writing (33 products)

Grammar Slammer with Checkers 4.2 (Shareware, $49)

Grammar Slammer with Checkers is the most complete language aid for computers available. It answers those questions that the checkers raise! Grammar Slammer helps you in your writing and grammar the simplest way known to Windows Word Processor users. Grammar Checkers are helpful, but they are limited. The grammar and spelling checkers can check your work, and if you are not sure about what to do, the complete grammar and spelling reference is there with answers.

Idea Tracker 2.02 (Shareware, $21.95)

Idea Tracker offers an effective solution for writers and anyone else wishing to keep track of their ideas, thoughts and notes. It allows the user to replace or augment their existing system. Fully customizable with multi-database feature, allowing the user to keep track of virtually anything, from story ideas, poetry and writing markets to meeting minutes and recipes. It is an organizing and tracking tool to meet a multitude of needs. Offers an effective method to sort, filter, and print ideas. Ready to run immediately after installing or customizable to allow the user to decide how to display their ideas. It allows the user to organize their ideas (with up to two levels of categorization), and to choose what fields to save data in. Thanks to customizable databases, the user is free to track ideas in many different ways. Ideas can be kept in one database or broken into logical groupings, such as notes on a single project.

Key2Speak 2.1 (Shareware, $19.95)

One of the best writing tips you could ever receive is to have text read aloud to you. Hearing the written word is often more revealing than reading it on a computer screen. This program is a handy companion for whenever you're writing on the computer. It's a utility that uses speech synthesis technology to automatically read a selected piece of text. Key2Speak works with all Windows applications, including word processors, e-mail clients and instant messengers. The program operates "on-the-fly," offering immediate feedback as you're composing.The settings dialog allows you to configure the inputs that make your keyboard speak. For example, you can have it read text after periods, commas or question marks are typed. It can also wait until you've hit the return key, such as when you're finished writing a paragraph. By adjusting the program to your liking, it shouldn't interfere with your writing.Key2Speak can also automatically read copied text from the clipboard.

Kidwidget 1.1 (Commercial, $24.00)

Tons of kid-friendly tools, all in a fully integrated kid-safe environment. Includes easy-to-use tools for children to Write, Draw, Paint, Flashcards; plus a calculator, puzzle, clock, calendar, and much more.

Modjex Coaxer 1.2 (Shareware, $30.00)

Modjex Coaxer encourages a writer to write for a sustained period of time. If they stop typing, Coaxer will prompt them with a low humming sound while offering constructive writing suggestions. This stream of consciousness approach keeps the writer productive, helping them to generate a large body of work from which to condense more polished texts.

MP3-Burner, The Simple Way! 6.1 (Shareware, $19.99)

Too busy to fiddle with complicated software? MP3-Burner

Music Publisher 5.07e (Demo, $170)

Music notating software with a difference. Its design philosophy is simply to replace pen and paper: it leaves you in complete command of the whole score-writing process and layout. For total flexibility and control it allows you to put whatever you want wherever you want it - it does not impose any standards of its own, so if what you write is musical nonsense then that's up to you. In fact think of it as a word-processor for music. The full range of facilities are there from clefs to ending barlines. It covers general text (drop text anywhere you want it), lyrics, 160+ miscellaneous symbols (just place on the paper as required), many types of line and even a shape tool should you want it, plus headers and footers and of course transposition, playback and Midi file production. In keeping with the philosophy suggested by the program's title it can create high resolution pictures of any part of the page for transferring very quickly to a word-processor. There is a wealth of help with the program: Four user le

PhotoMeister 2.54 (Shareware, $19.95)

Helps you to handle, edit and publish photos from your digital camera. All functions that you need to manage your photos and to impress your family, friends or customers with your photos are included in one piece of software! Easy to use and install!

PhotoMeister Professional 2.54 (Shareware, $39.95)

Helps you to handle, edit and publish photos from your digital camera. All functions that you need to manage your photos and to impress your family, friends or customers with your photos are included in one piece of software! Easy to use and install!

PrivyPad 2.51 (Shareware, $24.95)

Create, edit, read or e-mail encrypted/plain text files with this Notepad-like text editor. It supports 4 encryption/decryption algorithms: BLOWFISH, Triple DES

ScholarWord MLA Edition 1.0 (Shareware, $19.95)

ScholarWord is a Multi-Platform, Microsoft® Word integration that helps you overcome the obstacles you may encounter in academic writing. ScholarWord accomplishes this by seamlessly integrating powerful tools and information into your writing environment.

SequBeat Pro v7.0 (Shareware, $24.95)

SequBeat offers a full virtual drum kit for all of your practicing and songwriting needs. It works as a sequencer for constructing percussion quality sounds. SequBeat comes with the "Power" drum library that features 16 great samples. The Power kit items include a kick, high hat, snare, cymbal, shaker, rimshot and much more. You'll also be able to import up to 32 samples of your own. Enjoy full pitch and semi-tone pitch shifting for each individual sample. You can also control volume as well as perform left and right panning.

SpellExpress(tm) -- Instant Spell-Check, Thesaurus 2.6 (Shareware, $19.99)

SpellExpress provides instant access to a spellchecker, thesaurus

Venture Planning System Pro - VPSpro.com 1 (Freeware)

The VPSpro is a step-by-step business plan software system, which guides planners confidentially through the research of their project on-line and helps them analyse the feasibility of their business idea or expansion. The software allows the planners to produce a comprehensive set of three-year financial projections and then go on to generate a full set of notes to the projections. The planners can also complete full business plan narrative by using the VPSpro Narrative Writer. An advantage of the Venture Planning System is that it is able to link the planners to suppliers, professionals and service provides at the right time in the planning process. The VPSpro is geographically based so that on-line communities can be created in any location in the world so that business planners will find information that is useful to their situation. Additionally, the VPSpro is designed to insure that sponsor linking occurs primarily at the time in the planning process at which the planners can use the information.

WhiteSmoke Enrichment 2.0 (Shareware, $29.99)

Use this innovative add-on on any word processor or email! This new 'Enrichment' icon will turn a simple sentence to a more sophisticated professional version. This unique patent pending technology will optimize your writing ability in less than a second!

Writing in APA Style 1.1 (Freeware)

This e-book will show you how to format your essay to conform to the style as set out in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association(5th ed.). It contains examples of referencing of the most common sources, the way to layout your essay, page headings, page spacing, font type and size, paragraph indents, how to enter in-text citation etc. and includes links to more APA information sites on the net.