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- CROSSWORD COMPILER for WINDOWS v 2
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- (C) Antony Lewis 1994
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- Program Features:
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- -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.
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- -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.
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- -Automatic grid filling for British style crosswords to fill in blank
- crosswords, or to try to find a fit round existing letters.
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- -Support for grids with non-rectangular outlines.
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- -Multi-word anagram finder to help writing cryptic clues.
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- -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.
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- -Automatic symmetry to produce S-Symmetric puzzles, and a
- double symmetry feature to produce even more symmetric
- puzzles.
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- -Word wrapping clue editor. Facility to write joint clues for
- several words and correctly format the clues when printed.
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- -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.
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- -Clue review facitity to review the clues with answers in a
- scrollable lists, with pop up clue editor.
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- -Puzzle flipping to flip puzzles to their mirror image -
- some puzzles look better one way round than the other.
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- -Printout of puzzle,solution, clues and clues with answers. Clues
- printed word wrapped in two columns with number and length of answer.
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- -Customisable square sizes, start-up defaults, page setup, fonts
- size ratios and more.
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- -Information box showing number of words, number of unwritten clues
- etc.
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- -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.
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- -Extensive context sensitive help and toolbar.
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- Registered version:
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- -Facility to add and remove words from word lists, and to make
- new word lists
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- -Words and compound words between 3 and 20 letters for word finding,
- Anagrams and automatic grid filling.
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- Optional extras:
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- -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.
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- System requirement:
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- -Microsoft Windows v 3.1
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