PrintMaster Platinum 11.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)Printmaster 11 Platinum is the latest version of Printmaster - the all-in-one graphics suite by Broderbund (Mindscape, Learning Company, etc.). I have used Printmaster since version 7 - and been thru the two subsequent upgrades (8 and 10). Each upgrade made some nice improvements to what was (is) an excellent all around graphics suite. Among some of the improvements in version 11 are: the ability to change a greeting card layout from a quarter-fold to a half-fold (and vice-versa), easier interface and more intuitive tools, an improved photo workshop, the ability to make matching items for a party such as tablecloth and napkins, among many others. Printmaster has thousands of beautiful pre-made graphics for greeting cards which print gorgeous, vibrant colors using a nice color printer with good card stock (I use HP greeting card stock, Hallmark, or Canon - all good). This new version is well worth the price with its improvements. If you have version 8 installed, though, download the patch from the Expressit website before installing version 11, or uninstall version 8 first. You won't be disappointed!

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PrintMaster Platinum 11 provides tools to create photo albums, party sets, Web pages, T-shirts, home and garden crafts, and more. Users can pick from thousands of ready-made templates and images or start from scratch.
The new integrated photo-editing and multimedia features offer a host of new effects. You can store and share photos online, and give access to family and friends for viewing anytime. The Party Creator Wizard allows you to create coordinated party favors with a click (hat, banner, place card, invitation, and centerpiece). Turn any project into a screen saver, or attach sound/video and send it online. The enhanced design center features ease of use and multimedia tutorials. And you can organize your projects more easily with the My Art and Photos gallery.

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PrintMaster Platinum 15 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought a new computer with windows XP and decided if i was going to be running the newest Windows I should run the newest Printmaster. I upgraded from Platinum 11 and I'm sending back Platinum 15 and re-installing 11. More than half the images are online now. You get three art discs and have to sort through online garbage to get the rest. It's to get you to sign up for their Million image club for another $$. They took away some features and added nothing. Quality went down. Wait for them to bring it back up before upgrading.

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Printmaster Publishing Suite 7.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great cd for someone just starting out, it makes you want MORE. I get great artwork. for beginners like myself, its a great introduction to Printmaster. Lots of pictures,cards etc.

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American Greetings Spiritual Expressions 7 (Jewel Case) Review

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(More customer reviews)Outstanding program! I hate figuring out how to do things and need a "no-brainer" program for address labels and business cards which I use to make all kinds of things for my Developmental Kindergartners. This is the easiest program I have ever used for that. They also have exceptional clip-art. Buy it! You'll love it!

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Calendar Creator 5.0 (Jewel Case) Review

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(More customer reviews)For children's educational software, The Learning Company can't be beat. For productivity software, look elsewhere. While the file saving is a vast improvement over Version 4, the user interface is not anymore helpful. If you have the time and tolerance, it's a good deal. If you need to get the job done quickly, try another calendar.

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American Greetings Creatacard Gold 7 Review

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(More customer reviews)If you already have an earlier version, keep it! This was a waste of my time. You spend a lot of time trying to download from their website and cards that I had with the earlier version were no longer available. I returned my copy fast. The Platinum version is just as bad. Believe me, I tried both versions and am sticking with my old ones. They need to come up with something better in the future or they will loose me as a customer.

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Discover the creative way to make someone's day. Whether you'recelebrating a holiday or birthday, commemorating an achievement, or simplyhaving fun, American Greetings CreataCard Gold 7 delivers the tools you need toexpress yourself in style. Create cards, calendars, banners, stationary,iron-on crafts, and more. Utilize the expanded array of editing tools andamusing special effects. Share your creations with family and friends using newe-mail tools. Design and coordinate party invitations, place cards, banners,centerpieces, and even party hats with the Party Set Creator. Enhance yourdesigns with more than 11,300 images in every style, and explore more than 9,100sentiments to convey the perfect message every time. For momentous occasions andeveryday moments, American Greetings Creatacard Gold 7 turns your message intomagic.

