Disney Learning Kindergarten Bundle (Pooh Kindergarten, Mickey Kindergarten, and Phonics Quest)

Disney Learning Kindergarten Bundle (Pooh Kindergarten, Mickey Kindergarten, and Phonics Quest) Review

Disney Learning Kindergarten Bundle (Pooh Kindergarten, Mickey Kindergarten, and Phonics Quest) Feature

• Winnie the Pooh Kindergarten w/French & Spanish brings parents and young children a fun set of educational games they can enjoy together
• Play eight games and 25 learning skills like Eeyore's Musical Mix & Match, Owl's Memory Challenge, and Rabbit's Shape Sorting
• Mickey Mouse Kindergarten introduces fundamental learning skills as they play with Mickey
• As children play, they'll develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities
• Explore fun word games with Goofy and Tigger

Disney Learning Kindergarten featuring Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh can teach children fundamental learning skills while fueling their creativity and imagination. A life-long love of learning is reinforced through stimulating activities that inspire a child's creative thinking skills. Also included, Disney's Phonics Quest, join Mickey on a quest as the sorcerer's apprentice to uncover the magic of phonics fun! Mickey's quest begins as he opens the sorcerer's magic book and loses six of the Sorcerer's belongings. He then takes a challenging journey to retrieve the lost magical items. As each challenge is mastered, Mickey regains one of the Sorcerer's belongings so he can triumphantly return to the castle. Children 5-7 will have fun searching for the missing items while mastering phonics skills along the way! This software would make the perfect gift for a child on their way to kindergarten! Get a jump start on learning your letters and numbers! Knowledge is power, get started early! Product Requirements For Use: Windows Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me Pentium processor, 166 MHz or faster, 32 MB RAM or greater, 60 MB free hard disk space, 8X speed CD-ROM drive, 16 bit DirectX-compatible sound card, 16 bit color, DirectX-compatible 4MB video card, DirectX 8.0(included) Optional: Java-compatible web-browser (i.e. Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.08 or later. Macintosh OS 8.6 through 9.1 Imac, G3 or better, 32 MB free hard disk space, 4X speed CD-ROM drive Thousands of colors video display. Dimensions: 1.3"H x 7.6"L x 5.3"W Weight: .3lbs

Dora the Explorer: Animal Adventures

Dora the Explorer: Animal Adventures Review

Dora the Explorer: Animal Adventures Feature

• First game to feature DoraÆs cousin, Diego (who can talk to the animals!)
• Jukebox for kids to choose their favorite Dora songs
• English and Spanish counting activities
• Star catching activities just like on the TV series
• Three levels of learning

In Dora The Explorer: Animal Adventures, you'll have a great time with Dora and her cousin Diego, as they takes an increidble journey into the world of animals!

Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe

Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe Review

Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe Feature

• Onionskin: View previous frames in transparent overlay to help you capture or create the next frame/image.
• Chroma key:Using a blue/green screen, you can sesily change the background to create the best setting for your subject.
• Audio Recording: Add your own sound effects, voice, and background music to your stop-motion video.
• YouTube/Facebook: Upload your movie directly from the software with One-Click option.
• iPhone/iPad: Convert created video into MPEG4/AVC format to watch on your portable device.

With honestech Claymation Studio, you can easily create stop motion video. Capture images using the included USB PC camera and add background images, audio, and music to create your own stop-motion movies. Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe is an easy-to-use stop-motion authoring studio which enables novice users to create claymation, stop-motion video, animation and cell-based videos from imported images, photographs, music audio and recorded sound tracks.

Intuitive user interface with Storyboard

USB PC Camera included: Plug-n-play device

Fun and Educational
Claymation Studio combines the power of your PC and stop-motion animation to bring figures, objects or drawings to life. Creating stop-motion animation not only encourages the development of story-telling, it also provides an opportunity for kids to use the PC as a movie production tool. Various features include partial and full Chroma Key effects, chroma key windowing on imported images, background music with voice over dubbing, and on-screen text.

