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CROSSWORD COMPILER for WINDOWS v 2
(C) Antony Lewis 1994
Program Features:
-WYSIWIG puzzle design editor with two typing directions for puzzles
up to 39x39. Extensive Undo facility to undo up to the last
2000 letter changes. Block filling to speed up puzzle design.
-Very fast Autofind facility to find words to fit in the puzzle:
A scrollable list of possible words pops up at a single click
of the mouse, or single key combination. Lists of words included
with words and compound words from 3-10 letters.
-Automatic grid filling for British style crosswords to fill in blank
crosswords, or to try to find a fit round existing letters.
-Support for grids with non-rectangular outlines.
-Multi-word anagram finder to help writing cryptic clues.
-Clipboard copying of puzzle, clues, solution or answer. Puzzle
and solution resizable in host application. Clues and answers
copied as formatted text, bold right aligned numbers etc.
-Automatic symmetry to produce S-Symmetric puzzles, and a
double symmetry feature to produce even more symmetric
puzzles.
-Word wrapping clue editor. Facility to write joint clues for
several words and correctly format the clues when printed.
-Automatic word length insertion in brackets after the clue,
with facility to have clues for phrases and hyphenated words.
If you print the answers they are then automatically formated
correctly.
-Clue review facitity to review the clues with answers in a
scrollable lists, with pop up clue editor.
-Puzzle flipping to flip puzzles to their mirror image -
some puzzles look better one way round than the other.
-Printout of puzzle,solution, clues and clues with answers. Clues
printed word wrapped in two columns with number and length of answer.
-Customisable square sizes, start-up defaults, page setup, fonts
size ratios and more.
-Information box showing number of words, number of unwritten clues
etc.
-Save as Rich Text Format to allow transfer of puzzles between
computers without copying the program. RTF can also be read from
some non-Windows programs, eg. Microsoft Word for Macintosh.
-Extensive context sensitive help and toolbar.
Registered version:
-Facility to add and remove words from word lists, and to make
new word lists
-Words and compound words between 3 and 20 letters for word finding,
Anagrams and automatic grid filling.
Optional extras:
-Sets of additional word that can be used separately or merged
together as liked. Including foreign words, expressions,
unusual words, various place names and words in categories.
System requirement:
-Microsoft Windows v 3.1