                CROSSWORLD DEMO GUIDE

If you like answering and creating your own crossword
puzzles, then you will love CROSSWORLD.

CROSSWORLD has 365 LOS ANGELES TIMES puzzles specially
edited for computer and a one-of-a-kind computerized
dictionary which will help you solve them.

CROSSWORLD's unique dictionary also enables you to design,
create and print your own publishable crossword puzzles, in
a fraction of the time it would take to do by hand.

This DEMO version of CROSSWORLD is fully functional and 
contains 2 of the 365 puzzles contained in the retail version.
The DEMO version will not, however, allow you to save or print
user-created puzzles.

So sharpen your skills (your pencil is no longer necessary!)
and enjoy the fun of solving crossword puzzles on computer.


Running CROSSWORLD
To run CROSSWORLD, change to the directory where CROSSWORLD
was installed and type CROSS:
e.g.
          E:\> CD \CROSS
          E:\CROSS\> CROSS

CROSSWORLD automatically loads the most recently saved
puzzle.
(The first time you run CROSSWORLD,  LA Times Monday Puzzle
#1 is loaded by default)

The CROSSWORLD screen
The CROSSWORLD screen has the following features:
Menu Icons, Clock, Dictionary Icons, Puzzle Grid, Message
Area, Direction Indicator, Clue Selection Box, Word Search
List, Credits Area

Menu Icons
At the top of the screen are the seven Menu Icons:
Load - Retrieve an  LA Times  or  user-created puzzle from
disk.
Save - Save the current puzzle to disk.
New  - Create your own puzzle.
Clues - Enter clues for a user-created puzzle.
Print - Print out the current puzzle on paper.
Tools - Adjust Hint and Sound settings.
Quit - Exit CROSSWORLD.

To access a menu icon:
Mouse     : Move the mouse pointer to the menu icon. Click
the left mouse button.
Keyboard: Hold down the [ALT] key and press the first letter
on the menu icon.
         e.g.  Press [ALT] - L, to load a new puzzle.

Clock
Next to the menu icons is the Clock. The Clock automatically
starts when a puzzle is loaded and stops automatically when
a puzzle is completed.

To manually stop or restart the Clock:
Mouse     : Move the mouse pointer to the Clock. Click the
left mouse button.
Keyboard: Press [ALT] - C

Dictionary Icons
At the top right of the screen are the three Dictionary
Icons. The Dictionary icons activate the on-line dictionary
to assist you in solving the puzzle.

To access a dictionary icon:
Mouse     : Move the mouse pointer to the dictionary icon.
Click the left mouse button.
Keyboard: Press   [F1] for Best Search
          [F2] for All Search
          [F3] for Anagram Search

(Note: Search speed is dependent on the speed of the
computer's processor and disk).

Best - Find BEST is a 2-dimensional search of the currently
highlighted location on the puzzle grid.
Words found fit the pattern of the search location as well
as all words crossing it. See tutorial for example.

All - Find ALL is a 1-dimensional search of the currently
highlighted location on the puzzle grid.
Words found fit the pattern of the search location.
Adjoining words are not considered.

Anagram - The Anagram feature allows you to
1. Unscramble a group of letters.
e.g.  TSPO will unscramble to OPTS,POTS,POST,SPOT,STOP,TOPS.
                         or
2. Search for all words which fit a word pattern of your
choice. Search patterns are specified using question marks.
e.g. To find all 7 letter words that have E as the second
letter and D as the fourth letter, type in: ?E?D???

Puzzle Grid
The Puzzle Grid is below the menu icons.
The current word location is highlighted in light blue.
The current letter location is highlighted with a red
circle.

To move the highlight bar:
Mouse     :  Move the mouse pointer to any white square.
Click the left mouse button.
Keyboard:  Use the Up, Down, Left or Right arrow key to move
one space at a time.
          Press [ENTER] or [PGDN] to move to the next word.
          Press [PGUP] to move to the previous word.

