At any stage throughout the process you can generate a small preview window where typing will show you your results in a string of text. It’s invaluable for small adjustments and tweaks, particularly for decorative or novelty fonts.

Roxio has worked hard to keep Toast an essential part of the Mac users toolkit, and just when the explosion of digital media threatened to destabilise its authority, it’s moved forward again.

Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium for Windows contains the same components as the Mac version (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Bridge, Version Cue, Stock Photos and Connect. A sticker on the back of the box warns of a known issue with Acrobat under Windows Vista.