Page Plus 11?

[TheAuldGrump]

Well, a few months ago I upgraded to Page Plus 10 (from 8), and have been very happy with it. Then I read up on Page Plus 11, which sounded even better*, but was a lot pricier.

Today I just recieved an offer to purchase PP11 for $40 (twice what I paide for PP10).

It looks good, it sounds good, but has anyone on these boards used it? I've barely cracked the cover on PP10 for goodness sake! I know that The Fool has used PP10 a lot more than I have, and am hoping that he has also managed to get his mitts on PP11.

The Auld Grump, likely to give in to the temptation, but needing to make at least a token attempt at resisting...

* The biggest two, at least for me, is the ability to make fillable PDF forms and the ability to edit existing PDFs.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

No response? I am vaguely surprised that no one has tried the program.

Ah well, I have pretty much talked myself into getting it - I misread the price last night, and at $30 I really can't go too far wrong. And it includes the shipping.

It just feels wrong getting the upgrade so soon after buying the program, like I haven't gotten my money's worth out of it somehow... :\

So, I will just tell myself that version 11 is worth $50 (probably true) and try to ignore the fact that I bought the older version. (Yes, I know that doesn't make any sense, but I am very good at tricking myself. )

Maybe I will end up giving the older version to one of my friends.

The Auld Grump

*EDIT* It also includes a cheesy plastic USB mini hub that I will never use - I still have two empty ports on my computer....

 

[dpmcalister]

You could always eBay the USB mini-hub to claw back a couple of dollars

As for PagePlus, sorry, never used it (in any version). I was actually hoping for some feedback as well because I might be "in the market" for something like that.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

You could always eBay the USB mini-hub to claw back a couple of dollars

As for PagePlus, sorry, never used it (in any version). I was actually hoping for some feedback as well because I might be "in the market" for something like that.

The Fool 1972 did a very nice review of PP 10 here on E. N. World. In fact that is why I decided to upgrade to 10 from 8. I was hoping that he had made the jump to 11 so I could sound him out on the program. And I have to agree with him - PP 10 is very nice. Which is somehow making it harder for me to upgrade to 11... (If there is anybody I want to use the old Rolling Eyes emoticon on it is myself...) But at $30 I will swallow my misgivings and purchase what I suspect is an excellent program. (At least I can give myself the raspberry...)

As for the mini hub - it turns out that my roomy's computer only has one port, so it will find a home.

Free Serif Software has a somewhat crippled version of Page Plus as a free download. While slightly crippled it does not expire, but it does not create PDFs if I recall correctly (which I may not - I never used the free version.)

One thing I did discover about PP 8 - when I replied to The Fool's review I had used it very little. Once I started using it I discovered that it was much better than I had thought. I was under no such illusion with PP10, and dove right in.

The Auld Grump

 

[dpmcalister]

Thanks for the information about the free version. That'll be perfect to evaluate it all. Creating PDFs shouldn't be too much of a problem if you can print from PagePlus as I've got a PDF creater on my computer already.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Yeah, broke down and made the order. What finally tipped the scales - I mentioned the sale price to a friend who also uses PP 10 (on my recommendation) and his response was 'can you get me a copy too?' He did not ask whether or not I was getting the program, just assumed that I would.

The fillable forms was also a major factor, being able to send my players forms to be filled out and e-mailed back to me (something that I did not even think you could do with fillable PDFs) between games will make certain, more strategic, parts of the game much easier.

The Auld Grump