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              Games Magazine Presents Word Puzzles
Programs and Documentation (C) 1994 Villa Crespo Software, Inc.
        Certain Puzzle Content (C) 1994 B & P Publishing
                      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

               An MVP Software shareware release


Games Magazine Presents Word Puzzles is shareware.  You are free to
evaluate this software, after which you must register with MVP
Software.  When you register a shareware product that means that you
purchase the full program.  Thanks for playing Word Puzzles and for
supporting shareware.  Your honesty pays.

To order the full retail version of Word Puzzles, call 800-968-9684
toll-free 24 hours a day.  Please have your Master Card or Visa
ready when you call.  Or fill out the order form at the end of this
manual and fax it to: 616-245-3204.  Make sure your credit card
number and expiration date are legible.  Or if you prefer mail the
order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand
Rapids, MI 49507-1407.

For overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376.

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   GAMES MAGAZINE PRESENTS WORD PUZZLES RETAIL VERSION ORDER FORM

Name ______________________________________________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________

City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP _____________

Country (if outside USA) __________________________________________

Price of Games Magazine Presents Word Puzzles                $29.95
Shipping and Handling (US)                                     4.00
Shipping and Handling (Canada)                                 5.00
Shipping and Handling (all other countries)                    6.00
Michigan residents add sales tax                               2.04
                                                              -----
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Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only)

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Tech support, information, or overseas order line: 616-245-8376.

INSTALLATION
------------
If you downloaded this file from a BBS, you don't need to run
Install.  If you purchased an evaluation disk from a shareware
vendor or the story, follow these directions.  To install Word
Puzzles, place the diskette into the A drive and type A:, or into
the B drive and type B:.  When the A> or B> prompt appears on the
screen, type INSTALL.  Follow the directions to install the
software.

To begin the game type GAMES (SVGA) or GAMES16 (VGA).

PLAYING WORD PUZZLES
--------------------
NOTE: Please do not run this program from within Windows.  Exit
completely from Windows (or any other shell and/or menuing program).
Run WORD PUZZLES directly from DOS, as described below.  Running
WORD PUZZLES from within Windows may create unexpected results.

THE MAIN SCREEN
---------------
The first screen you see is the Main Screen.

To log on as a player, click the LOG ON button in the upper left
part of the screen, or press the [TAB] key.  Type your name (up to 8
characters) and press [Enter].  Logging on allows you to keep track
of each player's scores and games completed, but this is not
required.  You can log on different players during your session by
returning to the Main Screen and clicking on the LOG ON button.

Press the appropriate key for, or click the mouse on, the game you
want to play:

    [1]     CROSSWORDS
    [2]     CRYPTOGRAMS
    [3]     DOUBLE CROSSES
    [4]     QUOTE BOXES
    [5]     WORD SCRAMBLES

Press [6] to read an introduction from the editors of GAMES
Magazine.

Press [7] for general Help.  (Within each puzzle, press [F9] or
click on the GAME RULES button for instructions on how to use the
specific Puzzle Screen.)

Press [ESC] to return to DOS.

THE LIST SCREEN
---------------
After selecting the type of puzzle to play, the List Screen appears
(unless the player last exited from a partially-solved puzzle, then
WORD PUZZLES goes directly from the Main Screen to that
partially-solved puzzle).

The List Screen can be reached from any puzzle by pressing [F4]
twice quickly.

The List Screen has two main displays: List and History.

The List Display shows a list of all the available puzzles in the
category.  Use the up and down arrow keys or [F8] and [F9] to select
a puzzle.  [PgUp] moves 10 games up the list, [PgDn] moves 10 games
down the list.

The *, ?, and !  in front of each puzzle in the List Display
indicates the status of the puzzle for the player currently logged
in:

   *       =       Puzzle not yet attempted.
   ?       =       Partially-solved puzzle.
   !       =       Completed puzzle.

The History Display shows the 10 fastest solving times for the
currently selected puzzle.

THE LIST SCREEN KEYS
--------------------
[F1], [F2], and [F3] have no effect.  The Time and Date are
displayed next to [F1]; Puzzle # in Play is displayed next to [F2];
and Type of Puzzle is displayed next to [F3].

[F4]  Next Game      Highlights the next puzzle.
[F5]  Clear Game     Press once to erase any record of the highlighted
                     puzzle having been solved or partially solved.
                     (It is reset to *.)
                     Press twice quickly to reset all puzzles to *.
[F6]  Any            Highlights a puzzle at random.  (Press [Enter] to
                     go to the highlighted puzzle.)
[F7]  Clear History  Press once to erase all solving times for the
                     selected puzzle.
                     Press twice quickly to erase history for all puzzles.
[F8]  *              Highlights next puzzle down.
[F9]  *              Highlights previous puzzle up.
[F10] Exit           Press once to go to the highlighted puzzle.
                     Press twice quickly to exit WORD GAMES and return
                     to DOS.  The current puzzle, if any, is
                     automatically saved.
[Enter]/mouse click  Selects highlighted puzzle for play and goes to it.

THE PUZZLE SCREENS
------------------
The top and bottom portion of every Puzzle Screen is similar.  The
keys and boxes serve the following purposes:

[F1]    Sets the alarm clock.  Enter the time you want it to go off
        (e.g., 07:05:30).  Press [Enter] when the time is set.
        After the alarm goes off, the date will again be shown.

[F2]    Toggles Puzzle Title, Standard Solving Time, and Best Solving
        Time.  (Best Solving Time is available only if history for
        the puzzle exists.)

[F3]    Starts Puzzle Timer.  Use the timer if the player wants to
        compete for best time.  Timer starts as soon as any letter
        is entered into the puzzle.  You must use the timer to be
        added to the Top 10 in the History Display.