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Printmaster Premier 7.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)You can make your projects as simple or complex as you want with this program. Features include cards, art projects, envelopes, banners, posters, and more. There are thousands of clip art images, and you can import your own photos, and then crop them with provided shape or by hand, you can even give them an older look. The choices of font are amazing! You can even create your own headlines, with different colors, textures, shapes, shadows, and outlines to add to the text. The program offers ready-made projects, assistance with projects, or you can create your own from scratch. With all the options for cards you'll find yourself making all the cards and invites you need for any occasion. You'll be amazed at everything you can create! Once you register your program PrintMaster will send you information about additional upgrades. All of which are affordable.

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PrintMaster Premier 7.0 is a full-featured print productivity program everyone can use. Besides a powerful set of easy-to-use tools, it comes with thousands of images, exclusive original art and photos, as well as ready-to-print templates that make creating a wide variety of printed materials quick and effortless. Use PrintMaster to create everything from personalized greeting cards and invitations to brochures and newsletters. PrintMaster Premier even includes templates for 300 different banner designs.
With the built-in TWAIN support, you can import photos and images using a scanner, digital camera, or other device. The PhotoEnhancer program included with PrintMaster Premier 7.0 allows you to edit photographs, remove red-eye, and more. Also included with PrintMaster Premier 7.0 are 100 premium National Geographic photographs. With PrintMaster Premier's capabilities, your personal newsletters and greeting cards will look professional and unique.

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The Print Shop Pro Publisher 22 Deluxe Review

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(More customer reviews)Don't be fooled by the box saying how many they've sold anyone who knows anything about software knows you cannot return an opened software box so sold means nothing.
This software in unimpressive, I bought it because I needed to do my wedding invitation and I liked the description thinking I could use it for may other things as well.
Well I ended up using WORD for my invitations, yes WORD, why because word actually did everything I wanted that this program said it would do but didn't! I spent HOURS trying to use it's "simple" templates to no avail they would not print correctly or in the size they claimed to be. In the end I am out the money I spent and pretty mad about it.

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The Print Shop 22 Pro Publisher Deluxe delivers more creative tools than any other Print Shop product, along with the professional features you need to take control of your business communications.400,000+ premium images & graphics PLUS, 22,000 professionally designed project templates!Packed with the text and layout tools you need, you'll easily create high quality projects including multi-page brochures, stationery, CD/DVD labels, newsletters and more.Enhanced photo editing tools provide the professional touch you need to make your photos look your best.Whether you create slideshows, burn to CD, resize for a mobile phone or design and publish your own web pages, showcasing your photos is easier than ever.

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My Labels Review

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(More customer reviews)I used a previous version of My Labels, and was quite pleased with it. After changing computers a few times, the old version would no longer work with WinXP, so I "upgraded" to the newer version. Here's my gripe list:
1. When I tried to open my old My Labels files, it kindly offered to convert them to the new format. How convenient! Not at all. The data gets converted (duh), but the label design disappears.
2. Entering data is unbelievably frustrating. If you have fields that are the same, you can copy and paste, but that's it. Ctrl-D is supposed to work, but it doesn't really, making you type the same things over and over. Modern software is supposed to increase productivity, isn't it?
3. This is really a stamp selling program. They actually only want you to buy stamps, the software only being a hook to bring you in.
4. Placement of objects is very clutsy and it's difficult to put things close together.
5. Very limited creative options.
I'll never buy this again.

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The easiest way to create and print labels for business and personal use in minutes!Design on your own, or let the Label Assistant guide you. Select a size, insert text, and add graphics and logos. Alter fonts and objects with the professional color wheel. Add product barcodes and POSTNET-certified barcodes.

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PrintMaster Platinum 8.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have never been disappointed by Printmaster products. The layout system is easy to use, the graphics are great, and easy to find no matter what you are looking for. The simple "keyword" search for the perfect graphic makes projects a breeze. More graphics than any person will ever need, but it ensures you find exactly what you need. Perfect for even the computer illiterate. Great for it's price as well.

