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The Tool Box Overview

Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:44:48 +0100

You can download an overview of the seven Tool Box Kits that gives the titles of the Themes in each kit. The new multimedia TBox 2 Tool Kits - those that are currently supplied on disk - are clearly labelled as such. When you place your mouse over any of the titles in these new Themes a popup gives you a summary of the contents of that Theme. The movie gives you an idea of what happens.

Embedded movies in TBox 2 Themes

Sat, 7 Feb 2009 16:38:20 +0100

One of the many useful features of the interactivity of the TBox 2 Study Themes is instant availability of tutorial sequences and films. Because they are embedded in the Theme file on the CD they are instantly available as and exactly where you need them. And you get all of this without any need to whatever to be connected to internet. Watch the demo film to see how these embedded movies work.

Launching a multimedia TBox 2 interactive CD

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:16:23 +0100

Each week now sees orders for the TBox 2 Transition Package. We are getting delighted reactions to the multimedia experience of the new Tool Kit 4 on disk - the embedded film tutorials, voice comments, study resources that can be opened and saved, and inbuilt interactive help with its various study tasks. The fact that the new Tool Kit is completely independent of an internet connection seems to

Progress report : November 2008

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:59:26 +0100

I am currently reworking Tool Kit 2 with its 12 Themes into the new TBox 2 multimedia format on interactive CD. I have completed the new Themes A and B, and am busily rewriting and resourcing Theme C. I am devoting what energy and time is at my disposal to the project, but it would be a mistake to rush to finish. I want TBox 2 to be the very best possible: all real spelling resources in a unified

What has happened to The Spelling Manual?

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:28:23 +0100

Since its publication in 2001, several hundred copies of the full verson of the Real Spelling Manual have found their way into schools and homes all over the world. I have heard from many who have found the Manual helpful in their efforts to establish and develop their understanding of the English spelling system. It has played its part well in establishing the small but vibrant international com