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This is an educational program according to its producers and the subject is Geography. I would beg to differ. This is a database program with a few features which enable questions to be asked based on its contents.

One of the well-publicised features is the "high resolution World Map" which is nicely done but contains no real detail in terms of country boundaries and only very large features are labelled. There are other maps, but all are in low resolution and this leads to considerable distortion of detail. The questions are all multiple-choice and, as is usual with computer control of this type of question, some of the alternatives can be ridiculous. There is also the facility to check the currency and capital of each country in the database but the search is frustratingly slow.

The only feature I can full recommend is the spelling check which means slight misspellings can be used and the information still found. However, to call this package "Geography" is like calling Genesis "The Bible". It's a start - but by now means worthy of the name.

D.C.