USB PC Camera included
No need to purchase a separate PC camera that works with the software. High-quality PC camera is included with the Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe. The PC camera is true plug-n-play device, so device driver installation is not necessary. Simply plug it in to a USB port on your PC, and it is ready to be used. You and your children will love the puppy-shaped PC camera.

Simple Creation Process

Easy enough for children and novices: use the PC camera to take photos, record your own voice or import audio clips, review, and save your movie in various formats. Then you can watch your movie on your computer, iPhone, iPad, or Sony PSP. You can also upload the video onto YouTube and facebook with one-click, so you can share it with your friends and family all over the world.

With Claymation Studio 3.0 Deluxe you can easily create stop-motion video. Capture images of clay action figures still photos and drawings to create your own stop-motion movie. USB PC Camera included!HD Support Resolution up to 1920 x 1080. Storyboard View the frames in sequence for easy editing. Import your photos from digital camera or PC.Display Screen Capture images using webcam camcorder and more. Onionskin and rotoscope features help shaping or positioning a figure with ease. Adjustable frame rate allows you to control the speed of your voice. Preview your work before creating output. Capture Tools Auto capture makes capturing images easier and faster than ever. Control brightness and other camera settings. Flip your image vertically or horizontally (mirror image). Grid and key drawing features help you adjust your subject more accurately. Audio Recording Add your own sound effects voice and background music to your stop-motion video. Chroma Key Using a blue/green screen you can easily change the background to create the best setting for your subject. YouTube/Facebook Upload your movie directly from the software with the One-Click option. iPhone/iPad Convert created video into MPEG4/AVC format to watch on your portable device.USB PC Camera VGA built-in microphone and adjustable focus lens.System Requirements: WIN 7/VISTA/XP. Pentium IV 1.8 GHZ or equivalent processor. 128 MB RAM. 50 MB free disk space. USB 2.0 host controller/port.

Micro-Gold Flower Fantasy Deluxe

Micro-Gold Flower Fantasy Deluxe Review

Micro-Gold Flower Fantasy Deluxe Feature

• Create flower bed designs with amazing live 3D flowers (over 300 plant varieties)
• Set the grid for convenient planting and maintaining distances between plants
• Use decorative materials (stones, tiles, borders, lanterns and more)
• Enjoy breathtaking flights over the blooming flower beds in 3D space
• Play your favorite music while watching your floral scenes (classical music collection is included)

Unique 3D software package for women, kids and all flower lovers. The only PC program in the world that allows to plant and grow life-like flowers right on the screen in 3D, quickly create flowerbed designs and 3D floral screensavers. Easy and fun. Simply plant the seeds of your favorite flowers (over 300 plant varieties)...And almost like a film on fast-forward, hundreds of plants will grow, bloom and gently sway before your eyes like real flowers. Watch your flowers from any viewpoint, add 14 types of 3D butterflies to the flowerbeds, play your favorite music (best classical music collection is included), learn about flower facts and legends from the Flower Fantasy encyclopedia.

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Review

Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst Feature

• 32 beautifully new, unique rooms.
• 15 fantastical puzzles.
• Thousands of hidden objects.

You be the detective!Product InformationThe walls of Ravenhearst Manor have been hiding a tragic love story for over acentury.  Only the pages of Emma Ravenhearst's diary tell the truestory.  Hidden for years the diary was recently found -- only to revealthat the pages are missing!  Thousands of items are cleverly hidden in themanor's 32 rooms.  To find what you are looking for you will need anunrivaled eye for detail!What lies hidden in the mysterious walls of Ravenhearst manor?Product Features Thousands of cleverly hidden items to find. Dozens of challenging picture riddles to solve. Finished? Random item lists ensure a unique experience each time you play. Door surprises!  Solve the riddles hidden in the pictures to unlock the  manor's secrets. Windows Requirements Windows 2000 XP Vista Pentium III 500 MHz processor 128 MB of RAM 100 MB free Hard Drive space 4X CD-ROM drive 

