ASAP helps design business slide shows you might even watch

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Software Publishing Corp's $99 ASAP presentation graphics software offers an extremely easy-to-use interface that rockets the user through the mechanics of creating an outstanding slide show, but it does not include thumbnail viewing capabilities. ASAP is targetted at non-business users who do not use presentations frequently. The program is divided into a main viewing area for previewing the presentation, and three groups of icons. One group consists of pre-defined color schemes that are matched for their artistic merit. The second group has 13 pre-defined templates for managing the entire presentation, while the third group has 22 layouts of items such as agendas, pyramids and organizational charts. All of these pre-defined elements can be mixed together, enabling the user to quickly create thousands of potential presentations. ASAP requires only a 386-based machine or higher, and only 1MB of RAM. It is less sophisticated than other applications, but for the non-business user it is an outstanding presentation package.

Graphics Software Pkgs (Micro), Graphics software, Presentation software, Presentation graphics software, Software Publishing Corp. (Teaneck, New Jersey), SPCO, Software Publishing ASAP for Windows (Presentation graphics software)

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Can you crush your competitors with a PC? Maybe not

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Hand-on Technology's (HOT) $499 Crush business analysis software offers sophisticated business advice for companies to beat their competition and master their market niches, but its performance and interface designs make the application extremely frustrating to use. Crush is divided into two modes. The analysis mode leads business leaders threw a series of questions about the company's market, economic conditions and the competition. It places the responses into a series of worksheets. When the process is completed the application supplies a valuable analysis of how to realize new opportunities and destroy the competition. The second mode provides video clips featuring marketing consultant Regis McKenna with relevant business advice and case studies about how other companies beat their rivals. While the advice is sound, the application's design is difficult to use, the printing functions are unexpectedly slow and the video clips frequently cause system crashes.

Business Software Pkgs (Micro), Software, Business management software, Suites (Software), Marketing, Software single product review, Marketing management software, Hands-On Technology Inc., Crush (Marketing management software)

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Banking by PC doesn't do enough to ease a grim task

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Intuit's Quicken personal finance software offers more functional features for personal banking, but Microsoft's Money has an easier to use interface; but neither application's home banking features are worthwhile yet. The computer and banking industries have espoused home banking for years, but its promise has never been realized. Today, a variety of banks are ramping up new home banking services in conjunction with Intuit and Microsoft's personal finance applications. Both applications use Intuit's home banking service to perform their tasks. Users of either application click an icon to access the Intuit banking computer, which then provides a listing of the latest transactions and cleared checks on an account. This system is updated only once per day by the banks, and the lack of real-time data is a major drawback. The Microsoft Money interface is easier to use, but Quicken's stronger check reconciliation features make it the better system.

Financial, Acctg Software Pkgs (Micro), Microsoft Corp., Financial software, MSFT, Software multiproduct review, Personal finance software, Microsoft Money (Personal finance software), Intuit Inc., INTU, Quicken (Personal finance software)

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