To change Direction:
Mouse     :  Move the mouse pointer to any white square.
Click the left mouse button once to select the
square.  Click the left button again to change direction.
Keyboard:  Press [ALT] - A to change to ACROSS direction
                     Press [ALT] - D to change to DOWN
direction

To enter a solution:
Use the Keyboard to type in your solution.

To delete a letter:
Press the [DEL] key or [BACKSPACE] key.

To delete a word:
Press the [F6] key.

Message Area
The Message Area is located below the Dictionary Icons.
The Message Area displays both the Across Clue and Down Clue
for the current letter location (highlighted with a red
circle). The clue for the current direction is highlighted
in light blue.

Direction Indicator
The Direction Indicator, located below the Message Area,
contains the words: ACROSS clue DOWN clue.
The current direction is highlighted with a dark blue frame.

To change Direction using the Direction Indicator:
Move the mouse pointer to  ACROSS or DOWN and click the left
mouse button.

Clue Selection Box
The Clue Selection Box is located below the Direction
Indicator.
The Clue Selection Box  is a scrolling box that contains the
clues for the current direction.

To scroll through the clues:
Mouse     :  Click  the scrolling arrows or drag the scroll
box, on the left side of the Selection box.
Keyboard:  Press [PGUP]  to scroll up.
                     Press [PGDN] or [ENTER] to scroll down.

To select a clue:
Mouse     :  Move the mouse pointer to the clue in the
selection box and click the left mouse button.
Keyboard:  Press [/] (forward slash key). Enter the clue
number and direction .
          e.g. type in /24D to select the clue for 24 Down.

Word Search List
When a Dictionary Icon  (BEST, ALL or ANAGRAM) is activated,
the Clue Selection Box is replaced by the Word Search List.
The Word Search List is a forward-only scrolling box that
contains the words found in the search.

To view words beginning with a specific letter
The Word Search List automatically begins with the letter
"A" and continues alphabetically. If you wish to view the
word list beginning with another letter:
Mouse      : Click the NEXT icon to advance one letter at a
time.
Keyboard:  Press a letter to jump to those words beginning
with that letter.

To page through the word list:
Mouse     :  Click  the MORE icon.
Keyboard:  Press [ALT] - M.

To select a word from the word search list:
Mouse     :  Move the mouse pointer to the word you wish to
select. Double click the left mouse button,
         or click once on the word to highlight it and then
click the OK icon.
Keyboard:  Use the down arrow key to highlight the word and
press [ENTER].

To exit without selecting a word:
Mouse     :  Click the EXIT icon.
Keyboard:  Press [ESC].

Credits Area  The Credits Area is located at the bottom
right corner of the screen and displays the title and
filename of the current puzzle.



SOLVING A LOS ANGELES TIMES PUZZLE
When you run CROSSWORLD for the first  time, Monday Puzzle#1
is automatically loaded on screen, and is ready for solving.
The clock is off  and running and so are you!

Screen Display
The screen displays the following:
   On the Puzzle Grid, 1 Across is highlighted with a bar
   and the first letter in the bar is highlighted with a
   red circle.
   The Message Area displays the clue  "WAS CONCERNED" for
   1 Across, and the crossing clue "MALE SWANS" for 1 Down.
   The Direction Indicator has  a frame around the word
   "ACROSS"
   The Selection Box contains the across clues.

Changing Directions
1. Press [ALT] - D, or click the red circle with the left
mouse button, and the Highlight Bar, Direction Indicator and
Selection Box all change to the DOWN direction.

2. Press [ALT] - A, or click the red circle again, and
everything will switch back to ACROSS.

Moving Around the Puzzle Grid
3. Use the right, left, up and down arrow keys to move
around the Puzzle Grid. Notice that the arrow keys can move
the highlighted circle as well as the Highlight Bar.

