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Platform: PC Disc |. Edition: Standard
Product Description
Platform: PC | Edition: Standard
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Home 13.0
Dictate, edit and control directly in Gmail in your browser, all by voice!
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Full dictation, editing and control capabilities by voice within many desktop and web applications!
The fun, easy way to get more done on your home PC every day
Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 Home is perfect if you’re new to speech recognition and want an easy and enjoyable way to connect with your computer by talking instead of typing. The fastest and most accurate way to interact with your computer; Dragon dramatically boosts your personal productivity and helps you realize your full potential.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm going to use "Dragon home 13" to write this review, and I'm going to leave any errors in, just so you can see how accurate it is at first go. Then, somehow, the program click something that submitted my review after the above paragraph, and I've had to wait 24 hours in order to pick this up again and corrected. My mother, who was an executive secretary back in the day, taught me how to tie (should have been "type") when I was in my T's. So, for a program like Dragon to be useful to me, I have to be able to dictate and not have all these issues with the wrong thing written down, and then a really difficult time correcting it. Pros and cons: on the pro side, Dragon does an amazing job of figuring out most of the things I'm saying! In fact, I have to type "correct it" because if I say it, Dragon interprets that as a command to find a mistake and fix it. But if you're living depends on getting things right in your written words, Dragon-created mistakes are an issue. The problem with mistakes and how to correct them in Dragon is why I gave up my old version of the program. After a while, I found it was just easier for me to type and avoid most of the errors that Dragon makes. That said, Dragon does improve as it goes, they say, and it can learn from your other written material, including documents and email. However, I knock that down to a three because of the issue of mistakes and the time and trouble it takes to correct them. In addition, I fully believe in the Company's mission, and I expect (and hope) that subsequent versions will improve "listening" ability, and grammatical and spelling errors, some of which must be based on the product's ability to spell certain things based on context of a word in the sentence being dictated. Bottom line, it's faster for me to write and edit the "old way" than it is to correct Dragon's mistakes. And then, the one review posted on the upgrade gave it 2 stars, claiming the installation wiped out all their voice records."
"On the whole, I would say that I was happy with 12.0's ability to transcribe what I was saying, but I really didn't like how often I needed to work in a separate window to accomplish what I wanted (I do a lot of work within web forms and apps, and it did better in its own Dragon transcription window than in the browser directly). I'm pointing that out because that has improved a lot, and this is the biggest improvement I personally see in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13. That said, I have a relatively neutral U.S. English accent (by this I mean I speak a lot like news anchors and such), so I don't think I'm the most challenging person when it comes to doing voice recognition anyway. I'd also like to point out that, for me personally, writing through Dragon is SLOWER than typing. For someone who doesn't type very quickly or comfortably, the software will make you faster. For me personally, I have to use computers for so many things that having voice-recognition software that I can use is also an emergency backup plan. Anyway, the software genuinely works pretty well, so long as you're willing to go through an adjustment period where you work out how to speak your papers and letters and whatever instead of typing them. I don't actually know of any particularly viable competitors to Nuance in this field, so if you want voice recognition software this is pretty much what you're stuck with (though you might be able to get a copy of a previous version very very cheaply if you prefer to go that route rather than getting version 13)."
"I have used Dragon for years and couldn't work without it, but Dragon 13 (Home version) is hopeless on Windows 8.1. I'm going to have to go back and buy 12 again (I used up all my installations of the previous disk) to get my work done."
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Premium speech recognition software lets you accomplish more on your computer - quickly and accurately - using your voice. The fastest and most accurate way to interact with your computer; Dragon dramatically boosts your personal productivity and helps you realize your full potential.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"In fact for me it was no problem because I just had the main problem-solving guy from our company's IT department install it for me. Despite the installation complexity, I gave it five stars because for the eight months I've been using it, it's just great. So, I have a tip: With each new version of voice recognition software that I use, I have found that over time, The voice files get so huge and complex that they begin to degrade and then the software makes more and more mistakes and becomes becomes less and less useful."
