XWord Studio

XWord Studio is a comprehensive crossword design and production tool
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  • License:
  • Shareware
  • Price:
  • USD 30.00 | BUY the full version
  • Publisher Name:
  • Studio Soft
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.studio-soft.co.uk/xword_studio/index.shtml
  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS 8 or later
  • File Size:
  • 615 KB

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XWord Studio Description

XWord Studio is a comprehensive crossword design and production tool XWord Studio is a comprehensive crossword design and production tool. You can create crosswords from scratch, or quickly recreate them for inclusion in publications. It is not disabled at all: it's a fully working shareware program.Here are some key features of "XWord Studio":· XWord Studio creates barred grids, normal grids or 'wordsearch' puzzles· Save grids in a variety of formats, including HTML· Automatic symmetrical filling, numbering, and text entry· Produces a special clues template window so that you can type in your clues easily· Fills typical 15 X 15 grid with words in less than a second· Accurate and adjustable placement of characters in grid.Limitations:· Registration screen at startup.· Runs on Mac OS Classic only What's New in This Release: · AutoPattern · The * key will automatically generate a random grid design from a prefill pattern. It is based on 'quality' cryptic designs, as found in The Times newspaper. There will usually be two words per each alternate row or column, with no words smaller than four letters, and uses rotational symmetry order 2, regardless of the current symmetry setting. Make sure 'prefill squares' is checked when you make the new grid, and that the 'Fill' toolbar button is selected. Making a XWord has never been so quick! · Fun Fill · If you press the Command key as you click on the Autofill button for a Fun Fill, the process will repeat until all the words in the current dictionary are used, or you cancel, whichever is the sooner. · Use this for small lists where you feel it should be possible to use all the words. · General Improvements · If you get the alert "Couldn't find word in selected dictionary", or "Word already in dictionary", the previous dialog remains open for further attempts. · There is now a folder called Grids, which is the default destination when you save a grid. · A new grid will use the last selected symmetry plan, if appropriate for the shape of the new grid. Similarly, it will use the last selected autofill method, except that 'Mixed' will revert to normal, because no user dictionary could yet have been selected for it. · There is now a command-key equivalent for 'Statistics' window (I - think of 'Info'). · If the user typed words in to the grid, they used to only appear in the Clues or Solution window if they happened to exist in the dictionary. Now, they will be shown regardless (in CAPS). · The Main Dictionary has had about 300 phrases added. The user wordlists included in the 2.7 download have been checked and edited.


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