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Introducing the Aztech New Media Keep It Simple Series. This collection of applications, images and content is absolutely one of the best values available in the industry today. This online document is divided into the following sections: CONTENTS OF THE Keep It Simple PRODUCT SUITE USES FOR Keep It Simple THE Keep It Simple PRODUCT LINE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS AWARDS WON, BY PRODUCT _________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS OF THE Keep It Simple PRODUCT SUITE The following is a cursory overview of the contents of this suite: * over 30 powerful multimedia applications, including o page layout o graphic design o photo editing o sound & music editing o slide show o presentation development o image morphing o word processing o spreadsheet o fax/modem communications o multimedia file management o four-language spell checker o graphic file conversion o talking icons & animation o business forms templates o encyclopedia and much, much more * more than 700 photographic images stored as high resolution (300 dpi 24-bit RGB images)using JPeg compression * and low resolution (72 dpi 24-bit RGB ). Our" low resolution" is still higher in * resolution than most other "image collections" * more than 4,500 color and black& white line art (clipart) images * 100's of sound clips and sound effects * more than 50 sound-alikes of famous voices * 45 minutes of compact disc-quality ("redbook") audio, also stored as 16-bit stereo * high-quality (44.1 Khz) .WAV files (some files are over 30 MB each in size!) * incredible multimedia reference encyclopedia * tutorials on the Internet and Windows 95 * communications capability for fax, modem and voice * word processing, spreadsheet, spell checker, thesaurus, graphing and more Every manual for every application is either on the same disc as the application or it is incorporated into the online help function of the respective application. Everything you could ever possibly want to do in a print or display presentation or application can be created with one or more of the applications in Aztech's Keep It Simple PUBLISHING _________________________________________________________________________ USES FOR THE Keep It Simple PRODUCT SUITE You can meet just about any need with a professional quality touch using Keep It Simple, including: letterhead business forms menus brochures advertisements newsletters mailing lists business letters business plans reports essays memos overhead present. catalogues invitations posters logos research projects video present. audio projects m/media projects pop displays product packaging editorials slide shows exhibit designs business cards and much more ... Later in this document are some tips on how the different applications in the complete Keep It Simple Suite may be used to create the elements that will ultimately make up your project. Layout a newsletter, design its logo and import it, convert an image file into a new file format, morph it and then import it too, select one of a hundred different fonts, display it page by page on your screen while music plays behind, add sound effects to emphasize important points and so on. _________________________________________________________________________ THE Keep It Simple PRODUCT LINE If you do not have all the modules, the following lists each module's content. Function On Disc # Title ========================================================================== Keep It Simple Publishing ------------------------- Desktop Publishing & Page Layout 1 Pressworks 1 Graphic File Conversion (Win95) 1 Conversion Artist 95 Graphic File Conversion (Win3.1) 1 Headline Fonts 1 Fonts Multimedia Encyclopedia 2 Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia Line Clipart x 5,000 3 Provektor Classic III License & Royalty Free Images 2,3 Watermarks I with Kudo catalog browser License & Royalty Free Images 1 Parsons Announcements Multimedia Browser & Manager 3 Kudo Catalogue Reader Keep It Simple Artwork ------------------------- Graphic Design & Illustration 1st Design 100 Fonts 100 Headline Fonts Photographic Image Morphing PhotoMorph Classic License & Royalty Free Images Floral Tapestry License & Royalty Free Images Watermarks II License & Royalty Free Images Underwater Realms License & Royalty Free Images Kudo catalog Multimedia Browser & Manager Victorian Clipart Keep It Simple Presentations ------------------------- M/M Slide Show, Presentations etc. Harvard Graphics 2.0 Sound Effects, Talking Apps, etc. Wired For Sound Pro CD License &Royalty Free Music The Music Works! I License & Royalty Free Music The Music Works! II Wave File Editor Sound Impression Multi-Media Development Authorware SE License & Royalty Free Images Low-Res Bodyshots Multimedia Browser & Manager Kudo catalogue Keep It Simple World Photos -------------------------- Graphic Image Editor 1 xRes 2.0 SE License & Royalty free images 2 3000 + photos Multimedia Browser & Manager 2 Kudo catalogue Keep