Calendar Creator Deluxe 10

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Summary: Can export to PDF !
Review: I've happily used several versions of Calendar Creator at home. I choose a different category/color for displaying each family member's appointments, so it is easy to see who is busy at a glance. The repeating events algorithm is very powerful.

I upgraded from 6 to 7 when Broderbund added the capability to drag & drop events from one cell to another. Contrary to another reviewer, I CAN move events using the drag and drop method or by using the Cut/Copy/Paste capabilities.

In 2004 we switched from 7 to 10 as soon as we found out that Deluxe 10 can export to PDF. This is fabulous! I still print out a multi-week calendar for our refrigerator, but now I ALSO export it to a PDF file and then email it to my spouse at work, so he remembers what's up. We installed version Deluxe 10 on a Windows XP machine with no trouble.

Watch out if you want to integrate this with your Palm Pilot. I wanted to sync the Calendar Creator calendar data with my Palm, but keep the Palm address book. This is not possible. For versions 6,7,8,9, and still for 10 you have to use BOTH the Calendar Creator calendar and address book or NEITHER. Therefore I don't put calendar data onto my Palm. It wouldn't mesh perfectly anyway because the Palm calendar a) has a less sophisticated repeat algorithm and b) doesn't use categories.

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Summary: Still the Best Calendar Creator
Review: I've read reviews where someone had an installation problem and a few more where they had trouble running the program.

There is absolutely nothing hard about opening your CD or DVD drive, dropping in the CD and following the instructions on which installation you want to proceed with. It's child proof!

And once the program is loaded on your harddrive, it's absolutely one of the best program's developed for the PC.

The only thing still missing from the earliest version of Calendar Creator that I miss is the individual pics of the moon-phases with the discriptsion underneath. I wonder why they haven't brought that back, since most calendars you see have the pics of the moon-phases.

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Summary: Frustrating
Review: In order to use this software it seems one would need to have a degree in graphic information technology and I'm not sure even that person would be able to use it. The company provides no support for persons having difficulty using the program and the "Help Center" is not structured in a useful manner.

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Summary: Frustrating
Review: In order to use this software it seems one would need to have a degree in graphic information technology and I'm not sure even that person would be able to use it. The company provides no support for persons having difficulty using the program and the "Help Center" is not structured in a useful manner.

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Summary: Wow, wish I saw before I bought
Review: Terrible, terrible, terrible. Good luck placing a photo of your own into this thing. And once you do go look at the print preview - what happened. Total crap.

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Summary: Broderbund Ignores Customers
Review: The Calendar Creator product is useless for all but the very lucky. The software appears to be impossible to install without customer support and there IS NO customer support. It has proven to be impossible getting any help at all from Broderbund either on-line or by phone. We have been trying for two months and have spent almost as much in long distance charges (all of it on hold) as we spent on the product. Steer Clear!

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Summary: Hate it, Hate it, HATE IT!!!
Review: This is by far the worst calendar program EVER! I absolutely abhor it. It is not at all user friendly. It randomly prints boxes where you didn't create them. The functionality to move calendar entries from one month to another doesn't exist...you have delete the entry and completely recreate. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with it because my boss likes the way it looks...too bad he doesn't have to struggle with it!

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Summary: Good Product !
Review: Very easy to use and customize. A little problem with listing multiple events in one day but overall a very good product. Would recommend.