Music Maker 16

Music Maker 16 Review

Music Maker 16 Feature

• MAGIX Music Maker 16 enables you to combine loops, effects,
• Or instruments--along with your own sounds and samples--to easily create your own music
• New sound package features new loops & samples from all kinds of genres--over 1,500 professional sounds provide the ideal basis for your sound
• Instruments like acoustic guitars, electric guitars, electric basses, bass, drums, grand pianos, electric pianos, power chords, synth bass, & more
• Publish finished songs directly on the web with one click, transfer them to an MP3 player, and create your own demo or album CDs

MAGIX Music Maker 16 turns making music into a real experience. Easily get started and make your own exciting songs from scratch! Use practical info videos and numerous support options to develop your own musical style right away--without any prior skills. Thousands of sounds, realistic instruments, and great effects to create explosive drums, crunchy basses, and super melodies--simply get started in the world of music production.

Create. Edit. Produce--Your songs. Your albums. Your sound. Click to enlarge.

Newest features to make your own sound

Sound archive with about 1,500 Sounds & Loops
The new sound package features new loops and samples from every musical genre, e.g. rock, pop, dance, hip hop, disco house, techno, chillout, ambient, film music, minimal electro, and many more! Over 1,500 professional sounds provide the ideal basis for your sound experiments.

All sound building blocks can be combined without any problems and adjust automatically to the current song tempo--this ensures that you'll always be on the beat to let you concentrate completely on making your own sound.

Vandal SE: Top-quality guitar sounds
With Vandal SE, the authentic guitar and bass amplifier, making music becomes a real experience.

Thanks to unbelievable sound fidelity and plenty of effects, your own songs become real hits with fantastic vintage sounds--that makes discovering new sounds a blast.

Helpful learning tools
Music programs often seem so technical and complicated that the fun of making music is usually left out. With MAGIX Musik Maker 16, it's a different story: To ensure a seamless start, you may request support starting from the very first step!

The useful Infobox and the new interactive training course help you get to know everything about the program in the shortest space of time. Simply switch it on by clicking it and learn even more about making music during the process!

Get professional audio effects
With the new essential FX effects series, any sound can be changed quickly and easily. Effects like chorus or flanger make exciting tones and real sound design a reality. Get the sound of the pros on your own PC--without any prior skills or technical knowledge.

Play any instrument right away with your PC keyboard
Get started right away with the new version--play and record all instruments directly via your PC keyboard. Recording your own melodies, basses, or drums and mixing them into your own songs is even easier now!

Create Your Own Music in Four Easy Steps.
	1. Select sounds
	2. Combine them
	3. Mix them
	4. Publish it

Practical tools
To make your own recordings easier to edit and perfect for your own music projects, every loop and sound can now be cut sample-exactly and positioned perfectly in the song with the object microscope. The object inspector also enables all settings and adjustments to be made directly in the Media Pool, which makes working with sound objects easier than ever before.

Simplified export dialog
Exporting a finished song or video is even easier now, since the new export dialog provides a clearly laid-out list of the most important export options!

Transfer your own songs to your MP3 player, cell phone, or post them online on MySpace, YouTube and even on your own website in minutes!

Easy-to-use music composition software

Create your own music: It's easy

• 1. Select sounds
  Preview and select sounds in the Media Pool--or import your favorite songs from CD or MP3 and use them in your own song project.
  
  
• 2. Combine them
  All sounds and loops can be easily cut, edited, copied, and arranged into your own song.
  
  
• 3. Mix them
  Easily add effects, vocals, and adjust volume with the new mixer.
  
  
• 4. Publish it
  Export the songs you create as MP3s, burn them to CD, or publish them on the web.

Easy mode
If you want, only the most important areas will be shown to make it immediately clear to you so that you won't have to wait too long to make your first songs!

PLUS! Practical help videos that help you make music like the pros in the shortest time possible.

Instruments and effects at a glance. Click to enlarge.

With Vandal SE, the authentic guitar and bass amplifier, making music becomes a real experience. Click to enlarge.

The useful Infobox and the new interactive training course help you get to know everything about the program in the shortest space of time. Click to enlarge.

Effects like chorus or flanger make exciting tones and real sound design a reality.

