 LCSI Introduces
MicroWorlds Pro
The latest release from Logo Computer Systems offers a long list of enhancements and new features while retaining all the capabilities of the current MicroWorlds. There are more shapes and improved drawing tools. Hyperlinks to World Wide Web sites may be inserted in projects. MicroWorlds Pro interacts with Microsoft Office products. Data can be read from Excel worksheets and written to them. Word's spelling checker works in MicroWorlds text boxes. But the biggest improvements are in the area of program development and debugging. You can now look at your procedures page and a page in your project at the same time. There are two new windows that give you a fuller picture of what is going on. Clicking the Project tab opens a window with a graphical representation of the structure of the project. First you see a list of pages. Click on the + sign next to a page and a list of the page's objects appears. Many of the objects also contain information: the instruction in a turtle or button, the URL of a hyperlink, or the range and current value of a slider. A click on the Processes tab opens a window that shows the processes that are currently active. And if things are moving too fast for you to follow, you can cause Logo to run in slow motion. "Teachers and students can use MicroWorlds Pro to enhance their understanding of MicroWorlds and to get a real sense of the depth and breadth of this powerful multimedia programming environment," said LCSI President Michael Quinn. MicroWorlds Pro is available for Windows 95/98 computers. LCSI is reported to be giving serious consideration to the development of a Macintosh version. MicroWorlds 2.03 will continue to be supported and available for both Windows and Macintosh. You can order MicroWorlds Pro at discount from the Logo Foundation. |
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