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PC HELP-LINE's Professional +---+---+---+ | * | C | * | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | C | R | O | S | S | W | O | R | D | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | * | E | * | +---+---+---+ | A | +---+ Version 5.1 | T | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | C | O | O | K | B | O | O | K | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | R | +---+ PC HELP-LINE 35250 Silver Leaf Circle Yucaipa, CA 92399 United States 909-797-3091 Crossword Creator ================= Introduction PC HELP-LINE's Professional Crossword Creator is the easiest to use, most powerful crossword puzzle editor available for PC's and PC-compatible computers. If you are an educator, an instructional materials professional, or a newsletter publisher, you will find that Crossword Creator has been tailored to your unique needs, especially your "need for speed". CWC's "robot" puzzle builder can generate a crossword from a list of words in a matter of seconds. And if you are simply an enthusiast, Crossword Creator provides you with everything you need to design and print puzzles for yourself, family, and friends. System Requirements - IBM PC or compatible computer - DOS 2.1 or higher, 384K minimum memory - color or monochrome monitor - one floppy disk drive, hard drive optional - Microsoft-compatible mouse (optional, but recommended) - printer Since CWC prints TEXT, not graphics, the best results are obtained from printers that support the IBM PC character set or a proprietary line-drawing character set. Printers that support only the ASCII character set are suitable for draft output. PostScript printers are supported via a companion application, "Crossword Publisher", available from Longridge Software and PC HELP-LINE. See "Printer Compatibility Issues" for a discussion on using printers with Crossword Creator. Product Support PC HELP-LINE 35250 Silver Leaf Circle Yucaipa, CA 92399 United States Sales/Technical Support Hours M-F 6pm - 10pm, Pacific time S-S 10am - 2pm, Pacific time Telephone: 909-797-3091 Compuserve: 72357,3523 PC HELP-LINE is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a Compuserve message via easyplex to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. Installation Crossword Creator is not copy-protected, and does not require a "formal" installation, but it is a relatively large program with many supporting files. If you are a novice computer user, you may find that using the supplied SETUP program will get you up and running faster than trying to configure the software on your own. To run SETUP, place the Crossword Creator disk in your floppy drive. At the DOS prompt, type A:SETUP and press ENTER. If you are using a floppy drive other than A:, prefix the SETUP command with the appropriate drive ID. After prompting you for a number of installation options, SETUP will copy the necessary files from the distribution disks to your own working disks. Startup To start Crossword Creator, type CWC at the DOS prompt and press ENTER. Crossword Creator's configuration file, CWC.INI, must be in the current directory, or in a directory specified by a "CWC=" environment variable. The program file, CWC.EXE, must also be in the current directory unless you've issued a PATH command that allows DOS to find it. Several optional parameters may be specified on the DOS command line when you start Crossword Creator. The general form is: CWC [puzzle name] [/L:language name] [/BW | /COLOR] If you specify a puzzle name, CWC will load that puzzle for you on startup. CWC normally selects a color scheme based on the type of video hardware installed in your computer. Use /BW ("black and white") or /COLOR ("multi-color") if you need to override this automatic selection. Many laptops, for example, have color video hardware but do not have color screens; using a black and white color scheme often provides better contrast. If you use /L:, you must supply the primary part of a Crossword Creator language master filename, for example, "ESPA" (do not use the .CWL extension). The program will read those language files on startup. You cannot run CWC without language files. The default is "ENGL", so you do not have to use this option to run in English. examples: CWC movies (loads MOVIES.PUZ) CWC /bw demo1 (loads DEMO1.PUZ, forces black and white colors) CWC /l:espa (reads ESPA.CWL) ------------------------------ ("The Grand Tour" -- Tutorial) Text from TOUR.DOC goes here ------------------------------ Ending the Program To end Crossword Creator, select "Exit" from the "File" menu. 1. Press Alt-F-X. You are returned to DOS. Retrieving Puzzles From Disk Use the "Open" tool when you want to work with a puzzle that has been previously saved to disk. 1. Press Alt-F-O to display the "Open" dialog. 2. Select a puzzle from the list. 3. Press "Ok" to retrieve the puzzle. Reviewing the Puzzle Clues Use the "Review Clues" tool to identify missing or orphaned clues. Even in a small crossword, it's easy to skip a word and forget to supply a clue, or "orphan" a clue by inadvertently deleting or misspelling a puzzle word. You can also "preview" the clue index numbers without actually printing the puzzle. This is useful when you want one puzzle clue to reference another, for example, "Opposite of 12 Across". 