Over 1,500 Sound loops and samples

Sound archive
The new sound package features new loops and samples from every musical genre, e.g. rock, pop, dance, hip hop, disco house, techno, chillout, ambient, film music, minimal electro, and many more! Over 1,500 professional sounds provide the ideal basis for your sound experiments.

All sound building blocks can be combined without any problems and adjust automatically to the current song tempo--this ensures that you'll always be on the beat to let you concentrate completely on making your own sound.

What are loops?
Loops are audio building blocks that are edited so that they play over and over without interruption. Melodies or drums are often played in loops to repeat multiple bars.

With an audio program like MAGIX Music Maker 16, slightly different loops can be combined to create your own songs. That's how you can make your own hits in record time.

Virtual instruments: Drums, Keyboards, Strings and More

Virtual Instruments
MAGIX Music Maker 16 offers ultra-realistic simulations of real instruments like acoustic guitars, electric guitars, electric basses, bass, drums, grand pianos, electric pianos, power chords, synth bass, and much more

Thanks to the professional sound engine from Yellow Tools, making music with real sounds becomes an acoustic experience!

Get into the details when you want to
The practical MIDI editor enables melodies to be simply drawn in and changed! You'll also receive more exciting synthesizers like LiViD, the first-class virtual drummer.

NEW! Play any instrument right away with your PC keyboard

Music Mixing and Sound effect solution

Mixing & effects
Use the integrated studio-quality effects to get the most out of your smash hits!

Mix your music like a pro: All of the tracks can be adjusted to suit each other with the integrated mixer, and a click adds enriching real effects--that's how to make your sound brilliant, pumping, and crystal clear! TIP! Thanks to numerous effects and templates, which have been provided especially by pros, it's easy for everyone to find their own perfect sound.

Vintage Effects Suite
Vintage effects provide even more possibilities for your own sound!

Make music with a personal touch--thanks to typical effects for any musical style. Numerous professional effects templates make using the Vintage Effects Suite child's play, and exciting results are produced quickly.

Sound effects and custom guitar sounds

Top-quality guitar sounds
With Vandal SE, the authentic guitar and bass amplifier, making music becomes a real experience.

Thanks to unbelievable sound fidelity and plenty of effects, your own songs become real hits with fantastic vintage sounds--that makes discovering new sounds a blast.

Audio effects: essential FX
With the new essential FX effects series, any sound can be changed quickly and easily. Effects like chorus or flanger make exciting tones and real sound design a reality.

Get the sound of the pros on your own PC--without any prior skills or technical knowledge.

Great all purpose sound editing solution

Music for videos, photos, websites, and much more
MAGIX Music Maker lets everyone add their own unique polish to their work, without prior skill and without long learning period. You'll create perfect slideshows, video clips, and much more.

Who wouldn't like it? Hollywood-style cinematic sound, made by you and perfectly tailored to all of your needs. The songs you make will turn your own videos and slideshows into a unique experience.

TIP! Anyone who is already familiar with MAGIX photo and video software will be able to get started with MAGIX Music Maker quickly and easily.

Export your sounds and music to any source

Export and publish
Find new listeners quickly--who doesn't want that? Publish songs directly on the web, transfer them to an MP3 player, and create your own demo or album CDs. Everything is possible with one click.

Feature your own songs online on video portals like YouTube or NEW! MySpace--directly from within the program.

Online extras
Catooh--the Online Content Library is the online sound archive. Whatever you're looking for--drum loops, instruments, vocals, or sound effects. Direct connection to this massive sound library supports every song idea with the right material. Special tips about audio software are available at magix.info.

magix.info--the Multimedia Knowledge Community: Quick and direct answers to all of your questions about producing music: Simply write the question into the text window and submit it online--you won't have to wait long for the answer!

Fully compatible with Windows 7

MAGIX Music Maker 16 has been tested for operational conformity and functional security in Windows 7.

The advantage: If you switch to the new Windows operating system, you will be able to continue to use this product as usual. Magix Entertainment Corp. Music Maker 16 Term Music Maker 16

Liberty's Kids

Liberty's Kids Review

Experience the American Revolution as one of Liberty's Kids - the fearless young reporters determined to get to the truth. Meet fascinating characters, observe great turning points, and witness - first hand - the birth of a nation.

