- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (Limited export and print optoins); $49.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/NT
- Date added: October 14, 2009
- Total Downloads: 19,536
- Downloads last week: 18
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 3 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on August 07, 2009
Crossword puzzle and word search enthusiasts who want to try their hand at creating their own will appreciate the tools and help found in Crossword Forge. While you won't be able to print or view your puzzles without the answers displayed, you can still get a good sense of how this program works.
The interface is designed for business, with tabs for easy access to create your puzzle in steps, from the title to the background. The hardest part is coming up with the clues and answers. Crossword Forge makes the rest fairly simple, and you need only type in your clues and answers in their appropriate fields. Hit the Make Puzzle key and your puzzle is arranged for you. By default, the program will try and fit in every answer, but you can also specify how many of your answers you want Crossword Forge to shoot for. We were pretty impressed with the results and how many of our answers were arranged in official crossword format. Like a standard word processor, you'll find simple options to choose the font, its size and style, and to designate block size and puzzle width and height. Educators will like the numerous language options, including Russian, Spanish, and Arabic.
There is no time restriction given for Crossword Forge, but you can only view or print your puzzles with the answers displayed. The same goes when exporting to bitmap, text, or PDF format. The Web export option is completely disabled, but you can see a sample Web puzzle. We recommend Crossword Forge for anyone interested in making puzzles for the classroom or just for fun.
Publisher's description
From SOL Robots :Crossword Forge is an easy to use crossword and word search making utility. It is designed to make high quality crossword and word search puzzles. It allows creating, modifying, printing, saving, restoring and exporting puzzles (interactive web, pdf, text, and images @ 72 dpi) and their answer keys. You will find basic instructions in the Help Menu.
What's new in this version:
Version 6.1 adds a diagonal mirror in the puzzle mask editor. This reflects any changes to the mask diagonally. To get mirroring in all 4 quadrants turn on the horizontal, vertical and diagonal mirrors.
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