It Simple Page Pizazz ------------------------- File Conversion HiJaac Pro Clip art SPC 10,000 clip art w/Kudo M/M slide show, presentations etc. Harvard Graphics 2.0 Fonts Aztech Fontazia 5000 fonts Clip art SPC 10,000 vector images Subtle backgrounds to enhance documents Abstract Graphics & Backgrounds Multimedia Browser & Manager Kudo catalogue Clip Art 5000 Classic Clip Art III vector images Keep It Simple Sales Rep Tools ------------------------- Account & Time Manager Maximizer Professional templates 101 Sales & Marketing Letters Calendar, organizer Anytime M/M slide show, presentations etc. Harvard Graphics 3.0 Resume maker & career planner Resume Maker Golf directory in U.S.A Golf Directory _________________________________________________________________________ PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS ==================== The following provides a brief overview of each application and content title in Aztech's Keep It Simple Suite. An asterisk (*) in front of the application's proper name denotes that this application has won one or more industry awards. Following this description listing is some suggestions on how to use the various applications to meet your specific project needs. Desktop Publishing & Page Layout *Pressworks 1 by GSP Ltd. This multiple award-winning DTP application has over 150 pre-designed, ready-to-use desktop templates, screen capture, import many different graphic (BMP, PCX, TIFF, GEM, EPS, PIC, CGM and more) and text (Word, ASCII, WordPerfect, WordStar, Richtext, Ami Pro and more) file formats, spell-checker, personal dictionary, 40,000 word thesaurus, 24-bit color image support, 65TrueType fonts included, Adobe Type Manager fonts support, powerful typography tools, flow text around irregular shaped objects, many text enhancement features (slant, arc, spiral, etc.), full manual on disc, complete guided tour including sample layouts, includes 300 clipart images, supports 4-color separation. TIP: Use this program as your main print-based project assembly tool. Layout your project and then import various other support files like prepared images clipart. Use Harvard Graphics for multimedia slide show-type projects. (English, French, German application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Illustration & Graphics Design *1st Design by GSP Ltd. 1st Design is much easier to use than many high-end professional products and is rated the best drawing package in its class. Incredible array of drawing functions including shape, controlled draw, freehand, arc, ellipse, text, move, split, align, blend, rotate, scale, skew, greeking, smoothing, undo, and reflect tools, copy, cut & paste functions, many line, arrowhead and fill styles, import and export capabilities, zoom, near-infinite color support, bezier tools, print, automatic tile alignment, group/ungroup, crop & registration marks, various snap-to controls, join paths, kerning, tracking, automatic tracing, object layering, 600 clipart illustrations and symbols, 53 TrueType fonts included, Adobe Type Manager fonts support, support of keyboard shortcuts, full manual on disc, complete quickstart guide. Imports and exports BMP, GEM, TIFF, PCX, WFM, CGM, EPS and others. TIP: use this application to create or import and then edit line drawings like the clip art supplied in this Suite. You can also add color and apply a multitude of different visual effects. Use this program also to convert complex photographic ("bitmap") images into simple outline drawings (called "tracing"). (English, French, German application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Presentations *Harvard Graphics by Software Publishing Corp. This multiple award-winning program is the best-selling presentation graphics software package of all time and well-respected around the world for the creation and display of multimedia presentations. Add special effects, use drawing tools like arc, rotate, flip, drop shadow and more, autobuild slides with bullet, table, bar and pie charts, emphasize key points with Chalk the on-screen drawing tool, select from over 80 pre-formatted chart layouts, consult the online Advisor Design Tips for professional advice on color, layout, fonts and more, use the handy Speaker Notes to remind you of important points during your presentation, select from over 500 high-quality drag-and-drop symbols, present slides in any order, add WAV and MIDI files that play back according to your requirements, use the built-in interactive tutorial to get up and running right away, and take your presentations on the road with the built-in runtime player TIP: Once you have created or modified the elements of your multimedia slide show presentation (clipart from 1st Design, images from PhotoStudio, a background or form design from Pressworks, .WAV file from Sound Impression, and some sound effects from Sound Pro), pull it all together with short text lines in Harvard Graphics. Use the master slide feature to create a common look-and-feel to each slide. (American English, UK/Canadian