File Menu


file menu

New Grid clears all text from the grid and also removes any filled cells or bars. Use this when you're about to enter a new puzzle.

New Words just clears the text from the grid. You might use this option to provide an empty grid for publication, if you've used the program to design a puzzle.

Open will display the standard Windows dialogue for loading a file from disc, it lets you find a CrossStar grid file (.crx) and load it into CrossStar.

Save will save the currently loaded grid. This option is only available if the grid has been previously saved to disc.

Save Grid As... displays the standard Windows dialogue for saving a file to disc. You can save the grid as a CrossStar .crx file which can be reloaded later for editing. In addition it is possible to save the grid in a number of graphics formats which can be imported into other programs. These include Windows Metafile (.wmf), Windows Placeable Metafile (.wmf) and Windows Enhanced Metafile (.emf). The best format as regards preserving detail, is the enhanced metafile but many programs are only capable of loading the older metafile format. Grids saved as graphics will have clue numbers added to them - these clue numbers are not displayed on screen.

Save Clues As... displays the standard Windows dialogue for saving a file to disc. This time there is only one file type option. You can save the words in the grid and the clue numbers as a text file. In effect this is a list of the answers to the puzzle.

Save As Default saves the current grid as the default. Whenever you start CrossStar the default grid is loaded. So for example if you usually want to solve 13 by 13 puzzles you could set up the current grid to be that size and then use the Save As Default option. Note that this option is specific to the current user name, so different users under Windows can have different default grids.

Exit lets you quit CrossStar.