A quick guide to the first programs sold for Windows 95

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Microsoft's $200 Microsoft Office for Windows 95 integrated software offers new 32-bit versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and Schedule+ that are designed to take advantage of Windows 95's new features, while Symantec Corp's $58 Norton Utilities for Windows 95 takes full advantage of the new platform, and offers features designed to manage its operations. Consumers should check carefully to ensure that applications purchased for the Windows 95 platform are designed specifically to take advantage of Windows 95's 32-bit environment. Microsoft Office for Windows 95 is designed as a 32-bit application with new features such as automatic spell checking and an innovative help system. The Norton Utilities for Windows 95 disk/file management package includes features, such as disaster recovery and hard disk management, specifically for the Windows 95 application. Corel Corp's $250 Corel Draw for Windows 95 6.0 offers significantly faster performance for its graphics features under the 32-bit Windows 95 environment.

Software Publishers, Business Software Pkgs (Micro), Applications Software Pkgs NEC (Micro), Systems Utilities Software Pkgs, Graphics Software Pkgs, Usage, Software, Product/Service Evaluation, Educational software, Operating system, Operating systems (Software), Column, Business management software, Suites (Software), Corel Corp., Disk/file management software, Disk and file management software, Applications software, Software multiproduct review, Draw software, Drawing software, Symantec Corp., SYMC, Integrated software, File management, Children's educational software, Humongous Entertainment Inc., Personal information management systems, Desktop utilities, Microsoft Windows 95 (Operating system), Personal information management software, Microsoft Office for Windows 95 7.0 (Business application suite), Starfish Software Inc., Microsoft Works 95 (Business application suite), Sidekick 95 (Personal information management system), Norton Utilities for Windows 95 (Disk/file management software), Norton Navigator for Windows 95 (Disk/file management software), Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo for Windows 95 (Children's educational software), CorelDRAW! for Windows 95 6.0 (Draw software)

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PC programs offer more than one way to open a window

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Norton-Lambert Corp's $99 Norton Desktop for Windows file management program and GeoWorks Inc's $125 GeoWorks Ensemble graphical user interface are reviewed. The Norton-Lambert package offers the best value as well as superb features. The program is run by selecting either the custom menus or the icons representing disk drives found on a single screen of a much enhanced interface. Using a mouse, users can access a well-organized two pane window directory, and transfer files among disks or directories. The Ensemble is a worthy competitor to Microsoft Windows. Whereas Windows has problems in operating on older microcomputers with limited memory, the Ensemble is able to run efficiently on those same machines. The only shortcoming is that there are very few software programs written that can actually run on the Ensemble.

Desktop publishing software, Disk/tape file utilities, File maintenance utilities, evaluation, User Interface, User interfaces (Computers), Graphics Software, Windowing, DTP Software, Norton Desktop for Windows (Disk/file management software), Norton-Lambert Corp., Geoworks Corp., GeoWorks Ensemble (Graphical user interface)

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Programs open up two new windows on personal finance

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Intuit Inc's $35 Quicken for Windows 1.01 and Microsoft Corp's $45 Microsoft Money accounting software packages are reviewed. Overall, Quicken offers more features than Money and is thus the preferable package. Quicken, sold through mail-order, offers functions for updating prices, generating capital-gains reports and does a better job in creating business-style reports than Money. Money, on the other hand, offers a better on-screen tutorial and scheduling approach for future transactions, and can identify common errors when the user's account does not balance. Both products offer on-screen representations of check registers and forms as the basic entry for transaction. Both packages allow users to print out such data as cash flow and net worth and comparisons of budget estimations.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Computer programming services, Accounting, Financial software, Microsoft Money (Personal finance software), Intuit Inc., Quicken for Windows 1.01 (Personal finance software)

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