English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch applications and manuals included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Graphic File Conversion *Conversion Artist Win 95 & Win3.1 by North Coast Software This multiple award-winning program converts over 35 different photographic and line art image formats. With Conversion Artist it is possible to exchange just about any type of graphic file format you create with any of the programs in this pack and import them into any other application. You can view multiple images simultaneously, convert in groups, print, edit images, JPEG compress, unrivalled color-reduction, powerful color enhancement, read and play AVI files, employ a variety of image effects, screen capture and convert file formats between different computing platforms including SUN, Silicon Graphics, Macintosh, OS/2, Unix and Amiga. Converts BMP, GIF, TIFF, WPG, CUT, MCP, TGA, PCX, PCT, IMG, PCD, EPS and many more. TIP: This program is particularly useful when you want to make use of the extremely high resolution of a 32-bit (CMYK) TIFF image file from one of the photo collections. Most PC applications do not support this high a level of resolution so you could import this file into Conversion Artist and then save it as a 24-bit RGB TIFF file, which is supported by just about everything. The resulting file will have a great deal more "information" in it (perhaps 9-12 MB each) then the usual 24-bit RGB TIFF files (about 1.2 MB) in the collections. However, you really only need this type of resolution if you are going to magnify a very small part of the image to full screen size or if you want to print to a printer that can handle this amount of detail. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Photo Image Manipulation PhotoStudio by Arcsoft This easy-to-use and powerful photo image manipulation, editing and retouching application features an album manager, screen capture, slide presentation, over 30 different visual effects, customizable tools, 50 bitmapped seamless tile textures, 200 photo images and support for a variety of different file formats. Acquire images from TWAIN scanners, video grabbers, etc., organize images in convenient thumbnail groups, display selected images in pre-determined, timed presentation sequences, zoom in to fine details, perform image enhancement, color correction and special filter effects and get help from the comprehensive online manual. TIP: Use this program to crop (cut away portions of) photographic images to your document's size requirement. correct colors that are off or accentuate a feature. Add effects like blur to suggest speed or use a filter to create the impression of an oil painting. Scan in a photograph of your product using PhotoStudio and then touch it up. This application does not support 32-bit CMYK TIFF files so you must use Conversion Artist first to convert the 32-bit file into a 24-bit file (if you want very high resolution) or use the supplied 24-bit RGB TIFF files instead. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ MIDI & Wave File Manipulation *Sound Impression by Midisoft Sound Impression is the ultimate sound production environment for creating, editing, and integrating .WAV, MIDI, and CD audio formats. Record from CD or MIDI to .WAV, add music to voice tracks, add special effects and edit any size .WAV file, build voice-overs, mix .WAV files for multi-track compositions, view and play MIDI files as music notation, edit MIDI notes and events with your mouse, remove noises, hisses, silence (or add silence) etc., produce voice, music and sound effects for OLE 1.0-compliant applications like word processors, spreadsheets, etc., synchronize playback of MIDI, .WAV and CD Audio, and much, much more. TIP: Pick one of the wave files from The Music Works! collection. Add an echo effect or link it with a "bridge" piece. Then copy it and attach it to the end of itself so that the track loops. Or record your voice for your presentation and store it as a new .WAV file. Use the built in timer to cut either file to the exact length for your presentation. Pull the new piece into Harvard Graphics and use HG's slide show feature to link the wave file to the timing of one or more of your "slides". Play a MIDI file while also playing the .WAV file so that your voice is heard over the background (MIDI) music. Clean up the noise, hissing and scratches of that otherwise perfect recording. