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5 stars
Version: Screenbook Maker 1.5.6
Pros: Excellent tool - robust and easy to use.
Cons: Would be nice if it could be exported or deployed as a stand-alone.
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2 stars
Version: Screenbook Maker 1.3
"If it worked, it might be pretty good."
Pros: For text only, easy to make a table of contents and write a book.
Cons: Unless I'm missing something:
1) Program crashes when you take a screenshot.
2) Search function never finds anything.
3) You can't just import a picture from your hard drive. You have to upload it to the internet.
4) If you paste a picture onto pages 1 and 2, the picture on page two overwrites the picture on page 1. Great feature if you want to repeat one picture throughout the book.
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1 stars
Version: Screenbook Maker 1.5.6
"Screenbooks unfamiliar with their own product"
Pros: The program has great promise, but unfortunately whoever is developing it isn't interested in making it better. You can't beat free software, but when the Professional version offers very little in addition to the free, why upgrade?
Cons: Contact form response indicative that the creator isn't aware of how their own software works. When sbooks folders are converted for web use, most of the menu links stop working, creating dead end error pages. This is tacky, free or not. Needs fixing
Summary: It's a handy and creative tool for those who like making tutorials, like I do. But the bottom line is, free software or not, it needs to work right. I wanted to buy the professional package but learned that it lacked the type of UI I would consider n... read more
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