"My VXi TalkPro UC2 microphone is working very well with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, much better than it was with Windows speech recognition. If you try to dictate into some web forms, such as Amazon's search field, the Internet Explorer Full Text Control browser add-on does crash Dragon NaturallySpeaking (according to the DNS and Windows event logs), and corrupt all right-click context menus in Windows 7; a reboot is required to clear up the problem. Overall, for me, the product is better than Windows speech recognition, and I can continue to work around the browser add-on crashing, missing Microsoft OneNote integration, and lack of custom formatting commands as quality recognition is my number one need."
"I know some of you may be considering the downloaded version but I highly recommend just picking up the physical shipment. If you're using a system it's only a couple of years old, you probably won't have any trouble running the software either. I am also using a MikTek Pro Cast SST microphone for Dragon to pick up. It's a fairly good tutorial, nevertheless I do recommend following some YouTube videos if you need additional information. It was entirely conducted with Dragon naturally speaking, except were a couple of corrections were necessary and I found that it was easiest to make them manually. Overall I'm very pleased with the accuracy – – I happen to have a Midwestern accent which is a little bit drier and may be more accurate for the software itself."
Key New Features Smart Format Rules allow Dragon to adapt by detecting your format corrections - abbreviations, numbers, and more - so your dictated text looks the way you want it every time. Use Dragon with two of the most popular web-based e-mail applications - Gmail and Hotmail - with Full Text Control and commands for the most frequent actions. Dragon 12 delivers up to a 20% improvement in out-of-box accuracy compared to Dragon 11. If you use Dragon on a computer with multi-core processors and more than 4 GB of RAM, Dragon 12 automatically selects the BestMatch V speech model for you when you create your user profile in order to deliver faster performance. Dragon can even adapt its format rules by detecting your format corrections – abbreviations, numbers, and more — so your dictated text looks the way you want it to every time. Ignite Convenience by Using Your Favorite Applications In addition to DragonPad, the built-in text editor, you can use Dragon 12 Home with many of your favorite Windows applications. Dragon 12 Home even enhances the experience of using your voice with two of the most popular web-based email applications — Gmail and Hotmail — offering Full Text Control and commands for the most frequent actions in Internet Explorer 9, Mozilla Firefox 10 or higher, and Google Chrome 16 or higher. Ignite Speed with Powerful Intuitive Voice Commands Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse common multi-step tasks into direct voice commands you can use at any time, no matter which applications are currently active. RAM Recommended: 2 GB for Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 32-bit; 4 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit Minimum:1 GB for Windows XP; 2 GB for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Use Dragon with Gmail and Hotmail with Full Text Control and commands for the most frequent actions ( view larger ). If you use Dragon on a computer with multi-core processors and more than 4 GB of RAM, Dragon 12 automatically selects the BestMatch V speech model for you when you create your user profile in order to deliver faster performance.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I generally use Dragon to answer and create emails, and in MS Word 2010. As confirmation of the value and ease-of-use of the product, this entire review was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 12. And as a further bonus, the version 12 that I bought at this price, you have licenses for five computers."
"Before purchasing Dragon Naturally Speaking Home 12, I attempted to use the speech recognition program included in Windows 7. In Microsoft Word 2010, you can do almost any operation with the sound of your voice: you can move the mouse, access tabs, and perform any editing functions from your top toolbars. Every time I attempted to dictate the only thing that Dragon would print across my screen were the words "him him him him him him him..." Also, I was getting a terrible feedback from the microphone. The person on the other end of the phone was polite, patient, and took the time to walk me through a number of commands to attempt to fix the problem. After we had exhausted all efforts to adjust the settings, with no solution being found, the technician advised me to try a USB headset instead of a line in microphone. I think it's important to mention, for any of you considering buying Dragon Naturally Speaking Home 12, that I've used this software to write this review."