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Kudo Catalog Reader/Image Browser Kudo Kudo Image Browser allows you to view catalogs that were created to work with various Kudo products. The Aztech image CD's and design tools have been developed to work with the Kudo Image browser so that it is easy to view various applications and images. With the Catalog Reader you can perform sorts and finds, and drag & drop the images into graphics applications. _________________________________________________________________________ Victorian ClipArt 3000 Full-Color images, high-quality and richly detailed, from a wonderful era in design . All images included are royalty-free and are in the JPEG image file standard for quick insertion into your work. Hybrid images work on either PC or Macintosh systems. _________________________________________________________________________ Photo Image Morphing *Photomorph 95 by North Coast Software PhotoMorph is a multiple award-winning special effects morphing studio. Includes morphing, warping, transitions, storyboarding, chain multiple clips, image edit (crop, scale, rotate, etc.), 24-bit sample movies and images included, movies work in 8 picture formats (GIF, TIFF, TGA, PCX, BMP, JPEG, PICT, Amiga IFF), and highly optimized for FAST operation. Use any images from Aztech's photo image and clipart collections. (English and German application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Word Processing Virtual Word by Aztech New Media Virtual Word is a full-featured, powerful word processor that fully integrates with Gridworks (spreadsheet), Check-Mate (spelling checker), Word-Morpher (thesaurus) and Renaissance Grapher (spreadsheet graphing). . Access all your Windows fonts and sizes, add effects like bold, underline, etc., import .BMP images, super- and subscripting, text alignment and line spacing, pagination, search and replace, maintain detailed information about each document, and much more. Virtual Word is a professional quality, full featured, easy to use Windows 3.1 or 95 word processor. Virtual Word has all the basic features you require to do most any basic document including graphics support, print preview, multiple level undo's, Windows cut and paste, block moves, multiple margins, color printers, search and replace, True Type and printer fonts (with size and multiple color support!). Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethru, Superscript and Subscript, etc. Margins may be set for left, right, center and full justification. Using Virtual Word, you will be able to create professional quality word processing documents with ease. Virtual Word is a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) word processor. This significantly simplifies creating documents, since your screen always displays how your document will appear when printed. TIP: Use Virtual Word for all your basic and quick documents like letters. Use PressWorks for your more ambitious applications like multi-column newsletters. use Conversion Artist to create a .BMP file for importing into Virtual Word. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Spreadsheet GridWorks by Aztech New Media The GridWorks Spreadsheet is a powerful, full featured spreadsheet that is compatible with most features of Microsoft's Excel version 4.0. Most controls and menus work with the same look and feel as Excel. If you have used a spreadsheet before, or specifically worked with Microsoft Excel, then you already know the basics on using GridWorks. GridWorks supports a wealth of features. You can change fonts and colors, create borders, modify column and row sizes, copy and move rows, columns, ranges, formulas, and formats. You can also produce presentation quality reports. The best way to learn GridWorks is to go through the online help file included in the application. It will be time well spent. TIP: You can use the cut and paste functions of Windows 3.1 and 95 to move blocks of information to and from VirtualWord and GridWorks. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Multilingual Spelling Checker Check-Mate by Aztech New Media Check-Mate is a very powerful universal Windows 3.1 and 95 spelling checker. Check-Mate will work with any Windows' application that supports copy, cut and paste including Virtual Word, Gridworks, Pressworks and 1st Design. While in your Windows' application, copy or cut text to the clipboard. Run Check-Mate and click on the Spell Check. Once complete, copy your spell checked text back to the Windows' Clipboard to be pasted into your application's document. You can also type text directly into Check-Mate's input area to perform spelling checks, then copy to Clipboard to use in a Window's application. Check-Mate contains a state of the art, high efficiency 120,000 word American English spelling checker. (Most word processor contain only 50,000 to 75,000 words.) You can add new words to your personal dictionary file while performing spelling checks. You can also manually create and edit this file with any word processor (or Windows' Notepad) that allows you to save a text file. While the application itself is only available in English, spell checker databases are included for French, German and Italian vocabularies. (English only application and manual, with spell checking capability for English, German, French and Italian included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Thesaurus Word-Morpher by Aztech New Media Word-Morpher is a very powerful, easy to use program that contains over 50,000 synonyms. Word-Morpher adds a full featured thesaurus to any Windows program that supports copy, cut and paste including Virtual Word, Gridworks, Pressworks and 1st Design. The program works just like Check-Mate but is also useful as a stand alone utility allowing you to manually type words you wish checked. Word-Morpher can be used to improve your writing and word power. If you enjoy solving cross-word puzzles, Word-Morpher may become your most valuable assistant. