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Create Your Own Birthday Newspaper

Thursday July 17, 2003
Birthday BiosThe year I was born Explorer I became the first US satellite launched into space and gas was just $.24 a gallon. And on my birthday this year I will be about 394,464 hours old. Those are just some of the facts and trivia available in Birthday Bios from Symphonic Software. This Windows software lets you quickly and easily create customized "The Day You Were Born" birthday greetings for friends, family, and clients. Use the provided templates or create your own customized layouts.


  • Select a date and a format and you'll have a ready-to-print Birthday History page to send to friends and families or use in scrapbooks.

  • Set up at a craft show and sell customized one-page newspapers full of trivia from any date from 1900 to 2002 (free upgrades for future dates when you purchase the software).

  • The provided templates can be customized easily - changing fonts and font colors, altering the wording, changing alignment of text blocks, moving around sections or deleting sections, and changing the graphics.

  • For Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

  • Price: $29.99

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Ideas from Symphonic Software for ways individuals, businesses, and teachers can use Birthday Bios software such as framed prints, email stationery, and as a fun history project for students.

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