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PrintMaster Platinum 8.0 lets you create personalized greeting cards, invitations, stationery, flyers, banners, Web pages, and more. Edit your photos for professional-looking quality and insert them into electronic photo albums or slide shows. With the included templates and photos, you can create a variety of presentations and crafts. PrintMaster(r) Platinum 8.0 even helps you create 3-D animated greetings, with Internet access.

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PrintMaster Platinum 12.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have happily used PM for many years. The new edition is driving me crazy. When I compose a legal sized newsletter page and save it, it reduces the size of the type when I return to the project later. I have had numerous e-mail suggestions from tech support, but nothing has fixed the problem. I ended up having to send my newsletter out in letter size this month. For other stuff, there is probably no problems, but this newsletter is very important to me.

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American Greetings Creatacard Platinum 8 Review

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(More customer reviews)I currently have American Greetings CreataCard Gold 3, and I love it. It has been so easy to use, and I like the fact that I can create an envelope, which comes up with my return address already on it, and address it with a single click of the mouse. Then I can change the font and add an image. With the Platinum 8, I have not been able to do that at all. I tried to do their "Mail Merge", even had the instructions in front of me, but it would not work. The setup is not nearly as handy to use, and it is always trying to send me to the Internet for images. I am very disappointed with this product.

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American Greetings CreataCard is the fun and easy way to personalize greeting cards for every occasion in your life. Show family and friends how much you care by choosing just the right card for them, or demonstrate your creativity with a start-from-scratch creation. Either way, they will know it comes from the heart. To share a smile, to show you care... to celebrate! There's no better way to mark life's moments than with personalized, original cards and projects. And there's no better name to trust than American Greetings - the brand that invented personalized greeting cards! You'll find endless inspiration in our acclaimed artwork, irresistible sentiments, and thousands of project possibilities. When life calls for something special, we'll provide the help. You provide the heart.

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Broderbund Print Shop 21 Deluxe Review

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(More customer reviews)I've been using Print Shop for many, many years, primarily to make greeting cards and note cards. I've upgraded as upgrades became available and today upgraded from version 20 to version 21 deluxe. I also use Norton A/V which has been around for many years and is in very widespread use.
It seems that the two are almost terminally incompatible. PS v. 21 has many projects that are only available online and must be downloaded. There are many of these in the Printed Greeting cards and constitute all of the projects in the Photo Picture Cards and the Creative Touch cards.
Although, at the price charged for this software, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ON THE CD"S AND SHOULD NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DOWNLOADING, when downloading is tried, you will get the message "The online server can not deliver the file".
When you search their nearly non-existent technical support section, for a solution, you are told "It has been found that certain software security systems do not allow communication between your computer and Broderbund's file servers. You will need to contact your security software's company for information on how to allow this communication or SIMPLY DISABLE THE SOFTWARE TO ALLOW IT." (Emphasis mine)
It thus seems that the makers of PS 21 (Broderbund? Encore? RiverDeep?) could not be bothered to work out these incompatibilities with one of the most popular and widely installed anti-virus software programs on the market and put their program on the market anyway. Their solution to the inevitable incompatibility which they knew full well existed: Simply disable your anti virus protection......and risk having your system destroyed.
Is this worth paying them another $42 for a questionable upgrade?
I plan to uninstall v.21 and return it tomorrow; stay with v. 20 and cross Broderbund off my list for all future purchases of this type of software.


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If you're ready to add a creative touch to your photos and other digital images, then Print Shop 21 Deluxe is for you. With over 320,000 images and graphics, plus another 17,500 project templates, Print Shop 21 Deluxe gives you everything you need to get started. An advanced photo editor offers expert editing results to make your photos perfect every time. You can easily incorporate them into any project, create slide shows, burn them to a CD, or even resize for your mobile phone. An enhanced photo-quality printing and new borderless print features mean your projects will have the refined look you want! Photo Shop 21 Deluxe even helps you manage your time with Calender Creator Express, and its new address book and mail merge feature give you effortless mailings every time.