"Other than that, if you spend some time setting up the software properly, you will be able to dictate emails, term papers, and even an Amazon review, without having to touch the keyboard."
"There are enough reviews out there on Dragon that I won't bore with what has already been said, however, the only thing that is frustrating about the program is its "living in too many worlds at once". For instance, it will open programs for you (such as Word, IE, Google Chrome, Excel, etc) by saying "open" , followed by "Word". What I found happening is if I am dictating something that has the word "open" within the body of copy and if I hesitate at all after the word "open" then the program pops up a dialogue box asking what I want to open. In my frustration on occasion, I would spout off and say "you freakin piece of ****" And it would try to type that, which brought a chuckle and then I would say "quit mocking me" and of course it would, by typing that. I also had problems with the Dragon headset microphone rig and got messages "microphone undetected", when plugged into my computer since the sound card and the headset were not seeing each other. For those of you out there who might become frustrated with the program and wish that it performed up to expectations, and might not get the satisfaction from their technical phone support.....be aware of an extremely helpful web resource which is a forum for users, which may provide solutions to problems that tech support does not provide."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The next thing you notice is that having to install and run Microsoft SQL is a resource hog and probably gross overkill for most users. Once I got an iPhone and wanted to use all the nifty apps that let you do automatic updating with Outlook, it became painfully obvious that I could never have any integration since nothing syncs with the SQL files. So, I eventually had to import the BCM database into regular Outlook format (losing a lot of info along the way) so that I had something standard that nearly every other program can sync to."
"What is really needed is one single app (or interface) that does all the major functions (word processing, spreadsheet, typesetting, slides) without having to open separate apps."
"Microsoft Outlook 2007 was exactly what we were looking for to resolve our issue with outlook not included in Office 2007 Home and Student version."
"Whether my impression that Microsoft is a tad bit worse on this score than other vendors may be just prejudice on my part, but when your system becomes unusable for a few days while some far distant "expert" does all the things you've already done, well, it leaves a pretty bad taste in your mouth. So I was greatly and pleasantly surprised when I inserted the Outlook 2007 CD, and the install came up and ran to completion with no nasty error messages!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It was a great investment, and I love it."
"Addendum: 2/20/2006: Since my original review I was amazed to find a large community hospital who uses this program to send faxes to all ~1000 doctors on staff. They use XP professional as the OS but the key point was to DELETE all faxes from WINFAX SEND LOG FOLDER after they are sent. I now use paperport 7.0 and winfax daily in my laptop and you can connect any scanner and printer. The beauty of this arrangement is that I take all my files with me in my laptop and can add items or do other work at home using another printer/scanner. Another useful feature of winfax is it can support 2 modems, one for incoming and one for outgoing faxes. The brother system below can not support 2 modems, but this is not an important point for most small offices. I then have to manually "drag and drop" the faxes into an appropriate folder (or create one) where it is stored on the computer. I have had some minor problems with the brother MFC but am so impressed with the simplicity of this filing system that I bought their flagship monochromatic laser MFC 8440DN [comes with paperport 9 deluxe NOT professional] and am ready to start using it. I'm rating it 5 stars now as it has been a great performer over the long run even though it took a year to get it working properly. Ironically, even though I don't delete the faxes as describe above it continues to function without a glitch. I'm using Brother MFC 8890DW now but was surprised to note that my 8 year HP PSC 2210xi AIO scans more clearly."
"rip off...this product is not supported and does not work...the company that sells it should be banned from amazon!!"
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"how a company can release a program that does not work is beyond me... it DOES NOT sync up with ACT!"
