For gourmet-style page design at blue-plate-speeial prices, nothing beats Timeworks' Publish It! Easy, Although you won't find high-end color-processing tools in this 5249.95 package. Publish It! Easy combines word-processing, graphics,...

Disk and folder locking application Since I last looked at DiskLock (sec review, May '90, page 97), Fifth Generation’s security program has made impressive progress. It’s still easy to use and sports some significant...

VideoPaint started out several years and many bugs ago as the French import GraphistPaint, an 8-bit graphics-and-retouching program. Although the name is new, not much else has changed. Speed is somewhat improved, but VideoPaint still isn't...

Trax uses the same graphic interface as Passport’s professional sequencer, Master Tracks Pro (see “Multitracking MIDI Master,” December '87, page 180). The program opens with the Track Sheet window, which contains the 64...

AppMaker is a programming tool that makes it faster and easier to make a Macintosh application - not just the user interface, but also the functional code. With AppMaker you create the menus, windows, dialogs and their contents by clicking and...

Converters for Microsoft Word needed for automatic conversion of files written in Russian on IBM-compatible computers in Word below version 6. To use converters, put them in the Word Commands folder.

CodeWarrior for Palm Computing platform is the development tool of choice among Palm OS® platform developers. You can create software programs that run directly on a Palm OS handheld from the comfort of your Windows 95/98/NT or Mac OS computer...

BugLink is a client/server bug tracking environment which allows software developers to track software defects. A single database, maintained by the BugLink Server, keeps track of all information regarding the bugs in your project. Team members...

eTcl (Evolane's distribution of Tcl/Tk) is a version of Tcl/Tk that exists as a single, stand-alone application that contains both a complete Tcl/Tk system and several extensions. It was available for Windows, Linux (x86, arm, mipsel, ppc,...

Writing and outlining go hand in hand. You’ve heard that so many times that you might believe it's a cliche. It's not, as any good writer will tell you. Outlining isn't always necessary, but preparing an outline helps sharpen your...

If you're a skilled serial bit banger and programmer who isn't satisfied with ordinary Mac communications programs, you're a good candidate for SuperMac Software's Acknowledge. But if you can't tell Ring Detect from Ready to...

Grizzled Mac veterans may occasionally curl a lip at the blithe praises computers get for making complex tasks simple. (Remember your first experiences with telecommunications?) But Opcode Systems has a package that can really do the trick for those...

Get all your affairs in order for when you die.  A checklist and record of things you may have forgotten. Insurance, wills, inventory, holdings, etc. There are times when we all wish we had our lives better organized. This is as true...

FileMaker Plus is a Macintosh database and file management program, adding numerous new features to the original FileMaker program. It is a departure from traditional file managers, most notably in form design, allowing you to move around fields on...

MacTree is a program in search of a problem to solve. It could easily be the greatest Finder alternative, but it isn’t, it could be the best file locator, but it isn’t. In fact, what it does best isn't remarkably useful. MacTree...

On Cue is one of that rare breed of utilities that instantly attach themselves to my life and don't let go like Suitcase, DiskTap, and a few others. This application launching menu system makes living with MultiFinder and a large screen much...

MapMaker 3.0 is a combination digital cartographer, geographic analyst, and graph generator, all in one package. It gives you the power to see information, such as the demographic makeup of a sales territory, actually on a map. Best of all, it does...

Perhaps you've encountered this situation; An important Excel file you’ve been using for several weeks has been growing steadily, but you haven't paid attention. You make the last revisions and start to save the file. Suddenly, a...

To hear everyone tell it, HyperCard is going to change the world. So who am I to disagree? After all, to be colloquial about it, it’s one hell of a product. But how do you reach all that information when you’re in a word processor or...