1. Press Alt-P-R to display the "Review Clues" dialog. 2. Press "Continue" to view each page of clues. "Across" clues are displayed first, followed by the "Down" clues, followed by any "Orphaned" clues. 3. If any orphaned clues are found, a dialog box asks you if you want to delete them. Orphaned clues belong to words that used to be part of the grid, but aren't now. For example, suppose you assigned the clue "Man's best friend" to the word "DOG" in your puzzle. If you later erase "DOG" from the grid without first deleting "Man's best friend", you've orphaned that clue. An orphaned clue is not necessarily a mistake, especially if you are planning to place "DOG" back into the grid at some later time. As long as you do not delete "Man's best friend", you can place "DOG" back into the puzzle at any location you like; the connection to the orphaned clue will automatically be restored. Selecting a Printer Use the "Printer" tool to tell Crossword Creator what kind of printer you'll be using. It is important to get a good match between your printer and one of CWC's printer "drivers". If your printer is not explicitly supported, check the "Printer Support List" in Appendix B for a compatible driver. 1. Press Alt-O-P to display the "Printer" dialog. 2. Select a printer from the list. 3. Press "Ok". Specifying File Locations Use the "File Locations" tool to tell Crossword Creator where to look for its supporting data files. If you used SETUP to install Crossword Creator, these settings should already contain the proper pathnames. 1. Press Alt-O-L to display the "File Locations" dialog. 2. For each of the three text boxes, type a valid DOS pathname. To indicate the "current" DOS directory, leave the entry blank. Crossword Creator - Location of CWC printer drivers and language files (*.CWP, *.CWL, *.CWH, *.CWI). Puzzles - Location of your puzzle files (*.PUZ, *.CLU). Search - Location of additional word/clue data files. 3. Press "Ok". Selecting a Color Scheme Use the "Colors" tool to change Crossword Creator's color scheme. 1. Press Alt-O-C to display the "Colors" dialog. 2. Select a screen element from the "Colors" button group. The current "Foreground" and "Background" colors for that element are highlighted. 3. Select a new "Foreground" and/or "Background" color. The screen icons are updated so you can see what the new colors will look like. 4. Press "Ok". Using the On-Line Help There are two ways to get on-line help in Crossword Creator: - From a dialog box, press F1 or the "Help" command button. This displays a help window about the current dialog. - From the main screen, press Shift+F1 or Alt-H-T. This displays the "Help Topics" dialog. Select a topic from the list. Help windows are scrollable and respond to the cursor arrow keys, Home/End, and PgUp/PgDn. To dismiss a help window, press ESC or the "Cancel" command button. Importing Words and Clues Crossword Creator allows you to import words and/or clues from an external file. This gives you the ability to pull in words and clues from a variety of sources: databases, word-processors, electronic books, scanned documents, etc. The input file can contain just words or both words and clues. The format of the file must be either plain ASCII text or comma-delimited (mail-merge). CWC always assumes that the first word on the line is the puzzle word; the rest of the line is considered to be the clue. ASCII example: BASEBALL The "grand old game" CHRISTMAS Santa's big day Comma-delimited example: "BASEBALL","The ~grand old game~" "CHRISTMAS","Santa's big day" Note that in this format a double-quote cannot be imbedded in the data and must be replaced by another character. If you use a tilde, CWC will automatically convert it to a double-quote as the data is imported. To import a file, use the "Import" tool. 1. Press Alt-F-I. The "Import" dialog is displayed. 2. Type the name of your import file in the "Name" text box. Include a drive ID and pathname if necessary. 3. Indicate what you intend to import by selecting one of the "Contents" buttons. 4. Check the "Append" box if you want the import data to be added to any existing words and clues. Uncheck the box if you want the import data to replace the existing words and clues. 5. Press "Ok". CWC displays a record count as the file is imported. The puzzle words are placed into the word bank, and the clues are placed into CWC's internal clue table. You can now use the "Auto Place" tool to build a grid from the imported words. The clues will be attached to the words automatically as they are placed into the grid. Searching for Clues Writing clues for a crossword requires a fair amount of time and effort, and it would certainly be an advantage if you could use those clues in more than one puzzle. Crossword Creator is equipped with a built-in feature that helps you reuse your existing clues. The "Edit Clues" tool provides two special command buttons (one for "across" words, one for "down" words) that you can use to perform a "clue search". Anytime you need to add a clue to a puzzle, you have the option of writing a new clue from scratch, or using a clue from another crossword you've already written. To search for a clue, use the "Search" command buttons in the "Edit Clues" tool. 1. Press Alt-E-C. The "Edit Clues" dialog is displayed. 2. Press "Next" until the word you want to work with appears. 