4. Move back to the first square in 1 Across by using the
Quick Position feature:
     a. Press the forward slash key:   /
     b. In the pop-up box, type in:     1A
     c. Press [ENTER]

Getting Hints
Let's pretend that the answer to 1 ACROSS is "DOTED". Use
the keyboard to type it in.
Whoops! What's going on here? Why is the computer beeping
and crossing out some of the letters?
When CROSSWORLD is run for the first time, the Hint Features
are active. The following Hint Features are enabled/disabled
by accessing the TOOLS icon:

   "Acknowledge when Word is correct" feature, recognizes
   correct solutions by responding with a bugle sound,
   displaying "CORRECT" in the Message Area, and checking
   off the clue in the Selection Box.. When the puzzle is
   successfully completed, the Clock will stop and you will
   be rewarded with the victory song.
   "Acknowledge when Letter is incorrect" feature,
   identifies wrong letters by crossing them out,
   accompanied by a beep. It also prevents correct letters
   from being overwritten.
   "Acknowledge with Sound" feature, enables/disables the
   bugle and beep sounds.
   "Divulge Current Letter" feature ( [F4] key),  reveals a
   single letter at the current location.
   "Divulge Current Word"  feature ( [F5] key ), reveals
   the entire word at the current location

5. Press the left arrow key to move back to the letter E.
6. Press the [BackSpace] key to erase the incorrect letters
 (D,O & T) and move back to the beginning of the
 word.
7. Press the [F4] key. The letter "C" will be revealed as
the correct letter for this square.
Accessing the Dictionary
You can also obtain a hint by accessing CROSSWORLD's unique
built-in dictionary.
Possible solutions are revealed by the dictionary, but you
must decide which one is correct.

For example, 1 Across should contain the following word
pattern:  C _ _ ED.

8. Press the [F1] key or click on the BEST icon.
The Clue Selection Box is replaced by the BEST Word Search
list, and the following possible solutions are displayed:
CAGED
          CAKED
          CANED
          CAPED
          CARED
          CASED
          etc... (20 in all)

The clue for 1 Across is  "WAS CONCERNED". The correct
answer is "CARED".
9. Arrow down to highlight it and press [ENTER], or double-
click it with the mouse, to pop it on to the Puzzle Grid.

Saving the Puzzle
10. To save your solutions to the puzzle, press [ALT]-S or
click the SAVE icon. The Message Area will confirm that the
puzzle is saved. If you exit from CROSSWORLD and then
restart the program, the last puzzle saved is automatically
loaded from the disk, to conveniently allow you to continue
from where you left off.

Printing the Puzzle
11. To print out the puzzle on paper, press [ALT]-P or click
the PRINT icon. The "Print a Puzzle" option screen  pops up.
If you don't make changes to the default settings,
CROSSWORLD will print a copy of the puzzle grid, clues and
your answers to a Dot Matrix printer.

To the left of each option is a check box. If there is a
mark in the check box, the option is active. To
select/deselect an option, press [ALT] and the underlined
letter of the option, or click the option with the mouse.
For example, to print to a Laser printer, press [ALT] - L.

12. When you chosen the settings, press [ENTER] or click the
OK button.
While printing, the screen temporarily goes blank and then
returns to the puzzle.
These printer settings will be saved for the next time you
request a printout.

Loading a New Puzzle
13. If you wish to load a new puzzle, press [ALT]-L or click
the LOAD icon. The "Load a Puzzle from Disk" screen pops up.

The 365 Los Angeles Times puzzles are grouped by day of the
week.
Monday through Saturday puzzles are 15x15 squares in size
and the Sunday puzzles are 21x21. In general, puzzles tend
to get harder toward the end of the week.

To select a puzzle, choose a day of the week by  pressing
[ALT] and the underlined letter of the day, or by clicking
the day button.
14. For example, to list the SUNDAY puzzles, press [ALT] -
U, or click the SUN day button.

To scroll through the list, use the up or down arrow keys.
If you have a mouse, click on the arrows or drag the scroll
box, on the side of the list box.
Information about the highlighted puzzle (Title, Percent
Completed, Clock, etc..), is shown above the list box.