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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20 Review

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(More customer reviews)This program is MUCH IMPROVED! If you'll see my review of Mavis Beacon 17 I believe it was, you can see where I pointed out this programs flaws. However, these have all been resolved and this program has become satisfactory in every way in my opinion.
Mavis Beacon 20 (I have only tried the platinum edition) also has a new practice feature which I haven't found anywhere else, where you can choose from a huge selection of articles where you just type right along with the text while the text you type appears in the lines in between the text to type (no looking halfway down the screen to see mistakes), errors appear in red and make a little noise to let you know that they have occurred. This is a great practicing tool for after you learn all the keys and want to stay sharp. I should also add that these articles are legitimate or legitimate style articles that are actually interesting and fun to type (such as outtakes from Ben Franklin's biography, to scientific articles, many topics) unlike those boring, fake ones that usually are in place on typing programs (which make you feel like you're back in elementary school) and you can even import your own text.
This has really been turned into a very fine program and out of all the programs out there (I've tried alot of them) this one without question gets the highest recommendation. All features have become very practical and user friendly. There's also a ten key learning portion of the program (as with the older versions as well) The interface also has been spiffed up very nicely with pleasing graphics a whole array of new and actually fun games. Bravo to Broderbund for setting the bar to new heights in this program.
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I've got to admit, I learned all of the keys typing on mavis beacon 17, but I doubt that it's any harder on MB 20. The main thing that was really lacking on MB 17 (besides being a junky program) was that you couldn't repeat lessons, which you can now do on MB 20. If you're looking for a program with no small glitches but is much more boring and with less features, then you should look into TypingMaster Pro which you can demo, which is a fine program by the way and If MB is too difficult for you then TypingMaster teaches two keys at a time, however I can't remember how many MB would jump up at a time, however you could always just repeat lessons until you get it. Overall if I was having to spend money on something that I was planning to use for a long time, I would pick Mavis Beacon any day simply because of the practice feature, which I use EVERYDAY. On any other program, after you've learned all the keys, the only thing you can do to practice is to take the final tests over and over again. Unless you go right into a daily regimine of heavy typing, then you will get rusty real fast and this feature makes for an easy and interesting way to stay sharp. You can try a flash demo of MB 20 from their web site. Also, There's an annoying feature on mavis beacon where a hand is displayed on the screen typing the keys as you type, this can be turned off in the options. If you look, there's actually not a whole lot out there to choose from when it comes to typing programs, but I've tried about every one I could find, and this would easily be my choice. If people who don't like it find a more useful program, then they should list it in the comments for this review. I'll finish by saying that TypingMaster might be a little easier to learn on, but I own both of them and still use MB everyday and deleted TypingMaster off of my computer a long time ago. It may all depend on how you want to use it.
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The lessons plan showing how many new keys per lesson can be viewed in the screenshots shown above on this page.

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Labelpro for Windows 3.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)Program is easy to use with any Avery product. Once the product is identified by product number (easily visible on all products), the program does the rest.

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Now you can create professional-looking labels and more, in less time that you ever imagined. Print eye-catching graphics or text in your choice of font--even in color. You'll never struggle again to make text fit and align properly. Avery's LabelPro 3.0 simplifies all the formatting automatically. Get perfect results the first time and every time.

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Calendar Creator Platinum V12 Review

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(More customer reviews)I had to upgrade from CC7 a couple of years ago when I made the mistake of going from XP to Vista. I bought CC12 Platinum at the time because that's what was out. Everything has been fine with this program. Some reviewers here don't like it, but it is what it is. It makes calendars and makes them well. Never had an application or print issue with it. I recently installed it on Windows 7 - both on a 32 bit and 64 bit Ultimate system. Both systems run CC12 fine with no issues. The main reason for this review was to update anyone out there who may be wondering about Windows 7 compatibility since as of the date I wrote this, M$ has not updated their compatibility chart for CC12.