3. Press "Search". CWC begins scanning your existing clue files. If the word you're currently working on appears in another puzzle, its corresponding clue is picked up automatically. 4. When the search is complete, a list box is presented containing all of the clues that were found. Select one from the list. (If the current word does not appear in any of your existing puzzles, no list is displayed and you're returned to the "Edit Clues" dialog.) 5. The selected clue is placed into the "Edit Clues" dialog. As the search function is scanning your data files, it displays a running count of the clues it has collected so far. You can press "Cancel" at any time, and you'll get a list of the clues found to that point. To resume searching, press "Continue". Searching for Words The search function described in "Searching for Clues" is also integrated into the "Edit Bank" tool. The difference is that the bank's search function is broader. Edit Clues is always in search of a specific word, where Edit Bank lets you use wildcards to search for all words that match a general letter pattern. To search for words, use the "Search" command button in the "Edit Bank" tool. 1. Press Alt-E-B. The "Edit Bank" dialog is displayed. 2. Type a letter pattern in the "Word/Pattern" text box. A pattern may contain letters of the alphabet or "wildcards" (any non-alpha character). For example, B??L??S is a valid pattern. 3. Press "Search". CWC begins scanning your existing clue files, looking for words that match the letter pattern you've provided. Corresponding clues for those words (if any) are also picked up automatically. 4. When the search is complete, a list box is presented containing all of the words and clues that were found. Select one from the list. 5. The selected word is placed into the bank. If there is a corresponding clue, it is placed into CWC's internal clue table. Although the search function allows you to be highly selective about the incoming data, the end result is identical to a File Import operation. Providing Additional Data for Searches Crossword Creator allows you to supplement both the "Edit Clues" and the "Edit Bank" search functions with additional data, as long as the files conform to the ASCII text or comma-delimited formats described in "Importing Words and Clues". Also, the data in the records must begin in column 1; records that contain leading blanks will be ignored by the search function. To enable this feature, simply supply a valid DOS pathname in the "Search" text box of the "File Locations" dialog, and place your additional data files in that subdirectory. The search functions will automatically scan all of the files found there, in addition to the standard clue files (*.CLU) found in the "Puzzles" subdirectory. There are no restrictions on the names you give to your supplemental data files, nor on their size or contents; use as many or as few files as is convenient. However, you can make the search engine's job easier (and thus, faster) if you organize your data files by word length: 1. Divide up your data into separate files, so that each file contains puzzle words of the same length. 2. Name each file so that the trailing characters of the filename match the internal word length. For example, FRED5, MYWORDS.5, and MUSIC.LT5 would all contain just 5-letter words (along with their corresponding clues, of course). Normally, a search will scan every file that exists in the "Search" subdirectory. However, if you adopt the above conventions, the search engine will not waste time scanning words that are not the same length as the pattern you specified. Remember that you are not required to organize your data in this way; it will simply give you better performance, and the increase in speed will vary directly with the size of your data. If you only have a few hundred records in your files, it probably isn't worth it to organize them. But if you have several thousand records, you'll definitely notice a difference. Adding Hints to a Puzzle If you are using crossword puzzles as an instructional tool, you are probably more concerned about educating your students than you are about stumping them. Crossword Creator understands your motives, and provides a simple way for you to give your pupils a helping hand. Any letter in a crossword may be designated as a "hint". Hinted letters are always visible, enabling the solver to see part of the solution to the puzzle they're working on. Hints also make it easy to incorporate two-part or hyphenated words in your puzzles. Simply set a hint on the separator character so that the division is clearly marked, and apparent to the solver. 1. Position the cursor over the letter you wish to hint. 2. Press the EQUAL key, or use the mouse to click on the "(=)" symbol in the Status Window. The hinted letter becomes highlighted. - or - 1. Position the mouse pointer over the letter you wish to hint. 2. Click both mouse buttons (buttons 1 and 2) simultaneously. To remove a hint, perform the same steps. Both alternatives are toggles that turn hinting on and off for a particular letter. The "Hints" tool also provides some short-cuts for adding and removing hints. 1. Press Alt-P-H. The "Hints" dialog is displayed. 2. Select one of the "Option" buttons. 