Puzzle Maker Changelog

What's new in Puzzle Maker 2.9.0

Sep 20, 2016
  • Bug fixes.

New in Puzzle Maker 2.8.8 (Apr 16, 2016)

  • Fixes crash on flood fill in word search grid editor
  • Bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.8.7 (Apr 14, 2016)

  • Fixes crash on flood fill in word search grid editor

New in Puzzle Maker 2.8.6 (Sep 23, 2015)

  • Bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.8.4 Build 201408 (Nov 27, 2014)

  • Added word search design mask templates
  • Bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.8.2 Build 201407 (Aug 23, 2014)

  • Fixes bug with solution being drawn on word search with no padding.

New in Puzzle Maker 2.6.3 Build 201403 (Mar 29, 2014)

  • Bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.6.2 Build 201402 (Mar 5, 2014)

  • bug fixes (including Pages export bug)

New in Puzzle Maker 2.6.1 Build 201401 (Jan 21, 2014)

  • Updated user interface for Retina display
  • Fixed issue with web export on Chrome

New in Puzzle Maker 2.6 Build 201305 (Dec 11, 2013)

  • Improved iBooks Author export
  • Improved web export

New in Puzzle Maker 2.5 Build 201304 (Nov 22, 2013)

  • export puzzle to PDF
  • include a word bank with crossword
  • bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.2.4 Build 201303 (Jul 11, 2013)

  • updates Pages export to work better with iWork for iCloud
  • improves web and iBooks export on the iPad
  • fixes crash when default font is missing
  • fixes landscape layout issue

New in Puzzle Maker 2.2.1 Build 201302 (May 1, 2013)

  • Bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.2 Build 201301 (Mar 13, 2013)

  • Fixes issue with small word searches
  • Fixes issue with iBooks author export not saving work
  • Fixes some foreign language issues
  • Other bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 2.1 (Dec 11, 2012)

  • Fixed issue with some words not able to be placed in smaller word searches.
  • Fixed poor resolution of word search letters.
  • Fixed occasional crashing during puzzle build.
  • Web and iBook Author export fixes.
  • Added ability to set image background opacity.
  • Added ability to select a subset of words from the dictionary.

New in Puzzle Maker 2.0.1 (Nov 17, 2012)

  • fixes save issue in Mountain Lion
  • design puzzles by hand or build them automatically
  • completely new and improved puzzle generating algorithm
  • add a background image to a puzzle
  • export to iBooks Author and .puz.
  • improved web export
  • control direction of word placements in word search
  • upload web puzzles to mywordpuzzles.com

New in Puzzle Maker 2.0 Build 2012 (Nov 6, 2012)

  • design puzzles by hand or build them automatically
  • completely new and improved puzzle generating algorithm
  • Use clues in word searches
  • Better support for non-Latin alphabet languages, such as Hebrew (right-to-left)
  • add a background image to a puzzle (with drag and drop)
  • export to iBooks Author and .puz.
  • improved web export
  • control direction of word placements in word search
  • upload web puzzles to mywordpuzzles.com

New in Puzzle Maker 1.1.6 Build 1160 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • fixed problems with the word search generator (improved the check for naughty words to eliminate the problem of too many Q's and J's sometimes)
  • general bug fixes
  • this is the last release of Puzzle Maker 1. Puzzle Maker 2 due out in the summe

New in Puzzle Maker 1.1.5 (Oct 19, 2011)

  • Import csv improvements & fixes
  • Improvements to web export:
  • support for non-Latin alphabet input for crossword
  • iPad support improvements:use the iPad's native keyboard
  • customize text on button controls
  • bug fixes
  • Versions 1.1.4 are 1.1.5 identical except 1.1.5 includes 32 bit support for early Intel Macs.

New in Puzzle Maker 1.1.4 Build 1140 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Import csv improvements & fixes
  • Improvements to web export:
  • support for non-Latin alphabet input for crossword
  • iPad support improvements:use the iPad's native keyboard
  • customize text on button controls
  • bug fixes

New in Puzzle Maker 1.1.2 Build 1122 (Aug 18, 2011)

  • Web export is now iPad compatible, along with other web export improvements.
  • Added ability to import .csv files with format "word", "clue".
  • No duplicate grids in puzzle preview
  • Fixes crash when saving unsaved puzzle on open/new
  • Crossword algorithm fixes
  • Other miscellaneous improvements

New in Puzzle Maker 1.0.3 (Apr 28, 2011)

  • bug fix release