Customer Reviews

Calendar Creator 10

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

 

 

This package is bloated with fancy pictures that have no meaning to the average user who is trying to create a personal calendar. However, the user can import their own favorite pictures.

The choices of holidays for various nationalities does not include Chinese holidays. Image ignoring 20% of the world's population!

The final issue which prompted me to return my package to Broderbund was that the software does not allow you to create a split day-cell at the end of the month. When the last day of the month falls on a Sunday, you should be able to combine that cell with the one above. This allows you to have a calendar with 5 rows instead of 6. Despite the fact that Broderbund is at version 10 of this package, it seems that they've never noticed that most calendars follow this format. This is a Broderblunder.

Response on the telephone support line is slow and is not toll-free.

Save your money and give this one a miss.

Handy Calendar Creator software. Need practice using to get all features working.Still does the job nicely!

One of the fundamental components of my application set. I wouldn't live without it. I've heard others transfer events from year X calendar to year X+1. Isn't that what personal computers are good for?

I needed an update for Calendar Creator 4 and bought version 10. Mistake! I've since bought version 5 to try getting back some of the lost functionality that version 4 had, but no luck. I had to jump through some hoops, including keeping a computer with Windows 98, to continue using version 4. Specifically, versions 5 and up have no provision to make event graphics small so multiple events on a given day will both print. Why Broderbund did this, I don't understand, but for my purposes, they ruined the product. I've had a number of Broderbund products and it's readily apparent they don't care if the product serves its purpose or not. I won't buy their stuff again.

I suppose this software tries to be all things for all people. My tastes are simple: no fancy backgrounds, no reoccuring dates, just something I can type into and post on my fridge. If MS Word had a template document then I'd be set. In which case I had to learn how to turn all the fancy stuff off which took a bit of time to figure out.

You cannot run this application with Vista and because I spent too long with support (over 30 days) and waiting for them to ship - or so I thought, they would not refund my money.