3. Press "Ok". Creating Multiple Grids There may be occasions when you'd like to produce more than one grid shape from the same list of words and clues. For example, a quiz for a group of students where everyone has the same clues, but the words are intersected differently. Or maybe you simply want to change a puzzle's row/column dimensions without a lot of retyping. Since both of these scenarios require you to process the same word list over and over, you need a way to reclaim words from the puzzle grid and put them back into the word bank so "Auto Place" can rearrange them. The "Unplace All" tool does exactly that. 1. Press Alt-E-U. The puzzle grid is erased, and all of the words are put back into the word bank. Since this is a destructive operation (the current grid will be erased), CWC may prompt you to save your work before proceeding. 2. Press Alt-E-A. The "Auto Place" dialog is displayed. 3. Uncheck the "Long Words First" option in the "Robot" group. Auto Place normally sorts your word list, forcing the robot to place the longest words into the grid, first. This increases the robot's chances of successfully placing the entire list, but it's also very predictable -- the same words will always sort into the same order, so the same grid shape will always be produced. In this case, though, you need eliminate that predictability by disabling the initial sort. This allows the robot to process your words "as is", in the same random order that "Unplace All" returned them to the work bank. Each cycle through the above steps, "Unplace All" followed by "Auto Place", will produce a slightly different grid shape because the words are processed in a different order each time. Remember, also, that each new grid simply overlays the previous one. If you want to save each version as a separate puzzle, you must use "Save As" at the end of each cycle, and give each variation a unique name. Using Puzzle Templates If you're used to using the "Auto Place" tool in "Freeform" mode, you already know how quickly and efficiently Crossword Creator can generate a grid from a list of words. You must, however, make one concession in order to get that speed and convenience: you have to give up control of the grid shape. In other words, pre-defined or symmetrical grids are incompatible with Auto Place's "Freeform" mode. Crossword Creator recognizes, though, that speed is not always necessary, and there may be times when you would willingly sacrifice convenience to gain control of the grid. CWC provides this control via puzzle templates. When you draw a template in Crossword Creator's puzzle window, sunburst symbols are used to represent the positions where you will eventually want to have letters. That is, these special "template characters" are used as placeholders for legitimate letters. Template characters are inserted when you press the UNDERSCORE key or Shift+Hyphen. To draw a template, simply move the cursor around in the puzzle window and type in template characters. When your template is ready, use "Auto Place" to try and fill it with words. Remember that you still need to supply a list of words for the robot to work with. The only difference is that you must select "Template" mode before starting the process. Although puzzle templates can be useful in the right situation, please do not get the idea that you can turn CWC into a crossword "generator". The "Auto Place" tool is not nearly sophisticated enough for that, and its capacity is limited. If you need to generate symmetrical, commercial-quality crosswords, contact PC HELP-LINE for a copy of our "CCTOOLS" diskette. These utilities enable you to hook Crossword Creator up to a more capable, third-party crossword "engine". If you already have a large database of word/clue combinations, you can generate complete, ready-to-print puzzles with very little effort. Exporting Puzzles Puzzles that you design with Crossword Creator can be exported into other file formats. This lets you take advantage of the special capabilities of other software and hardware: desktop publishing applications, Postscript printers, etc. Crossword Creator currently supports two external formats: ASCII text and XWP. This latter format is especially important because it is required by CWC's companion programs, "Crossword Publisher" by Longridge Software and PC HELP-LINE's own "Crossword Clipper". To export a file, use the "Export" tool. 1. Press Alt-F-E. The "Export" dialog is displayed. 2. Type the name of your export file in the "Name" text box. Include a drive ID and pathname if necessary. 3. Select one of the "Format" buttons. 4. The check boxes in the "Options" group apply only to the "ASCII text" format. Check the ones you want. 5. Press "Ok". CWC displays a record count as the file is exported. Printer Compatibility Issues If you can't get Crossword Creator to produce sharp, square boxes and continuous lines on your printer, you may have a compatibility problem. The following facts about PC printers should help you determine the best way to use your printer with CWC. When a printer manufacturer advertises a particular model as "IBM compatible", they usually mean that the printer recognizes the same control code sequences as IBM printers. For most word processing and spreadsheet applications this is quite sufficient because only the standard alphanumeric ASCII characters are required by these kinds of programs. But letters and numbers are only a subset of the symbols that make up a printer's "character set". When IBM introduced the original PC, they endowed it with a special, proprietary character set that included a nice set of line and box drawing characters, and programmers used them to good advantage in their software to spruce up their screens. Crossword Creator uses these characters, for example, to draw the frame boundaries around windows and dialog boxes. All "IBM compatible" computers can reproduce these characters on the screen, but not all printers can reproduce them on paper. That's the rub. Your printer may be IBM "control code" compatible, but not IBM "character set" compatible. Now as far as Crossword Creator is concerned, character set compatibility is much more important than control code compatibility. A printer driver can be built for any printer, no matter how complex its control codes, but if your printer can't reproduce the IBM character set, you just won't be able to produce the best possible output. However, you can get "draft" output from any printer, IBM-compatible or not. Crossword Creator does come with "plain" printer drivers that use just the standard ASCII characters "|", "-", and "+" to draw boxes. Yes, the output is rougher-looking, but it's better than nothing. The point is, CWC can use any characters that your printer knows how to draw, but it can't give IBM character set compatibility to a printer that doesn't already have it built-in. If you're in doubt about your printer's capabilities, try this simple test. Startup Crossword Creator; when you get to the main screen, press Shift+PrtSc on your keyboard. If the window frames print out just like they appear on the screen, your printer is IBM "character set" compatible. If you get italic characters or something other than solid lines, you may be limited to draft-quality output. One last important point. Printers equipped with an "auto line feed" feature can adversely affect CWC's printing. The most obvious symptom is output that looks "double-spaced" and is regularly broken up by horizontal lines of "white space". There is no way that Crossword Creator can compensate for an "auto line feed" problem because it occurs "behind the program's back", at the hardware level. Check your owner's manual. This feature can usually be disabled by positioning a hardware DIP switch somewhere on the printer. Printer Support List If your printer is not explicitly supported, you still have two options. First, check your owner's manual to see if your printer "emulates" any of those listed. If so, you can probably use that driver. Second, PC HELP-LINE will build custom drivers free of charge if you can provide the owner's manual for the printer. Manufacturer Driver Name Model Name / Description ------------------------------------------------------------ any DABLO630 DIABLO 630 standard printers ------------------------------------------------------------ C. Itoh CI8510A 8510A ------------------------------------------------------------ Epson EPFX86E FX-86e, FX family EPFXPLN older FX, no IBM character set EPLQ850 LQ-850, LQ family EPLQPLN older LQ, no IBM character set EPLX800 LX-800, LX family EPRX80 RX-80 EPMX80 MX-80 ------------------------------------------------------------ HP HPDJET DeskJet Plus, DeskJet 500 HPDJETLG (portrait, legal size) HPLJET LaserJet Series II or higher HPLJETLS (landscape, letter size) HPLJETLG (portrait, legal size) ------------------------------------------------------------ IBM IBGRAPH Graphics Printer IBPROPR ProPrinter ------------------------------------------------------------ NEC NEP2200 P2200, P6/P7 Pinwriters ------------------------------------------------------------ Okidata OKML190 Microline 190 Plus OKML192 Microline 192/193 ------------------------------------------------------------ Panasonic PAKX1080 KX-P1080 PAKX1124 KX-P1124 PAKX1180 KX-P1180 ------------------------------------------------------------ Star STGEM10X Gemini 10-X Manufacturer Driver Name Model Name / Description ------------------------------------------------------------ Tandy TADMP130 DMP-130 TADWP220 DWP-220 ------------------------------------------------------------ Toshiba TOP1351 P1351 Error and Warning Messages When Crossword Creator encounters an error (or some other unusual situation), it informs you with a message box. The text of the message will describe the nature of the error, name the device or file involved (if any), and show the error number (if applicable). Common messages are listed alphabetically below, along with the possible causes and remedies. If you receive a message that is not listed, or if you cannot resolve a documented error yourself, contact PC HELP-LINE Technical Support. (file name) already exists You are attempting to overwrite an existing puzzle with the same name as the current puzzle. This will destroy the puzzle that is already on the disk. To overwrite the existing puzzle, respond "Ok" to the message box prompt. If you respond "Cancel", the save operation is not performed. Can't load language file (file name); insufficient memory You don't have enough memory in your system to run CWC. The minimum memory requirement is 320K. You need to make more memory available to CWC. Number: 248 Device (device name) disk is write-protected The disk drive named in the message has been write-protected. Remove the write-protect tab, or use another disk. Number: 