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Select: Desktop Publishing
Select: Desktop Publishing Ref: focusselectdtp

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Operating System:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000

Processor: Pentium 100
Hard Drive Space: 80Mb
Memory: 32Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 4x or faster
Audio: Soundblaster or Compatible
Printer: Optional (Reccomended)

A powerful and sophisticated desktop publishing package, containing everything you need to publish your ideas in print or on-line. Ideal for beginners and experts alike, with powerful features to create professional results for home, school or for commercial use.

Easy-to-Use Interface:
Now anyone can start publishing fast! Select:Desktop Publishing is packed with built-in help, useful start-up and task wizards, plus handy on-screen toolbars, galleries and portfolios.

Automated Wizards:
Create work of a professional standard in seconds personalised to your needs:

1. Choose the format then a style.
2. Personalise with your information.
3. Create professional results every time.

Publish to the Web:
Start from scratch, convert an existing document to a Web page, or use one of the wizards supplies – it’s easy to design & publish to the Web. HML support provides more efficient output & faster Web pages.

Word Processing Power:
Select: Desktop Publishing gives you precision typographical control and fully featured word processing power including spell-checker, thesaurus and proof-reader. Intelligent text fitting and shaped text frames eliminate complicated taks. Plus, the multiple document interface lets your work on more than one document at a time.

Professional Features:
Select: Desktop Publishing makes it simple to add Logos, Tables, Curved and Enveloped Text, 3D Text and more to your work. The “drag & drop” studio toolbar contains customisable 3D text effects, mastheads, logos and other page elements for immediate use. Plus, new graphic object shapes, colour schemes, formula driven tables and variable text background highlighting are all available!

Powerful Tools:
Get the best results in full colour or greyscale. Scale, tile, apply unlimited colour mixing and photo optimisation. Plus use commercially recognised colour referencing, Postscript output and spot or process colour separation for professional results.

Import Images:
Import Images, directly from CD-ROM, digital cameras, scanners and all your OLE2 compatible software. Plus, innovative file technology means you can import text file formats supported by your installed office suite word-processor.

Includes Bonus 3Dplus 2

Use 3Dplus 2 to create outstanding 3D graphics, stunning logos, dramatic headlines and web animations. 3Dplus 2 lets anyone create fantastic 3D scenes and effects in seconds!

Features:

  • Easy-to-Use Interface
  • Amazing Web Impact
  • Dazzling Light Effects
  • Stunning Text Effects
  • Automated Wizards
  • Automatic Animation
  • 3D Objects and Materials
  • Models/Materials Gallery
  • Bevels
  • Camera Control
  • 3D Quickshapes

 


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Select: Word Processing
Select: Word Processing Ref: focusselectwp

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Operating System:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000

Processor: Pentium 90
Hard Drive Space: 50Mb
Memory: 32Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 4x or faster
Audio: Soundblaster or Compatible
Printer: Optional (Reccomended)

Compatible with Microsoft® Word.

Produce powerful and professional documents with ease.

A powerful word processor which is both user friendly and easy-to-use for beginners. An inexpensive, practical alternative to Microsoft® Word that contains everything you need to prepare, edit and present letters, reports, quotations, memos, mailings and newsletters.

Select: Word Processing has all the essential features that you would expect any good word processor to have – spell checker, bulleted/numbered lists, a range of file formats for export and import, headers and footers, paragraph and font options, clear and helpful interface, interactive rulers, and many other essential features.

Select: Word Processing also contains the unexpected:

  • Industry-standard “look and feel”.
  • Import of Microsoft® Word documents.
  • Linking of documents from companion applications for information sharing.
  • Creation of PDF files from Word Processing documents.
  • Mail merge with Microsoft® Access files, even if you don’t have Select:Database.
  • User-defined selecting, sorting and querying of mail merge data from with Select:Word Processing.
  • Printing of non-consecutive pages or ranges.
  • Recent Files and Folders sidecar menus to help you locate and open folders and files quickly.
  • Creation of special text effects through Write FX.
  • Styles, templates, frames, call-outs, captions and columns.

Microsoft® Word documents can be imported into Select:Word Processing. Furthermore, you can link directly to documents from companion applications (Select: Spreadsheet and Database) to share up-to-date information.

The following Select: applications support Print to PDF, enabling you to create a PDF file: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database and Photo Studio. Create PDF’s from any document, spreadsheet, database table, form or report or any of the numerous image formats.


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Select: CD/DVD Burner
Select: CD/DVD Burner Ref: focusselectcdburner

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Operating System:
Windows 98 / ME / 2000

Processor: Pentium 400
Hard Drive Space: 100Mb
Memory: 128Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 4x or faster
Audio: Soundblaster or Compatible
Printer: Reccomended

The fast and easy way to record CD and DVD

Use select: CD/DVD Burner to capture, manage, edit and burn photos, videos, music and data to CD or DVD. The simple, yet powerful interface will allow you to burn CD’s and DVD’s quickly and efficiently making it easier for you to achieve the results that you want.

