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Workshop: Make free crossword puzzles on your PC

Use free software to create criss-cross word games for printing out or adding to a web page

Rob Beattie, Computeract!ve 07 Jun 2007
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Crosswords are notoriously difficult to construct and typically require piles of paper, a dictionary, a thesaurus and lots of heavy eraser action.

There are various commercial crossword-making programs that enthusiasts can buy to make the job easier, but they’re a bit expensive for occasional use.

There is a free alternative. It’s called Eclipsecrossword and – although brilliantly simple to use – it is able to produce a wide variety of crossword puzzles.

These can be printed out for puzzlers to complete by hand the old-fashioned way or better still, turned into interactive web pages so that visitors can fill in the answers on their own screens using the mouse and keyboard. In this Workshop we’ll demonstrate how to create a crossword that takes about 10 minutes to compile and looks exactly like the real thing.

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How to use Eclipsecrossword to make your own puzzles


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