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- What's New with Crossword Construction Kit 98 v3.1
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- 1. Expanded puzzle dimensions to be a maximum 49 x 49.
- 2. Added additional default page layouts
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- What's New with Crossword Construction Kit 98 v3.0!
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- This is the first 32 bit version of the program.
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- We've incorporated a whole host of new features including desktop publishing
- capabilities, spell checking, thesaurus lookup, manual word addition to a
- puzzle, creating crossword web pages and more.
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- Crossword Construction Kit Features
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- ***New Features are preceded by a dash***
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- Main Window
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- Create Puzzle
- Modify Puzzle
- Copy Puzzle
- Delete Puzzle
- Set Default Crossword Header Values
- -Create Puzzle Group
- -Open Puzzle Group
- -Import Groups of Puzzles
- -Export Groups of Puzzles
- -Puzzles are now categorized
- -Edit Puzzle Shapes
- -Edit Page Layouts
- -Edit Puzzle Content
- -Change Screen Size
- -Choose Language Dictionary (English, British, Spanish, Italian, French,
- German, Dutch, Swedish)
- -Add words to Dictionaries
- -Exclude words from Dictionaries
- -change Fonts of Labels, Buttons and Input Fields through out program
- (language support)
- -Define "Word Separator Characters" that will show up in puzzle
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- Creation Window
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- Easily Enter Words and Clues
- Delete a Word & Clue
- Import Words, Clues or Words and Clues
- Multiple Creation Attempts available
- Enter Puzzle Name and Category
- Select a Puzzle Shape
- Shrink Puzzle size to better fit generated puzzle
- -Delete all Words & Clues
- -Bonus Question incorporated with Puzzle
- -Multiple Creation Attempts can be aborted
- -Exhaustive creation attempt available
- -Spell Checking of words and clues available for American, British, Spanish,
- Italian, French, German, Swedish and Dutch languages
- -50,000 Thesaurus in both American and British formats
- -Exporting Words, Clues or Words and Clues
- -Page Layout incorporated into Puzzle
- -Best four puzzle creation fits displayed with Zoom-In capabilities
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- Modifying Puzzles
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- Rename Puzzle Title
- -Rename Puzzle Category
- -Change the clues
- -Change the Puzzle Layout
- -Change the Bonus Question
- -Add additional words and clues to the puzzle manually
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- Puzzle Shapes
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- Shapes up to 30 x 30 in size
- Create unlimited Shapes
- Copy Shapes
- Edit Shapes
- Delete Shapes
- Import Shapes
- Export Shapes
- Left Mouse Click to define Puzzle Shape Block
- Right Mouse Click to fill in Puzzle Shape Blocks
- -Reverse Shape Option
- -Shift Shape Left, Right, Up or Down Options
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- Reports
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- Preview puzzle before printing
- Choose Parts to Print: Title, Puzzle, Clues, Word List, Bonus Question
- Optionally print answer key
- Export as Windows Metafile
- -Optionally print selected answers
- -Optionally print selected letters as hints
- -Override Puzzle Page Layout
- -Override Puzzle Fonts
- -Override Skeleton Puzzle
- -Override Clue Headers
- -Override Bonus Question
- -Puzzle Zooming Preview
- -Multiple Copy Print Option
- -Export as Enhanced Windows Metafile
- -Export as Windows Bitmap
- -Export as JPEG image
- -Create a Web Page in HTML
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- Page Layout/Desktop Publishing (100% New)
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- -Desktop Publishing Capabilities
- -Create unlimited Page Layouts
- -Edit Page Layouts
- -Copy Page Layouts
- -Delete Page Layouts
- -Export Page Layouts
- -Import Page Layouts
- -Set Page Layout as Puzzle Default
- -Page Zooming
- -Choose Paper Size: Letter, Legal, A4, A5, B5, Executive, Custom
- -Portrait or Landscape
- -Add Crossword Objects: Title, Puzzle, Across Heading, Down Heading, Across
- Clues, Down Clues, Word -List, Bonus Question, and/or Combined Clues
- -Add Other Objects: Text, Bitmaps, Rectangles, Circles
- -Drag and Drop Objects
- -Mouse resizing of objects
- -Change Properties of Objects:
- Size & Location: All Objects
- Send To Back: All Objects
- Bring To Front: All Objects
- Text Font (Change Size, Style, Colors, etc): All but Puzzle, Bitmap,
- Rectangle, Circle Objects
- Answer Key Font (Change Size, Style, Colors, etc): Puzzle Object
- Puzzle Numbers Font (Change Orientation, Size, Style, Colors, etc): Puzzle Object
- Text Alignment (Left, Center, Right): Down Header, Across Header, Title,
- Text and Bonus Question Objects
- Make It Fit (Auto Shrink Font) option: All but Puzzle, Bitmap, Rectangle,
- Circle Objects
- Border Option (Color & Size): All but Puzzle Object
- Color Fill: Rectangle and Circle Objects
- Specify Columns: Across Clues, Down Clues, Combined Clues and Word List
- Objects
- Skeleton Puzzle, Puzzle Block Color, Puzzle Fill Color, Puzzle Line Color,
- Puzzle Line Width: Puzzle Object
- Transparent or Opaque background: All but Puzzle, Bitmap, Rectangle,
- Circle Objects
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