Math Missions with Card Game Kindergarten-2nd Grade [Old Version]

Math Missions with Card Game Kindergarten-2nd Grade [Old Version] Review

Math Missions with Card Game Kindergarten-2nd Grade [Old Version] Feature

• Build real-world math skills and earn money for arcade games!
• Thousands of math challenges and word problems
• 3 action-packed arcade games
• Automatically adjusts according to your child¿s progress
• Supports National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards for grades 3-5

Use real world math skills to earn money for arcade games! Catch the bus, subway or ferry to travel the city and tackle fun math challenges in the stores of Spectacle City. Build addition, subtraction, fractions and problem solving skills while constructing a skyscraper, sorting toys at the toy store, counting types of candy at the outdoor market and more. Earn money for each correct answer¿then use it to play exciting games in the arcade! Free Inside! What¿s My Change Card Game includes 20 self-checking cards that help kids learn about money!

Riddle Me Scavenger and Treasure Hunt Clue Software for Mac [Download]

Riddle Me Scavenger and Treasure Hunt Clue Software for Mac [Download] Review

Riddle Me Scavenger and Treasure Hunt Clue Software for Mac [Download] Feature

• Easy-to-use party planning in a box. Print invitations, activities, and thank you cards in just a few minutes.
• Nearly 5,000 age-appropriate riddles and clues on over 400 objects means nearly endless replay value for years to come.
• Save time (and money) using the only scavenger and treasure hunt software in the world that makes your life so much easier.
• Customize and print an activity in just a couple minutes. No more "I'm bored" mornings and afternoons.
• Endless ways to customize a fantastic party experience for all ages.

Who Else Wants An Unforgettable Activity Or Party Experience Their Kids Will Talk About For Weeks - With Almost Zero Effort, Expense Or Planning Hassles?

Someone having a birthday party? Tonight?

Easter egg or Halloween scavenger hunt to plan?

Featured on TV’s Living in Style show, Riddle Me software takes care of all your party planning needs...except the refreshments. Simply, point and click to:

• Create and print custom party invitations
• Choose the age group (ages range from 3 to adult)
• Customize an indoor/outdoor, age-appropriate riddle adventure from objects around your home (nearly 5,000 riddles in the product library on over 400 objects like "chair", "bookcase", and more)
• Theme the clue cards from one of 55 pictures you can use as backgrounds or add your own images to give any game the look and feel your party or get-together calls for
• Pick an ending location with a prize or have an activity to perform
• Print out the clues and riddles
• Watch the fun begin!
• Create thank you notes to send home with guests after the party

Every game you create is unique and it doesn’t get any simpler than with Riddle Me software. Not only does it do riddle clue hunts, you can create 8 different types of traditional scavenger hunt list activities (object lists, nature hunt, safety hunt, food drive hunt, digital photo hunt, service project hunt, travel hunt, and travel bingo)

No more knocking yourself out to come up with a "winner". Do yourself (and your kids) a favor...Treat them to Riddle Me right now.

Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Home Edition

Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Home Edition Review

Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Home Edition Feature

• System Requirements - Windows XP (Home & Pro) SP3 and Windows Vista SP1; Pentium 300 MHz processor or faster (800 MHz processor for Windows Vista);
• 128 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista); 600 MB hard disk space for installation DVD-ROM drive or faster;
• Macintosh OS X 10.2 - 10.5.5; PowerPC G5 or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster); 512MB of memory; 600 MB hard disk space for installation;
• Administrator privileges are required to properly install the program on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X

Kid Pix Deluxe 4 Home Edition has all the creative functionality one would expect, from selecting from an array of art mediums (paint, watercolor, airbrush, pencil, crayon, marker, chalk, etc.) to using various finishing techniques (stickers, stamps, typeface, etc.). In addition, the software can add special effects (animate, smudge, smear, warp twist, etc.) for a wacky look, suggest ideas and backgrounds to help get creative juices flowing, and import digital photos to personalize. For more than 10 years, Kid Pix has been the graphics software of choice for educators, parents, and, most importantly, kids.

Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights [Download]

Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights [Download] Review

Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights [Download] Feature

• Search The City Of Berlin For Clues.
• 94 Levels Of Mystery.
• 14 Bonus Mini Games.
• Adventure And Free Play Modes.

Solve the mystery of an apparatus from World War II, whose completion was prevented by the Nazis, that could solve the global energy problem! A mysterious sect and some ruthless ex-secret agents from former communist East Germany also want it, and nothing will get in their way. Search the city of Berlin in this captivating Hidden Object Game! Find clues and pieces of the machine at famous sights, in historical original scenes and the mysterious city underground!

Living Cookbook 2011

Living Cookbook 2011 Review

Living Cookbook 2011 Feature

• Manage your recipe collection: Living Cookbook makes it easy to enter new recipes, copy them from the Internet, or even scan them from cookbooks and magazines. Want to share your recipes with others? You can export or e-mail your recipes in a variety of formats, including FDXZ, FDX, HTML, Meal-Master, MasterCook and more.
• Plan meals: Just drag and drop recipes, ingredients and menus onto your meal plan. Plan a single meal, a day, a week, a month or more. Ready to shop for your meals? Just add your meal plan (or any part of it) to a grocery list.
• Calculate nutrition for any recipe, menu or meal: Living Cookbook's nutrition display is completely customizable. Want to see nutrition facts just like you are used to seeing them on product packaging? We can do that. Want to see more than 150 different nutrients, including Weight Watchers Points, trans fat, net carbs, vitamins, minerals, lycopene, beta carotene, caffeine and more? We can do that, too.
• Create grocery lists: Living Cookbook makes it easy to create a shopping list from scratch or from recipes, ingredients, menus and meal plans. The software will combine like items, organize them by your store's grocery aisles, and calculate the cost of each item and the cost of the entire grocery list.
• Publish and print cookbooks: Want to create your own cookbook as a Christmas gift, for retail sale, or for a church or school fundraiser? Living Cookbook can help you do it. You can print a cookbook with a cover page, table of contents, recipes and index directly from the software with just three clicks. Or you can export your cookbook to Microsoft Word and customize it to your heart's content.

Living Cookbook 2011 is the eighth major release of the award-winning recipe management software from Radium Technologies. Designed to work seamlessly with every version of Windows from Windows 98 to Windows 7, the new version includes over 50 major enhancements including:

• Scan images directly from your flatbed scanner, digital camera or iPhone.
• Interative image, video and attachment views.
• User-defined recipe, ingredient and menu data.
• File attachments for recipes, ingredients, menus, glossary items and techniques.
• Support for multiple recipe, ingredient, menu and glossary item images.
• USDA SR-23 nutrition data.
• Import Cook'n DVO files.
• Compressed export file format (FDXZ) resulting in 50% smaller export files.
• Customizable recipe capture and import units.
• Scale menus to any number of servings.
• New image preview window.
• Automated support system (in addition to e-mail, support ticket system and user forum).

Use Living Cookbook to organize recipes, plan meals, create menus, calculate nutrition information, create shopping lists, publish cookbooks, export, e-mail and much more. The software is extraordinarily flexible and easy-to-use and Living Cookbook's comprehensive help file, tutorials, demo videos and customer support will ensure that you can find and learn to use the features you need. The software comes with more than 1,000 recipes, and thousands more are available online. Find out why Smart Computing Magazine, Choice Magazine and Which? Magazine all chose Living Cookbook as the best cooking and recipe management software.

Living Cookbook makes it easy to enter your recipes. You can type them in, scan them (using the OCR software that came with your scanner) or copy them from the Internet. The software also makes it easy to transfer your recipe collection from other recipe management programs such as MasterCook, Cook'n, Meal-Master and BigOven.	You can publish your own cookbook complete with table of contents, pagination and index. You can preview and print your cookbook directly from Living Cookbook or export it as a Microsoft Word (DOCX) document for additional editing.
The meal planning calendar lets you drag and drop your recipes onto the calendar. You can view your meal plans by day, week or month. Creating a shopping list for a meal plan is as simple as clicking on the appropriate days and selecting "Add to Grocery List" from the Action menu.	Living Cookbook lets you calculate nutrition for any recipe, ingredient, menu or meal plan. You can customize your display to show over 150 different nutrients including calories, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and more. You can even calculate Weight Watchers Points.