"While I was able to eventually get it installed and running, it slowed my computer's reboot time to a crawl and trashed my scanner software. Third, after you install WinFax Pro your computer may take forever to reboot. I had to run Symantec's SystemWorks software to find/fix Windows problems and reinstall the scanner drivers a few times before it worked, but eventually I got the scanner working again. As far as I can tell, after fixing the above-mentioned problems, WinFax Pro 10.03 does seem to work okay. As many others have stated before me, this is very buggy software that causes many problems with Windows XP and will be horribly frustrating for anyone trying to install and use this software on an XP system."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If you have to access dozens of different dial up modems or telnet sessions, the strength of this software is it's directory structure. Point and click to access any one of them. I am not aware of any other program out there which can hold a large directory of IP addresses for telnet administration purposes on a large IP network with clear text labels for each one. It is a tremendous time saver, and I truly do not know how the younger "cisco" kids are all doing it without this great tool. I can type in over 100 IP address one time, and from there it's point and click, login scripts, etc., while the cisco kids are still typing to get access, and looking up IP addresses, I'm already done with the changes!"
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"I write Aspect scripts that are used everyday by hundreds of clients, a large portion of them XP."
"Procomm Plus working just fine on Windows XP for a submitting/receiving medical billing using scripts."
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Platform: PC Disc |. Edition: Standard
Product Description
Platform: PC | Edition: Standard
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Home 13.0
Dictate, edit and control directly in Gmail in your browser, all by voice!
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Full dictation, editing and control capabilities by voice within many desktop and web applications!
The fun, easy way to get more done on your home PC every day
Dragon Naturally Speaking 13 Home is perfect if you’re new to speech recognition and want an easy and enjoyable way to connect with your computer by talking instead of typing. The fastest and most accurate way to interact with your computer; Dragon dramatically boosts your personal productivity and helps you realize your full potential.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm going to use "Dragon home 13" to write this review, and I'm going to leave any errors in, just so you can see how accurate it is at first go. Then, somehow, the program click something that submitted my review after the above paragraph, and I've had to wait 24 hours in order to pick this up again and corrected. My mother, who was an executive secretary back in the day, taught me how to tie (should have been "type") when I was in my T's. So, for a program like Dragon to be useful to me, I have to be able to dictate and not have all these issues with the wrong thing written down, and then a really difficult time correcting it. Pros and cons: on the pro side, Dragon does an amazing job of figuring out most of the things I'm saying! In fact, I have to type "correct it" because if I say it, Dragon interprets that as a command to find a mistake and fix it. But if you're living depends on getting things right in your written words, Dragon-created mistakes are an issue. The problem with mistakes and how to correct them in Dragon is why I gave up my old version of the program. After a while, I found it was just easier for me to type and avoid most of the errors that Dragon makes. That said, Dragon does improve as it goes, they say, and it can learn from your other written material, including documents and email. However, I knock that down to a three because of the issue of mistakes and the time and trouble it takes to correct them. In addition, I fully believe in the Company's mission, and I expect (and hope) that subsequent versions will improve "listening" ability, and grammatical and spelling errors, some of which must be based on the product's ability to spell certain things based on context of a word in the sentence being dictated. Bottom line, it's faster for me to write and edit the "old way" than it is to correct Dragon's mistakes. And then, the one review posted on the upgrade gave it 2 stars, claiming the installation wiped out all their voice records."
"On the whole, I would say that I was happy with 12.0's ability to transcribe what I was saying, but I really didn't like how often I needed to work in a separate window to accomplish what I wanted (I do a lot of work within web forms and apps, and it did better in its own Dragon transcription window than in the browser directly). I'm pointing that out because that has improved a lot, and this is the biggest improvement I personally see in Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13. That said, I have a relatively neutral U.S. English accent (by this I mean I speak a lot like news anchors and such), so I don't think I'm the most challenging person when it comes to doing voice recognition anyway. I'd also like to point out that, for me personally, writing through Dragon is SLOWER than typing. For someone who doesn't type very quickly or comfortably, the software will make you faster. For me personally, I have to use computers for so many things that having voice-recognition software that I can use is also an emergency backup plan. Anyway, the software genuinely works pretty well, so long as you're willing to go through an adjustment period where you work out how to speak your papers and letters and whatever instead of typing them. I don't actually know of any particularly viable competitors to Nuance in this field, so if you want voice recognition software this is pretty much what you're stuck with (though you might be able to get a copy of a previous version very very cheaply if you prefer to go that route rather than getting version 13)."
