Ultimate Reference Suite

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EncyclopdiaBritannica Ultimate Reference Suite received the 2004 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers.[4] Its predecessor, Britannica DVD, received Codie awards in 2000, 2001 and 2002.[5][6]

There is no official release of Britannica for the Linux operating system; however, a script is provided that can help experienced users run Encyclopdia Britannica 2004 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD (and other 2004 editions of Britannica) on Linux, with some limitations (for example the dictionary, Flash/QuickTime presentations, and content update functions do not work, and preferences must be edited manually).[7] This script specifically requires version 1.3.1 of JRE, but can usually be made to work with newer versions if the version check is commented out.

The PDF/UA-1 Reference Suite is a reference for software developers and practitioners interested in best-practices for creating tagged and accessible PDF files. Ranging from publications to transactional records the collection represents a cross-section of document types reflecting the wide variety of uses for PDF technology. Documents included in the PDF/UA-1 Reference Suite demonstrate correct tagging in a number of sophisticated cases, including:

This comprehensive PC collection features breathtaking 3-D World Flights and full-screen video playback for hundreds of mini-movies and panoramic, 360-degree views. It includes 33 new videos on subjects as diverse as the first human steps on the moon and robots on a production line; 33 new 360-degree views, including a tour inside the Louvre with a stop at the Mona Lisa; and four new 3-D World Flights.

The combined reference works contain more than 20 million words of text in more than 50,000 articles. There are 32,000 comprehensive articles in Encarta 98 Encyclopedia Deluxe, 1.2 million place names in Encarta Virtual Globe, and more than 600,000 entries for definitions, synonyms, quotes and more in Bookshelf 98.

The best-selling encyclopedia in the world, Encarta 98 Encyclopedia Deluxe is the ultimate learning resource, offering a wealth of extraordinary new content and interactive features. Encarta Virtual Globe is the richest and most detailed geographic reference available in any medium. And Bookshelf 98 helps users enrich and improve their written communications by providing quick and easy access to 10 essential reference works.

Microsoft Encarta DVD-ROM Reference Suite 98 for Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation operating systems is available for an estimated retail price of $129.99. Schools and other educational institutions may acquire Encarta Reference Suite 98 at a discount through the Microsoft Open License Pack program, a flexible plan for acquiring Microsoft products. To take a tour of this new product, consumers can visit the Encarta Web Site at ( -suite98.asp)

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1996 by the United States Postal Service. All rights reserved. The ZIP Code database contained in Microsoft Bookshelf 98 is intended for reference purposes only and may not be used for the purposes of qualifying for postal rate discounts.

A collection of conversion references for CBBE and TWB outfits. Includes; Uni-Boob, Uni-Butt, a Skyrim to Fallout 4 conversion suite, No Nipple variants, high-quality high-heel body references and more. 3BBB weight references are also available. Now includes the Advanced suites for dress, skirts and more.

PRINTED FROM OXFORD REFERENCE (www.oxfordreference.com). (c) Copyright Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single entry from a reference work in OR for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice).

Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2001 expands the No. 1 multimedia encyclopedia brand at home and in schools with thousands of new and updated articles and more than 290 new videos and animations. Several new features also help make learning even more engaging. These include Encarta Today, which updates information daily from the Web into a dynamic section of the home screen. The Web Center seamlessly extends searches to trusted articles on the Web, each reviewed by the Encarta editorial team for relevancy, balance and accuracy. Finally, a new Researcher tool makes report writing a snap by organizing and footnoting the information users find as they explore the many sections of Encarta.

Volume discounts for all products may apply for schools, colleges and libraries. More information on academic pricing and licensing is available at the Microsoft Education Web site at . Educators can find more than 500 engaging lesson plans to use with Encarta Reference Suite products in the Encarta Lesson Collection at the Encarta Schoolhouse Web site, . More information on Encarta 2001 reference products is available at .

* Free Encarta Online Deluxe offer is valid through Dec. 31, 2001, and is currently valued at $49.95. Access to and use of the Internet may require payment of a separate fee to an Internet service provider. Connect-time charges and long-distance telephone toll charges may apply. The offer is valid in the United States, the District of Colombia and Canada only.

