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| Soho Labels & Envelopes - Chronos L.C. | 
 enlarge | From: Chronos
Category: Software
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $25.90
You Save: $4.09 (14%)
New (7) Used (1) from $13.65
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 6973
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Macintosh
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.9 x 1.9
MPN: L11013
Model: L11013
UPC: 666205110137
EAN: 0666205110137
ASIN: B00030IEJ6
Release Date: September 20, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Decent product, lousy company July 15, 2007
Once I figured out how to use it, I found this product fairly powerful in its ability to generate labels. I especially liked the ability to edit individual labels once generated. The program is pretty flexible although I was dismayed at the number of features that it lacked such as allowing access to every single Address Book field (it only lets you use Spouse Name but not Friend or Assistant, for example). There are other features that are found in Microsoft Word's label applet that are more powerful, such as using Boolean logic to be able to generate more complete labels. Of course, if Pages, AppleWorks or even (God forbid) Address Book had a real label making feature, there would be no need to shell out the extra bucks for this program!
Now, my real complaint, which is about the company. They put out two products- Labels & Envelopes and Business Cards. Clearly they are both the same product with only subtle differences, such as the templates that they come with. Business Cards does not even allow access to the Address Book, other than one's own personal entry (even though they imply that they do). They should combine both products into one and maybe charge a little more than the cost of one for it.
A good product that does do this is Print Explosion but unfortunately it does not access Address Book.
 The Most frustrating Software I Have Ever Tried to Use. June 13, 2007
One would think that designing and printing an envelope should be straight forward. One would think that what you see on screen is what you would get when printing and that, since the software supports full bleed, you would not get a white border on two or three sides of an envelope. When printing a #10 envelope, the design prints on only 3/4 of the length. I have printed out the full manual which isn't much better than the software, in my opinion. My request for help from Support was ignored.
Soho labels and envelopes May 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having just opened the program with the intension of doing my Christmas mailing list as a test for the AAUG review, I have to say that I failed miserably. For one thing the program was much more complicated than I had assumed. I wanted to get a quick and dirty mailing list created with little time investment. First I was not able to transfer my Excel list into Labels although the program interacts with Mac's Address Book flawlessly. In order to transfer my tab delineated files I will need to "fix them up" a bit. I didn't find this information in the Users Guide until page 55. Bah, so much for easy. It is going to take me a fair amount of upfront time to be able to use this program in the way that I would like. In fact I'll probably have to print out the entire 67 page User Guide to get me where I would like to go.
Viewing this program from a more creative viewpoint rather than a strictly utilitarian perspective, it can be fairly straightforward to create letterheads, envelopes, mailing labels and all sorts of other tags and labels. The program comes with many pre-assembled designs and clip art options. In a little bit of time and some instructions from the help manual, great things can be done. Once the user gets the confidence to roam around a bit in the program pictures and artwork can be imported to really customize the project. I do like having the taps for graphics, text, etc on the side of the design page. It makes the design process easier. The output can be a truly professional looking creation.
The program is versatile and incorporates all label and envelope stocks from the major producers. If that doesn't suit the need the user can create a label of whatever dimensions are necessary. I was impressed and inspired with the web site listing of products that can be made from this program: envelopes including barcodes for the zip code, raffle tickets, file folder labels, and the list goes on limited only by the users imagination. The barcode element of the program was fascinating (although at this point I do not use them) since barcodes are becoming not only commonplace, but also necessary in the business world today.
The Chronos website is easy to navigate and the program download is very easy. All in all this is a very good program and well worth the monetary investment for a small business that would like to create a unique image or that is in the labels/mailing/filing business. For a person that just wants to do their Christmas mailing list, well, it might be a little overkill.
Labels & Envelopes December 1, 2004
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) Labels and Envelopes by Chronos is a great way to design and print professional looking labels, envelopes, and letterhead with your Mac OS X.
It comes on 2 CDs and requires a G3 or higher, running 10.2 or later (10.3 or later to use vector clip art), 30 MB of available disk space (1.2 GB for full clip art collection), and prints very well on ink jet or laser printers.
I installed this software on an iMac G4 running 10.3 Panther. The installation process was very simple - just click on the installation icon. Although some of the features are easy to figure out, I discovered I needed to print the user's guide from the help menu. Even though it consists of 79 pages, I found it to be most helpful.
This software comes with over 13,000 photographs and clip art graphics, 50 Bitstream fonts in Post Script format, and many professional ready-made designs for labels, envelopes, or letterhead. It is compatible with most label and envelope stocks from Avery and others. You can make address labels, file folder labels, multi-use labels, disk labels, audio labels, video labels, name badges, and more - all with ease.
The thing I like most about this software is that it integrates with Mac OS X Address Book and iPhoto. This feature makes it simple to address your long list of Christmas cards. I have used other software for making labels but none had the vast amount of features that SOHO provides. With iPhoto and over 13,000 graphics available, you can design and customize labels and envelopes unique to you. For example, with iPhoto I found it easy to make Christmas gift tags that have a picture of the recipient on the tag.
With so many features available, this software should be ideal for the small business owner. Need to make inventory barcode labels, warning labels, product labels, raffle tickets, business labels, etc? With SOHO Labels & Envelopes you can do all this plus much more. With the features included, you can design and customize labels, envelopes, and letterhead like the professionals and pocket the savings. Although I am not a business owner, I plan to get a lot of use from this piece of software.
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