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How to get the most out of Puzzle Maker Pro - Letter Code Search

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This tutorial shows how to get the most out of Puzzle Maker Pro - Letter Code Search.

This tutorial applies to:

Puzzle Maker Pro - Letter Code Search

All generic information for the Code Search products can be found in the main Code Search tutorial.

Introduction

With Puzzle Maker Pro - Letter Code Search you can create several types of Code Search puzzles:

Letter Code Search puzzles
License Plate Search puzzles
Password Code Search puzzles
Binary Code Search puzzles

Letter Code Search puzzles

Letter Code Search is actually a very flexible module that can also be used for License Plate, Password and Binary Code Search puzzles.

You can type the letters you want to use (Values -> Custom) or use one of the buttons to quickly enter the (English) alphabet or the digits 0 to 9. You can also paste or type letters and characters in other languages.

Here's an example using the default Alphabet:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/2yewWzhntI/Letter%20Code%20Search.png (Letter Code Search)

And an example using Spanish, French and German letters:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/E2HJ9zvrxi/Letter%20Code%20Search%20-%20Characters.png (Letter Code Search - Characters)

License Plate Search puzzles

Using the "Letters" symbol type, you can create some fun themed puzzles. For example with a mix of letters and digits (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789) , you can create the so-called License Plate code search puzzles:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/KulNm2arIH/Letter%20Code%20Search%20-%20License%20Plate.png (Letter Code Search - License Plate)

Password Code Search puzzles

Using a mix of uppercase and lowercase and other symbols (ABCdefGhIJKlMnoPQRStuVwXyz0123456789@#$%^&(!), you can create codes that resemble passwords:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/7Q7F8COhOw/Letter%20Code%20Search%20-%20Passwords.png (Letter Code Search - Passwords)

Binary Code Search puzzles

Binary codes consist of only zeroes and ones (0 and 1). This type of puzzle works best when also setting the Min / Max Copies to larger values:

Introduction

The Color Code Search option allows you to play with colors. You can set your own colors or choose random colors.

Color Code Search Puzzles

Just like the other Code Search variations, with Color Code Search you can set a total number of colors (20 in the screenshot) and than select a limited number of colors for each puzzle (5 in the screenshot). This way each puzzle will be different.

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/NL5DpcKQev/Color%20Code%20Search.png (Color Code Search)

You can choose the default set of 9 colors, change the colors 1 by 1, or Randomize the entire set. To change a color, click the colored panel, and a color selection dialog will be shown:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/O2guA6agV2/Color%20Code%20Search%20-%20Color%20Selection.png (Color Code Search - Color Selection)

You can change the color in several ways:

Click the black or white mini panels
Click the rainbow panel that shows the entire color range
Click the saturation or illumination panels
Enter the Decimal or Hexadecimal color value
Enter the HSL code for the color

Note: For Color Code Search it's best to use a thicker line for the solutions, optionally with a colored or gray fill for the solution indicator symbols:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/WDcl0BNmGL/Color%20Code%20Search%20-%20Solution%20Lines.png (Color Code Search - Solution Lines)

Introduction

With Puzzle Maker Pro - Number Search you can create several types of Code Search puzzles:

True Number (Code) Search puzzles
Roman Numerals Code Search puzzles

Number Search Puzzles

To create Number Search puzzles, select "Numbers" in the Symbol dropdown menu.

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/yd9pB6JRuy/Number%20Search%20-%20Details%20-%20Annotated.png (Number Search - Details - Annotated)

There are three options to set the numbers for your number search puzzle (2):

Default - the range of numbers from 1 to the "Max" value. (Although it says "Max Colors/Images", this applies to the default numbers setting as well).
Range - You can set a different range, for example 100 to 200 or 25 to 2500.
Value List - type the numbers you want to use

The "Number of Items for Puzzle" (1) specifies how many different numbers will be used in the puzzle. In the example this is set to 5 - that means 5 different numbers are randomly selected from the range from 1 to 100. The randomly selected numbers will differ for each puzzle that is generated.

Roman Numerals Code Search puzzles

For Roman Numerals Code Search puzzles you can use the default range or set a specific range of numbers. Please be aware that there's an upper limit to the Roman numerals of 3999. Since Roman numerals can be quite long, the font size used will be quite a bit smaller than for numbers or letters. Here's an example of a Roman Numerals Code Search puzzle:

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/61nlRyNwJh/Roman%20Numerals%20Code%20Search%20Example.png (Roman Numerals Code Search Example)

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