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Picture Puzzle Users Guide
Version 1.2
Copyright 1990, 1991 by
Daniel Linton Jr.
PICTURE PUZZLE is a Shareware product. It is available through Users
Groups, Bulletin Boards, and from Friends etc. You have the
opportunity to try the program at no charge to see if it meets your
needs. If you continue to use the program after evaluation, please
complete the registration form that is on this disk (orderfrm.txt) and
send it with the registration fee of $15.00 to:
Software Creations
26 Harris St.
Clinton, MA. 01510
You can also register by calling the Software Creations BBS at (508)
365-2359 with your credit card. When you register, you will get a copy
of the very latest version of the program and another diskette filled
with different Puzzles. Your name will also be put into a database of
registered users so that I can inform you of upgrades and other new
program releases.
If you have suggestions for this program, please let me know. I can be
reached in the following places:
Daniel Linton
"Picture Puzzle"
26 Harris St.
Clinton MA. 01510
Software Creations BBS (508) 365-2359
The following (RIME) conferences
SYSOPS - SHAREWARE - GAMES
CompuServe ID: 73230,3254
Shareware will continue to exist only as long as you, the
users, support it. Show us some of the enjoyment we have
brought you - Register !
PICTURE PUZZLE Users Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
What is a Puzzle Program ................................ 3
What is Picture Puzzle ................................. 3
Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements .................. 3
Minimum Software Requirements ................... 3
Installation Registered Version ........................ 4
UnRegistered Version ................................... 4
Mouse ................................................... 4
General Information ................................... 5
Puzzle Formats .......................................... 5
PUZ Files .......................................... 5
PCX Files .......................................... 6
GIF Files .......................................... 6
SAV Files ......................................... 7
Using The Menus ........................................ 7
Loading Puzzles ....................................... 7
Saving Puzzles ......................................... 8
Resizing Puzzles ....................................... 9
Picture Recognition ................................... 9
MColors ................................................. 10
Grid Options
Grid On/Off ........................................ 10
Grid Colors ........................................ 11
Grid Crosshair Selector ............................ 11
Help Windows
Windowed Help ...................................... 12
Full Screen Help ................................... 12
Find A Tile ....................................... 12
Function Keys .......................................... 13
Sound ................................................... 13
Viewing Your Statistics ............................... 14
Command Line Options ................................... 15
Title Screen .......................................... 15
Puzzle Screen .......................................... 16
Support ............................................... 16
Special Thanks ........................................ 17
Helpful Hints .......................................... 18
Trademarks & Copyrights ................................. 19
What is a Puzzle program ?
Puzzle programs are programs that load a graphics picture up on
your computer screen and then scramble the picture for you to put back
together. Using the Mouse or the keyboard, you will have an
assortment of scrambled tiles on your screen that you must place back
into the correct place to rebuild the Picture. There are currently a
lot of programs on the market today that do this and they are all
pretty much the same in features, capabilities, and options. After
looking at some of the features that where missing from all the other
puzzle type programs I decided to create a puzzle program which had
them.
What is Picture Puzzle ?
Picture Puzzle is not just another puzzle program. Picture Puzzle
is different in many ways. Because I did not want the difficulty of
the puzzle to be dependent on how complex the picture was I thought it
would be nice to have you be able to select what size and shape puzzle
you would like. So by using the arrow keys you can adjust the number
of puzzle pieces from 4 all the way to 1400. When you build a very
large puzzle some pictures will have pieces that are identical (i.e.
Blue Sky, or Green Grass). Picture Puzzle has the ability to recognize
this and will finish the puzzle as soon as you have the picture in a
completed form, even if some of the pieces that are the same happen to
be mixed. Picture Puzzle also recognizes when you have put a piece
beside a piece it belongs next to and removes the grid between them.
This will allow you to see the picture as it is being built. There
are many many more features in Picture Puzzle so read on, and enjoy
the program !
Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
EGA or VGA Color Monitor and Card
MicroSoft Compatible Mouse & Driver
640K Memory
Minimum Software Requirements:
Puzzle.exe (Main Picture Puzzle Program)
Puzzle.doc (Documentation For Picture Puzzle)
grid.msg (Message for grid screen)
title.msg (Header for Title screen)
cover.pic (Title Screen Puzzle)
orderfrm.txt (Registration order form)
larrow.cur (Picture Puzzle Cursor)
*.puz (A least 1 Puzzle File)
Picture Puzzle will make use of EMS memory if it finds it
available. It is not required however. The recommended
QEMM driver is QuarterDecks QEMM V5.11 or greater.
Installation
Registered Version
If you have purchased the registered version of Picture
Puzzle just run the install program that comes on the
program disk.
UnRegistered Version
To install the unregistered version of Picture Puzzle
you will have a file called PPuzz12.exe. Take the foll