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Spreadsheet Graphing Renaissance Grapher by Aztech New Media Renaissance Grapher is a very powerful, easy to use graph program that allows you to create professional quality business graphs with ease. Renaissance Grapher supports more than one dozen different graph types and styling variations. With Renaissance Grapher you can add titles, legends, select color palettes, scale your outputs for printing, or copy them to the clipboard to allow them to be used with other Windows programs like Virtual Word, PressWorks, 1st Design and Harvard Graphics. Renaissance Grapher automatically creates a random graph when loaded to assist you in quickly setting up various graph options. Simply finish your graph by adding your data, and you're done. Save it, Print it, or copy it to Windows clipboard. Changing any graph/style to another is as easy (and fast) as hitting one mouse button! Use saved graphs as template files to create new graphs! (Never waste any time creating variations of graphs you have already saved!) TIP: Renaissance Grapher is one of the most powerful, easy to use graphing programs available for the home, school or workplace. Use it to track your home budget, prepare for meetings, or just see how your investments are doing! Renaissance Grapher has literally thousands of uses. Once you begin using Renaissance Grapher , you will quickly realize just how powerful, easy to use and helpful this program is. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Fax/Data/Voice Integrated Communications *FaxMaker Home Office by Aztech New Media Digital answering machine, voice mail, call transfer, fax on demand, call paging, automatically detect between incoming fax, data and voice calls on a single telephone line, automatically start the associated application, send a fax from any Windows application, design your own cover page or use a stock page, multiple phonebooks & databases, scheduled group sending faxes, import & export faxes, support of most popular communications protocols and modem (including voice modems) brands. (English, German, and Dutch applications and manuals included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ The Ultimate Windows Environment Enhancement Multimedia Tool *Wired For Sound Pro CD by Software Made Simple This title is one of the world's best known Windows utilities. It includes (take a deep breath ...) over 2,000 sound effects, 300 MIDI files, 400 icons, 50 animated icons, 100 designer cursors, 50 color cursors, 300 photographs (excluding all the other CD collections and those on the PhotoStudio disc), 150 video clips, 50 celebrity impersonations, a talking clock with reminder alarms, talking appointment calendar, talking Solitaire and Minsweeper games, talking system monitor that warns when memory or disk space get low, 5 animated faces to deliver the message, replacement cursors and icons, create your own animated icons, automatically switching wallpaper patterns at specific intervals, multimedia slide show screen saver to present pictures, movies and music (oodles of such material is provided with the Keep It Simple Suite), intruder alert feature, a CD browser provides thumbnail sketches and a description of the CD's available video and photos, ability to attach MIDI (music) to Windows events, Post This! feature, voice recorder/editor (requires your own sound card and microphone), multimedia jukebox (plays MIDI and .WAV files), 12 preset Windows desktop styles, a wave file player and editor, ... and an uninstall routine. Did we forget anything?? TIP: This is the ultimate tool to bring your Windows environment and your multimedia presentations to life. This CD could take months to go through but the content could be used, for example, with slide presentations in Harvard Graphics. Use Sound Impression to further enhance the celebrity impersonations or to create that perfect sound effect. Personalize your PC like no other - make a statement. (English, French and German applications and manuals included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Organizer, Scheduler and Address Book Anytime For Windows by Individual Software Anytime incorporates a Day Planner and Address Book to organize, schedule and maintain your day-to-day affairs. Use the Day Planner to manage your daily schedule of appointments, events, and to do list. The Address Book keeps track of friends, family, business contacts, and other acquaintances. View and quickly change your schedule with the Quick Glances. Choose from Week, Month, and Year Glance displays. Each Quick Glance gives you both a calendar and a graph view. AnyTime also offers over 40 exceptional, high-quality, professional-looking layouts to print information from your Day Planner, Address Book, and Quick Glances. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Fonts Headline Fonts by GSP This collection of 100 original TrueType fonts adds a new dimension to all your Windows documents. No matter what you want to say, you can add more impact with the right visual message. The variety of styles range from Circus, Irish, Stencil and Antique to Hotel, Saphire, Shadow, GlowWorm, Comic Strip and many more. TIP: These fonts may be used by all the different Windows applications in the Keep It Simple Suite including Pressworks, 1st Design, Virtual Word, Harvard Graphics, and Gridworks. These TrueType fonts are in addition to all the others that come with the individual applications. _________________________________________________________________________ 5,000+ Clip Art Images Classic Clipart III by Aztech New Media This collection features over 5,000 vector art images in several different file formats which may be used for virtually any occasion. Import them into Pressworks to accent a point, use 1st Design to modify or enhance an image, or pull an image into Harvard Graphics for a slide show. A true multimedia suite of products is not complete without a full complement of clipart images. _________________________________________________________________________ Creation artwork and edit images for print Macromedia Xres 2.0 S.E Macromedia xRes is the most powerful creation tool for editing, natural texture painting, and compositing high-resolution images. The perfect complement to Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia xRes combines high-speed, high-resolution capabilities with familiar interface conventions and flexible, powerful features that make the creative process much easier. Key Features: Speed - with High Resolution files, familiar interface and tools, powerful image creation tools, low RAM requirements, and is web ready. ________________________________________________________________________ Authoring tool for interactive learning Macromedia Authorware SE Authorware is a revolutionary authoring system used to create interactive multimedia applications. Its user-friendly interface enables non-technical experts to build applications and utilize the resource without scripting. Multimedia tools provide the power to incorporate text, graphics, sound, animation and video to create dynamic applications for learning, reference, simulation, merchandising, and entertainment. _________________________________________________________________________ Design and desk-top publishing tools Parsons Announcements With the powerful features of Announcements you have all the design tools you need to accomplish your task. Perfect for business needs, you can create tri-fold brochures, letterhead, business cards, presentation materials and more. With 50 professionally designed document templates and 200 clip-art graphics - Your Pc will go to work for you. _________________________________________________________________________ License & Royalty-Free Music The Music Works! I & II by Aztech New Media The Music Works! is license and royalty-free music for accompaniment to all kinds of media productions. You may use this material without charge for any film, TV, radio, video, multimedia, live or other productions (see license enclosed) without any fees. Featured is an outstanding array of musical styles composed and performed by a leading professional session group that creates and performs for broadcast commercials of several Fortune 500 companies. This energy-charged CD-ROM plays in a standard audio CD player, and any Mac, PC, Unix or other platform supporting standard CD-ROM's (ISO 9660). This 2-CD collection contains more than 45 minutes of digitally mastered original music, recorded in "redbook" audio format. Track 1 contains the 16-bit stereo, 44.1 KHz Windows .WAV and Apple sound files, and tracks 2 onwards comprise the CD audio "redbook" tracks. The styles are a blend of rock & roll, blues, new age, ambient, easy listening, pop, country, techno, percussive, latin, acoustic, progressive, and orchestral content in segments from 10 seconds to over 3 minutes. TIP: Use Sound Impression to add special effects, shorten, lengthen, edit, splice or loop content from this collection. Link this content to individual slides or full presentations in Harvard Graphics. _________________________________________________________________________ License & Royalty-Free Hi-Res. Photographic Images Various Collections by Aztec The following information applies to all the image collections from Aztech. The images may be used for any purpose, whether for video display, print media broadcast, or otherwise, and whether for commercial or personal use, as often as you wish, with no further license fees or royalties payable except where the primary value of the product you are creating is the images themselves. The images may also