Print Shop Reviewer's Comments

Print Shop Deluxe has tools for creating impressive text and photo effects, as well as tools for publishing your documents on the web.

Ease of Use:  

Print Shop Deluxe is easy to use, though we did notice that the program often required us to insert the program CD to access various functions.

Projects:  

Print Shop Deluxe has some great features for creating professional-looking documents such as brochures, business cards, newsletters, envelopes, business forms and more. You can also create matching stationery sets and publish web pages.

Photo/Graphic Tools:  

Like our #3 product Print Shop Pro Publisher Deluxe, Print Shop Deluxe also has some great tools for working with images and clipart. The main difference is that you have access to fewer images online with Print Shop Deluxe.

Text Tools:  

With the text tools included with Print Shop Deluxe you can check your document for spelling errors, add effects to the body of the text and insert creative custom headlines.

Print Shop Deluxe makes creating greeting cards a snap with the sentiment gallery, which contains pre-written sentiments to add to your cards.

Printing/Sharing:  

You can select to set your printing options up for double-sided printing, set precision alignments or save your document to PDF for professional printing.

Help/Support:  

If you run into trouble, the help and support is very good. Along with tutorials, Print Shop Deluxe offers quick access to its help system and online support.

Summary:  

If you don't have a lot of money to spend and want something better then the cheaper desktop publishing programs, then Print Shop Deluxe may work for you. It has many of the same editing and layout tools as higher-ranked products for half the cost. Nevertheless, if you're looking for professional-looking templates and a wider variety of projects that can be created from those templates, then we recommend Art Explosion Publisher Pro.