Features

• Teaches how and where to find information for building a family tree
• Easy to learn and use; tutorials help novices get started
• Experienced genealogists will find helpful, new sources of information
• Learn to build visual family trees with Microsoft PowerPoint and Visio
• Nurture your family tree back many generations

Amazon.com Product Description

Perfect for writers and word lovers, professionals and students, Word Menu 2.0 is an easy-to-use reference tool that finds words quickly and helps you use them more effectively. This revolutionary reference software arranges words into a categorized structure, while its elegant user interface provides a faster, more comprehensive word search than most Internet search engines. More than a dictionary and better than a thesaurus, Word Menu 2.0 will help you develop an impressive vocabulary, learn technical terms, discover better ways to say the same thing, and more. Automatic Web updating to the software's robust database lets you continue to grow and expand your word knowledge. For anyone who wants to understand and discuss subjects with greater confidence and authority, Word Menu 2.0 is the ultimate resource. Plus, it adds a reverse dictionary, glossaries with more than 80,000 entries, and a world almanac to your desktop. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

At first I had some doubts
It took a bit of getting used to, however, after a few minutes of exploration, I agree it is better than a dictionary and combines nicely as a thesaurus. What a unique idea. Fast and easy. Although the meanings are brief, there is easy access to dictionary .com for a more complete explaination if one is necessary. I think it beats an ordinary diction/thesaurus all to .... ... Read more

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ULTIMATE FAMILY TREE PLATINIUM
DO NOT BUY. BEING SOLD UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. THIS PRODUCT WAS SUPERB IN ITS DAY BUT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY INTERNET DOWNLOADS OR THE MANUFACTURER. IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS XP HOME ADDITION. NOTE THAT AMAZON.COM ADS DO NOT TELL YOU WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH (WINDOWS 95, 98). IN MID AUGUST 2003 I PURCHASED THIS "PIG IN A POKE". I HAVE USED UFT SINCE 1997. I SPENT HOURS CONTACTING THE THREE COMPANIES THAT, STARTING WITH UFT 2.0, THEN 3.0 HAVE OWNED THIS SOFTWARE. ... Read more

Features

• Find long-lost family members using the powerful search tools -- link parents, siblings, spouses and children
• Build and Edit your ancestor and descendant charts, all from one File
• With just a click, you can include multimedia like animated photo shows, Video clips and Sound
• Customize charts and add your own detailed notes -- and preview before you print
• Import and export your family tree to other programs

Amazon.com Product Description

Now available on DVD, Broderbund's The Print Shop is more powerful and versatile than ever. Exhaustively updated, The Print Shop Deluxe 15 carries tons of exciting new features like file sharing options, easier-than-ever e-mail tools, built-in movie editing software, and a handy Media Manager.

The Print Shop Deluxe features a rich, creative library of over 280,000 premium images (80,000-plus on the DVD and 200,000-plus online) and over 14,500 ready-made project templates (9,000-plus on the DVD and over 5,500 online). In addition, the cutting-edge DVD format delivers ultimate convenience by consolidating all of your art and projects on a single disc.

Share projects via e-mail with unprecedented simplicity. A one-click viewer makes your projects instantly accessible to friends and family who don't have The Print Ship. Save your projects as popular PDF files for easy printing. Edit videos with MovieShop Express and add titles, transitions, music, and more. Make any paper product you can think of--cards, photo projects, calendars, brochures, and so on--and then go on to design screen savers, e-mail greetings, and entire Web sites. ... Read more

Reviews (12)

Access is "iffy"
I've owned previous versions of this product, and I enjoyed using them. I found switching CDs a little annoying though, and welcomed the idea of one disk, with most of the art stored online, without taking up space on my computer.

The art is wonderful; my real complaint with the program is the website access. All too often, I find myself in the middle of designing something when suddenly an object cannot download. There appears a blurb from the manufacturer telling you to try again later. Sometimes "later" is just a few moments later, other times it can be quite a while. Also, I find that the thumbnails are a little slow appearing, making scrolling through the art time consuming. I would give this product a much higher rating if it wasn't for this unreliability. I like the PrintShop, but I just bought Version 20 Deluxe, to be installed when I install my larger hard drive. I haven't installed it yet; I'm reading reviews here to see if anything else sounds more promising.

Experienced Print Shop user
I bought the print shop deluxe version 15 because I had been very pleased with its previous editions. Well not with this one. It installed only part of the program, I uninstalled the whole program and started installation again, but the program insists it is already installed. So here I sit with a new program that is useless. Have contacted Broderbund but have not had a reply. Have had the computer checked out and it is the program not the computer causing the problem.

Terrible Software - Does edit photos
This is terrible software. I gave it two stars because it does edit photos and I needed that feature, but, overall I am very sorry that I spent my money before looking at these reviews.

The interface is AWFUL! For example, if you want to add a rectangle you would think you would just click on a rectangle tool and draw it. Nope! Instead you click on "Insert Shape", then you get a dialog box of possible shapes. You have to select the shape you want and the color in this dialog box. Then you click OK. Now you have a rectangle that you can reshape.

The Wizards are OK, but the designs are very lame and unprofessional. The system creates some integrated letterhead and business cards, but you wouldn't want to use them.

I bought this ... figuring, ...how much worse can it be than Microsoft Publisher 2000? Afterall, this isn't rocket science. The answer was MUCH worse!

Is there an award for Worst Software Imaginable?
This is great if you want to send a note to your Aunt Helen. Anything more substantial and it is full of quirks and bugs. Huge Waste of Money----the programmers should be lined up and shown the door or preferably worse.

No Manual
This is a disappointment for the high price as it has no manual. I've enjoyed previous versions of P.S. Deluxe, and this is the first that didn't include a paper manual. I don't like reading instructions on the computer screen/electronic manuals. ... Read more