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LOCOSCRIPT PROFESSIONAL

Company / developer:
  Great British Software

LocoScript Professional 2 Plus gives you familiar word processing, but faster and with quicker access to your documents. you’ll find lots of new features as well as the ones you already know - including earlier versions of LocoScript, LocoFile, LocoMail and LocoSpell (UK English, of course).

And LocoScript Professional uses words that make sense to you, not computer jargon. With LocoScript Professional it’s easy to write documents using a PC, so you can get on with what you want to say.

LocoScript Professional will work with a wide range of DOS compatible printers without the need for extra printer software. Its five fully scaleable typefaces allow you to print high quality text at different sizes. LX Roman and LX Sanserif even provide the full range of LocoScript characters too - including Greek, Cyrillic and a wide range of scientific and specialist characters.

But that’s not all! There are columns and footnotes, and even a 300,000 word UK English thesaurus. You can also include pictures in your documents and use print preview to see how they look before you print them.

You’ll find LocoScript Professional 2 Plus instantly familiar, so you won’t have to waste time learning a new word processor.

Ventura Publisher

Company / developer:
  Corel Corporation

Ventura

Ventura Publisher was the first popular desktop publishing package for IBM PC compatible computers running DOS. The software was originally developed by Ventura Software, a small company founded by John Meyer (who developed it when he was at Xerox PARC), Don Heiskel and Lee Jay Lorenzen. It ran under an included run-time copy of Digital Research, Inc.'s Graphical Environment Manager (GEM) Desktop. The first version was released in 1986.

Ventura was distributed by several companies, but after a while Xerox became the only distributor and in 1989 they even bought the source code. Ventura Software Inc., an affiliated company of Xerox, was formed and version 3.0 Gold was published in 1990. Besides DOS/GEM it was also available for Win16, Mac and OS/2. Version 4.0 was released in 1991. The last version released by Ventura Software Inc. was 4.1.1 in 1993.

Ventura Publisher

Company / developer:
  Corel Corporation

Ventura

Ventura Publisher was the first popular desktop publishing package for IBM PC compatible computers running DOS. The software was originally developed by Ventura Software, a small company founded by John Meyer (who developed it when he was at Xerox PARC), Don Heiskel and Lee Jay Lorenzen. It ran under an included run-time copy of Digital Research, Inc.'s Graphical Environment Manager (GEM) Desktop. The first version was released in 1986.

Ventura was distributed by several companies, but after a while Xerox became the only distributor and in 1989 they even bought the source code. Ventura Software Inc., an affiliated company of Xerox, was formed and version 3.0 Gold was published in 1990. Besides DOS/GEM it was also available for Win16, Mac and OS/2. Version 4.0 was released in 1991. The last version released by Ventura Software Inc. was 4.1.1 in 1993.

Unix

Company / developer:
  The Open Group

Unix

Unix operating systems are widely used in both servers and workstations. The Unix environment and the client-server program model were essential elements in the development of the Internet and the reshaping of computing as centered in networks rather than in individual computers.

Both Unix and the C programming language were developed by AT&T and distributed to government and academic institutions, causing both to be ported to a wider variety of machine families than any other operating system. As a result, Unix became synonymous with "open systems".

Unix was designed to be portable, multi-tasking and multi-user in a time-sharing configuration. Unix systems are characterized by various concepts: the use of plain text for storing data; a hierarchical file system; treating devices and certain types of inter-process communication (IPC) as files; and the use of a large number of software tools, small programs that can be strung together through a command line interpreter using pipes, as opposed to using a single monolithic program that includes all of the same functionality. These concepts are known as the Unix philosophy.

Under Unix, the "operating system" consists of many of these utilities along with the master control program, the kernel. The kernel provides services to start and stop programs, handle the file system and other common "low level" tasks that most programs share, and, perhaps most importantly, schedules access to hardware to avoid conflicts if two programs try to access the same resource or device simultaneously. To mediate such access, the kernel was given special rights on the system, leading to the division between user-space and kernel-space.

