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                           THE DAILY CROSSWORD


1 INSTALLATION.
     The Daily Crossword comes complete with an installation program which
  will  transfer the entire  system onto your hard disk.  Simply place the
  diskette into drive A,  and type a:install,  or if you are using drive B
  then type b:install.  You will be presented with an input  screen  which
  allows  you to specify the  target drive (your hard disk),  and the name
  of the  directory  into  which  THE DAILY CROSSWORD  is to be installed.
  Default  values are given for each of these input fields. Pressing Enter
  when the cursor is in the  directory name field will start the  install-
  ation process.  Messages will flash on the  screen to keep you  informed
  of progress.

2.RUNNING THE PROGRAM.
     One of the functions of the  installation  program is to create a BAT
  file in the root directory of the target drive. The name of this file is
  the same as the name of the directory you choose for THE DAILY CROSSWORD
  and it will start the  program,  simply by  typing in the  name you have
  chosen. A prompt will advise you of this at the end of the installation.

3.PROGRAM FEATURES.
  3.1.TOTALLY AUTOMATED CROSSWORD CONSTRUCTION.
         Forget about searching through piles of dictionaries to find just
      the right word to complete your crossword. The Daily Crossword  will
      do all of the searching for you, and if there is no "right" word, it
      will automatically  back-track,  remove a word and  continue on from
      there until the crossword is completed. All you have to do is select
      a dictionary and a lattice, and then tell The Daily Crossword  to go
      to work.  Sit back,  relax,  and enjoy watching  The Daily Crossword
      doing what it does best.

  3.2.ON SCREEN SOLVING OF THE CROSSWORD.
         If you enjoy solving crosswords on paper, then even more you will
      enjoy solving them "on screen".  No need to search through a list of
      clues. The Daily Crossword knows all the clues, and it will  display
      the ACROSS and DOWN clues as you move  your  focus  from  square  to
      square. A "cheat" key allows you to peek at the answer,  one  letter
      at a time if the going gets too hard,  and if  you run  out of time,
      you can save your partial solution and come back to it later.

  3.3.PRINTOUT OF THE LATTICE, CLUES AND SOLUTION.
         If you are  creating  crosswords for  publication,  then you will
      want a printed copy. The Daily Crossword allows you to print any  or
      all of the prinouts mentioned above.  It provides fine  control over
      the format of the clues, in terms of the number of columns per page,
      the number of character positions per  column,  and  the  number  of
      lines per page. Any printer able to emulate the EPSON 8 pin graphics
      mode will produce crisp clear printouts suitable for publication.

  3.4.FACILITIES FOR MAINTAINING A POOL OF LATTICE DESIGNS.
         The Daily Crossword comes complete with a  selection of  ready to
      use lattice  designs.  Select the  lattice you want to use from this
      pool, or design your own. As well as  creating new lattice  designs,
      you can amend existing designs, and even delete designs which you do
      not like.  Lattices  may be  any  square or  rectangle up to 47 x 47
      squares.

  3.5.FACILITIES FOR MAINTAINING A POOL OF DICTIONARIES.
         The  shareware  version  of  The Daily Crossword  has an  English
      dictionary of almost 8000 words, while the registered  version has a
      dictionary of over 30000 words.  It is currently  possible to select
      from up to 70 dictionaries,  and this feature will be put to greater
      use as more dictionaries become available.

         Dictionary maintenance facilities currently provided are:-
      3.5.1.CREATE NEW DICTIONARIES.
               Creating  a new  dictionary is as  simple as  thinking up a
            suitable name and typing it in. The Daily Crossword takes care
            of all of the housekeeping for you.

      3.5.2.ADD WORDS AND CLUES TO NEW OR EXISTING DICTIONARIES.
               A simple data entry screen provides a very  straightforward
            method of adding new words.

      3.5.3.AMEND OR DELETE EXISTING DICTIONARY ENTRIES.
               Existing words may have their clues  altered,  or  multiple
            clues may be entered for each word. Alternatively, an existing
            word may be removed entirely by deleting its clue.

      3.5.4.BACKUP AND RESTORE FUNCTIONS FOR THE CURRENT DICTIONARY.
               If you are  extending  dictionaries,  or building new ones,
            you will realise that you are  building a  valuable  resource,
            and will  want to  safeguard it.  Complete  Backup and Restore
            facilities are provided to allow the transfer of a copy of the
            currently  selected  dictionary  to  one or  more diskettes on
            either drive A or B.

      3.5.5.DISPLAY OF THE STATISTICS OF A DICTIONARY.
               Watch your dictionary grow. You can see the total number of
            words, the number having each of the 26 starting letters,  and
            the total for each word length from 3 to 15.

  3.6.DICTIONARY MARKING TO PREVENT CONSTANT REUSE OF THE SAME WORDS.
         When a crossword design is completed,  the words used are  marked
      in the dictionary to reduce the chance of their reuse in  subsequent
      designs. This makes it most unlikely that  The Daily Crossword  will
      ever produce the same result twice.

  3.7.SPECIAL WORD FEATURE FOR PERSONAL GREETINGS, OR ADVERTISING SLOGANS.
         If a lattice is designed so that it has just one word having more
      than the  normal  maximum of 15 letters,  then it will  search for a
      special word. This word should have been  entered using the  Special
      Word feature before using the  Make function,  and  may  contain any
      group of words desired. (no spaces please).

4.LIMITATIONS.
     All screen output is done in the VGA high definition mode (640x480),
  and an error message will be  received if an attempt is made to run the
  program on a system which is not able to emulate this mode. 512K of RAM
  is recommended, and 1 Meg of hard disk space will suffice.