"I have used Dragon for years and couldn't work without it, but Dragon 13 (Home version) is hopeless on Windows 8.1. I'm going to have to go back and buy 12 again (I used up all my installations of the previous disk) to get my work done."
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"This is beyond essential for business purposes but also, as this is the Home & Student edition, it is now also essential for K-12 students (since working in teams is now a school mandate) and for college students (over winter break when everyone has gone home but a group project is due when school resumes). It gives suggestions such as "Add Table," View Table Gridlines," "Table Styles," "Table of Contents," "Draw Table," etc. Click on the suggestion you want, and that function happens."
"Microsoft now DEMANDS that whoever installs this program must have an "account" with them, which includes an email address BEFORE the programs can be installed. Each version of Microsoft Office becomes slightly more intrusive; demanding ever more personal information before allowing their software to be installed. Although I found that downloading and installing this package was a bit of a hassle, it does work okay once installed and will open any documents created by previous versions of Microsoft Office programs."
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"It would have saved our office a few hundred dollars if we had utilized our IT guy on the original install."
"Dropped $600, downloaded it, and it won't install. Last time I buy software from amazon."
"Microsoft is a terrible company for individual customers, as evidence by their unwillingness to assist with this issue."
"Was not able to download this software using Amazons like to Microsoft."
"Once purchased, and during the installation process on a new Surface Pro 4, I was notified that Project 2016 will not install onto a device that has Office 365 installed."
"Installing this program will uninstall Office 2013."
"When I tried to install this app, I got this error: "We're sorry, Office Click-to-Run installer encountered a problem because you have these Windows Installer based Office programs installed on your computer: Microsoft Office Standard 2016". So Microsoft won't let me install Project 2016 on a PC that has Office 2016!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Upon installing 2010 I was presented with two buttons: "Upgrade" and "Customize". The install then proceeded to remove Outlook, Publisher and Access. Since the program I was installing did not include these products I think it's pretty bogus for the install process to remove them."
"I am someone who uses Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a very regular basis, who really liked some of the changes in Office 2007 but who thought some things needed tweaking, so when given the opportunity for the beta edition I jumped on it and have not been disappointed. Office 2010 is to Office 2007 what Windows 7 was to Vista; that is, there are not many breakthrough, drastically different features, but a whole lot of polishing and cleanup to make it easier and more efficient. Overall, the program seems to run faster, incorporates many of the most commonly used options and makes them more accessible (eliminating many dialog boxes and tabs) and allows for more customization. It may not be a true direct competitor to google docs, but it allows for easier sharing of documents, as well as making your documents more accessible. 2) The ribbon is back and it now includes the "File" option and a new feature called "Backstage view." You get the usual open, save and print, but you also get several templates for new documents, print layouts and ways to share your work, all without dialog boxes and tabs, everything is much more easily accessible. One nifty new feature in Word is called "Navigation pane," which replaces the old document map."
"I purchased a new computer and wanted to add Microsoft Office, but after shopping discovered that the 2013 version is sold much differently than the 2010."
"I had enough when I had to navigate several menus just to format dollar decimals, so I got this."
"Well, I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Powerpoint) to MS 2010 Home & Student version. For example, if you installed a trail version of Outlook, and then later removed it, it left all of the email and messages on your system (2 GB of junk in my case); It would be better for MS to ask the user if they want to remove these files when uninstalling Outlook. When I used either Word or Excel, I found the tool menu had radically changed."