The microkernel concept was introduced in an effort to reverse the trend towards larger kernels and return to a system in which most tasks were completed by smaller utilities. In an era when a "normal" computer consisted of a hard disk for storage and a data terminal for input and output (I/O), the Unix file model worked quite well as most I/O was "linear". However, modern systems include networking and other new devices. As graphical user interfaces developed, the file model proved inadequate to the task of handling asynchronous events such as those generated by a mouse, and in the 1980s non-blocking I/O and the set of inter-process communication mechanisms was augmented (sockets, shared memory, message queues, semaphores), and functionalities such as network protocols were moved out of the kernel.

Harvard Graphics ChartXL

Company / developer:
  Harvard Graphics

Harvard ChartXL 3.0 Creates Any Chart For Any Type of Data

Harvard ChartXL combines professional-level graphic and layout capabilities with advanced data organization and analysis tools to facilitate outstanding chart results, even for complex or large amounts of data. In addition to a made-over interface, Harvard ChartXL 3.0 combines the product's most important legacy features with new capabilities that bring it up to speed with current technologies and facilitate greater ease of use. A user may:

Select from Over 300 Business, Statistical and Technical Charts

Includes basic business layouts like Column, Line, and Gant, and sophisticated Box-Whiskers, Trajectories and Spectral Plots, neatly categorized as either business, statistical and technical. 2D and 3D effects can be applied to a chart with a single mouse click, while Harvard ChartXL's AutoFit technology allows a user to change styles instantly without modifying the underlying data.

Find the Best Chart for Your Data

Harvard ChartXL's "Advisor" explains the intended use for each of the 300 available charts. For example, click on "star chart" and the Advisor explains its general "usage" is for proportional comparisons. The Advisor then explains in detail how the chart's characteristics represent grouped values. A user may even edit the descriptions provided in the Advisor for customized instruction.

Manipulate Data in the Built-in Spreadsheet

In addition to supporting data input from outside spreadsheets, data may be entered directly into Harvard ChartXL's built-in spreadsheet application, designed to resemble popular spreadsheet programs for little or no learning curve. It comes complete with multiple workbooks, number, font and graphic formatting features.

View Data and Charts Simultaneously

Rather than flip-flopping between the program's spreadsheet and chart views, Harvard ChartXL provides a convenient split view option for simultaneous viewing.

Compute Trends, Averages and Interpolations with One Mouse Click

Harvard ChartXL's one-touch Business Statistics toolbar provides several icons for one-click computation of interpolations, as well as linear, exponential, polynomial, and cyclical trends, and moving averages, minimums, maximums, standard deviations and variances. The computation is displayed as a line on the chart, while the computed data is automatically placed in a separate spreadsheet.

Analyze Data with Powerful Analysis Tools

Select from one of the 69 predefined functions, define the cell range, and Harvard ChartXL quickly analyzes the formula. In addition to mainstream functions like "count" and "absolute value", Harvard ChartXL also provides "kronecker delta", "hyperbolic sine", and other functions suitable for the most eclectic analysis. Harvard ChartXL even provides a "Formula Visualizer" to aid in the creation and evaluation of equations for creating sophisticated curve and surface charts.

Create Layers of Data

With the simple "Add Data" command, data from different spreadsheets may be added to a single chart, with automatic links to update the chart if changes to the spreadsheet data occur. For example, one chart can simultaneously depict two different sets of data, the results layered as a bar and line chart.

Correct Data Entry Confusion with the Range Highlighter

The "Range Highlighter" selects the cell range in a spreadsheet where particular data should be entered. For example, a user wants to create a bubble chart, but is unsure which cells designate the "area value" in the spreadsheet. By selecting "area value" on the Range Highlighter, the relevant cell range will be both highlighted and defined for instant location.

Visually Locate Your Data

With Harvard ChartXL's "Data Cursor", a user may select a data point on a chart and, depending on the chart type, view the value of the data point, type a new value, or drag the data point to a new location.
For example, a user has created a line chart, but a peak in the curve looks peculiarly elevated. Rather than scan the spreadsheet to find and double check the corresponding data, the user may simply mouse click the peak with the Data Cursor and the data value will appear in the "Data View". The spreadsheet cell for the data will automatically highlight for convenient tracking.

