Crossword Construction Kit is the Desktop Publisher for creating theme based crossword puzzles. Design your own puzzle page layout -- drop, place and size the puzzle, graphics and text components. Select fonts, colors, columns, borders, alignment and more.

The program features the unique ability to make puzzles in fun shapes with over 50 predefined puzzle shapes (diamonds, doughnuts, trains, etc). Use the shape creator to build an unlimited number of new shapes. Create puzzles up to 49 x 49 in size with a maximum of 200 words per puzzle and up to 150 characters per clue. Print options include skeleton or filled box, font selection, answer key, partial answer key or selected letters as hints. Output puzzle to paper, clipboard, bitmap, JPEG, metafile, HTML ready web page or as a playable puzzle.

Crossword Construction Kit is a great way to create theme based crossword puzzles of various shapes and sizes. You can literally create great looking puzzles in minutes using the default settings. Just enter your words and clues, select a shape and layout and then save. If you want to be creative you can design your own puzzle shapes or page layouts. Drop a bitmap that matches the theme of your puzzle onto your page layout to give it that extra pizzazz.

The program also comes with a Puzzle Player unit. Export the puzzles in a java format and solve the puzzles interactively on screen. Or place interactive puzzles on the Internet to enhance a web site.

Features

* Spell check in 8 different languages
* 50,000 word thesaurus for help in generating clues
* Create puzzles in different shapes - over 50 included such as train, apple, flag, etc.
* Design your own puzzle shapes - up to 49 x 49 in size
* Organize your puzzles by category
* Optional multiple random puzzle creation attempts with best 4 results displayed.
* Option to manually fit in additional words & clues to a puzzle
* Allows up to 200 words per puzzle, up to 150 characters per clue
* Print Answer Key, Partial Answer Key, or Selected Letters as hints

Limitations:

30 Day Free Trial