European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Works integrated software package by Allan s. Papkin United press i . Oaks. By Microsoft 1he folks who bring you Dos is an integrated package that provides most of the oops required to perform Many Home or Small business chores. -. It comes with word processing spreadsheet database and communications. The word processor will handle All but the most complicated la i processing such As on screen preview layout and Tod lining. The spreadsheet modules give you a Fine spreadsheet package which for the most part is Lotus 1-2-3 compatible. 11 also will  and graphs from Iho Dala the database module i handle most filing and reporting chores. You can View your Dala in almost any Way you wish by defining a report with the View you wish. The communications module will handle your Basic needs. Installation is a Breeze. Just follow the on screen instructions and within 10 minutes you Are up and running if you have a hard disk you should install inc. Help and learning files when the installation  it you want them. The learning program is one of the Best i have seen guiding you through each  installing it if you need a reminder As you work you can take lesson whenever you need  works excellent on line help. The word processor the most important part of any integrated package is excellent. Some of the features found in works but lacking in Many standalone word processors Are individual paragraph formatting and importing of charts and graphs. The Cro Alion of forms is a Breeze. As is handling personalized loss letters spell checking is provided and you can add your own words to the dictionary. There Are a few things i wish were included a word count feature Handy but not required. A thesaurus not included by available As an inexpensive add on. By mailing in a Coupon you will  run time version of the  Lor $7,50. I do not consider its an entry level package ii Only because of. The documentation. It requires thai you have some computer literacy. Some of the terms Are what i Call insider such As Paginate instead of margins the communications module while not in the class of a stand Alono package is Quito functional it will let you create sign on scripts Tor bulletin boards and commercial information services such As Compuserve or most electronic mail systems. Works allows the opening of As Many As eight Dies at a time More than Many software programs you can paste data from one we to another anywhere within the program one great feature works has that should be mandatory in any software package is an und Elete  Many times have you pressed the delete key of had your fingers move Aster than your brain Only to regret a works lots you undo the most. Recent command you have Given it. Another excellent feature of works is Microsoft s is key a stand alone Utility that lets you to create macros eliminating repel like keyboard commands. As a single package for Laptop use works May be the Best i have seen Yel since it will work with a single 3.5 Inch floppy drive. I were going to Purchase Only one piece of software to be Rny main software base Lor desk lop or Laptop. Works would be just about at the lop of my list. Software works from Microsoft. Minimum system requirement ism pc or compatible 384k memory. Dos 2.0 or higher. Two 3bok drives or one 720k drive. Copy Protection no. Reviewer s evaluation on a scale of 1 to 5 a unqualified recommendation. Computer games go to War by Lonnie brow new York time computer games seem to travel i Bunches or in today s example  the beginning of last year there we Reno tank Bat lie simulations on the Market in the United states. A year Laier there Are two steel Thunder from. Accolade and heavy Metal modern land combat from Access software. Heavy  combines strategy and Arcade action the game available for the Commodore 64 and by compatible machines starts in a War room whore players devise their Battle plans to defeat the enemy the first part of the Mission involves chasing around the Countryside in the Abrams using its Thermal imaging system and Cannon to smoke the enemy. In the air defense anti tank portion of the game the by act is to destroy enemy fighters and tanks using either missiles or the Cannon. Tha third portion of the game brings in a last attack vehicle the xr311, designed by fac corp the vehicle is Capauto of climbing a 60 percent Granjo without losing its top Speed of neatly 100 Mph the sequences can be played As parts of an involved Battle or they May be played individually. The extensive manual covers a detailed game How Char i which spans the personnel file operations screen options combat simulations and simulated views of Lank Battle the officer s training screen combat Sim Lalion and tactical command Center screen playing these modes allows a player to become Protic enl enough to play the game As it was intended using All three defences in a major Battle to defend the tactical command Center against the enemy. Steel Thunder is stronger graphically it also offers. Tour tanks the mla1, the m48a5 Patlon the m3 Bradley or the mgoa3 although you Are the commander of the Lank you la have a gunner it incr and  Wilh you several Crew members arc available for each position and can be selected by Iho Lank commander before going of to Battle. Players Star their Mission in Cuba and if they do Well can be sent to Syria and in an ultimate test West Germany tank commanders Aren t allowed to Advance in the game until they be mastered certain basics of controlling the Lank. The game s Gen.  Bud Dink is unsympathetic and intolerant of new officers and has been assigned to do the evaluations on them. Although both games Are Good steel Thunder wins in the graphics category. The Interior of the tank is detailed and the lop third of the screen shows the commander s View of the Countryside through the overlapping View provided by three panoramic Periscope screens. Dramatic new films for photo buffs by Carl Kramer Washington Post the most important news in photograph this year May not be the wonderful new cameras but inc him we shoot Willwe have seen dramatic advancements in Aga film Kodak is out with its Eklar �5 and 1000 films and is introducing other Nektar films shortly to round out the Range. But Fuji May now be in a position to sweep inc lied with its new line the he and reals color print films a couple of months ago i was sceptical of Fuji s bragging about the Reala but after testing it. I m convinced that Koala is spectacular Fuji claims thai Reala recreates colors As they Are seen by the human Eye indeed it comas very dose. 1 it works like this the Fuji scientists have added a fourth layer  emulsion to the film. In. Addition to the usual Blue Green and red sensitive layers rata my has a Yayoi that reacts to Blue Green Light and releases special inhibitors during film processing the inhibitors work on the red sensitive layer helping to correctly balance colors under unusual Light conditions. The emulsion allows the film to record colors much As the human Eye sees them for instance with Reala fluorescent lighting does not come out Green How often have you taken indoor pictures Only to have them appear Green not with Reala. Three of us tested the dim. Using program modes on three different camera systems. One person concentrated on outside shooting the him is rated at Iso 100wilh some inside slut thrown in. The second person conceal rated on inside shots with All kinds of lighting Daylight Tungsten and fluorescent. There were also a Good Many mixtures of All three 1concentrated on fluorescent lighting and a mixture of fluorescent and Daylight. The outdoor pictures were great the Range of subject matter was varied with pictures taken from Early morning to late afternoon. There were also some nighttime exposures of a store window. The color were Rich warm and extremely natural i was particularly impressed Wilh the Blacks they were True and showed no bleeding of any color. The inside pictures were equally Good. Very Lew shots looked yellow an effect in at Many modern films have in Low reflected Light there was Fine detail in the Shadow areas and the my was extremely forgiving in Darker situations it recorded As Well As any is0100 dim i be used but it was in the fluorescent Light that the Reala was at its finest. I shot most of my tests in laboratories doctors offices and a Hospital. I used several different cameras but again tried to shoot in the program Mode to give the film its Best Chance. All of my result were nothing Short of remarkable no Green Casl in any  it situations i shot with Flash and without hash closeups. Middle distance pictures and faraway shots no Green cast i made hallway pictures pictures of technicians with varied color lest vials and nurses in varied color uniforms Bright Light shots during the Day and shots of deserted Halls at night. The colors were True and in anything slightly warm. Reala film is now being distributed in the United states. It s being directed at professionals and advanced amateurs at first so it probably won t be available at retail stores Tor a while s the stars and stripes pa3 17