Have you tried posting in the MS Encarta newsgroup?
Tom
message | ok, so you've given me the link to encarta, but can you tell me if the
| program includes all the features i previously described, and tell me why
| they have a new encarta version every few years? Why would you need to
have a
| new encarta version if it just gets updated from the web?
|
| "Tom Pepper Willett" wrote:
|
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/products/encarta/default.mspx
| >
in
| > message | > |I watched an episode of the vancouver based "Dotto's Data Cafe", and
was
| > | introduced to some Microsoft encyclopedia program (it was on cd, not
the
| > web
| > | based version). I am interested in this program for myself but I am
not
| > sure
| > | what the program is exactly. When the show originally aired, i think
it
| > was
| > | around 2003 or something like that. It included a feature, allowing
the
| > | software to go online and automatically update itself with all the
current
| > | news. It also included a feature for viewing the curriculum for all
| > | kindergarden to grade 12 students, so that you can click a grade, then
| > click
| > | a subject that will be taught in that grade.
| > | Unfortunatly this is all I remmber about the product. I am quite sure
that
| > | Microsoft has only one kind of encylopedia program (but i could be
wrong,
| > i
| > | dont know), and it is encarta. But if this program auomatically
updates
| > | itself with all the news, why does encarta have an update every here
that
| > you
| > | buy? Like, I know there is encarta 2006 now.... I plan on purchasing
the
| > | program, but I want it to last a few years, not just one year...
Please
| > help
| > | ASAP. thnx in advance.
| >
| >
| >
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