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- Krozword Assistant
- ver 1.00
- by Alan Deala
-
-
- Purpose: The Krozword Assistant is a simple utility for entering &
- editing puzzles for the Krozword BBS door.
-
- Use: Typing in KROZASST at the DOS prompt will bring up a blank screen
- with a menu off to the left side. (You may also type in KROZASST
- followed by the name of an already existing puzzle to load that puzzle
- in for editing).
-
- The menu off to the left has the following options:
-
- (N)ew Puzzle - this is for starting a puzzle from scratch. The first
- thing you will need to provide is a name for the puzzle. Then you
- must enter the number of columns and rows the puzzle will have.
- Lastly, you need to put in your name (or any name really if you will
- be uploading the puzzle, Krozword will change the name to your
- online name).
-
- (L)oad Puzzle - this is for the loading in of puzzle that has already
- been made. A dialog box for choosing files will display. You may
- press F1 for help, type in the file name, select a file with the
- mouse or arrow keys, or type in a new file mask (i.e. PUZ*.*)
- The selected puzzle will load if there are no errors. If there is an
- error, KrozAsst will tell you how far into the puzzle it got before
- encountering the error. You can try to look at the puzzle with a
- text editor to repair the puzzle.
-
- (G)rid Edit - this is for the editing of the puzzle grid. You may
- enter letters into the puzzle by hitting the corresponding letter
- key on your keyboard, or enter a blank/black box by hitting the
- space bar. The cursor will automatically advance to the next square.
- Hit the Escape (Esc) key to stop editing the grid.
-
- (C)lue Edit - this is for the editing of the clues associated with the
- words on the grid. The current word will be highlighted when you
- enter clue editing mode. Use the left & right arrow keys to scroll
- thru the "Across" words and use the up & down arrow keys to scroll
- thru the "Down" words. Hitting the "Enter" key when a word is
- highlighted will allow you to edit the clue for that word. (Valid
- keys are the standard alphanumeric keys [A-Z & 0-9] and the
- Backspace key. The arrow keys, Home, End, Insert, & Delete keys will
- not work... maybe on the next version). Hitting the Enter (or Esc)
- key again will end your editing for that clue.
-
- (S)ave - After all the work of entering a puzzle, you'll certainly
- want to save it. So pick a file name to save it under (KrozAsst will
- warn you if the filename is already in use).
-
- (Q)uit - Pretty obvious here... KrozAsst will warn you if you try to
- exit without saving the latest changes to your puzzle.
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