This tutorial will show you how you can use Puzzle Maker Pro - Word Search to create Missing Vowel puzzles. Puzzle Maker Pro - Word Search offers a lot of 'hidden' options. Hidden in plain sight, that is. ## Step 1 - Specify which letters to remove On the 'Advanced' tab for Word Search Puzzle Settings, you can find an option 'Remove Other'. Although originally intended to remove certain symbols in other languages, such as ', `, and - in French words and word combinations, you can also use this setting to create Missing Vowel puzzles. ![Word Search - Hidden Vowels 1.png](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/7fxuVbZOfJ/Word%20Search%20-%20Hidden%20Vowels%201.png) In the screenshot you can see that we chose to remove A, E, I, O, U and Y (even though Y is not always considered a vowel). By its nature, missing vowel word search puzzles will be very compact, since all the words will be a lot shorter and easier to connect to other words. **Warning**: There are quite a few words that will result in just a single letter if you remove the vowels, such as 'age', 'ago', 'aid', 'aide', 'no', 'any', or two letters , like 'all', 'ally'. Especially the single letter results will make the puzzle hard or impossible to solve, since a single 'g' or 'n' could also be randomly chosen for an empty square. Please make sure that you check your word list and the resulting puzzle to verify that it's the puzzle you want to publish. ## Step 2 - Fill the Empty Squares ![Word Search - Hidden Vowels 2.png](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/JRFwKRSPyq/Word%20Search%20-%20Hidden%20Vowels%202.png) On the 'Solution' tab you can specify which letters you want to use for the empty squares, in the 'Hidden Word' section. It makes sense to remove the vowels from this list as well.

This tutorial will show you how you can use Puzzle Maker Pro - Word Search to create Missing Vowel puzzles. Puzzle Maker Pro - Word Search offers a lot of 'hidden' options. Hidden in plain sight, that is. ## Step 1 - Specify which letters to remove On the 'Advanced' tab for Word Search Puzzle Settings, you can find an option 'Remove Other'. Although originally intended to remove certain symbols in other languages, such as ', `, and - in French words and word combinations, you can also use this setting to create Missing Vowel puzzles. ![Word Search - Hidden Vowels 1.png](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/7fxuVbZOfJ/Word%20Search%20-%20Hidden%20Vowels%201.png) In the screenshot you can see that we chose to remove A, E, I, O, U and Y (even though Y is not always considered a vowel). By its nature, missing vowel word search puzzles will be very compact, since all the words will be a lot shorter and easier to connect to other words. **Warning**: There are quite a few words that will result in just a single letter if you remove the vowels, such as 'age', 'ago', 'aid', 'aide', 'no', 'any', or two letters , like 'all', 'ally'. Especially the single letter results will make the puzzle hard or impossible to solve, since a single 'g' or 'n' could also be randomly chosen for an empty square. Please make sure that you check your word list and the resulting puzzle to verify that it's the puzzle you want to publish. ## Step 2 - Fill the Empty Squares ![Word Search - Hidden Vowels 2.png](https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/wuGqS3zSeN/resources/JRFwKRSPyq/Word%20Search%20-%20Hidden%20Vowels%202.png) On the 'Solution' tab you can specify which letters you want to use for the empty squares, in the 'Hidden Word' section. It makes sense to remove the vowels from this list as well.

You can get the demo version for Puzzle Maker Pro [here](https://shop.bookpublishertools.com/puzzle-maker-pro-demo-version/). The demo version includes all puzzle modules, but will create watermarked puzzles. For other products, please contact our [helpdesk](https://bookpublishertools.com/members/helpdesk/) to get a temporary license for testing.

You can get the demo version for Puzzle Maker Pro [here](https://shop.bookpublishertools.com/puzzle-maker-pro-demo-version/). The demo version includes all puzzle modules, but will create watermarked puzzles. For other products, please contact our [helpdesk](https://bookpublishertools.com/members/helpdesk/) to get a temporary license for testing.