Record you Images, Music and Files to:

Data Disc:
Whether you’ve acquired a vast collection of files and need to free up pace on your hard drive, or have important data such as Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates or Insurance documents stored on you PC. Simply archive them all to disc for safe storage and easy access. You can also prepare yourself against loss or accidental damage, by burning backup disc’s that you frequently use, to save time ans frustration.

Audio CD’s:
Why not create an audio CD of all you favourite music tracks so that you can listem to them at home, work or in the car, using MP3 or WAV files. It’s simple, just ‘drag and drop’ the required music files and burn you unique album.

Mixed CD’s:
Want to mix data and music on one CD, no problem! Why not copy files for use in the office and you favourite music tracks to listen to in the car, all on one CD!

Photo Albums:
Store all of you treasured digital photos, making memories easily accessible in an instant. Create multiple copies of a special event, such as your daughter’s wedding and send them to relative and friends so that everyone can cherish the memory.

Video Disc:
Preserve the memory of a recent holiday, you son or daughter’s birthday party, school sports day or any other special event b creating a disc that can play on most DVD players and computer, and then share the moment or event with your family and friends. Making the memory easily accessible for either now or in years to come. Select: CD/DVD Burner is compatible with VCD 1.1, 2.0 and SVCD standards.

Print Generator:
Organise your disc collection using the Print Generator, to create customised disc labels and jewel case inlays. Select: CD/DVD Burner will incorporate artist and track names into your designs. If you can’t find a label or inlay that’s suitable, simply create once of your own, we’ve even included 1,000 photo objects to help you be creative!

Digital Image Editor
Enter the ‘Dark Room’ by selecting the edit image icon, here you can add laers to your design, resize, rotate and add shadows to text, you can even add barcodes to your inlay! If any of your photos have red-eye or you want to make any modifications, simply use the tool bar to edit and enhance.

Includes bonus:

  • Print Generator
  • Digital Image Editor
  • 1,000 Herera™ Photo Objects

 


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Select: Database
Select: Database Ref: focusselectdb

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Operating System:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000

Processor: Pentium 133
Hard Drive Space: 50Mb
Memory: 32Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 2x or faster
Audio: Not Required
Printer: Optional (Reccomended)

Build, maintain and analyse databases professionally

A powerful data management program, which is both user friendly and easy-to-use for beginners. An inexpensive, practical alternative to Microsoft Access that contains everything you need to store and analyse structured data or information, such as address books, inventories, or customer and product lists.

SELECT: DATABASE has all the essential features that you would expect from any good database, as well as a range of advanced features.

EACH SELECT: DATABASE essentially consists of the following elements:

  • Quick and easy browsing of tables and forms.
  • Forms and reports created with a single click, with no limits to the number of records per table.
  • Compatibility with Microsoft Access data tables.
  • Easy insertion of database fields, look up summary fields, formula fields, table grids, and other objects into forms and reports.
  • Single-click switching between tables, forms and reports.
  • Print-to-PDF to enable you to create PDF files from any table, form, report, relation or query.
  • Single-click querying for simple filters, sort orders and column views.
  • Queries can be used in Spreadsheet and Word Processing files in conjunction with merged fields.

Microsoft Access databases can be opened directly by select: DATABASE. Furthermore, you can link directly to documents from companion applications (select: Word Processing and Spreadsheet) to share up-to-date information.

The following select: applications support Print to PDF, enabling you to create a PDF file: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database table, form or report or any of the numerous image formats.



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Select: Spreadsheet
Select: Spreadsheet Ref: focusselectss

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Operating System:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000

Processor: Pentium 133
Hard Drive Space: 50Mb
Memory: 32Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 2x or faster
Audio: Not Required
Printer: Optional (Reccomended)

Create, analyse and chart data professionally

A powerful data management program, which is both user friendly and easy-to-use for beginners. An inexpensive, practical alternative to Microsoft Excel giving you the power to get the most out of your information, whether it’s business accounts, home finances, complicated calculations or homework problems.

SELECT: SPREADSHEET allows you to work on many worksheets at once, each with up to 256 columns and 65,536 rows. Re-use standard sheet layouts with the templates option, and insert text-effect objects with the integrated Write FX. Also contains a unique spreadsheet mail merge, allowing you to access and insert selected database fields into any spreadsheet.

