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Poor tech support

Wed, 7 Sep 2005 07:16:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jeffshu - Be ready to pay $25 for any questions that you may have about this software even if you just bought it yesterday. I did tried their so-called free support. Sending email request and waited for their response. No luck, even though on their web site they...

To upgrade or not to upgrade

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:02:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author miss_jasmin - When M
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2005 first notified me that an upgrade was available, I was excited. Not that I was dissatisfied with 2005, but the speed it was running on my machine was killing me. Also, I had originally bought...

How version 7 handles native Power Point files

Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:27:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tony_vancouver - Reviewer "cdmarcus" provided a thorough review earier. I'll add some observations on how version 7 handles "native" Power Point files. I have used v. 6 for about a year. With a suitable PDA with connection to the Internet, a keyboard, and an email...

Program has quirks

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:26:49 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author walt98531 - Bought the program July 13, 2005. Emailed before purchase to ask if all the fields in the auto letter section worked because they all didn't work in version 5.5 I was upgrading from. I was assured all auto fields worked. They hadn't fixed the auto...

Microsoft Money Investment Register Bug

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:59:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author moneyuser1 - Money places Add Shares and Remove Shares transactions into the account register because they insist on entering the sell before the buy on a same-day transaction. The capital gains report then gives a wrong value for the transactions. One way to fix...

Peachtree is the worst!!

Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:51:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cafreeze - The software is okay, but the company is horrendous. Because my employer uses it, I have had several versions of Peachtree. Each one has a few minor problems in the code. the problem is when you try to contact technical support. You must either...

This is Great Software!

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:19:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author linearbob - Flow! 4 is an easy to use, and very useful bit of software. It makes block diagrams and charts easy to compose. Flow! has several features that do not, at first, make themselves obvious, but are extremely helpful. For example, when you put a title inside...

A very good product.

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:11:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mnementh9999 - I'm changing jobs, and now will have a route that I'll need to get to on time. I'm also horrible with directions, and can get lost with my objective in sight. So, I decided to buy a GPS system for the car. A standalone unit was out, as I don't have...

Don't even think of TRYING this software let alone BUYING IT!

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:26:39 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jcwct - "A Promising Product" Integrating Franklin Covey methodology into Microsoft Outlook is a great idea, and this latest version --PlanPlus 3.0 for Microsoft Outlook promises to do that and more. And a noteworthy new feature -- the "Project View"...

Documents To Go: Office suite for Palm OS

Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:03:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author cdmarcus2 - Documents To Go is a great way to view, edit, and create Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations on Palm powered handheld computers. Packaging: I bought Documents To Go from their website, www.dataviz.com, for $29.99...

SLOW, SLOW, SLOW

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:04:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author marktcoleman - ACT has become BLOATware. I have a new, fast Dell Notebook and have applied all of ACT's suggestions on speed improvements and it is still unacceptably slow. Want to record a note, click on an icon and wait 10 seconds. Want to write an email, click an...

The Best Voice Recognition Software

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 15:00:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rededmich - Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 8 has been a tremendous help to our family, and I deeply appreciate the work ScanSoft has done to improve this product. In this review, I will refer to this product as DNS8. My 14 year old daughter is dyslexic, and...

The worst decision I ever made

Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:11:44 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author onserve - Act 6.0 was wonderful. I made the mistake of not reading reviews before upgrading to Act! 2005. Problems: 1) Super slow (even after installing 1 GB of RAM) 2) Does not link with Palm OS both ways. Best Software keeps telling customers "it will be...

cannot recommend

Mon, 6 Jun 2005 23:49:39 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author epratt - Intuit is the only software vendor I can think of whose product gets consistently worse with each iteration. The latest version is unbelievably slow (and I have a very fast computer) and common tasks have actually become slightly harder to execute...

Silver Screen Functionality and Eye Candy for your Palm Pilot

Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:12:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jckatz - I have never been one to download “skins” to make my MP3 player look cooler. So it was surprising to me that I paid $19.99 for a skin like program from my Palm Pilot Tungsten E. To be fair, skins are the very least of what Silver Screen has to...

Need more stress at tax time? Try TaxCut!

Sun, 5 Jun 2005 17:47:24 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author tksekc - I was a long-time TurboTax user, but I’ll never buy Intuit products again after they snuck spyware onto my computer. As Donald Trump said in The Apprentice, “Once someone betrays you, you can never believe they’ll go back to being loyal to...

The Rebel Alliance of Screenwriting Software

Sat, 4 Jun 2005 04:49:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilavideo - "Imagine two men in a room, both of whom are standing up to their waist in gasoline. Now imagine them arguing because one has three matches, the other five." --The Late Astronomer, Carl Sagan discussing Nuclear Winter on ABC's Nightline...

Avoid this product at all costs… Really

Fri, 3 Jun 2005 02:19:40 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author zivorad - I have been comfortable with most ScanSoft and Caere products over the years but I have noticed a change over past two years in terms of product functionality, compatibility and especially support. At present, my growing aversion towards newer ScanSoft...

Pro Office is not Cosmi's software

Fri, 27 May 2005 00:15:31 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author tsume - You may find Open Office at www.openoffice.org Pro Office is a copied version of OpenOffice, please don't buy Pro Office. Cosmi offers nothing at all besides the cost of the CD they are selling to you. 19USD for a CD is too much. Open office is...

An Unhappy Longtime User

Fri, 20 May 2005 15:17:58 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mrbigsby - I first encountered Paperport as "throw-in" software with a new scanner purchase in 1999 (Paperport scanner suite 2.0). I gave it try, saw the potential, and have been devotee since, religiously upgrading with each new version. I have organized my...

Frustrated

Fri, 20 May 2005 13:49:31 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mtnminis - I was instructed by IC Verify to upgrade from 2.60 version to 3.15 version because of new encryption rules for credit cards. The installation was a nightmare. All the data in the previous program for processing credit cards was wiped out during the...

Better than Quickbooks for Sole Proprietors

Thu, 19 May 2005 19:53:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author j_cricket - I've been a Quickbooks user for my sole proprietor business since 2001. I got sick of the endless fees and the upgrade hassles, but basically just the overall cost. Then a friend with the same sized business told me he used Quicken 2005 instead. I...

TurboTax: smarter than the average bear, but not perfect

Sat, 14 May 2005 15:14:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Arthur.Rubin - I finally E-filed for the first time, this year not wanting to stand in line at the post office on April 15 First, let me explain my background in taxes. I've been a professional tax preparer (registered in California 1990-1997. I've stated...

Power,Speed,Safety ITS SYSTEM MECHANIC 4!!!

Sat, 7 May 2005 09:35:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author olivertinalo - My experience of using System Mechanic 4 has been both good and bad to be quite honest. It doesn not do everthing it says on the box as well as it should. WHAT DOES IT DO? System Mechanic does many things from Fix proplems, which is basically fix...

Good product but not worth updating from 6.0 for me

Fri, 6 May 2005 18:44:57 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cdbeckett - I'm a die-hard organizer fan and was very happy to see V6.1 come out, but overall I see no advantage to this product over the V6.0 version. The packaging of easysync with the product on the CD isn't worth the price. This is supposed to be a bug fix...