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- PC HELP-LINE
- 35250 Silver Leaf Circle
- Yucaipa, CA 92399
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- Crossword Clipper for Windows
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- Introduction
-
- Crossword Clipper for Windows is a graphical layout and
- conversion tool. Its singular purpose is to produce graphic
- images from the puzzles you design with Crossword Creator.
- These graphics can then be pasted directly into any Windows
- application via the Clipboard, or saved as .BMP files and
- imported from disk.
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- System Requirements
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- - IBM PC or compatible computer
- - Microsoft Windows 3.0 or higher, standard or enhanced mode
- - VGA monitor
- - Crossword Creator 5.0 or higher
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- 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
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- Telephone: 909-797-3091
- Compuserve: 72357,3523
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-
- Installation
-
- A "formal" installation is not required. Simply copy
- all the files to a subdirectory on your hard disk.
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- Note: The VBRUN100.DLL library file from the distribution
- disk must be copied into your main Windows subdirectory,
- usually \WINDOWS. This library file must be present
- before you can run CWCLIP.
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- Preparation
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- Before you can use Crossword Clipper, you must generate an
- .XWP-formatted puzzle file. You can do this using Crossword
- Creator's "File Export" tool.
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- In Crossword Creator:
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- 1. Use "File Open" to retrieve one of your existing
- puzzles.
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- 2. Use "File Export" to generate the puzzle file. Be
- sure to select "XWP" as the desired output format.
-
- Program Manager
-
- If you wish to add Crossword Clipper to your Windows
- desktop, follow these steps in Program Manager:
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- 1. Open one of your "Program Group" windows.
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- 2. From the Program Manager menu bar, select "File/New".
- A "New Object" dialog box appears.
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- 3. Click on "Program Item", then click on "Ok". A
- "Properties" dialog appears.
-
- 4. For "Description", type "Crossword Clipper".
-
- For "Command Line", type the pathname where Crossword
- Clipper is installed, followed by the program name.
- For example:
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- c:\cwc\cwclip.exe
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- For "Working Directory", type the pathname again. For
- example:
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- c:\cwc
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- 5. Click on "Ok". Crossword Clipper's icon appears on
- your desktop.
-
-
- To add Crossword Creator to your desktop:
-
- 1. Select "File/New", again. The "New Object" dialog box
- appears.
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- 2. Click on "Program Item", then click on "Ok". The
- "Properties" dialog appears.
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- 3. For "Description", type "Crossword Creator".
-
- For "Command Line", type the pathname where Crossword
- Creator is installed, followed by the program name.
- For example:
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- c:\cwc\cwc.exe
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- For "Working Directory", type the pathname again. For
- example:
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- c:\cwc
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- 4. Click on "Change Icon". A message box informs you that
- no icons are available.
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- 5. Click on "Ok". A "Change Icon" dialog box appears.
-
- 6. For "File Name", type the pathname where Crossword
- Creator is installed, followed by "CWC.ICO". For
- example:
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- c:\cwc\cwc.ico
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- 7. Click on "Ok". Crossword Creator's icon appears in the
- scroll bar.
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- 8. Click on the icon, then click on "Ok". Crossword
- Clipper's icon appears on your desktop.
-
- Tutorial
-
- Note: The following tutorial assumes you know how to
- operate the Windows desktop and Windows
- applications using a mouse.
-
- Crossword Clipper adheres strictly to
- standard Windows conventions; the
- user-interface should be quite familiar.
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- Try this now
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- 1. Start Crossword Clipper by double-clicking on its
- desktop icon.
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- 2. Select "File/Open".
-
- 3. Using the drive and directory list boxes, display the
- sample .XWP files in:
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- \cwc\puzzles
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- If you installed the sample puzzles in a different
- subdirectory, then display that pathname instead.
-
- 4. Double-click on MOVIES.XWP. When the .XWP file is
- finished loading, a graphical picture of the crossword
- is displayed.
-
- 5. Select "Display/Font".
-
- 6. Choose a new typeface and/or point size. The puzzle is
- redrawn using the new font.
-
- 7. Three toggle settings are available on the "Display"
- menu: "Letters", "Numbers", and "Fill Puzzle Area".
- Take a moment to try each of these, and observe how the
- puzzle display changes.
-
- 8. Resize CWCLIP's window by dragging a corner of the
- window frame. The puzzle is redrawn to fit within the
- new dimensions.
-
- 9. Select "File/Clip Grid". An image of the puzzle is
- placed into the Windows Clipboard.
-
- 10. Open the Windows Clipboard by double-clicking on its
- desktop icon. Observe that the Clipboard does indeed
- contain a graphic copy of the puzzle from CWCLIP's
- window.
-
- 11. Open Windows Paintbrush, and select "Edit/Paste". The
- contents of the Clipboard is placed into the Paintbrush
- window.
-
- 12. Return to CWCLIP, and select "File/Clip Clues".
-
- 13. Return to the Clipboard, and observe that the graphic
- has been replaced with text -- the puzzle title and all
- of the puzzle clues.
-
- 14. Open the Windows Notepad, and select "Edit/Paste". The
- contents of the Clipboard is placed into the Notepad
- window.
-
- 15. In the same way, you can use CWCLIP to paste graphics
- and/or text into any Windows desktop publishing
- application or word-processor.
-
- Tips and Hints
-
- 1. To change the size of the puzzle, simply resize
- Crossword Clippers's window -- the grid will be redrawn
- to fill the new window dimensions. Note, however, that
- resizing the window does not alter the font size you've
- selected. It is up to you to select an appropriate
- font for the new box size.
-
- 2. Try to avoid resizing the puzzle graphic once you've
- imported it into another application. Since you are
- now manipulating a bitmap, rather than specific fonts
- and lines, resizing the image may distort its clarity.
- Instead, resize the puzzle in Crossword Clipper,
- recreate the .BMP file or re-clip the image into the
- Clipboard, then re-import or re-paste the new image
- into your target application.
-
- 3. Most publishing applications allow you to choose the
- resolution at which graphics are displayed. Since
- Crossword Clipper creates relatively high-resolution
- bitmaps, you may only see a "rough" image on the screen
- if you've selected a low-resolution graphics display.
- The resolution of the display, however, should have no
- effect on printed output.
-