Customer Reviews

Calendar Creator Version 12 Deluxe

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I owned one of the earliest versions of this software years ago and it was simple and straightforward to use, and flexible in printing to different sizes for different planners. This version is terrible, and the included help is useless. It is also totally unintuitive where certain functions and features are buried in the software, and Broderbund has not embraced WYSIWYG (the default font of ariel 10 prints so tiny you need a magnifying glass) or customer support (I defy you to figure out how to get any reasonable support from visiting their website). Broderbund seems to be trading on the principal of YGWYPF (you get what you pay for), which in this case, is very little for very little. There is also no reasonable explanation on the website of the functional differences among the various versions they sell. So buyer beware, and be prepared for hours of frustration!!!

This product is difficult to use, especially for printing, and the customer support is non-existent. I haven't found a printer that is compatible with Calendar Creator and organizer pages in the Classic size. I have tried it on three printers with no success. It would be a nice product, if it would just do what it says it does, and perhaps it actually works, if I could only find someone to tell me how to do it. With this type of customer support, I'm going to make an effort to stay away from all of their products.

I purchased the DVD version of Calendar Creator 12 Deluxe. I have had nothing but trouble with it. The technical support is AWFUL. I keep getting a form e-mail (the only support available) stating that I need to uninstall and reinstall. I have done this and several other steps over and over to no avail. The corruption is in the Art Gallery Browser. I cannot select or import pictures to my calendar. I have begged for a replacement DVD or my money back, but have yet to get either. I would suggest using a company that is more supportive and backs their product.

I've owned three previous versions of Calendar Creator. As best I can tell, this version only updates for currency with the Windows operating systems but has a few added features. A good but basic program - no complaints.

The ability to link multiple calendars so that you can see them together but still organize the different areas of life in separate formats is great.

I haven't had a lot of opportunity to use Calendar Creator 12 Deluxe yet, but it has worked well so far. It is easy to get around in. Icons "make sense". It would be nice if the roller wheel on my mouse could move the page up and down. You have to click on the button on the side bar to do that.

Calendar Creator 4.0 circa 1996 was and still is brilliant software. When Softkey sold to Broderbund the folks at Broderbund really tried to reinvent the wheel and made it square. Cannot import older 4.0 files and when it does the time doesn't display. The pdf printer doesn't work and when I preview or print the calendar out it is a mishmosh of text. Sorry maybe Softkey can buy back the Calendar Creator Program and fix it.

Simple program for producing a monthly calendar. So simple to use you don't even need to read the instructions.

I should have know not to order anything from Broaderbund. I've never been satisfied with any of their products. The software is vague, hard to use and frustrating. I had it off my computer the same day I installed it.

The version I had some years ago would not work in XP, so I got this one. It is not as useful as the other one, but it arrived with not problems. There was no trouble with the ordering or delivery.