70 Device (device name) drive not ready The disk drive named in the message was not on-line and available. Make sure it is powered up, and that the drive doors are fully closed. Number: 71 Device (device name) not ready The device named in the message was not on-line and available. Make sure all your peripherals are powered up and ready. Number: 24, 25, 57, 68 Device (device name) out of paper CWC is trying to use the printer, but it is out of paper. Try printing again after you've put in more paper. Number: 27 Disk (device name) is full The disk drive named in the message does not have enough free space to store the data you are trying to save. Use a new disk, or delete some existing files to free up more space. Number: 61 DOS command processor not available CWC could not create a DOS SHELL because it could not locate the DOS command processor, probably COMMAND.COM. This is usually only a problem with floppy-based systems. Put your original boot disk back in the drive and try again. Number: 252 File (drive\path\filename) access error CWC attempted to alter or delete a "read-only" file, or violated a network access rule. Use a different drive\path\filename. Number: 75 File (drive\path\filename) bad file name The drive, path, or file named in the message is invalid or does not exist. Check that the drive, path, and filenames are spelled correctly. Number: 64 File (drive\path\filename) file not found The drive, path, or file named in the message does not exist. Check that the drive, path, and filenames are spelled correctly. Number: 52, 53 File (drive\path\filename) input past EOF CWC tried to read past the end of a file. Report this error to PCHL. Number: 62 File or device I/O error No explanation. CWC encountered an error it was not expecting. Report this error to PCHL. Number: 1-255 (word) is an incomplete word You are attempting to supply a clue for a word that contains template characters. You must replace all template characters with valid letters before a clue can be accepted. Language file (drive\path\filename) contains an invalid PCHL language code All CWC language files are assigned a unique code by PCHL, once they have been thoroughly tested for compatibility. The language file you are trying to use has either not been tested, or has been corrupted in some way. Report this error to PCHL. Number: 251 Language file (drive\path\filename) incompatible with this version of CWC All CWC language files contain a "version number" that corresponds to the internal version of CWC.EXE. The format of the language files has changed with each new release of Crossword Creator. You are trying to use a language file that is in the wrong format. Contact PCHL to obtain a "matched" set of CWC program and support files. Number: 253 Maximum words/clues exceeded You have exceeded the upper limit of 300 puzzle words and/or clues. This is an absolute limit imposed by Crossword Creator. Number: 250 No clues defined The "Review Clues" tool cannot be used until the text of at least one clue has been input. No HELP available for this topic A "header" record for this topic was found in the Help file, but there was no accompanying text. Number: 247 No printer selected, or destination is blank You have not selected a printer driver, or have not specified a destination for your printer output. Select a printer from the list box in the "Print" dialog, and supply a device name or a filename in the "Destination" text box. Number: 255 Orphaned clues found The "Review Clues" tools has identified some orphaned clues. To delete these clues, respond "Ok" to the message box prompt. If you respond "Cancel", the clues are retained. Out of MEMORY CWC could not allocate enough memory to run properly, or all available memory has been consumed by the text of puzzle clues. The minimum memory requirement is 384K. You need to make more memory available to CWC. Number: 7 Out of STRING SPACE CWC could not allocate enough memory to display the text of a help topic, or the text of puzzle clues has consumed all of the memory available. These are absolute limits. Decrease the length or number of your puzzle clues. Number: 14 Path (drive\path) not found The drive or path named in the message is invalid or does not exist. Check that the drive and pathname are spelled correctly. Number: 76 Pattern requires at least 2 tokens The search pattern you specified is less than 2 characters long. The minimum word length is 2 letters, so you must specify a pattern containing at least that many tokens. Number: 254 Puzzle is too wide for printer Your puzzle requires more print positions than are available, as defined by the printer driver you have selected. You must decrease the size (width) of your puzzle. Recent changes have not been saved You have made changes to the puzzle currently in memory, but have not saved your work. To save your changes, respond "Yes" to the message box prompt. If you respond "No", your changes will be discarded. Setup paper in printer CWC has paused during a print operation to allow you to put a new sheet of paper in your printer. Deselecting the "Continuous Forms" option on the "Print" dialog sets this condition. Too many words in the puzzle Your puzzle is too complex for CWC to format properly. You will have to remove some words from the puzzle in order to continue. Report this error to PCHL. Number: 249