There are several options to control if and how diagonals will be used to place words in the grid: * First of all, you can disable diagonals completely, * Second, you can limit the number of diagonals, * Finally, you can use only the easiest diagonal direction. ## How to Enable or Disable Diagonals in your word search puzzle By default there will be no diagonals used in your word search puzzle, only horizontal or vertical words. To enable Diagonals, make sure the “Diagonal” checkbox on the “Puzzle” tab is checked: ## How to Limit the Number of Diagonals in your Word Search Puzzle You can set the maximum number of diagonals in your word search puzzle. Since the direction of each word is determined randomly, this maximum number may not be reached for each puzzle. ## How to Use only Kid's Diagonals in your Word Search Puzzle To create word search puzzles that are easier to solve, for example for Kids’ activity books, you can select “Kid’s Diagonal”. This will only enable diagonals that go from top left to bottom right, the normal reading direction. In this example, the “Kid’s Diagonal” limits the direction, and “Limit Diagonals” limits the number of diagonals in your puzzle.

There are several options to control if and how diagonals will be used to place words in the grid: * First of all, you can disable diagonals completely, * Second, you can limit the number of diagonals, * Finally, you can use only the easiest diagonal direction. ## How to Enable or Disable Diagonals in your word search puzzle By default there will be no diagonals used in your word search puzzle, only horizontal or vertical words. To enable Diagonals, make sure the “Diagonal” checkbox on the “Puzzle” tab is checked: ## How to Limit the Number of Diagonals in your Word Search Puzzle You can set the maximum number of diagonals in your word search puzzle. Since the direction of each word is determined randomly, this maximum number may not be reached for each puzzle. ## How to Use only Kid's Diagonals in your Word Search Puzzle To create word search puzzles that are easier to solve, for example for Kids’ activity books, you can select “Kid’s Diagonal”. This will only enable diagonals that go from top left to bottom right, the normal reading direction. In this example, the “Kid’s Diagonal” limits the direction, and “Limit Diagonals” limits the number of diagonals in your puzzle.

You can set your own titles for puzzles and solutions, which will be used in the additional output. One of the uses for this is for books in other languages than English. You can type your own text for the Puzzle Title and Solution Title. By default, the hashtag symbol will be replaced with the puzzle number. If you want to use the hashtag symbol in your title, for example to print "Puzzle #13", you can set the 'Placeholder' to '@', and the title to "Puzzle #@".

You can set your own titles for puzzles and solutions, which will be used in the additional output. One of the uses for this is for books in other languages than English. You can type your own text for the Puzzle Title and Solution Title. By default, the hashtag symbol will be replaced with the puzzle number. If you want to use the hashtag symbol in your title, for example to print "Puzzle #13", you can set the 'Placeholder' to '@', and the title to "Puzzle #@".

Puzzle Maker Pro – Word Search has been optimized to quickly create word search puzzles from large word lists. For example, you can select a list of 1000 or more words to create puzzles. However, there are situations where you’d to use multiple word lists. Either to combine them automatically in one large list, or to create one or more puzzles for each list. Puzzle Maker Pro – Time Saver for Word Search can do this for you. ## Step 1: How to set the Main options Make sure you have selected “Word Search” in the Puzzle Type menu (1). It doesn’t matter which edition you’re using. Go to the Time Saver tab page (2), this will show you the Time Saver for Word Search options (3). The red box (4) indicates the word list options. You can also set all the other options as you wish, these are not part of this tutorial. * Merge All Word Lists – Combine all word lists into one large list. Each puzzle will consist of randomly selected words from this list * Separate Puzzles Per Word List – Keep the word lists separate. Each puzzle will use words from a single word list. You can use the file name as title for the puzzle, for example if the file is “Roses.txt”, the puzzle title can be “Puzzle 13 Roses” ## Step 2: How to select the Word Lists Now select the tab “Word Lists” to select all the word lists you want to use. This is fairly straightforward. You can select multiple word lists at once, and select word lists from different folders on your computer. When you have selected all the lists you want to use, go to the “Batch Creation” tab. ## Step 3: How to create multiple Word Search puzzles with one mouse-click There are two options to create multiple Word Search puzzles at once, when you are using the Time Saver: * “Fast” – This is the ‘old’ Time Saver for Word Search, it can be used for square and rectangular puzzles. It’s called Fast because you don’t have to create presets first, but… it does not work for shaped puzzles. * “Presets” – The ‘new’ Time Saver for Word Search. ### "Fast" - Create rectangular word search puzzles with different dimensions For each row in this table you can set the number of rows and columns, the number of puzzles to be created and some other options. For each row in this table it will use all the word lists specified in step 2. (Read step 4 for examples) ### "Presets" - Create Word Search puzzles from your presets When you use presets, you can select as many presets as you like for your current project. You can set the quantity (number of puzzles) for each preset, however you should keep in mind that it will process all word lists for each puzzle (see also Step 4). Once you’ve set the Batch Creation options you need, don’t forget to check the “Use Time Saver to generate Puzzles” at the top left of the window, and click Create to generate the puzzles. ## Step 4: How many different puzzles can you expect? The Time Saver for Word Search can create a lot of puzzles for you: It will use each preset (or each line in the “Fast” table), then take each word list in turn (unless you combine them), and create the “Quantity” number of puzzles for that combination. An example: let’s say you use 10 different word lists, you use 5 presets, and you set the quantity for each preset to 5. That will create 10x5x5=250 puzzles (instead of 5×5, what some people expect). In most cases you’ll want only 1 puzzle for each preset or use a single preset to create many puzzles. However, it’s up to you to decide and be creative.