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Achieve everyday organization with the ultimate calendar design and information management tool! Create unique calendars and daily organizer pages using ready-made templates, premium images and stylish fonts. Import and edit your own photos for a personal touch!With a customized calendar, organizing your appointments, tasks and contacts is now easier than ever. Take advantage of great tools such as audio reminders, sticky notes, task lists and an integrated address book to effectively manage your information and busy schedule. Stay organized at home or at the office with calendars that work the way you do!

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PrintMaster 2011 Platinum SB Review

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(More customer reviews)I pre-ordered this through Broderbund. Somewhat satisfied and dissatisfied with it's predecessor I decided I would take a chance. My evaluation isn't about the software because I won't put the disk in my Mac. Why? I was sent a cheaply created (burned) copy of the program with a homemade adhesive label. I'd expect this from a new software company but Broderbund??? Tacky and potentially damaging to your machine. It's stupid to put disks with adhesive labels in your computers and cd players.
After arguing for 40 minutes and threatening a fraud alert with the BBB they finally agreed to credit me for the disk, shipping and let me keep the disk because they wouldn't pay for return shipping. Will it be the same way with Amazon? I'm not sure. I do know that the supervisor told me there are no boxes for the product even though there is one pictured here AND on Broderbund's site. I'd investigate first unless you're OK with adhesive labels.
***UPDATE**** I had to look at this product. If you look at the software product just before they released this one (PrintMaster Platinum 2.0) you'll see that people didn't have the greatest opinion of it. I gave it a 3. I think they whipped this one out to 'fix' the fatal issues of 2.0. Well, "Back to the drawing board Broderbund!"
***The labels got slightly better. SLIGHTLY. You still have to literally copy and paste your address for every single cell. No Find/Replace. Very time consuming.
***The calendar is basically a graphic. Yes, you choose the year or the month depending on whether you are doing an annual or monthly. However you have no way to type items into a cell/day. With Print Shop you can. An improvement but like the labels, a very SLIGHT improvement.
****EVERYTHING IS ONLINE. People complained about everything being installed and killing your hard drive but now you have to be able to access the Internet if you want to create anything. Yes, this is normal for print software but at least you get some on the disk or installed. But with this one it looks like you need the Internet for everything. Let's put it this way. Everything I tried to find kept needing the Internet. Maybe the clipart is on the disk but the projects don't appear to be. Very sad.

****Tackiness: I'm a teacher and I'm picking about spelling. I'm adding a graphic that shows how poorly they were at Broderbund when it came to looking at things before releasing this 'burned' disk. They spelled 'coming' as 'comming.'
****Going back to labels I'm also including a graphic of a sheet of labels aimed at Halloween. First the design has graphics all over the sheet. Next they have the instructions mixed within the labels themselves. Huh? It's a bunch of gobbledygook.
If you're interested in this product look at 2.0 but I'm still very glad I got my money back. Big, big, big disappointment. It keeps it's 1 because they did a shoddy job 'fixing' up a piece of software that they screwed up in the first place. So not worth $40.00! Back to Print Shop for me and praying I can find a good one for my Mac.*****UPDATE***** I wanted to create business cards/behavior punchcards (yeah, I didn't fully take it off) and the program printed some crazy enlarged business card that had the right side of it printed on the left side and vice-verce. I have NEVER seen a printing program this messed up!!!

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PrintMaster 2011 Platinum
The Fun and Easy Way to Create Personalized Projects and Crafts
Create personalized print projects in minutes - anything you can imagine, you can create!*

PrintMaster 2011 Platinum is easy-to-use design software that's great for making a greeting card, capturing memories in a scrapbook, creating a calendar or writing a newsletter to keep in touch with friends and family. It's the ultimate creative toolkit for all your craft projects.

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