M00This screen is your "guidance system" for CWC.  From here you can
M00select one of the puzzle functions and begin working in that section.
M00
M00
M00DESIGN PUZZLE    - create or modify a puzzle and its word clues
M00SOLVE PUZZLE     - work on a solution to an existing puzzle
M00LOAD/SAVE PUZZLE - load and save puzzle designs and solutions to disk
M00UTILITIES        - print puzzles, set CWC control settings
M00
M00
M00To begin a section, select one of the puzzle functions by moving the
M00menu bar with the ARROW KEYS and pressing RETURN, or simply press the
M00key that corresponds with the FIRST LETTER of the function's name.
M00
M00
M00Pressing ESC from this screen will end CWC and return you to DOS.
D00This screen is where you design your puzzles.  You can create new
D00puzzles from scratch, or modify existing ones that you have loaded
D00from disk.  There is no "correct" way to start designing a puzzle, but
D00essentially you have two tasks to complete: drawing a picture of the
D00completed puzzle, and defining a clue for each word in the puzzle.
D00
D00Once you have typed a word into the puzzle, you can define its clue by
D00placing the cursor on any letter in the word, and pressing F3 for an
D00ACROSS clue, or F4 for a DOWN clue.  F5 and F6 can be used to jump
D00quickly from word to word in the puzzle, and F7 will give you a
D00complete list of all the currently defined clues.
D00
D00The PLUS KEY ("+") is a useful aid here; it toggles the typing
D00direction between ACROSS and DOWN.  This makes it easy to type words
D00in either direction without fussing with the ARROW KEYS.  Try it out.
D00
D00The UNDERLINE KEY (Shift hyphen) types a "pseudo letter"; a place
D00holder for a "real" letter.  If you have a favorite layout for a
D00crossword puzzle, you can create a reuseable pattern or "template" by
D00typing only pseudo letters.
D00
D00
D00Beneath the puzzle area are several "status indicators" that provide 
D00information about the current puzzle:
D00
D00PUZ: - displays the name of the current puzzle
D00
D00DIR: - displays the current typing direction
D00
D00CLU: - shows the number of word clues defined for the puzzle
D00
D00LET: - shows the number of letters in a word (displayed only when the
D00                                              word's clue is defined)
D00                                     
D00CURSOR POSITION: displays the current ROW and COLUMN         
D00                 position of the cursor in the puzzle
S00This screen is where you work on a solution to an existing puzzle,
S00just like solving a traditional crossword.  To display the clue for a
S00word in the puzzle, place the cursor on any letter in the word and
S00press F3 for an ACROSS clue, or F4 for a DOWN clue.  F5 and F6 allow
S00you to jump quickly from word to word in the puzzle.
S00
S00As you display clues, the typing direction is automatically toggled
S00for you, so you can type letters into the puzzle at any time.  When
S00you have supplied a letter for every space in the puzzle, check your
S00answers by pressing F7.  If your solution does not match the original
S00design, CWC will cause the incorrect letters to blink.
S00
S00Remember that you must first LOAD a puzzle before you can work on its
S00solution.  And note also that you can SAVE and LOAD solutions
S00independently of puzzles.  This allows you to save an incomplete
S00solution so you can work on it later, or even keep multiple solutions
S00(with different names, of course) for the same puzzle.
S00
S00Have fun.  (no cheating, now...)
L00This screen is another menu that allows you to load and save your
L00puzzles and solutions to disk.  Again, select the function you wish to
L00begin just as you did on the MAIN MENU.
L00
L00CWC will prompt you for a puzzle name.  The name you supply will be
L00the primary part of the disk file name.  Do not supply a file name
L00extension; CWC will append ".PUZ" and ".CLU" to puzzle designs and
L00clues, and ".SOL" to puzzle solutions.
L00
L00CWC may pre-fill the puzzle name prompt for you.  If that name is
L00satisfactory, merely press RETURN to accept it.  If you want to change
L00the proposed name, you can do that by first backspacing, and then
L00retyping.  Always press RETURN to signal the end of your input.
L00
L00If you change your mind about loading or saving a puzzle, simply
L00press ESC in response to the prompt and you will be returned to the
L00MAIN MENU.  CWC will let you know when your puzzle design or solution
L00has been successfully loaded or saved.
U00This screen is another menu from which you can print puzzles, or
U00modify CWC's control settings.  Select the function you wish to
U00begin just as you did on the MAIN MENU.
U00
U00Select the PRINT PUZZLE function to produce printouts of the current
U00puzzle.  Or, move into the CONTROL section to change CWC's default
U00settings.
U00
U00This menu will probably grow as new capabilities are added to CWC.
P00This screen allows you to print your crossword puzzle designs in the
P00traditional format, complete with numbered squares and an indexed     
P00clue list.  You can even print the answer sheet.  Press F3 to print
P00the current puzzle, or F4 to print the answers.
P00
P00If you need to cancel a print routine after it has begun, press ESC.
P00CWC will stop generating output and return you to the UTILITIES menu.
C00This screen lets you change the settings that control CWC's
C00input/output functions.  These settings can also be supplied from
C00the DOS command line, but if you need to change them from inside the
C00program, this is where you do it.
C00
C00The DEFAULT DIRECTORY is the path name that CWC will prefix to       
C00puzzle file names when they are loaded or saved to disk.  If you 
C00leave this path name blank, puzzles will be loaded and saved to the     
C00the current DOS directory.  If your puzzles are stored in a different
C00directory, supply that path name in response to the prompt.
C00
C00The default setting for DEFAULT DIRECTORY is -blank-.
C00
C00
C00For PRINTER PORT, indicate whether your printer is connected to
C00LPT1: or LPT2:.
C00
C00The default setting for PRINTER PORT is LPT1:.  
C00
C00
C00For PRINTER TYPE, indicate whether your printer supports Epson 
C00control codes, or IBM control codes.  Printers that do not support
C00either of these standards will probably produce garbled output.
C00Note also, that the puzzles should be printed on a dot-matrix or 
C00laser printer to get the best results.
C00
C00The default setting for PRINTER TYPE is IBM.
C00
C00
C00COLOR DISPLAY determines how CWC will use color on the screen.  If you
C00are using a color monitor, select "Y".  If you are using a monochrome
C00monitor or a "black & white" monitor attached to a color display
C00adapter, select "N".                                  
C00
C00If no value is supplied from the command line, CWC will determine this
C00setting automatically by reading the DOS video mode.
C00
C00
C00
C00
C00To supply these settings from the DOS command line,               
C00use the following syntax:
C00
C00     /D={default directory name} - load/save puzzles to
C00                                   THIS directory, instead
C00                                   of the current directory
C00
C00     /L={"1" or "2"} - use printer port LPT1: or LPT2:
C00
C00     /P={"E" or "I"} - use Epson or IBM printer control codes
C00
C00     /C={"Y" or "N"} - specify whether or not you have
C00                       a color monitor
C00
C00     ex.  cwc /d=c:\puzzles /l=1 /p=i /c=n

cify whether or not you have
C00                       a color monitor
C00
C00     ex.  cwc 