This all new Version 7 of Crossdown is a professional crossword development application, designed for the professional and serious hobbyist to construct authentic crossword puzzles like the kind appearing in most daily newspapers. It is not a word web generator. Generators automatically build what resembles an unfinished Scrabble board from a pre-defined word list. Crossdown does not do this. With Crossdown you have complete control over all aspects of the construction process. You put together the puzzle using your own creativity, wit, and intelligence, exactly the way the professionals work. Crossdown is a snap to use, right "out of the box," and includes a number of tools to make crossword building lots more fun and free of common errors. Crossdown includes Cluebank, a powerful database in which you can store thousands of crossword clues. You can lookup these clues by searching for a word then insert them in the Across or Down columns with a single mouse click, or even have Cluebank automatically clue the entire puzzle for you. Crossdown includes Librarian, a tool that allows you to organize your puzzles and quickly view them, or copy them, or search them. The Clone tool enables you to reuse grid designs. Mailbot is a fast way to e-mail a puzzle to another Crossdown user. The output functions of Crossdown are extremely comprehensive. You can print puzzles in a variety of formats. You can output puzzles as PDF files, WMF files, or EPS files. You can output puzzles to the Windows clipboard. You can deploy puzzles to websites for interactive solving. Crossdown also comes with a lavishly illustrated, indexed Help system explaining its many functions and how to construct crosswords. In short, Crossdown gives you everything you need to make real crossword puzzles the right way.
VERSION HISTORY
- Version 7.0 posted on 2011-02-18
Major rewrite and redesign; Java applet for puzzles on the web; Crossdown Librarian; print preview; Cluebank - Version 6.0 posted on 2003-08-10
Java applet for puzzles on the web; Crossdown Librarian; print preview; Cluebank
Program Details
- Category: Home & Hobby > Other
- Publisher: Crossdown
- License: Free Trial
- Price: $59.95
- Version: 7.0
- Platform: windows
EULA
License Agreement Use of Crossdown 7 Demo constitutes your acceptance of the following terms set forth in this license agreement. (1) The Crossdown 7 Demo (SOFTWARE) is protected by United States copyright law and international treaty provisions. You acknowledge that no title to the intellectual property in this SOFTWARE is transferred to you. You further acknowledge that title and full ownership rights to the SOFTWARE will remain the exclusive property of Crossdown and you will not acquire any rights to the SOFTWARE except as expressly set forth in this license. You agree that any copies of the SOFTWARE will contain the same proprietary notices which appear on and in the SOFTWARE. (2) You agree that you will not attempt to reverse compile, modify, translate, or disassemble the SOFTWARE in whole or in part. You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the SOFTWARE except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license. (3) You may freely duplicate and distribute the Crossdown 7 Demo software provided that said distribution is in accordance with the above distribution agreement. (4) Crossdown is copyright 2011 by Sam Bellotto Jr. and is protected under United States copyright laws. Purchase of this product does not transfer any right, title, or interest in the software except as specifically set forth in this agreement. Crossdown, Enigmacross, Quiptics and Cluebank are U.S. trademarks of Crossdown. (5) Copyright owner warrants that Crossdown will perform as specified in the documentation and is reasonably free from defects and bugs at the time of purchase. Master disks determined to be physically defective within 30 days from date of purchase will be replaced at no cost to you only if software failure was not due to accident, abuse or misapplication on your part. (6) Warranty: This program is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Crossdown be held liable for any loss of profit, special, incidental, consequential, or other similar claims. Copyright owner's liability for any such claim may not exceed the price of the software. (7) This license is effective until terminated. You may terminate it at any time by destroying the program and all copies of it. It will also terminate if you fail to comply with any term or condition on this agreement. You agree upon termination to destroy the program together with all copies of the program. (8) This agreement shall be goverened by the laws of the State of New York and shall inure to the benefit of Crossdown and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located in the county of Monroe, state of New York. The parties hereby consent to in personna jurisdiction of said courts.