15. To select the highlighted puzzle, press [ENTER] or click
OK.
The puzzle will be loaded and play commences.

Quitting CROSSWORLD
16. To quit CROSSWORLD, press [ALT] - Q or click the QUIT
icon.
The "Quit Program" box will then appear to confirm that you
want to quit.
If you want to quit, press [ENTER] or click the OK button.
If you don't want to quit, press [ESC] or click the [CANCEL]
button.

Tutorial for First Time Creators
CROSSWORLD uniquely enables you to design and create
professional quality crossword puzzles in a fraction of  the
time. Once completed, these puzzles can be printed out in a
professional manner, copy ready and suitable for
publication.

******************** ATTENTION DEMO VERSION *****************
WARNING - THIS DEMO VERSION OF CROSSWORLD WILL ALLOW YOU TO
CREATE YOUR OWN PUZZLE, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO SAVE IT ON 
DISK, OR PRINT IT OUT.
*************************************************************

The steps to creating a professional crossword puzzle of
your own design are:
   Selecting the puzzle size and symmetry
   Designing the grid pattern
   Searching dictionary for crosswords
   Clue entry
   Saving & Printing

CREATING A PROFESSIONAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Before following this tutorial, you should be familiar with
the normal operation of CROSSWORLD as explained in the
Tutorial for First time Users.

Beginning a New Puzzle
1. To create a puzzle of your own design, press [ALT] - N or
click the NEW icon.
The "Create Your Own Puzzle" screen appears.

You have the choice of creating Symmetric or Non-Symmetric
type puzzles.

Symmetric puzzles are by definition, square puzzles whose
grid designs are mirrored across the diagonal.
(Rectangular shaped puzzles , puzzles with an even number of
rows or columns, or puzzles with unusual shaped grid
patterns, can be designed by selecting the Non-Symmetric
option).

Selecting Puzzle Size
By default the Symmetric 15x15 puzzle size is highlighted.
2. For the purpose of this tutorial, press the UP arrow, or
use the mouse,  to highlight the 5x5 puzzle size.

3. Press [ENTER] or click the OK button to begin the design
process.
A blank grid appears along with the BLOCK, NUMBER and OK
icons to its right.
(If you wish to terminate the design process, press the
[ESC] key)

Grid Design
The square on the top left corner is highlighted with a
thick frame.
4. Use the right, left, up and down arrow keys to move the
highlighted square around the puzzle grid.
5. To block/unblock a highlighted square:
          Press [ALT] - B
     or   Click on the square with the mouse
     or   Click the BLOCK icon

Mouse Tip: If you are using a mouse, it is possible to
block/unblock a group of squares by holding down the left
mouse button and dragging the mouse across the squares
before releasing it
The color of the first square clicked on, determines the
subsequent color or the group.

6. Unblock any squares that are black.
7. Move back to the first square in the top-left corner and
block it.
Notice that a symmetric block appears in the opposite
corner.

8. Move to the square in the top-right corner and block it.
All 4 corners of the grid should now be blocked.
Numbering the Puzzle
9. To number the grid, press [ALT] - N or click the NUM
icon.
If you have followed the steps properly, the grid should
appear as follows:



If not, repeat steps 6 to 9.

10. When the grid is correct, press [ALT] - O or click the
OK key, to return to the solving screen layout.
(Warning! Once a grid pattern is okayed it cannot be re
modified).

Searching the Dictionary for crosswords
One technique to creating a crossword puzzle is to enter
those words you wish to include in the puzzle and then
access the dictionary to fill in the rest.

11. To start off:  In 2 DOWN, enter the word "CROSS"
12. In 4 ACROSS, enter the word "WORLD"
13. Go to 6 ACROSS. Press [F1] or click the BEST icon.

14. When the search is complete, press the letter  "E", to
see the list of E words.
 Select the word "EMOTE", by scrolling down and pressing
[ENTER] or OK, or by double-clicking on the word.