The lumbering 4.3GB Ultimate Reference Suite took an hour to install via two DVDs (3.7GB for the full CD install) on our Windows XP test machine, hogging far more disk space than Microsoft Encarta 2006's unobtrusive 950MB. The monstrous Britannica software makes the free, Web-based Wikipedia attractive by comparison. We were happy that Britannica 2006 didn't ask to monitor our usage, as Microsoft Encarta does. Like Encarta, Britannica makes more intrusive registration questions, such as marital status and number of children, optional.

With installation complete, Britannica 2006 confused us by prompting to install the encyclopedia again. It also failed to update QuickTime to version 6.5.2; we had to install it manually to get videos to work. You may also need to turn off antivirus software (Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security 2005) and firewalls in order to access Britannica resources and updates online--a manual process that can get annoying. If you don't want to burden your hard drive with this beast, you can subscribe to the Encyclopedia Britannica 2006 Web site (with fewer features than the software) for $69.95 to $79.95 yearly or $11.95 per month. Luckily, it took us only 10 minutes to install Languages of the World and another painless several minutes to set up the Before You Know It flash-card program.

Encyclopedia Britannica updates content quarterly and will e-mail notices of new content to registered users. Upgrades are available for one year, after which you'll need to purchase the 2007 software. Users of the 2005 edition can purchase the 2006 Encyclopedia Britannica for $24.95.

Encyclopedia Britannica has published reference books for more than 230 years, so the 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite draws from a wealth of trusted information that other reference programs can't match. The Classics button in the Browse sidebar, for example, provides entries written by (rather than about) famous people throughout history. The fascinating media collection includes 502 video clips, 127 sound clips, and 43 animations and special comps. You can view video clips of Hawaiian lava flows, hear audio clips of musical performances and presidential speeches, and browse through each Year In Review back to 1993. The Timelines button details Architecture, Exploration, Technology, and other subjects from ancient Egypt to the 21st century. The fun BrainStormer feature draws webs of information that let you narrow a subject down while learning visually how it relates to other branches of knowledge.

Handy for researchers who demand a reliable source, the Ultimate Reference Suite provides a Dictionary, a Thesaurus, and an Atlas with a Mercator projection of the continents, which lets you zoom in for data on each country. The online GeoAnalyzer is especially useful. It provides Country Snapshots with basic data per nation, allowing you to compare current and historical statistics for any two countries. You can also view continent-wide statistics on foreign trade, diet, economy, and demographics. The search bar on each main page scours nearly 100,000 articles and 166,000 Web links to turn up images and multimedia. Looking up Aristotle, for example, we found 16 articles and three images.

For students, the How To section of the new Homework Helpdesk provides guidance on useful topics such as writing a book review and preparing an oral report. Encarta 2006, on the other hand, cut out its homework resources and rolled them into the "new" Microsoft Student program. Britannica's homework Reference Center links to the grammar school-level Dictionary, BrainStormer, GeoAnalyzer, and other tools. The Explore section lets students browse topics such as Earth Science; it also offers educational games and activities. Unlike Microsoft Student, Britannica's Homework Helpdesk does not need Microsoft Office to be useful.

Transparent Languages' Languages of the World and Before You Know It flash cards cover Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Both programs emphasize language acquisition for business travelers, with topics that include Meeting And Greeting, Restaurants, and Emergencies. Highlights of these self-paced programs include pronunciation guides with audio samples from native speakers.

Unfortunately, technical support for Encyclopedia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite falls far below what a software product should offer. Like Encarta, Encyclopedia Britannica 2006 offers no user guide, so you'll need to rely on the easy-to-navigate help menu or the Web site for questions. But without a Web user guide, only a brief online troubleshooting section addresses a handful of common installation and program problems. Telephone support is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT, but we waited 10 minutes on a toll call to Chicago; fearing for our phone bill, we had to hang up before a customer-service representative even answered. Also frustrating, a question that we submitted to technical support via the Online Contact Form bounced back unanswered to our e-mail address.

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