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25 essential programs for your PC

January 3, 2010 


At the risk of sounding like a late-night salesman pitching food shredders for $12.99 . (If you order now, you receive absolutely free a set of steak knives and a dozen other things you don't need.) Not to be outdone, have I got a deal for you! It's called PCWorks Suite Pro 2009, and it has 25 "essential" programs for Windows PCs. They range from accounting and other business programs to desktop publishing and drawing programs, with financial, business and word-processing programs thrown in. And if you order now, I'll throw in the island of Manhattan , Brooklyn and Buffalo, N.Y. Ten feet of snow is all yours if you call in the next 10 minutes.

Well, OK, I won't give you Manhattan , but Buffalo is definitely yours whether you order or not.

Here are highlights of the suite:

ACT (business efficiency program); 3001 Business and Sales Letters; Budget Express (for home finances); DrawPlus (drawing and graphics); ExpensAble (keep track of business and other expenses); Financial Powertools (for home and business investments); FormTool (creates business forms) ; High Impact eMail (personalize business e-mail newsletters); OfficeReady (hundreds of templates for OpenOffice word processor); OfficeReady Business Plans (helps you figure out how to start a business); OfficeReady Marketing Plans (shows you how to market your new business); Retrospect Express (backs up everything on your hard drive); Org Chart (create an organization chart for your business); Page Plus (desktop publishing program); Panorama Plus (helps you stitch videos and photos); Peachtree First Accounting (basic business accounting, invoices, statements); PhotoPlus (photo editing); Quicken Legal

Business Pro 2007 (legal documents for your business); Resume Works (helps you find the best resume for your field of interest); Stuffit Deluxe (shrink and unshrink large files); TurboProject Pro (create work schedules and duties); WebPlus (create websites); Open Office 2.0 (word processing, spreadsheet and presentation programs that are Microsoft Office -compatible); Sunbird Calendar (publish your schedules on the web); Thunderbird (open-source e-mail program).

And don't forget the free snow, 'cuz operators are standing by!

"PCWorks Suite Pro 2009" will run on all versions of Windows. To order, send $49 , plus $6 for shipping, to WashingtonCD, P.O. Box 351531, Los Angeles, Calif. 90035, or online at www.washingtoncd.net.

 


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