Crossword Weaver - Product Info

Crossword Weaver is fully automated crossword puzzle construction software. It is easy to use. It takes takes your words and makes crossword puzzles out of them. It makes two styles of Crossword puzzles: the free-form puzzles that are popular with educators, and the symmetrical style you see in newspapers. The hard work of making the puzzle is completely handled by the computer.

Does it use only my words?

If you make a Freeform puzzle, it will use all of your words and only your words.

If you make a newspaper-style puzzle, it will mix some of your words with its high quality crossword puzzle database to create your puzzle.

How challenging are the puzzles to solve?

The difficulty of the Freeform puzzles depends solely on which words you use and how easy you make your clues.

For newspaper-style puzzles, even those people that find normal newspaper crossword puzzles too difficult will love the puzzles you make with Crossword Weaver.

How many of my words can I expect to get in a puzzle?

For Freeform puzzle you can use as many as you want. The grid can have a pattern size of 51x51 which will hold over 200 words in a puzzle. A more normal puzzle, (around 23x23 for the free form style) would have about 30 words, depending on your word length.

The English language does put limitations on the number of theme words that can be placed in newspaper-style puzzle. The more words you put in a theme word list and the bigger your puzzle is the more of your words will fit in your puzzles. For a 15x15 crossword puzzle you can expect to get around 30 theme words in if you have about 400 words in your theme word list, or it can place 7-9 theme words from a word list of 20 words, assuming you use fairly short words.

Do I have to write my own clues?

For free-form puzzles, some of your words may have clues if your words are in the program's dictionary, but more likely you will want to write your own clues.

For newspaper-style puzzles, a clue will be assigned for almost every word in your puzzle. You can keep the clues you like, select among alternates provided by the software or write your own.

Can I export the puzzles I make to other programs?

Yes you can. You can export to almost any Windows program, including Microsoft^® Publisher and all Windows^® versions of WordPerfect^®. It uses "metafiles" which are resizable and work well with most Windows programs.

Do I have to draw my own patterns?

No. Free-form puzzles don't have patterns.

No. A pattern that is appropriate for your words will be automatically chosen for you or you can draw your own pattern if you wish. There are many tools to aid you in puzzle design if you want to draw your own.

What operating system does it run on?

Windows 95,98, NT, 2000, ME, and XP. It does not run on a Mac, but does run on SoftWindows. If you have a Mac, click here to learn more.

Can I put medical or scientific terms into crossword puzzles?

Yes. You can use any word you want as long as they use the Roman alphabet (the normal English alphabet) and have no symbols or numbers. The program will also use most special characters like numbers and symbols.

Does Crossword Weaver support foreign languages?

Yes as long as you use the Roman alphabet. You can make a theme word list of foreign words, and it will construct a puzzle for you using only those words. You can also write your clues in any language you want.

Your theme words can be in any language you want as long as it uses the Roman alphabet. The program only has an English dictionary, and so the filler words will be in English. You can write your clues in any language you wish.

How long can the clues be?

As long as you want. They can be an entire paragraph if you need it to be.

How long does it take to construct a puzzle?

It is very fast. It is optimized for creating puzzles very quickly. Most puzzles are done in a few seconds.

I am having a hard time downloading. What do I do?

Click here for detailed instructions on how to download. If you are unable to download we can sent the demo to you as an email attachment.

Do I need to be on-line for Crossword Weaver to work?

No. Crossword Weaver runs solely on your computer. Once it is installed, you nolonger need to be on the internet.

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