EclipseCrossword Help Center index
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Getting started
- How do I make my first crossword puzzle?
- Something went wrong when installing EclipseCrossword. Help!
- Opening a puzzle that you saved before
- Changing words and clues in a puzzle you’ve already saved
- What languages does EclipseCrossword work with?
- Is EclipseCrossword really free?
- EclipseCrossword license agreement
Creating puzzles
- How to type accented letters
- Can I use links, pictures, and formatting in my puzzle?
- Using two or more word lists in a single puzzle
- The difference between crossword puzzle files and word list files
- Finding files that you lost
- Changing a crossword’s title or author
- Can I spell check my crossword?
- Can I use the same word in my puzzle more than once?
- Can I use lowercase letters in my words?
- Can EclipseCrossword create word search puzzles?
- Creating word list files in Microsoft Word
- Importing a word list from Microsoft Excel
- Why are my Across words all backwards?
Solving puzzles
- How do I get the answers to a crossword?
- Can I save my progress when I’m playing a crossword puzzle?
Sharing puzzles
- How to share your crossword puzzle online: Share EclipseCrossword
- Sharing puzzles on Facebook
- Using EclipseCrossword for lessons in online classrooms
- Emailing a crossword puzzle
- Preventing cheating in puzzles shared online
- Using EclipseCrossword on your website or blog
- Saving interactive web pages in EclipseCrossword
- Can I add a timer to my online puzzles?
- Types of EclipseCrossword puzzle web pages
Printing and publishing
- Printing to a different printer
- Publishing your crossword puzzle with Microsoft Word
- Saving your crossword as a PDF file
- Things you can print with EclipseCrossword
- Printing a standard grid with black squares instead of an outline
- Changing the font used for printed puzzles
- Changing the size of the printed squares
- Changing the darkness of the outline or filled-in squares
- Printing a word bank
- How can I block out spaces in my crossword?
- Why doesn’t my puzzle look like those in newspapers?
- Where can I add my name to a puzzle I created?
- Can I add a blank space for my students to write their name?
- Choosing between WMF and EPS files
Technical stuff
- Known issues and improvements
- Changing clues in a crossword without changing the layout
- Making the EclipseCrossword window larger
- Changing the system locale and setting EclipseCrossword language options
- EclipseCrossword on Windows 10 and 11
- EclipseCrossword on Windows 8
- Using EclipseCrossword on very old versions of Windows
- Is there a Mac version of EclipseCrossword?
- Is there a phone or iPad version?
- Is there a Linux version of EclipseCrossword?
- Is there a Chromebook version of EclipseCrossword?
- Is EclipseCrossword compatible with accessibility tools?
- What’s a digital signature and why doesn’t EclipseCrossword have one?
- Why did EclipseCrossword say that I edited my crossword by hand?
- Manually laying out a crossword grid
- Word list file format (.ewl)
- Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (.ecw) files
Other topics
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