SELECT: SPREADSHEET has all the essential features you would expect of any good spreadsheet, as will as a range of advanced features to make working with numerical data easy:

  • Industry-standard “look and feel”.
  • Microsoft Excel compatibility.
  • Multi-sheet workbooks connected by cross-sheet formulas to help you organise and connect your data.
  • Labour-saving tools uch as Autosum, Autostats, Autospell, and Autolist.
  • Hundreds of predefined functions, including mathematical, financial, trigonometrical, logical and statistical.
  • APDF Creator to create PDF copies of your spreadsheets.
  • A comprehensive range of charts.
  • Print-to-fit auto-scaling.
  • Spreadsheet templates to enable you to use your specially designed spreadsheets again and again.
  • Advanced cell formatting.
  • Tool tips to display cell formulas.
  • Hyperlinks to bring up web pages.
  • Custom styles for cell formatting.


COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL
Microsoft Excel documents can be imported into SELECT:SPREADSHEET. Furthermore, you can link directly to documents from companion applications (select:Word Processing and Database) to share up-to-date information.

The following select: applications support Print to PDF, enabling you to create a PDF file: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database and Photo Studio. Create PDF’S from any of the numerous image formats.


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Select: Web Studio
Select: Web Studio Ref: focusselectws

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Operating System:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000

Processor: Pentium 100
Hard Drive Space: 50Mb
Memory: 64Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 2x or faster
Audio: Not Required
Printer: Reccomended
Internet: Required

A powerful and sophisticated Web studio package giving you endless possibilities for creating eye-catching Web Pages, whether it’s for home, school or business use.

Easy-to-use Interface:
Now anyone can create eye-catching Web sites! SELECT: WEB STUDIO is packed with built-in help, useful start-up task wizard, plus handy on-screen toolbars, galleries ad portfolio.

Simple Web Publishing:
With just a few clicks you can preview your design in your Web browser, check the layout and links and publish your masterpiece on-line.
SELECT:WEB STUDIO will automatically export all the files that you need for you site, really taking the headache out of Web publishing.

Integrated Layout Checker:
The integrated Web Page Layout Checker will alert you to a variety of common layout problems, such as graphics which will take a long time to download, text which may not display properly and much more.

Web Graphic Optimisation:
SELECT:WEB STUDIO makes is incredibly simple to get the right balance, between quality and file size for all your Web images. The built-in-Web Picture Wizard will help you to ensure that you site not only looks great, it downloads quickly too!

Sounds, Video and Java:
Spice up your site with sounds, videos and Java applets. Include an array of options to really make your site stand out from the crowd. With built-in-wizards for creating animated banners, support for animated GIF’s and custom HTML code.

Hyperlinks and Hotspots:
Add hyperlinks to the text, graphics or any other object on you page, plus there’s a powerful hotspot tool that allows you to draw on areas on your page ad automatically assign hyperlinks to them.

Automated Wizards:
Create professional Web Pages in seconds personalised to you needs.

1. Simply select a style.
2. Personalise with your information.
3. Create professional results every time.

INCLUDES BONUS WEBMANAGER
Give yourself complete control over all your files and get the very most out of the internet with the revolutionary WebManager. With its east-to-use, Explorer-like interface WebManager makes it easy to find exactly the photos, clipart, sounds and video files you’re looking for. The incredible WebManager will transform the way you handle all of your multimedia files and is the perfect addition to SELECT:WEB STUDIO. With this fantastic collection of products you really will have everything you need to create professional looking Web sites.

  • On-line Albums-Share your photo albums with friends, family and colleagues anywhere in the world.
  • Powerful Browsing- It couldn’t be quicker or easier to locate files saved on you PC.
  • Instant Downloading- Easy access to an infinite supply of photos, sounds and videos from the internet.
  • Amazing Slideshows- Easily transform your digital images into impressive on-screen slideshows.
  • Great Printed Albums- Convert all you favourite photos into spectacular printed albums.

 


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Teaching You Microsoft Office 2000
Teaching You Microsoft Office 2000 Ref: focusdvdteachyouoffi

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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The complete beginners guide to Microsoft Office 2000! Teaching you Microsoft Office 2000 Beginners Edition is a simple and fast way to learn Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. With step-by-step, clear and concise instructions, this CD-ROM takes you through the 860 tutorials at your own pace.
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Teaching You Microsoft Excel 2000
Teaching You Microsoft Excel 2000 Ref: focusteachingyoumsex

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Whether a total beginner or advanced user, Teaching-you Microsoft® Excel 2000 & 97 is a simple and fast way to learn Microsoft® Excel 2000 & 97.
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Teaching You Microsoft Word 2000
Teaching You Microsoft Word 2000 Ref: focusteachingyoumswo

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Whether a total beginner or advanced user, Teaching-you Microsoft ® Word 2000 is a simple and fast way to learn Microsoft ® Word 2000.
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Teaching You Microsoft Access 2000
Teaching You Microsoft Access 2000 Ref: focusteachingyoumsac

Price:  £9.99 Including VAT at 17.5%


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Whether a total beginner or advanced user, Teaching-you Microsoft® Access 2000 & 97 is a simple and fast way to learn Microsoft® Access 2000 & 97.
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