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- | CWM - CrossWord Master V1.1 |
- | Copyright 1997 - Occam Software |
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- This program is copyrighted Shareware, not Public Domain!!
- Please support small independent authors by registering
- shareware that you use.
-
- About CrossWord Master:
- =======================
-
- CrossWord Master is designed to help you solve crosswords
- and find words to create crosswords and word puzzles, or
- to find odd and difficult words in scrabble, etc..
-
- It uses a built in dictionary to solve anagrams, find
- words matching a template, or find words of a given length
- containing (or NOT containing) given letters.
-
- It also has a 'Word Puzzle' feature for finding, for
- example, all of the words that can be made from the letters
- in 'New Improved VIM plus' - the kind of thing some-
- times required in competitions.
-
- The shareware evaluation copy has a dictionary of
- about 65,000 words (every second word from the
- registered version), and the print and save functions
- are disabled, but it is otherwise fully functional.
-
- System Requirements:
- ====================
-
- o IBM PC compatible (8088 or later).
- o MS-DOS 3.3 or later, or Windows (any version).
- o About 400K free conventional memory.
- o 2MB hard disk space.
- o Mouse and printer supported, but not required.
-
- Installation:
- =============
-
- You can run this program from the directory which
- contains the unzipped files, just make sure that
- this directory is your current directory upon
- execution.
-
-
- Operation:
- ==========
-
- To start Crossword Master, make the directory
- containing the program and data files the current
- directory (using the CD command, or by specifying
- the working directory under Windows properties for
- the program) and run the program CWM.EXE.
-
- Hopefully program operation should be fairly self-
- explanatory. Highlighted keys are 'HotKeys' to
- the associated function, and the program is 'Mouse
- Aware'. Hopefully the cursor keys, PgUp, PgDn,
- Enter, Esc, F1, and Mouse actions should produce
- the intuitive response. Let us know if they don't!
-
- About the Main Menu Options:
- ============================
-
- Anagram:
- --------
-
- This produces a list of all words in the dictionary
- that are anagrams of the given letters. If the word
- typed is also found in the dictionary it will be
- included in the list.
-
- Containing:
- -----------
-
- This allows you to specify the letters you want the
- words to contain, and those it must not contain.
-
- For example containing 'qr' not containing 'u' and
- word length 4, would turn up 'iraq'.
-
- It is also permissible to leave one of the letter
- fields blank, e.g. to find all 6 letter words not
- containing any of 'aeiou'.
-
- NOTE: For a word to be selected it must contain
- ALL of the 'containing' letters and NONE of
- the 'not containing' letters.
-
- Template:
- ---------
-
- This allows finding a words when only a few of the
- letters and there positions are known. This is
- surprisingly useful, and the option we use most.
-
- Typing '--a--am', for instance, will produce a list
- of 7 words (in the registered version), from which
- it is fairly easy to pick the word you were looking
- for, perhaps 'diagram'.
-
- Word Puzzle:
- ------------
-
- Simply makes up all the words it can from the
- dictionary using the letters in the supplied word
- or phrase.
-
- Help/Info:
- ----------
-
- Display this file.
-
- Quit:
- -----
-
- Ends the program run.
-
- Browse Screen:
- ==============
-
- If your word search finds any matching words, they
- will automatically be displayed in the browse window.
-
- The title at the top gives a description of the
- search and the number of matching words found.
-
- The arrow keys, page up/down keys, and or the mouse
- can be used to scroll around in this list.
-
- The OK button will take you back to the main menu
- to perform another search.
-
- The PRINT button allows a simple printout of the
- wordlist on the LPT1: printer, or default Windows
- printer.
-
- The SAVE button brings up a file selection dialog from
- which you can select a filename to save the word list
- as a text file.
-
- The HELP button gives brief help on this screen.
-
- If you are running the program in a DOS Window, it is
- also possible to use the Windows edit menu to cut and
- paste words from the list.
-
- Customisation:
- ==============
-
- The WORD.* files are in plain text. You can edit them
- with a text editor to add/change/delete words. Do not
- use a word processor unless it can save files as plain
- TEXT (sometimes called ASCII).
-
- Some words in the WORD.* files are not valid crossword
- words (e.g. names, abbreviations), but it was better to
- include too many words rather than not enough. It is
- much easier to pick the required word from a list of
- possibilities than from a list of zero entries!
-
- Bug Reports, Suggestions:
- =========================
-
- Occam Software,
- PO Box 93,
- MOONAH,
- TASMANIA,
- AUSTRALIA 7009.
-
- Internet e-mail: occam@netspace.net.au
-
- Please feel free to write to the above address with
- suggestions, bug reports, or perhaps even an idea
- or two for a program you would like to see written.
-
- In the near future, we hope to be releasing a Windows
- version of Crossword Master. Let us know if you are
- interested in details. We are not sure yet whether it
- will be Windows 95/NT only, or if there is still
- sufficient demand for Windows 3.1.
-
- We would be particularly pleased to receive any lists
- of words in ASCII format to be incorporated into
- the dictionary (via e-mail, if possible). We will
- include acknowledgement of your contributions in
- later releases if you would like this.
-
- Thank you for your support.
-