Puzzle Maker Pro – Word Search has been optimized to quickly create word search puzzles from large word lists. For example, you can select a list of 1000 or more words to create puzzles. However, there are situations where you’d to use multiple word lists. Either to combine them automatically in one large list, or to create one or more puzzles for each list. Puzzle Maker Pro – Time Saver for Word Search can do this for you. ## Step 1: How to set the Main options Make sure you have selected “Word Search” in the Puzzle Type menu (1). It doesn’t matter which edition you’re using. Go to the Time Saver tab page (2), this will show you the Time Saver for Word Search options (3). The red box (4) indicates the word list options. You can also set all the other options as you wish, these are not part of this tutorial. * Merge All Word Lists – Combine all word lists into one large list. Each puzzle will consist of randomly selected words from this list * Separate Puzzles Per Word List – Keep the word lists separate. Each puzzle will use words from a single word list. You can use the file name as title for the puzzle, for example if the file is “Roses.txt”, the puzzle title can be “Puzzle 13 Roses” ## Step 2: How to select the Word Lists Now select the tab “Word Lists” to select all the word lists you want to use. This is fairly straightforward. You can select multiple word lists at once, and select word lists from different folders on your computer. When you have selected all the lists you want to use, go to the “Batch Creation” tab. ## Step 3: How to create multiple Word Search puzzles with one mouse-click There are two options to create multiple Word Search puzzles at once, when you are using the Time Saver: * “Fast” – This is the ‘old’ Time Saver for Word Search, it can be used for square and rectangular puzzles. It’s called Fast because you don’t have to create presets first, but… it does not work for shaped puzzles. * “Presets” – The ‘new’ Time Saver for Word Search. ### "Fast" - Create rectangular word search puzzles with different dimensions For each row in this table you can set the number of rows and columns, the number of puzzles to be created and some other options. For each row in this table it will use all the word lists specified in step 2. (Read step 4 for examples) ### "Presets" - Create Word Search puzzles from your presets When you use presets, you can select as many presets as you like for your current project. You can set the quantity (number of puzzles) for each preset, however you should keep in mind that it will process all word lists for each puzzle (see also Step 4). Once you’ve set the Batch Creation options you need, don’t forget to check the “Use Time Saver to generate Puzzles” at the top left of the window, and click Create to generate the puzzles. ## Step 4: How many different puzzles can you expect? The Time Saver for Word Search can create a lot of puzzles for you: It will use each preset (or each line in the “Fast” table), then take each word list in turn (unless you combine them), and create the “Quantity” number of puzzles for that combination. An example: let’s say you use 10 different word lists, you use 5 presets, and you set the quantity for each preset to 5. That will create 10x5x5=250 puzzles (instead of 5×5, what some people expect). In most cases you’ll want only 1 puzzle for each preset or use a single preset to create many puzzles. However, it’s up to you to decide and be creative.

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