be morphed or modified as you see fit, subject to the condition that the image is not used in an immoral way (please see our license for more complete details). All these images may be imported by almost all image handling applications available on Macintoshes, PC's, and many Unix platforms. The images are on an ISO 9660 disc, typically in two resolutions on the same disc: (a) 32-bit non-compressed, color-corrected, color-separated (CMYK), 300 dpi TIFF format giving a 150 line screen (avg. over 10 MB each!), and (b) 24-bit non-compressed, RGB, 72 dpi TIFF (avg. 1.2 MB each). [WaterMarks & Ghosted Images I & II] is the first in Aztech's ArtEffects series of image collections specifically created for graphic designers. This collection contains 25 easy-to-use, very high quality multimedia and print-ready image files. These images have been optimally manipulated using advanced design techniques to provide ideal backgrounds for text overlay applications. All the work has been done for you - no need for expensive photo manipulation software or the requisite skills. Each image is stored at 8-3/4" x 11-1/4" (i.e. letter size with bleed) in three resolutions: (1) 300 dpi 24-bit compressed, color-separated(RGB) print-ready JPEG, (2) 72 dpi 24-bit RGB TIF, and (3) 72 dpi 8-bit greyscale TIF. [Abstract & Graphic Backgrounds I & II] comprises 100 license and royalty-free photographs by top photographer Paul Smith. These unique images are a combination of original conceptual perspectives and graphic art as seen through the lens of Paul Smith's camera. The content is designed to induce a variety of atmospheres and represent metaphorical characteristics in abstract and interesting ways including ethereal, turbulence, whimsical, strength, impact, progressive, birth, mystical, decisive, practical, etc. Aside from their mood-setting qualities, these images may also serve other graphic design functions including backgrounds, textures, thematic scenes, and individual component objects. Specs. are as first described above. [Visual Rhythms I & II] comprises 100 rare and unusual photo images by top professional photographer Paul Smith. These unique images focus on content of a repetitious nature: a string of boats, a bed of roses, bamboo poles, panes of glass, stone brick patterns, etc. The images serve a variety of graphic design functions including backgrounds, textures, thematic scenes, and individual component objects. Specs. are as first described above. [Underwater Realms] contains 100 photo images by expert underwater photographer Joel Auerbach. The images range from exotic, multicolored fish and other animal life, to incredible coral formations, underwater lighting effects, and shipwrecks. Specs. are as first described above. [Gems And Other Semi-Precious Stones] contains 100 license and royalty-free* photo images by photographer Al Copley. Mr. Copley has visited many museums and galleries to provide these hand-picked images of precious and semi-precious gemstones including the diamond, ruby, quartz, amethyst, agate and many others. All the images are annotated with a brief description. [Floral Tapestry] contains 100 license and royalty-free* photo images by photographer Douglas Guthrie. This collection comprises a mixture of tight shots and background settings of wild flowers including the Rose, Daffodil, Iris, Daisy and many more. Each image is annotated with its technical name. [BodyShots (low resolution)] contains over 300 license and royalty-free photographic images of professional male and female models in a wide variety of different business situations. These images range from business people shaking hands and conducting an overhead presentation to typical office situations like reading a financial newspaper, answering the phone or an in-office meeting. All the images have been shot on white backgrounds so that any background image may be dropped in. Choose from hundreds of backgrounds supplied with each Keep It Simple module. For the more advanced desktop publisher, this collection also includes "clipping paths" and "alpha channels" which may be used with these images to create a truly seamless overlay of the image on any background you choose. For those interested in the technical aspects, and unlike all the other collections above, these images are supplied in four file formats: 24-bit (millions of colors) RGB TIFF with alpha channel and clipping path at 72 dpi, 8-bit greyscale (256 shades of grey) TIFF at 150 dpi, 8-bit Windows .BMP at 72 dpi, and 8-bit Macintosh PICT at 72 dpi. TIP: Don't let the different file formats confuse you. For most cases, you will find that almost all applications support 24-bit RGB TIFF files so this is where you should begin if you want color images. Use the 8-bit greyscale TIFF if you will print out in black & white only. Use Conversion artist to convert the RGB files to greyscale before you print. This will save you a great deal of printing time later on. _________________________________________________________________________ Multimedia