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How to use the Time Saver for Code Search

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This tutorial explains how to use the Time Saver for Code Search.

This tutorial applies to Puzzle Maker Pro - Time Saver for Word Search, in combination with:

Introduction to the Time Saver Add-On

Time Saver Add-on's in Puzzle Maker Pro serve two main purposes:

Additional Layout options for Instant Puzzle Books, and
A faster way to create puzzle variations (batch processing)

Layout Options

The Page Layout options will be shown in a separate window, which can be accessed with the Edit Layout button on the Instant Puzzle Books -> Page Layout tab:

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You can set the number of puzzle rows and columns and the number of solution rows and columns, along with some other settings.

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The page layout can be used directly in combination with the Dynamic Size option (on the Output Settings tab), to get the right output for Code Search puzzles for your puzzle books. The Dynamic Size option is discussed in the Main Code Search Tutorial.

Puzzle Creation

The Time Saver also allows you to create many different Code Search variations at once: You can add rows to the (empty) grid on the Time Saver -> Puzzles Setup tab. Each row consists of a selected preset along with the options you can choose, these are prefilled from the preset, but they can be adjusted in the grid.

Click the Add Row button to add one or more rows:

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In the screenshot you can see a list of presets, these are presets that are saved from within the Puzzle Settings for Code Search:

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After selecting one or more presets, these will be added to the list of puzzles to be generated. The number of rows and columns etc will be retrieved from each preset, but you can edit them in the table.

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Once you have specified all the puzzle preset and puzzle details you want, you can click the "Create (TS)" button. (click the "Use Time Saver" option at the top of the window to make sure the "Create (TS)" button is shown.

"Create (TS)" will create all the puzzles you specified, and can optionally create an Instant Puzzle Book with these puzzles.

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.

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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)

How to use the Time Saver for Code Search

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