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Once the software is activated it is virtually tamper-proof, allowing it to maintain a remote connection regardless of user or location even if the firmware is flashed, the device is re-imaged, hard drive replaced, or if the device is wiped clean to factory settings. If a laptop is stolen, simply file a police report and engage with the Absolute Theft Recovery team who deploys tools to forensically mine the data, collect hard evidence of who has the device and where they are located. Data Delete feature helps prevent costly and traumatic identity theft by remotely deleting certain sensitive files, personal photos, financial data, and stored passwords.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Put this on every system that leaves our office."
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Edit scanned documents—Instantly edit paper scans—as naturally as any other file.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Usual costly Adobe Acrobat but I use it constantly so its worth it."
"This perpetual license version (you own it - no monthly fees) brings in incremental improvements and a very useful document comparison capability. You may be able to find some of the old perpetual license Acrobat Pro DC versions on Amazon but don't bother - 2017 is better and nicer to use. BUT, when they introduced the current interface model with DC a few years ago MANY users of previous versions were appalled. The things I like in Acrobat Pro 2017 are: + Perpetual License (no subscription required) Will Adobe continue to offer this option? + Tabbed document view is nicely done. + Document comparison nice and useful. + The user interface seem more smooth and just nicer than older DC. + Interface themes are interesting (just starting to play with this). + Not another radical change (like Acrobat XI to DC was a few years ago). What I don't so much: - Still not thrilled with the look/feel (but better than old DC version). If you are a heavy user of Acrobat (I'm a more occasional user - a few times a week on average) you might want to look up and memorize the keyboard shortcuts."
"I have DC pro and it's worked well enough that I've not been looking for a replacement and haven't though that there were any features that I needed. After using 2017 Pro and Standard, I'm not sure there are must have features if you're coming from DC. A lot of people didn't like how Acrobat DC changed up the menus. If you take a little time to find out where the stuff is, DC and now 2017 make sense. If you're coming from pre-DC Acrobat, a lot of things are better. Editing a pdf and keeping the flow from paragraph to paragraph is leagues better than pre DC and 2017 is an improvement over DC. If you have a lot of PDF files, it's hard to tell which one was the latest--I've almost gone blind trying to figure out if there is any difference between two PDF files!"
"I'm also not a fan of the new menu layouts - its a huge learning curve compared to older versions and it seems like even after you hunt around and find the menu item you want, it requires multiple steps to actually navigte to the menu item."
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Windows Server 2016 is here. Save money and gain flexibility with software-defined compute, storage, and networking technologies, inspired by Microsoft Azure.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"DNS + File/Print, RDS, SQL, 2 separate IIS, and 3 separate Apps (one archive). There's not much more I can tell you about the OS other than my experience, which has been great thus far, so if you're not sure if this is the right OS to fit your needs, now and future, you should contact an IT Professional and have them assess if it's overkill or if it will be ideal for your situation. Overall I’ve had a great experience with this purchase and I will not hesitate to save some money by buying a Server OS from Amazon in the future."
"Bitlocker can be unlocked but not locked without rebooting. A lot of things I had to add from 3rd parties are now included in Server 2016."
"We had downloaded the trial version a few months ago for free and the trial period was about to expire."
"I'd heard a lot of bad things about Windows Server 2016, but it was time for a new computer build so I gave it a shot."
"I think I speak for every systems admin when I say we could have done without the metro interface on a server OS."
"The software loaded just fine and the Product Key active perfectly."
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From greeting cards, to invitations and party supplies, to scrapbooks and photobooks, to banners and newsletters, you can be sure our new and improved features make your imagination come alive like never-before. Create greeting cards, invitations, labels, calendars, business cards, flyers, posters, bulletins, party supplies, and so much more!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I is a lot different than the older version that I was used to, but we are learning it."
"I have been using some form of PrintMaster for mmmm like 20 years I would guess."
"Broderbund did it again with another awesome product."