Reference Encyclopedia Hutchinson Encyclopdia by Attica Cybernetics This title is a state-of-the-art world viewpoint reference work with unrivalled coverage of the world's peoples, events, societies, sciences, arts, history and nations. It is updated annually with video, animation, photographs, illustrations, audio, text and thousands of "hypertext" links. * Over 28,000 articles, 2,200 images, 275 audio clips, 175 maps, 250 tables * Over 7,000 biographies, 9,000 hyperlinks, many videos * Full search, browse and indexing * The print version has been in publication for over 40 years Everything from video footage of Elvis Presley and WWII aircraft carrier attacks to historical and geographical maps to photo images and sound are contained in this massive reference work. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Windows 95 Tutorial Peter Norton's Personal Training for Windows 95 by PTS This disc is a step-by-step interactive Windows 95 tutorial. It is an easy-to-use, self-paced step- by-step tutorial that leads you through feature introductions and hands-on exercises as you grasp each new skill. Endorsed by Peter Norton, developer of The Norton Utilities, it features automatic installation, video, animation, graphics, and screen capture features. Topics include Windows 95 Basics, Beyond The Basics, and Windows 3.1 Upgrading. This is NOT a simulator. This program works inside Windows 95 to provide a powerful online quick reference as well as practice lessons. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ Using The Internet, Tutorial The Internet For Everybody by CD Solutions This CD contains over 1.5 hours of a video introduction to the Internet. Is the Internet for real? Is it of value to me? How do I navigate through cyberspace? Learn to use the Internet and find out the easy way to answer these questions and many more. The Quicktime For Windows-based (included) tours and instruction are hosted by international computer and Internet expert, Dick Rubenstein. Mr. Rubenstein takes you through actual Internet sessions and shows what to type, what you should see and generally how to act online. He takes you through tours using the viewpoints of actual Internet users and their specific interests. Explore the Internet after learning about "highway" tools like Gopher. MUDS, Telnet, Lynx, E-mail, world wide web, jumpstation, global network navigator and more. (English only application and manual included on disc) _________________________________________________________________________ AWARDS WON, BY PRODUCT Where the information was available, Aztech has tried to capture the following information to demonstrate that the products contained in the Keep It Simple Suite is worldclass, of high quality, powerful, packed with features but, most of all, is useful to you in your day-to- day activities and projects. The following is a list of known awards for products based on what was available at press time. If you would like more information about any of these award-winning products, please do not hesitate to call us at Aztech. If we don't know the answer, we'll find someone who does. Harvard Graphics PC World 1995 Best Buy, Windows Presentation Software New Media Magazine 1995 Thumbs Up Award Multimedia World 1995 Reader's Choice Award InfoWorld 1994 Product Of The Year-Business Graphics PC Magazine 1994 Editor's Choice PC Magazine 1994 Presentation Product Comparison Winner PC World 1994 Best Buy Windows Magazine WIN 100 Award PC Computing MVP Award InfoWorld Buyer's Assurance Seal InfoWorld 1994 Presentation Product Comparison Winner Home Office Computing Editor's Pick Award PC Graphics & Video Highly Recommended Publish Reader's Choice Award Multimedia World Reader's Choice Winner Mobile Office Computing First Class Award Which Computer Best Buy CIO Reader's Choice Computerworld Brand Reference Pressworks PC Magazine Editor's Choice PC Today Best Buy Personal Computer World Editor's Choice What To Buy For Business Best Buy PC Plus Value For Money PC Plus Product Award 1st Design Nottingham Evening Post "... well worth considering to satisfy the needs of most homes and small offices, and it's fun to use." PC Home "... designed for people just getting into creating their own layouts." What PC? "... a practical business option..." PC Today "... excellent value for money." Personal Computer World "Excellent for the newcomer..." Personal Computer Mag "Packs in lots of DTP power for the price. Nice, uncluttered interface, easy ... and fun to use." Home Office Computing "The Windows interface is friendly, attractive and informative." Sound Impression Multimedia World Reader's Choice Has won other awards but not available at presstime Wired For Sound Pro CD: Has won awards but not available at presstime Conversion Artist Has won awards but not available at presstime PhotoMorph Has won awards but not available at presstime Pixfolio For Windows Has won awards but not available at presstime _________________________________________________________________________