Phoenix Software extends range of Individual Software products available in SA

Phoenix Software, a software republisher and distributor, has announced the availability of an extended range of Individual Software (IS) products in SA.

The products range from IS Business Planmaker Professional to help develop business plans, a range of Professor Teaches Office 2007, Windows Vista and Excel and Word training tutorials, and a complete design suite for home and landscape design, called IS Total 3D Home, Landscape and Deck Premium Suite.

Business PlanMaker Professional Deluxe helps users develop a business plan and financial model to present the most compelling business case to a management team, employees, and investors. It will save users hours of time and create a professional business plan in the format preferred by financial experts.

Key features include:

* Ability to write a professional business plan quickly and easily, with step-by-step interview wizards
* Hundreds of professionally written sample business plans
* Retail price: Business PlanMaker Pro DLX SRP R699.99

These new courses are designed to build a user's computer skills quickly and easily so they can unlock the power of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to improve their productivity at home, work, and school.

Both Windows Vista and Office 2007 offer breakthrough user experiences that promise increased productivity. Professor Teaches shows users how to organise, view, and search in powerful new ways and take advantage of new ribbons, contextual tabs, mini-toolbars, galleries, quick access toolbars, and more.

Professor Teaches Windows Vista is a seven-program tutorial set that offers separate training courses for Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, Home Premium, Home Basic, and Business, and includes training for Internet Explorer and previous versions of Windows XP. Professor Teaches Office 2007 is a twelve-program tutorial set that includes over 700 lessons, from beginner to advanced topics on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher and FrontPage.

Professor Teaches courses are different from other training solutions because they provide self-paced learning in a realistic simulation - even if users do not own the actual software. It is an accurate, hands-on learning environment that makes the transition to new applications fast and easy.

Users interact to perform the correct actions during each exercise and, subsequently, achieve better comprehension and retention. Hundreds of learning topics and beginner through advanced subjects for each course are included. Professor Answers is also available for just-in-time, mini-training sessions on any topic so users can learn the skills they need immediately.

Retail pricing:

IS Professor Teaches Windows Vista R299.99
IS Professor Teaches Excel and Word R299.99
IS Professor Teaches Office 2007 R499.99

This complete design suite includes integrated home and landscape design programs developed for the homeowner rather than architects and building contractors. This suite will help homeowners remodel their house, redecorate a room, create an enchanting water garden or feature or design a dream home.

Features include:

* Photo gallery of design ideas with over 2 500 professionally decorated rooms and gardens
* Complete plant encyclopaedia, with over 4 600 plants based on different characteristics to plan a perfect garden
* Gardens, decks, patios and pools to help design perfect outdoor living areas
* Drag and drop objects to render realistic 3D models
* Design and decorate virtual rooms with paint, textures, fabrics, wallpaper and flooring

Retail price: R699.99