300 model missives to help sell anything

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Round Lake Publishing Co's $79.95 Sales LetterWorks is a software package that provides 300 form letters for selling in business. The package is divided into 15 chapters including Sales by Direct Mail, Communicating with Sales Force and Proposals and Quotations. Users find the letter that most closely resembles what they want to write and then edit to suit their needs. All 300 model letters are well-written and concise, and customizing them is a simple task. No special equipment is needed, but a hard disk is helpful. Virtually any word-processing program can handle the letters and the software package is available for MS-DOS and Apple Macintosh machines in either 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch formats.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Product introduction, product announcement, Software packages, Round Lake Publishing Company Inc., Sales LetterWorks (Data entry software)

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Saving the planet isn't always so easy

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Accolade's Balance of the Planet is an environmental-impact-analysis simulation that sells for $49.95 and can be used on either a Macintosh or IBM-compatible microcomputer. The software includes a much text, requiring considerable reading. Bar graphs help, measuring the environmental impact of decisions that aim to save the planet from ecological destruction. A hard disk is required and the program will require up to 1.5Mbytes of memory. The IBM-compatible version requires 512Kbytes of internal memory and DOS 2.1 or later. The Macintosh version requires a Mac Plus or better with a megabyte of internal memory. Either version can be operated by the keyboard, but a mouse is more convenient.

Environmental impact analysis, Ecology, Computer simulation, Environmental protection, Accolade Inc., Product Introduction, Software Packages, Simulation, Balance of the Planet (Simulation software)

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Taking the easy route to a map

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Employees in businesses or in government agencies often need to create maps, but not everyone wants to take the time to learn a complicated map-making program. The $395 Harvard GeoGraphics from Software Publishing Corp, Mountain View, CA, is a program that is easy to learn. It generates maps that are suitable for most business or government uses. Harvard GeoGraphics is graphics software linked to databases of information. Selections are made from menus or symbols, using either a mouse or a keyboard. Text boxes or special titles can be created. Maps can be edited. Harvard GeoGraphics requires MS-DOS 2.1 or later and at least 512Kbytes of memory.

Evaluation, Geographic information systems, Authorship, Maps (Geography), Cartography, Maps, Software Publishing Corp. (Teaneck, New Jersey), SPCO, Geographic Information System, Seymour, Rogers James, Harvard GeoGraphics (Geographic information system)

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