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I've been using Greeting Card Factory 7 (GCF7) for more than a year now, and for the most part, I am completely satisfied with it. I would have upgraded my rating from 3 to 4 stars, but the system won't permit me to change my rating.
Here are my only complaints -- they are few and minor -- in no particular order:
1) Only one document can be open at a time. This is a bit of a nuisance, since I like to copy content between cards and matching envelopes. (How long has the Windows Multiple Document Interface been around?) Instead of opening two documents and copying/pasting between them, it's necessary to open the source document, copy the desired item(s), close the source document, open the target document, and paste the copied item(s).
2) No business card "content" that I could find, anyway (File / Browse Templates), and the business card "templates" (Files / Browse Blanks) are organized under the "Labels" category. (I had to hunt a while before I found them.)
3) While we're at it, the convention of calling content "templates" and templates "blanks," but that's really nitpicking.
4) Copying images from the program via the Windows Clipboard into my image editor (so I can make more advanced modifications than GCF7's Photo Editor can handle) doesn't always work: images sometimes have lines through them, which I believe originate from the resizing / rotation "handles" GCF7 overlays on the image when you select it. However, a somewhat-less-convenient workaround is available: right-click the image, then click on Export Selection as Image... This opens a dialog that lets you set parameters for the exported image, which you can then open in the editor of your choice.
5) GCF7 sometimes gets confused by its own file extensions, saving one kind of document (a greeting card, for example, *.fgc) with a different file extension (i.e., note card, *.fnc). This is no big deal, as I've never lost work, but I've had to remember this if I'm browsing say, greeting cards only, and can't find a card I've saved previously. The solution is to expand the search criteria to all documents in the folder.
6) When opening documents, the preview window doesn't always display a preview. This seems to occur most often with greeting cards (*.fgc).
7) Sometimes, if the GFC7 window isn't maximized, it "disappears" from the screen, making it necessary to right-click its button (if that's the correct term) in the taskbar, and clicking Restore or Maximize.
All in all, however, these are very minor quibbles, greatly outweighed by the quality of the program and the depth of its content. I'm very satisfied with GFC7 on the whole, and intend to continue to use it for years to come.
*** MY ORIGINAL REVIEW ***
I just bought this program and installed it yesterday. The problem with lines appearing on the printed card is a known bug with v.7.0.0.x of the program, and has been resolved by the publisher (Nova Development). In fact, when I launched the program for the first time, it alerted me to the fact that an update was available, and downloaded and installed it when I gave the OK. Nova Development refers to this as a "major support patch;" it's about 3.8MB in size. The patched version of the program is 7.0.1.1 (as of 1/22/08).
Also, note that Microsoft .Net framework 3.0 or higher is required for GCF 7 to launch. I didn't have .Net installed, and had to download and install it before GCF 7 would run. (This isn't documented, and the launch error dialog didn't help; I had to call their tech support group to resolve this, but the guy I spoke to was friendly, competent and helpful.) I installed the latest available version (3.5) of MS .Net.
By the way, I only gave the program a 3-star rating, because I haven't had time to put it through all its paces yet.
Hope this helps.
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