[F4]    New Game -- Press once to start a new puzzle.  Press twice
        quickly to go to the List Screen.

[F5]    Solve -- Use carefully-the fun is in solving the puzzles
        yourself!  Press once to solve a single letter at the
        cursor.  Press twice quickly to solve entire puzzle.

[F6]    Erase -- Press once to erase a single letter at the cursor.
        Press twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle (except in
        Word Scrambles, where previously solved words are not
        erased).

[F7]    Toggles No Move, Step Move, and IntelliMove On.  This
        determines what the cursor does after entering a letter: No
        Move-cursor does not move automatically.  Step Move-cursor
        moves to next entry space.  IntelliMove On- cursor moves to
        next open space.

[F8]    Toggles No Sound, Sound FX, and Musical Themes.  This toggles
        between no sound and key beeps for most computers.  If you
        have a Sound Blaster or compatible sound card, any of 3
        musical themes also may be selected.

[F9]    Game Rules -- Displays the rules and instructions for each
        puzzle type, the List Screen, and these Special Keys.

[F10]   Exit -- Press once to exit to the Main Screen.  Press twice
        quickly to exit to exit WORD GAMES and return to DOS.  The
        current puzzle is automatically saved each time you exit it.

Alphabet Keys   Click on a letter (or type it) to enter it in the
                square or position where the cursor is located.

CROSSWORDS
----------
Fill in the answers to the crossword clues at their appropriate
number, one square at a time, so that the across and down words
interlock.

To solve, click on a square or use the arrow keys to move the cursor
to a square.  The across and down clues for that space will move to
the top of the clues lists.  Type the correct letter, click its
Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key.  To undo an entry, press the
Erase key once to erase a single letter at the cursor, twice quickly
to erase the entire puzzle.

Use the [TAB] key, or click on the "ACROSS" or "DOWN" buttons in the
clues list, to switch between across and down.  (The arrow buttons
next to "ACROSS" and "DOWN" will shift the clues up and down if you
want to look at clues without moving the cursor.)

With Step Move or IntelliMove On set (toggle [F7]), the cursor
becomes an arrow to indicate whether the move will be across or
down.

CRYPTOGRAMS
-----------
Each message has been translated into a simple substitution ciphe;
that is, each letter is represented by a different letter.
Substitutions are consistent throughout any one cipher, but change
from one cipher to the next.

To solve, click on the square you want to fill, or use the arrow
keys to move the flashing box over it.  Type the correct letter,
click its Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key.  The letter will now
appear over every occurrence of its ciphertext counterpart.  To undo
an entry, press the Erase key once to erase a single letter at the
cursor, twice quickly to erase the entire puzzle.

DOUBLE CROSSES
--------------
Answer the clues for words to be entered on the numbered spaces next
to the clue.  The cursor location blinks.

To solve, type the correct letter, click its Alphabet Key, or press
the Solve key.  To undo an entry, press the Erase key once to erase
a single letter at the cursor, twice quickly to erase the entire
puzzle.  Whenever you fill in a letter, that letter will also appear
in a corresponding space in the quote grid above, eventually
spelling a quotation reading from left to right.  Black squares
separate words in the quotation.

You can also enter letters directly in the grid.  The cursor
location blinks.  Whenever you fill in a letter, that letter will
also appear on a numbered space in the word list below the grid.  As
you move the cursor from space to space in the grid, the
corresponding clue will be highlighted in the clue list.

Work back and forth, using the [TAB] key to switch between grid and
clue list, to complete the puzzle.  The up and down arrows in the
lower right portion of the screen move the cursor up or down one
space in the grid or one clue in the clue list.

When you're done, the initial letters of the words in the word list
will spell the author's name.

QUOTE BOXES
-----------
Raise the letters from each vertical column (not necessarily in the
order in which they appear) into the empty squares above them to
spell a quotation reading from left to right, top to bottom.  Black
or darker squares indicate ends of words.  A word not stopped at the
end of one line is continued on the next.

To solve, click on the square you want to fill in, or use the arrow
keys to move the flashing cursor over it.  Type the correct letter,
click its Alphabet Key, or press the Solve key.  The selected letter
is removed from the column below the entry.  To undo an entry, press
the Erase key once to erase a single letter at the cursor, twice
quickly to erase the entire puzzle.

WORD SCRAMBLES
--------------
Hidden in each diagram are 10 words fitting the CATEGORY displayed
next to the [F2] key at the top left of the screen.  Starting with
any letter you believe is the first letter of a scrambled word, you
may move to any adjacent square, horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally.

To solve, select letters by clicking on them with the mouse or using
the arrow keys to highlight a letter and pressing [Enter].  To undo
an entry, press the Erase key once to erase the last letter in the
string and continue erasing one letter at a time backward toward the
first letter.  Press the Erase key twice quickly to erase the entire
word at once.

As you select letters, they will appear in the ovals along the
bottom of the screen.  Once you have completed a word, it moves onto
the Found Word List to the right of the grid, and the Alphabet Keys
display is cleared.  (Note: Once a word has been added to the Found
Word List, it cannot be erased.  You must reset the puzzle from the
List Screen to clear the Found Word List.)

You may use a letter more than once in a word (such as GEORGIA), and
you may stand on a space and repeat the letter to spell words with
double letters (such as MISSOURI).  Words to be found are listed in
alphabetical order.

WORD PUZZLES PRODUCTION CREDITS
-------------------------------
Concept & Design                    Villa Crespo Software
Programming                         Michael Hausman
Puzzle Development & Selection      Lou Kesten
Program Graphics                    Gabi Ladowski
Music                               Dan Froelich, David Bredesen
Program Testing                     Reva Schneider, Brenda Andrews
Documentation                       Lou Kesten
Shareware distribution              MVP Software