Working with recipes

• Enter recipes with as much or as little detail as you like.
• Add images to recipes. In fact you can add multiple recipe images, a source image and an image for every recipe procedure step, if you want to.
• Copy recipes from the Internet.
• Calculate recipe nutrition from the recipe ingredients or enter the nutrition data manually.
• Calculate recipe costs.
• Share recipes with others, even if they don't own Living Cookbook. You can export or e-mail recipes in all of the major recipe file formats.
• Import Living Cookbook, MasterCook, Meal-Master, BigOven and Cook'n export files.
• Add ratings and reviews to recipes.
• Add audio or video files to recipes.
• Add file attachments to recipes.
• Assign recipe types and categories.
• Enter the recipe's oven temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit.
• Choose from five degrees of difficulty.
• Use a recipe as an ingredient in another recipe.
• Enter preparation time, cooking time, inactive time and total time.
• Organize recipes into cookbooks, chapters, sub-chapters, etc. according to your needs.
• Customize recipe displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Add any number of tips to a recipe to record recipe variations, serving suggestions, wine pairings, etc.
• Enter author, source, web page, copyright and author notes for any recipe.
• Print your recipes on any paper format: US letter, legal, A4, 4x6 index card, 3x5 index card and more.
• Scale recipes to any number of servings.
• Convert recipe units to and from Imperial or metric units.
• Eliminate duplicate recipes automatically.
• Compare any two recipes side-by-side.
• Add up to 15 user-defined data columns to recipes.

Publishing

• Publish your cookbooks with tables of contents and indexes.
• Print your publication from within Living Cookbook or export it as a Microsoft Word document.
• Format your publication using your choice of fonts, colors, spacing and layouts.

Working with ingredients

• Choose from over 7000 ingredients with nutrition data provided by the USDA.
• Enter your own custom ingredients or copy them from the Internet.
• Import new USDA nutrition as it is made available by the USDA.
• Add multiple images and one source image to each ingredient.
• Add file attachments to ingredients.
• Add any number of custom measures (units) for each ingredient.
• Assign costs, grocery aisles and preferred stores to ingredients.
• Enter ingredient nodes to describe the ingredient, record uses and preparation information, etc.
• Share ingredients with other Living Cookbook users.
• Organize ingredients into folders and sub-folders.
• Customize ingredient displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Eliminate duplicate ingredients automatically.
• Compare any two ingredients side-by-side.
• Copy ingredients from the Internet.
• Add up to 15 user-defined columns to ingredients.

Working with menus

• Create your own menus using any combination of recipes, ingredient, headings and text.
• Add multiple images and one source image to each menu.
• Calculate menu nutrition from the menu items or enter the nutrition data manually.
• Calculate menu costs.
• Share menus with other Living Cookbook users.
• Add audio or video files to menus.
• Add file attachments to menus.
• Assign menu types and categories.
• Organize menus into folders and sub-folders.
• Customize menu displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Add any number of tips to a menu to record menu variations, serving suggestions, wine pairings, etc.
• Enter author, source, web page, copyright and author notes for any menu.
• Scale menus to any number of servings.
• Eliminate duplicate menus automatically.
• Compare any two menus side-by-side.
• Add up to 15 user-defined data columns to menus.

Working with meals

• Add recipes, ingredients, menus, headings and text to meals.
• Choose from nine different meals each day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, snacks, nightcap, etc.)
• Add meal headings to organize meals into courses (e.g. Appetizer, Main Course, Dessert, etc.)
• Use drag and drop or copy and paste to add ingredient, recipes or menus to a meal.
• Use drag and drop or copy and paste to move or copy a range of days, a single day, a meal or individual meal items.
• Calculate nutrition for meals, days or a user-defined range of days.
• Calculate meal and day costs.
• Share meal data with other Living Cookbook users.
• Customize calendar displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• View nutrition and cost summary information for a day or a range of dates.
• View meal calendar in month, week or day mode.