"I only purchased this updated version of printmaster because the older version stopped working on windows 10."
"One star is one to many for this product."
"I found it hard to use and without any instructions on how to use the program it is very frustrating."
"I don't like this product hard to figure out how to use."
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Project Management Software. Built-in reports help project stakeholders visualize data to gain insights across projects and make more informed decisions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Once I found the code that was sent, I copied and pasted it in and I am up an running."
"Was able to log onto Microsoft website & finish the installation without a hitch."
"Love having my guys use this product works great."
"Product is as advertised."
"Everything loaded and worked as expected with no issues."
"Great product that was reasonably priced."
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Once you have placed your order and received your product key card in the mail, locate your product key on the backside of the included card. When you locate the product key, follow the instructions on the card, and go to https://officesetup.getmicrosoftkey.com/ to download and install. Details about the download process are listed below.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I would suggest this program to anyone that wants to create quality graphic designs or publications of any sort, especially those looking to create family reunion newsletters or to create family reunion t- shirt logos."
"If you have never used any version of Microsoft Publisher in the past and are not familiar with desktop publishing software, be aware that there is a learning curve. There are many desktop publishing software programs available on the market but, personally, I like the compatibility of Microsoft Publisher with my other Microsoft programs. My only complaint against Microsoft is this: I have two laptops and I think it is a total rip off that we can't load Microsoft software we purchase on more than one computer now!"
"After years (an millions of dollars) of development and refinement, Publisher is a solid useable product - about what you would expect from Microsoft, whose engineers must be instructed to design for the lowest common denominator."
"I have a monthly task of creating a 1 page ad with high-res images, and my first attempts with the 2013 are simply WAY too slow."
"This upgraded without problem, however you would like I have a 20 year old computer the way the program runs. No other program, including Publisher 2010 (which I re-installed and now use) has this problem."
"At my school we have publisher 2007 which works perfectly fine with the exact same files and my computer is significantly better than the bargain basement machines that we use at school."
"I am disappointed that Microsoft has once again ruined a perfectly good piece of software. The menu bars and not easy to navigate, you have to keep going from one to the other too often and the simple things like making a line thicker or narrower is almost impossible."
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Get everything you need to handle your legal needs at a fraction of an attorney's cost. 1,300+ Contracts & Legal Forms.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Does a pretty decent job, short of talking with an Attorney!"
"Easy to use I liked that I could edit it when needed."
"Pleased with this product."
"This software is an update of a program that I already own."
"So far so good except a tinyrpoblem it wont let me rebisfer saying that this copy has been registered to many times?good luck on catching customer er service at wither place I get transfered around because no on knows what to do I'm a businessaccount I do get a really nice voicemail some help would be nice."
"It is very limited and just has general forms."
"I didn't know this software only works on Windows Vista or earlier editions of operating systems."
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Microsoft Works 8 gives you the basic home productivity tools you need to help make your everyday tasks easier from start to finish. View PowerPoint presentations; auto-save and document recovery. Share and edit documents with Microsoft Word and Excel users.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We have years of invoice information for our water district and changing to a new program was going to be time consuming and problematic."
"1) The Word Processor will only let you do multi-columns for the ENTIRE document, as opposed to MSO allowing the paragraphs to be multi-columned while the rest is single."
"There is a host of other tools that can easy uses to organize and keep track of other activities."
"I was thrilled to find MSA Works 8.0 on Amazon.com because I found out calling Microsoft that they no longer were publishing this particular software any more, nor offerng any tech support. Just in case this problem happens again, I also copied and saved all my data bases in Excel format."
"Of course the database and word processor documents that I had made using this program on the old computer couldn't be accessed without the Works program."
"I loaded it on my offline Windows XP and it does everything I wanted it to do."
"I don't have a problem with folks selling this item, assuming it is legal, but it should be advertised for what it really is. And an even more honest ad would include a description that informs the buyer that this item wan't intended for resale."