(NEW) Apply Professional-looking Color Schemes in Seconds

Harvard ChartXL now offers a complete palette of preset color schemes in a preview menu for rapid, interchangeable application to charts, graphic and text objects, as well as page backgrounds. For hurried business pros, the new color schemes are an invaluable time saver, ensuring professional-looking presentation results in seconds.

Create Any Chart Design with Advanced Graphic Support

Harvard ChartXL's comprehensive graphic support provides optimal control over chart design, and superior chart results. For example, the number and style of axes, the color, format and option to hide chart elements like tick marks, and the font style and look are among the chart characteristics entirely under user control. A user may also customize solid, gradient, and patterned fills, or even import bitmaps as a chart background. A chart may be exactly positioned on a work page using the layout grid and move controls, while a preview screen shows a chart in color or black and white to illustrate how it will look outputted via a particular type of printer. After creating the ideal chart, simply save the template for future projects.

Apply Different Perspectives with the Rotation, Scale and Perspective Tools

Harvard ChartXL offers easy to use tools for changing the vertical, horizontal and spin rotation--full screen--of a chart, as well as its scale and depth perspective. The result is superior graphical impact than provided by standard spreadsheet and presentation programs.

(NEW) Import and Export Both Data and Charts

Harvard ChartXL's import capabilities have been enhanced to support most spreadsheet programs, including Microsoft Excel 95 and 98, and most versions of Lotus, in addition to Data, Text and DIF files. Links may even be established by the user between a ChartXL chart and its supporting, outside spreadsheet program for automatic updates to chart data. Additionally, Harvard ChartXL supports several new graphic file formats for chart export, including GIF, JPEG, Metafile, and PNG.

Drag and Drop into Outside Programs

Charts may be quickly dragged and dropped into any standard presentation, desktop publishing, word processing or spreadsheet program.

System Requirements

Minimum Requirements:

• Windows 95, Windows 98, 98SE, ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, compatible with Windows XP in single user mode
• 486 Processor - Pentium processor or above recommended
• 8 MB RAM - 16 MB RAM Recommended
• 18 MB available hard disk space
• VGA 256 color display - Recommended Hi-Color.
• Mouse or other pointing device
• CD ROM drive

Mac OS X

Company / developer:
  Apple, Inc.

Introduction to Mac OS X

Ever wonder why people get so attached to their Mac? Think Mac OS X. At the core of every Mac, Mac OS X is what makes your digital life more simple, more productive, and just plain fun.

It’s easy.

Mac OS X is a celebration of simplicity and common sense. No complicated menus. No obscure commands. Most tasks can be accomplished with just a click or two. And if you ever need guidance, there’s a built-in help system to light the way. Oh, one more thing: Mac OS X is simply breathtaking — and easy to personalize with desktop pictures and screen savers.

It’s advanced.

Making amazing things simple takes seriously advanced technology. Mac OS X is built on a rock-solid UNIX foundation, delivers true 64-bit performance, and incorporates industry-leading animated graphics. The beauty is, you don’t have to know what one word of that means — just start up your Mac and enjoy it.

It’s amazing.

More than an operating system, Mac OS X is a collection of very cool applications. It comes with everything you need to surf the web, send beautifully designed email, video chat, and organize your personal information.

It’s secure.

In a world where PCs constantly do battle with viruses and malware, Mac OS X is a sea of tranquility. Just go about your business and Mac OS X minds the fortress. Your documents are safe even if you share your Mac with others, and you can keep your kids safe by using a rich set of parental controls.

It’s compatible.

It’s a big world out there, and Mac OS X fits in perfectly. It runs Microsoft Office. It has built-in drivers for cameras, printers, and external drives. It plugs right into a PC network. And in case there’s a PC application you can’t live without, Mac computers can even run Windows. Mac OS X is compatible with everything — most of all, you.

Adobe Software

Company / developer:
  Adobe Systems Incorporated