Working with grocery lists

• Add recipe, ingredients, menus or meals grocery lists or enter the grocery list items manually.
• Create a grocery list for multiple stores.
• Calculate grocery list costs and subtotal by store.
• Automatically organize the grocery list by aisles.
• Customize grocery aisles by store, including grocery aisle order.
• Customize grocery list displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Share grocery lists with other Living Cookbook users.
• Create a grocery list to restock inventory.
• Create a grocery list for a range of meal plan dates.
• Automatically combine like grocery list items (e.g. "1 cup milk" and "1 pint milk" will be combined automatically to read "1 1/2 pints milk".
• Compare any two grocery lists side-by-side.

Working with inventory

• Manage your kitchen inventory.
• Control the ordering properties of any inventory item (minimum order quantity, order at level, order up to level, etc.).
• Share inventory data with other Living Cookbook users.
• Customize inventory displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Create a printable inventory worksheet to help you take stock of your kitchen.
• Compare any two inventory items side-by-side.

Working with glossary items

• Enter your own glossary items or copy them from the Internet.
• Add multiple images and one source image to each glossary item.
• Share glossary data with other Living Cookbook users.
• Customize glossary displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Eliminate duplicate glossary items automatically.
• Compare any two glossary items side-by-side.

Working with techniques

• Enter your own techniques or copy them from the Internet.
• Add an image to each technique step.
• Share techniques with other Living Cookbook users.
• Customize technique displays using your choice of fonts, background colors, headings and more.
• Eliminate duplicate techniques automatically.
• Compare any two techniques side-by-side.

Working with the Internet

• Browse the Internet with Living Cookbook's built-in web browser.
• Save references to web pages you like in Living Cookbook's database.
• Share saved web pages with other Living Cookbook users.

Working with RSS feeds

• View RSS feeds with Living Cookbook's built-in RSS feed aggregator.
• Save RSS feeds in Living Cookbook's database.
• Share RSS feeds with other Living Cookbook users.

Other features

• Backup your Living Cookbook database.
• Configure Living Cookbook to backup your database every time you close the application or Living Cookbook can prompt you to backup periodically (you choose how often).
• Verify the integrity of a backup file before restoring it.
• Restore Living Cookbook backup files from any version of Living Cookbook.
• Compact the Living Cookbook database to shrink it to its smallest possible size.
• Search, filter and saved searches.
• Choose from basic or advanced search modes to find the recipes, ingredients, meals and other data you need.
• Save advanced searches in your database for future use.
• Drag one or more saved searches onto Living Cookbook's filter bar to filter all search results.
• Use Living Cookbook's search and replace feature to replace text anywhere in the database.
• Use copy and paste to duplicate recipes, ingredients, meals, and more.
• Use drag and drop to move or copy recipe, ingredients, meals, etc.
• Use Living Cookbook's undo and redo to undo almost any action.
• Browse Living Cookbook's comprehensive help file with more than 500 indexed and searchable help topics.
• Use Living Cookbook's unique Kitchen Calculator tool to convert between units.
• Flag recipes, ingredient, etc. using one of six color flags.
• New users can use Living Cookbook's Launchpad feature to help them see all of the actions that can be performed on the selected item.
• Check the spelling of recipes, ingredient, meals, glossary items and techniques. Choose either standard or as-you-type (wavy red line under misspelled words) spell-checking.
• Use the Back and Forward toolbar buttons to back and forth to recently viewed items.
• Use Living Cookbook's built-in database repair tools to fix any potential database problems.
• Copy and paste or drag and drop recipes to other applications that accept plain text from the Windows clipboard (e.g. drag a a recipe to an e-mail).
• Open multiple recipe workspaces at the same time.
• Create links to your favorite or most-viewed recipes, ingredients and other data.
• Customize and print any list (e.g. recipe lists, ingredient lists, etc.).
• Print multiple recipes, ingredient, etc. at once.
• Export to any list to Excel.

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