15. Go to 7 ACROSS. Press [F1] or click the BEST icon.

16. When the search is complete, press the letter  "B", to
see the list of B words.  Select the word "BASES"

17. Go to 1 DOWN. Press [F1] or click the BEST icon.

18. When the search is complete,  select the word "ROMAN".

19. Go to 3 DOWN. Press [F1] or click the BEST icon.

20. When the search is complete, select the word "ALTER"
(the only word in the list).
The puzzle should now appear as follows:



Entering Clues
21. To enter clues for the puzzle, press [ALT]-C  or click
the CLUE icon.

The Message Area is replaced with the Clue Entry Area.
Clues can be two lines, with up to 20 characters per line.

When Clue Entry is activated, the arrow keys change function
and instead of moving the Highlight Bar in the Puzzle Grid
they move the Highlight Box in the Clue Entry Area.
Letters typed from the keyboard will go to the clues instead
of to the puzzle.
 It is still possible to move around the puzzle grid with
the [ENTER], [PGUP], [PGDN] keys or by using the mouse.

22. Go to 1 Across. For RCA, enter the clue by typing Radio
Corp.
If you make a typing mistake, use the [DEL] or [BACKSPACE]
key to correct it.

23. Press [ENTER] to move to the next Across clue and for
WORLD type Planet.

24. Continue in this fashion for the other Across Clues:
     For EMOTE, enter the clue: To play act
     For BASES, enter the clue: Acids counterpart
     For NSR ,     enter the clue: Natl. Scientific Reg.

25. Press [ALT] - D to switch to the Down  direction, or
click on 1 Down with the mouse.

     For ROMAN, enter the clue: Caesar's Empire
     For CROSS,  enter the clue: Angry
     For ALTER,   enter the clue: Type of Ego
     For WEB,       enter the clue: Fly's bane
     For DES,         enter the clue: - - - Moines, Iowa

26. To exit from Clue Entry, press [ESC] or click the CLUE
icon.
Saving the Puzzle
27. To save your crossword puzzle, press [ALT]-S or click
the SAVE icon.
The "Save a Puzzle" screen will appear. This screen is used
to save and title your puzzle.
Puzzles that you create are saved in a directory called
"USER".

28. For Save As, enter the DOS file name: MYPUZ#1
Puzzles are saved by the days of the week, in a similar
fashion to the LA Times puzzles.
The day of the week, to which the puzzle is saved, is
determined by the first letter of the file name.

29. For Title, enter: My first puzzle
The message area will confirm that the puzzle is saved and
the title will appear in the Credits Area.

Printing the Puzzle
30. To print out the puzzle on paper, press [ALT]-P or click
the PRINT icon.
The "Print a Puzzle" screen appears.

31. Select the following print options:
          Puzzle Grid & Clues
          Solution Grid

32. When the settings are correct, press [ENTER] or click
the OK button.
While printing, the screen temporarily goes blank and then
returns to the puzzle.
These printer settings will be saved for the next time you
request a printout.

Loading in Your Puzzle
All the puzzles you create, are automatically stored in the
USER directory.
33. To load in one of your puzzles, press [ALT]-L or click
the LOAD icon.
The "Load a Puzzle From Disk" screen appears.

34. To switch to the USER directory:
Mouse: Click USER with the left mouse button.
Keyboard: Press [ALT] - D. Press the DOWN ARROW key to
highlight USER.
Press [ENTER] to select it.

The puzzles stored under Monday are automatically displayed.

35. To select a puzzle, choose a day of the week by
pressing [ALT] and the underlined letter of the day, or by
clicking the day button.
Select the puzzle you wish to load.

Quitting CROSSWORLD
36. To quit CROSSWORLD, press [ALT] - Q or click the QUIT
icon.
If you have not saved the changes to the puzzle currently on
the screen, a Warning Box will prompt you to do so.
The "Quit Program" box will then appear to confirm that you
want to quit.
If you want to quit, press [ENTER] or click the OK button.
If you don't want to quit, press [ESC] or click the [CANCEL]
button.

