Crosswords&WordPuzzles HELP FILE - On Hand Software

[Pages:19]HELP FILE

Welcome to the Crosswords & Word Puzzles Help File.

This help file contains instructions for the following games: ? Word Juice ? Word Shake ? Crosswords ? Puzzle Word ? Word Buzz

Click on the game title on the left to jump to the instructions.

Introduction

Word Juice is a word game in which you scroll letter tiles around to form words.

Letters can be moved by using the red buttons around the grid or by using the right mouse button to drag them in the required direction.

Words are formed using the left mouse button. You can click each letter separately or hold the left mouse button down. Each letter must be highlighted in the correct order to form the word.

Menu Icons

Click this icon to pause the game or to access the settings menus.

Click and hold this icon to move or re-size the game window:

? Left mouse button: Move. ? Right mouse button: Re-size.

GAME MODES

Arcade Mode

In the arcade mode each word you form is turned into word juice. Fill the juice container up before the power meter runs out.

Juice container

Power meter

It's worth spending more time to make longer words as they'll make more juice:

Letters 3 letters 4 letters 5 letters 6 letters 7+ letters

Juice 5% 10% 25% 50%

100%

Click the following icons to remove letter tiles and replace them with new ones. Use them sparingly as they reduce your power. When the power meter reads zero, it's game over.

Remove all letter tiles

Remove the bottom row

The following special tiles appear in the arcade mode:

Blank tiles can represent any

letter

Bombs remove the surrounding tiles

Some tiles will multiply your

word score

Strategy Mode

In strategy mode you keep the same letters. Make as many words as you can with these letters within the time limit. The time limit is shown on the power meter. Use this level selector to select a specific set of letters. Click the up and down arrows to select a four digit number:

Strategy Mode Level Selector

Using this you can replay the same game or challenge friends by sharing the four digit number you use.

Unscramble letters by picking the correct word from a list of similar words. The faster you unscramble the words, the more points you will earn. Each successive level challenges you with more and longer words.

The game has two game modes to enjoy: Classic and Time Trial, each with three levels of difficulty. Click on Options to change sounds, effects and full screen mode.

Enjoy 300 crossword puzzles in this classic favorite.

Overview

To start playing a puzzle, first select Open/Puzzle and click on a file name to load the puzzle.

To play a puzzle, use the cursor (arrow) keys to move around the grid. You will notice that as you do this, the clues for both across and down words are displayed in the boxes at the bottom of the screen and reflect the clue for the Current Cursor Location. The clues are also displayed in the two list boxes to the right. Use the normal letter keys to enter your solution.

To toggle the cursor mode from across to down and vice versa to facilitate entering words into the grid, press F8 or right click with the mouse. Use SPACE to remove letters.

File Menu

Open Puzzle: Use this to load a puzzle. If you have previously saved a partial puzzle, it will be loaded at this time.

Save Puzzle: Use this option to save an incomplete puzzle so that you may finish it at a later time.

Print Puzzle: Select this option to print a copy of a puzzle for solving on the go.

Print Solution: Select this option, to print a copy of the answers.

Exit: Use this option to quit the program.

Puzzle Menu

Change Cursor Advance: Use this to change the direction of the cursor advance from across to down and vice versa.

Check letter, word, puzzle: Use this option to check the correctness of the current letter, word or puzzle. Incorrect answers will be printed in red.

Solve letter, word, puzzle: Use this option to show the correct letter at the current cursor location, show an entire word or solve the puzzle..

Restart puzzle: Use this option to erase the entire grid and restart a puzzle.

Show tool tips: When you move the cursor over the clue boxes, the clue will be shown in a Tool tip. Select this option to turn this feature on and off.

Please note that this menu can be brought up by clicking with the right mouse button.

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