Serif's award-winning budget desktop publisher combines high-end DTP features, ease of use, and some great new web publishing tools.
Pro features include precision layout, with one-tenth of a point, millimetre or degree sizing and placement, as well as both manual and automatic kerning. Colour is professionally handled, with Pantone support built-in. Accessories include LogoPlus, for producing special effects for logos or other artwork and the WritePlus story editor with both spelling and grammar checking. And, there's a plentiful supply of templates, fonts (400), clipart, and wizards to get you going fast. Despite it's power, PagePlus 5 is very easy to use. [visit Serif's website]
IncrediMail is an advanced email program that lets you tailor your emails according to your mood and personality. Basically, it's fun to use. Vivid animated characters announce the arrival of new email. Select from a huge range of email templates - background papers, 3D effects, sounds, special fonts, text effects, and animations. Sending ecards becomes a doddle. And, the great thing is, it's free! [visit IncrediMail]
peoplesound.com MP3 TOP TEN
Peoplesound is the definitive source of great new music online from thousands of quality artists. Listen to some of the hottest new sounds around by visiting www.peoplesound.com. And, each month on the disc you can enjoy ten top complete tracks from peoplesound.com, in MP3 format, all neatly wrapped into an easy-to-use interface.
ON THIS DISC: !Del In a Trance – Del's talent for emotive orchestration and beguiling atmospherics elevates In A Trance above and beyond the rest • Systematix Show me love – Professional and well manipulated vocal pop-trance with some nice old-skool touches • Bluebook III Mind – Cinematic drum'n'bass for body and mind • Lethal and Destruction How high can we go? – Hip-hop with a message (natch!) that manages to get the point across in an engaging and entertaining • Twinkie Mondo Mingo – Bluesy, rocking, and at times even approaching funky, Twinkie heartily justify their exposure on Radio 1's Evening Session • Kitty Empire Verona – Verona is brash and inventive indie-rock that shows the Kittys are possessed of a fine ear for a tune • Ban Jyang Sect – A powerful voice, heartfelt lyrics and tight tunes should see Ban Jyang score big with the Kerrang crowd • Lylo Dead Americans – Big, edgy, modern Rock with solid, hard-hitting tunes • Johnnie Now I found you – Filled with an infectious uplifting vibe, Johnnie plys us with her distinctive brand of pop-soul • Lolipop Raise your hands to Heaven – Hi-NRG, high camp and filled with all the right ingredients for a huge pop smash.
B2 SPICE 2000 (30-day trial)
This interesting software brings PC-based electronic circuit design within the reach of SoHo users as well as professional engineers. B2 SPICE 2000, enables electronics designers to build and test a circuit on their PC using industry standard SPICE software. Draw the circuit on the screen and set up simulations by choosing menu options. Then run the simulation and view your results in graphs, tables or directly in voltmeters and ammeters. Change from typical to worst case analysis and include the effects of temperature on components.
• No limit on maximum circuit size
• Fully integrated and interactive
• Customise display in tables & graphs
• Open multiple circuits at the same time
• Add modules together and build circuits fast
• Run simulations in real time or step by step
• Simulate temperature change effects
The version supplied on this disc is fully functional and includes all parts libraries (over 7000). Minimum Requirements PII processor 16MbRAM and 60Mb free disk space.
The full product costs £199 + VAT. Contact RD Research (01603 872331) email to rd.research@paston.co.uk, or visit the website at www.spice-software.com

Sonic Foundry website

Acid Express
ACID is another great tool for producing, arranging, and editing loop-based music. ACID's power stems from its ability to take any audio loop and make it fit into the tempo of a project. You no longer need to lock yourself into a tempo and go through great pains to make your loops and samples fit that tempo. ACID will take all of your audio and make it match any tempo you choose in real time.
• Before you get started, though, you'll need to visit the Sonic Foundry website to pick up some loops and samples to work with.
GFi FAXmaker (10-user trial)
Faxing manually is out of date, according to GFi. Research shows that a professional fax server can save companies money while improving customer service and image.
FAXmaker for Exchange is a fax gateway for Microsoft Exchange server which allows all users to send and receive faxes from Microsoft Outlook or the Exchange client. FAXmaker for Exchange includes a multi-line fax server, inbound fax routing, print to fax driver for Windows, support for Office documents, and fax management features.
FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP is a networkfax solution for Windows NT/2000 that allows all network users to send and receive faxes right from their desktop. FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP includes clients for Windows 95/98/ME, NT/2000 and works with most popular networks and fax/modems. FAXmaker also includes an Email to Fax and Fax to Email gateway, allowing all email users to send and receive faxes from within their favourite email application.
The FAXmaker system consists of: • A FAX Server running as a service. This program handles all fax communications • A Fax Connector on the machine running Exchange server • Client software. This consists only of a Fax Viewer and the FAXmaker printer driver, which enables all Exchange users to view faxes and to send a fax from any Windows application by printing to the FAXmaker printer driver.

Faxmaker for Exchange 2000 for customers running Exchange 2000. This version requires Windows 2000 server and Exchange 2000. Note: This is a 10 user, 2 fax line evaluation version. Registered users of version 6.11 should contact sales@gfi.com for upgrade cost and requirements. Current serial number will not work with the above versions.

FAXmaker for Exchange 6.X for customers running Exchange 5.5. Includes a choice of Windows NT fax server or Windows 2000 fax server.

FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP 8 (Fax server running Windows 2000). Note: This is a 10 user, 2 fax line evaluation version. Registered users of version 7 should contact sales@gfi.com for upgrade cost and requirements. Current serial number will not work with this version.

FAXmaker for Networks/SMTP 8 (Fax server running NT4).
You will find a user manuals for the software in the \software\gfi_faxmaker\ folder. You should visit the GFi website for further information before installing the software.