Knowing Excel fairly well it was simple to put together the crossword for the assignment. Knowing that a text box can be inserted eliminated the frustration of the set column/row sizing. Coloring the blank squares and other aesthetic devices were straightforward. There is an element of rudimentary usage and the creativity is a bit limited. Using Excel you have to create your own intersections, which can be a littlre trying, all those years of Scrabble paid off!
Using a puzzle program was extremely easy once I found the one that really worked. Some sites charged for membership before you could publish, some sites were near impossible to save as a jpeg. I used the Read-Write-Think site and was pleased with the ease of creation. the program allowed the user to just put the words and meanings into the specified area and the rest was done for the user.
I can see this tool being a great way to assign vocabulary homework, et al and it makes it a little more fun.
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