasion may be. The quick reference guide provided with this software indicates thatboth true type,and open type fonts are available; the open type format is designed to work cross platform on macs and pc's, however, you must have compatible software. I give this software a 3 for moose rating. ... Read more

Features

• Works with Avery and other standard business papers
• Work with a number of industry-standard templates
• Match your cards to letterhead & envelopes
• Customize templates, insert logos and images
• Prints to any inkjet or laser printer

Amazon.com Product Description

Business Plan Pro 2003 includes more than 400 sample plans and is an easy, fast, and efficient way to create a winning business plan. Great for both novice and expert entrepreneurs, the software includes a plan wizard, automated spreadsheets, hundreds of financing leads, $300 in partner discounts, and much more.

Business Plan Pro includes thousands of industry profiles to help you run your business's financial numbers. You can also include your own graphics, and automatically develop full-color, 3-D charts. Import data from QuickBooks, and Microsoft Word and Excel. Business Plan Pro 2003 offers everything you need to define your business, compare industry ratios, set schedules, create personnel and mini marketing plans, and find funding. ... Read more

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Couldn't pick a better software
Business Plan Pro 2003 walked me through a system that wrote my business plan for me. It took me 3 weeks to do my business plan and I can use the program over and over again in the future.

Not a magic bullet
My assessment of Business Plan Pro, after using it for several months is that, in summary, it is a tool, not a magic bullet. If you don't understand business, it could render you a fool. But if you've never written a business plan before and have no idea where to start, its great for showing you what goes into a business plan and helping you organize your thoughts.

A Business Plan Pro business plan is composed of text, tables and charts. The system has a book that gives you some guidance on what to discuss for each text section but it's not really much. The two books that my box included were: Hurdle - The Book on Business Planning, and the manual. Hurdle was just OK. Moreover, the software is a divided screen with panes that guide you with text describing what you should write and where you are, but they leave a lot to be desired. The sample business plan for my company, a small computer consulting firm, was a joke.

But if you don't know what a Balance Sheet or a Cash Flow are, you're just plain screwed. I had a SCORE counselor review 2 business plans that I wrote with this product and he just hated them. The numbers were all wrong and non-sensical and I didn't even know what the reports meant. Moreover the reports, which are automatically generated, include tons of stuff that is very high level and generic. For example, one line item is "Sales Tax, VAT, HST/GST Received," which appears to be relevant in Canada and Europe and thus shouldn't be included here. Moreover, does that make sense in a business that is a service and doesn't have any employees? Also, there were many items that were there but had "0" values, such as "New Current Borrowing." The maker, Palo Alto Software, is selling a one-size fits all package. Beware!

I'm a programmer, not a businessman. And if you're not a businessman, this is the problem you'll have with this product. That's why I say its a tool, not a magic bullet. As my SCORE counselor said, "It won't magically produce a business plan for you."

Ready Proof that 'Better' is the Enemy of 'Good Enough'
I heartily agree with other reviewers that MS Word & Excel templates are plenty sufficent for the -- apparently unavoidable -- time-consuming business planning task.

Business Plan Pro's attempts at simplicity only make it obtuse.Rather than permitting business owners to focus on the priorities of their particular business, BPP users will find themselves answering off-topic questions and dealing with other near-useless distractions that add little to no value.

Moreover, what good are 400 samples if _they can't be imported for use as a template_??Selling the software on the basis of making all these great 'samples' available (when they most definitely cannot be used directly) is a borderline scam in my opinion.

Great program!
This is a great program. I have used it, and earlier versions, to improve business plans I have written in the past. In every way it succeeds. From the sample/template business plans you can follow to the easy to use question answer format.

I would recommend it to anyone just starting out in a new business.

Cautious
I have use an older version of this softaware and found it to be awkward as will many business plan software.Most bus plan software in general tries to make a basic task, that can be time consuming, but relatively straight forward, simplier.Actually a good MS Excel and MsWord templete would do the same thing.I have reviewed several types of BP software, I don't think any of them would making my job much easier. ... Read more

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Business Cards define the essence of your Company. With Quickstart Business Card Maker Pro you can make business cards with a professional âlook and feelâ in minutes! Unleash your imagination with professionally designed layouts, spectacular images, brilliant backdrops, and patterns; plus distinctive fonts and bold headlines. ... Read more

Features

• Layouts, clip art and fonts are all included -- start working as soon as you install
• Select from multiple layouts, images, backdrops and patterns for truly distinctive fonts and headlines
• Import artwork and designs from other programs and store them in a searchable database
• Create an eye-catching business card in 3 easy steps - Chose a Business Card Type, enter your info and print it up
• Includes thousands of fonts for Mac and PC

Features

• New templates and Express Check Designer helps you design the perfect checks every time
• Print out informative business reports for your home or business
• Create personal and business-size checks, for printing or sending by email
• Schedule your bill payments for accurate, on-time payments of outstanding or upcoming invoices
• Simple one-pass check printing from Quicken, Quickbooks and Money

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NEW! A fifth volume of the ever-popular PowerPlugs: Transitions from CrystalGraphics! Adds innovative television-style 3D effects to your presentations with just a few mouse clicks! PowerPlugs: Transitions produces stunning visual effects and realistic, synchronized sounds in your PowerPoint presentations. This brand new collection of innovative 3D effects allows you a sure way to grab your audiences' attention and make your message more memorable. The software is incredibly easy-to-use-- it plugs directly into PowerPoint, enabling you to add 3D animated transitions right from PowerPoint's Slide Show menu. PowerPlugs: Transitions V is based on 20 innovative styles, including Emerald Screens, Magical Doors, Space Cubes, Virtual Billboard and more. Plus, you can now insert your own images on many of the transition effects! Get all five volumes of PowerPlugs: Transitions and much more in PowerPlugs: Ultimate Combo 14! ... Read more

Features

• Energizes your presentations with eye-catching 3D transition effects!
• Many of the effects allow you insert your own images!
• Adds synchronized sound effects automatically!
• Incredibly easy to use and handsomely affordable!

Features

• Using a set of Smart Wizards, users can easily create new letterhead, business cards, posters, flyers and more
• Multiple clip art images and fonts make your publications fit your personal style
• Powerful word processing tools allow for multi-page text flow, spellchecking, word wrap, justification, tabs, indents and more
• Customizable templates help you get started creating the great-looking documents and brochures you need to keep your business growing!

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Keep agendas on schedule with this powerful business app. Whether you host meetings or just attend them, this is a must have! Great for meetings, speeches, and presentations. ... Read more