Compton's 21st Century Encyclopedia contains the complete contents of all 26-volumes... 40,000 articles 8,000 images 8,000 web links 600 sound clips 100 movies 8 virtual tours. New features include IPIX 360-degree virtual tours and multimedia explorations. There's also an exclusive planetarium section, cross-referenced timeline, and much more...
NOTE: the manual (button above) requires Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your PC.
INSTALLING: please use the menu that appears when you insert this disc or run pcw.exe.
SoftCopier 2 (worth £9.95)
SoftCopier 2 features include:
Black and white, greyscale and colour copying Specify the number of copies to print Sheet feed handling Change paper sizes - 3 sizes supported. The normal price to upgrade to SoftCopier 3 is £9.95. But readers can upgrade for the special price of just £7.50 (saving 25%) by calling 01461 338717 and quoting "Personal Computer World".

SoftCopier 3 (limited to 25 copies)
More advanced than SoftCopier 2. Change the contrast of a copy, change the copy size up or down and choose which printer to send the copy to at
the touch of a button. Features include:
Black and white, greyscale and colour copying
Specify number of copies to print Copies multiple pages and collates Sheet feed handling Up to 5 different paper sizes supported Zoom - Change size by percentage up or down Contrast - Control the contrast applied to the copy Multiple printer support, local or networked Automatically interfaces to your existing Fax software Configuration option - Use your own scanner settings.
What PC? reviewed SoftCopier 3 in 1998 and gave it no less than 5 stars...!
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QuarkXPress extensions
for Macintosh and Windows
PICTATTRIBUTE & INSERTCHAR

Two free extensions for anyone who uses Quark on Mac or PC..
PictAttribute (PC) "remembers" the attributes of a picture box when you perform a Get Picture and restores the picture's scale, offset, rotation, skew, runaround and flip. For bitmap TIFF, JPEG and GIF images, the colour, shade and negative are also retained.
One use for PictAttributes XT is to substitute hi-res images for lo-res without losing the vital parameters.
InsertChar XT (Macintosh) allows you to insert any character into your text.
NOTE: the files can be found in the folder \software\markzware... the Mac version is supplied as a Stuffit SEA file. Read the text files supplied for information on installation and use.
Magic motherboards
April 2001

They say you can't choose your parents… but you can upgrade your motherboard. Gordon Laing gives you the hows, whys and whens in our step-by-step guide.
  Customise your PC
March 2001

You wouldn't be happy with the existing décor if you moved house, so why put up with the standard windows look and feel? Tim Nott shows you how to personalise your PC.