Although I call this a puzzle, it doesn't really qualify as a puzzle. It is in fact an education aid to assist with the teaching of
letter and word recognition skills to young students. It consists of a fragment of text printed above a maze of letters, and within this maze
the text can be found starting at the top left of the maze, and ending at the bottom right. Between these two points, the text meanders randomly
throughout the maze. The task of the student is to trace the path of the text by drawing a circle around each successive letter of the text.
The following graphics shows a Find-A-Quote puzzle which has just been constructed in the Crossword Express Build screen. Note that the
solution to the puzzle can be identified by the shaded background of those cells which contain the quote.
See also a full size version of a PDF file showing the puzzle as it would appear
when printed.
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FEATURES
The key features of the Find-A-quote function of Crossword Express are as follows:-
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Fully automatic construction of the puzzles. Simply type in the required quote using the Build/Build Options function, and then select the
Build/Start Building function to build the puzzle..
On-screen puzzles can be displayed in an unprecedented range of user controlled colors and formats, and these choices can optionally be applied
to the printer also. Output can be sent direct to the printer or, if you prefer to a PDF file. Mac users can do this by using the PDF facility
of their printer driver, while Windows users can install the appropriate software to achieve a similar result. The recommended software for this
purpose is Primo PDF which you can download free from their website,
although you might consider sending them a small donation if you find their program useful.
Formatted output can also be exported from the Print screen to graphic files which conform to the BMP, GIF, JPG or PNG formats, or you can export
to the system clipboard and then paste into any WP or DTP application. Naturally, color settings can also be applied in these cases.