Current Features:
User interface
Microsoft Windows based - A simple, concise and intelligent user interface. More advanced features are usually just a "right-click" away.
Built-in statements
45,000+ - Multiple languages are counted as one set of statements. Statements are sorted into different categories such as "QCA Schemes of Work" and "Foundation Stage Areas of Learning"
Live checking with an advanced Spellchecker that includes different dialects
The Spellchecker algorithm is very advanced - Upper/lowercase matching priority. Metaphoric and Phonetic with difference sorting. An enhanced version of the metaphoric algorithm that ASpell uses. As you type any detected incorrect spellings are marked with a red zig-zag underline, your can right-click the word for a suggested correct spelling. There are 4 dialect varieties - British, US, Canadian and Australian spellings. The spellchecker contains over 160,000 words. Users can add to the dictionary.
Standard install to a variety of destinations
You can install to your hard drive. You can install to a network drive. You can install to a either standard or a U3 memory stick. You can even install to DropBox!
Editor font modifiers
3 types - Bold, Underline and Italics.
Tick boxes
Tickboxes can also contain numbers or letters.
Scintilla editor
We usually include both an old stable version and the latest 'edge' version.
Statement editor
The statement editor is integrated into the statement tree and text editor system, you have inline editing, drag and drop, etc
Statement levels
Each statement has settings for year and level, levels include P1 to P8 and 1abc to 8abc.
Statement tracking
Statement source within the statement bank can be tracked, statement banks can be tracked.
Favourites
Favourites are held in an easy to use tree based list.
Statement import
You can import statements from most popular school report programs.
Student import
You can import students from most popular school report programs (including SIMS).
Update system
All maintenance updates are free, there are NO annual "maintenance" charges. To update you can use the "update" icon or just redownload and run the install program.
RTF merging
RTF merging allows you to insert Elementary Reports data into an existing school report "template".
Intelligent cut/copy/paste
Our intelligent PasteAI system allows you to cut and paste text with automatic gender, name, age, class and subject conversion.
Connectives
Adding a connective is easy - just highlight the ending of one statement and the beginning of the next, then "right-click" to see the connectives.
Insert mode
Insert mode is automatic enable when cursor positioned within the body of the text rather than at the end.
Multimode and GroupWriter
Multimode allows you to add statements to multiple students at the same time, it is enabled automatically when multiple students selected. Groupwriter is a special edit mode that writes text into multiple students.
History
Statement history tracking can be turned on, so you know if and when you used a statement before.
Help
Press F1 on the main window for help. There are also extra 'help' buttons in most dialogs.
Backups
Automatic
Yearly usage subscription
Optional - Available as a low-cost option for single users only (not schools).
Unlimited lifetime usage
Unless you are a single user taking the optional yearly usage subscription, you have unlimited usage for the life of the product.
Compatibility
Win2000, WinXP, Vista, Win7, 32-bit or 64-bit, Virtual PC running compatible OS