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CROSSDOWN™ 6.x $59.95   |
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Crossdown is NOT a simple "word-web" compiler or "criss-cross" generator. It is
a comprehensive crossword puzzle development application for professionals or
serious amateurs. With Crossdown you can print
crosswords in a variety of styles, and export puzzles in several popular
graphic file formats for use with all word processors and desktop publishing
software. You can deploy fully interactive crosswords to websites. You can
output puzzles as Adobe PDF files for distribution among other computer
platforms, including Macintosh systems. You can also generate standalone puzzle
"player" game applications which can be run and solved on other Windows-based
computers. Crossdown also incorporates a basic solve mode so puzzle authors can
test out their own creations, or just have a little fun! Crossdown is developed
by a crossword puzzle professional for other crossword puzzle professionals or
serious amateurs. Crossdown supports all currently available versions of Windows. |
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Vista, WinXP, Win2000, WinNT,
WinME
Also works on Macs with Parallels Desktop 4.0!
Both Across-Down and grid-based clue threading.
New Import Crossword Power
word webs!
Print Preview.
Deployment of crosswords to websites. Try it!
Crossdown
Librarian.
Crossdown Cluebank.
Generate standalone "Players." Download!
Automatic (Speed) clueing.
Export to
PDF. Try it!
44-Page User's Manual in PDF
format.
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This latest version of Crossdown includes Crossdown Librarian and
Crossdown Cluebank. Librarian is a crossword puzzle database manager with which
you can group any number of crosswords into collections for quick browsing,
comparison, searching, duplicating and dozens of other uses. Crossdown Cluebank
is a database for storing crossword puzzle clues. It is fully integrated with
Crossdown, enabling you to bring up a list of clues to choose from for each
grid entry, or "automatically" clue the entire puzzle with one click of the
mouse. |
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YOU CAN GENERATE YOUR OWN WORD WEBS WITH CROSSDOWN AND * CROSSWORD POWER
Word Webs look something like unfinished Scrabble® boards. They are not true crossword puzzles. However, they are very popular as training tools, in classrooms or for promotional purposes. Because of their irregular structure and limited word count, their entries can be 100 percent tailored to a specific theme. In the example at the left, we have made a Word Web from a list of mathematical terms. Word Webs lend themselves easily to automatic puzzle generators. Crossdown is fully compatible with *Crossword Power from Wisco Computing. First use Crossword Power to generate your Word Web from a predefined word list. Export the puzzle as a text file. Then import that text file into Crossdown and you now have access to all of Crossdown's professional puzzle development features, printouts, export options and web deployment tools.
*Crossword Power is not included with Crossdown and must be purchased separately. But it is well worth it if your primary interest is Word Webs. |
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