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Summary: Hallmark Card Studio 2004 Deluxe is super
Review: I looked at my Card Studio and I think Hallmark is great. The calendars are beautiful and the card selection is superb. I was disappointed when they didn't have the calendars last year. They have excellent choice of cards. The different card studios combined into one program makes it an good value, moneywise. I look forward to using the program in the coming year.
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Summary: Not a good purchase in my opinon
Review: I purchased this because I have other Hallmark programs, which I like very much. I am highly disappointed with this one. Every time I tried to make a card, my computer hung up. I had to use Control-Alt-Delete to get out of it. I never could get one to print. Also I tried to make a card to email - it created a .exe attachment. A lot of ISP's and spam control programs filter out emails with .exe attachments due to potential for viruses and other harmful files. I ended up uninstalling the program. It also takes up a very large amount of hard drive space. I might try it again after increasing my RAM. I've never had the same problems with any other programs, though, as I did with this one, and I've used a lot of memory intensive programs.
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Summary: If it only worked...
Review: I received this as a gift from my younger sister last week. I didn't have the heart to tell her it didn't work on my new Windows XP computer and had to return it to the store she bought it from. She works part time and fifty dollars is a lot of money for her. I'm just glad I was able to get a refund and buy her something nice instead.
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Summary: This looks pretty good to me!
Review: I think this software is a great greeting card software to own. You have over 4200 pre-made Hallmark cards to choose from for ANY occasion. If you can't find one, just do a theme search and it will come up with an answer for you. The box does say 4500 cards to choose from, but when you live 100 miles from the nearest Hallmark store, fudging by 300 cards doesn't make that much of a difference. If you prefer to change the wording in any of the cards, you can choose from over 3900 greetings, or write your own. The clip art selections are numerous with drawn objects to actual photos. You can even change the pre-made calendars, which are very cute on their own, to suit your own picture preferences. Of course, you can create cards, calendars, postcards, etc from scratch if you prefer to work that way. The calendar selection includes monthly, weekly, and daily formats. If you are looking for the entire Hallmark selection, you need to buy all of their software, which could get pricey, or just make a trip to your local Hallmark store and buy one when you need one. This is a great and fun software. The Photo Power software that is included is a pretty simple photo editing software. It doesn't have many options for editing photos, but it works in a pinch for making cards, photo frames, etc. One big plus on that is it takes out red eye. You can use the photo editing on it's own, but it doesn't give you a print option. Hallmark Deluxe 2004 even has a simple event planner calendar and address book for you to use. Probably not the best planner for an office professional, but it works well for the home. Have fun with it!!
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Summary: INCREDIBLE PRODUCT
Review: I was able to get a sneak peak at this before the release date. Calendars have been added and they are beautiful. You can also create your own personalized calendars and it's easy to put your calendar information in so it can be printed. They've added lots of new cards. A lot of the cards are the same ones you're seeing in the Hallmark stores right now. I own Card Studio 2003 but I'm definitely buying the 2004 version.
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Summary: Great program, works for me!
Review: I was really surprised to read some of the other reviews about this product -- it's as we we've purchased entirely different programs. In my experience with this software, I've found it to be extremely smooth-running and user-friendly from installation to printing, and the card selection and customization is second to none.
There have been perfect cards for every occasion to date and we've customized them countless ways -- adding and editing photos, moving text, sending ecards, you name it! Navigating within the art studio is very intuitive.
Printing cards from the sofware is very easy and the on-screen configuration works great. Unlike some of the other reviews, I haven't had the problem of having to re-configure every time I print. We set it up once and that was it. I've printed on card stock paper, which turns out gorgeous, and we've also printed the quarter-fold plain letter size which also looks great and works perfect with size A2 envelopes (this is a great printing option if you don't want to buy card stock paper!).
I've used this software on all of my computers, have recommended it to many people, and so far have not yet encountered or heard of any problems. I highly recommend it. It's a fun program, the recipients will love their customized cards, and it will save you money in the long run!
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Summary: okay not great!
Review: I would of loved this program but was disapointed when I realized it did not have business card program. American Greeting programs have it and its great. Unfortunately my husband lost the program. I purchased Hallmark software thinking the business card feature would be there and I was disapointed by such a big name not having that function.
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Summary: complete waste of money
Review: It prints configuration pages, every time you use it. Keeps wasting toner and ink. For the envelope printing, doesn't matter which way you tell it your printer prints envelopes, it prints the type in the same place every time.
I've used previous versions in the past and loved them. This one does not work as well as the one's in the past. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Issues With Windows XP?
Review: Just received Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2004. The install went smoothly, however, upon clicking on the icon to open up the program, nothing happens...program does not respond. This program refuses to run on my pc, even after trying all of the compatibility settings. At this time, I cannot give the program a fair rating, because I can't get into it. If anyone else is having the same problem of running (or not running) this program on an XP machine, please post your remarks and/or solutions. Meanwhile, I will try to find an answer.
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Summary: Hallmark Card Studio Delux 2004 (11-5-03)
Review: Purchased this program for the event planner/address book. The problem is that when making labels from the book, you are unable to scroll through the address book list. Sierra has been made aware of this problem, but does not know when a solution will be available. If you are looking for a program strictly for the cards, this is an excellent choice.
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