Manual:

Menus: The menus in Hearts should be pretty self-explanatory. Before exiting the program, users are asked if they want to save their player. A player's game statistics and options are stored in this file. Players that have a file are automatically saved thereafter before quitting. The player menus are filled with the names of the plugin CPU's found in the folder "Data/CPU Players" (the default is Stan, short for Standard). The same idea goes for the Card Design folder as well. Drop your favorite pictures/images in that folder to have them show up in the Card Design menu. This is a great place to put pictures of family, friends, etc.

Hearts games can be customized for individual users using the Options dialog.

Clicking the default button will set the dialog to the 'standard' rules. Choosing Finish Hand from the game menu will play out the rest of the hand as a computer player would. This can be canceled by choosing Finish Hand from the game menu again. Control-clicking a card will also play out the rest of the hand.

The statistics window shows the stats for the current player. QJ Same Trick/Hand is the queen of spades and jack of diamonds taken on the same trick/hand. Sortof an interesting statistic. Cover/Didn't Cover is used with the jack of diamonds. If you are 3rd to play in a trick and you play a diamond higher than the jack and the player to your left has the jack in his hand, you 'covered'. If you are 3rd to play in a trick and you have a diamond higher than the jack in your hand but you don't play it and the player to your left plays the jack, you 'didn't cover'. Clicking on the 'Average' button calculates each stat divided by number of games played.

Shooting the Moon- When you shoot the moon, you will be given the choice between subtracting 26 points from your score, or adding 26 points to everybody elses score. If your score is between the highest and the lowest, it is usually in your best interest to choose negative points.