Customer Reviews

Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 (Jewel Case) [Old Version]

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

First of all.. I've been reading the customer reviews for this and the total product is NOTHING like the reviews are saying it is! I just thought you'd like to hear a kid's opinion -after all, kids ARE the ones who will be using it!
Ok. The total product is *AMAZING*. First, It gives you plenty of ideas for things to do - such as creating a webpage, story starters (and tips for writing it), business cards, and so much more! It even has special challenges if you feel you're up to it.
You can create wordart and choose vertical or horizontal pages. You can make columns (for newsletters and such) and add colorful clipart, or paste your own. It's a wonderful product and truly deserves four stars!
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Even though this isn't a new product it feels like it! With this nice program you have a lot of features, a mix from all the Microsoft Office Programs and WordPad. You can build NICE webpages easily, make graphics for them with lots of cool designs and Text effects and you can make an awesome project too! Design your own banner and Holiday Cards for all your friends! This is like an all in one program that everybody should own!

My 9 year old son finds it easy and fun to do book reports.

Yes, this is a word processor for kids. It is fun and uncomplicated. I will be able to use it as I do not need most of the assesories in the normal office suite. I do have one minor problem.

Years ago (CPM days) when one bought a word processor one also had to buy a spell checker and a dictionary. These programs were run seperatly from the word processor and processed the data file from the word processor. Modernly I have become spoild. I was not aware that anyone least of all Micro-Soft was making word processors without these tools implanted. Did I miss something or do I have to go back to ordering a seprpate program to get these needed items?
Will Cook

My daughters had the common problem - writing was too frustrating, and it was too hard to come up with ideas. While using a computer eased some of the "I messed up and have to start over" problems, adult software was too hard, and most children's software too simple. Enter an early version of this program! Wonderful enticing nuttiness! Suggestions to start writing from! Sound effects with every change in font size! The "toaster" icon for printing!

My daughters started writing, and never stopped. My wife still prefers it to Word. I'd rate it six stars if I could!

They seem to particularly like the ease they can create images and display them, the sounds and animations, and the audio tooltips which tells them how to use the product.

This is a great kids program, but I was searching for a script writing tool. It came up when I did a search for "script", but it never said it was for kids, or that it didn't have a format for plays. Good introduction for using MS Word at a later date for kids.

I do all of my "In House" writing with it. My wife liked it so much that I got one for her. Great program! Easy to use!

This program does not begin to compare with MS creative writer 1. That one ( which is not available any more) had lots more things to do in it. You could make many shapes with the words, add sounds and pictures to your pages. It was easy to navigate. This one (Creative Writer 2) has only about 10% of the abilities of the first one. The directions are not easy to follow and the defaults cannot be erased.

This is an excellent script program it really helped me come up with ideas for my company's award winning peformance.