Crossword Forge 5.5 Make crossword and word search puzzles easily Plus a Developer Bonus Giveaway and a Weekend ZOT Preview Below Normally: $49.95 ZOT Price: $24.97
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9 Responses to “Crossword Forge 5.5”

1. Jim VanDeventer Says:
   April 16th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

   I was just looking into this a few days ago. Hey, Sol Robots; have you added the Across Lite text file to the export options yet? That sure would be swell.

2. Cortis Clark Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 7:15 am

   As you correctly pointed out in your email to us, there seem to be legal ramifications to adding support for that feature. That puts this feature much lower on the priority list. Sorry!

3. Keith Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 7:25 am

   This looks like a great product and one I could really use. Before purchasing, what is your upgrade policy? I didn’t see that on your site or here on Zot.

4. Keith Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 7:28 am

   Actually, just found the policy here. http://solrobots.com/common/free_upgrades.html

   Does this also apply if purchased today through Zot?

5. Jim VanDeventer Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 8:32 am

   Hey Cortis, thanks for the reply. In my email, I was only referring to the process of compiling the .puz as being fiercely proprietary. No documentation I came across discouraged the .txt file creation: in fact, the instructions are readily available on the Litsoft website, here: http://www.litsoft.com/across/alite/man/AcrossTextFormat.pdf
   At the very least, Crossword Forge needs to have a workaround. This should be top priority; and if it isn’t, can I ask what is?

6. Cortis Clark Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 8:47 am

   Keith,

   Yes. We offer 3 years of free upgrades for the MacZot licenses. The MacZot licenses are identical to our regular licenses.

7. Cortis Clark Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am

   Jim,

   We can’t go into details about what our priorities are. It gives people unrealistic expectations, and causes trouble for us. We recommend that you buy (or not buy) the product based on its current merits. That said, we do listen closely to our customers and make great efforts to please them.

8. Jim VanDeventer Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 10:34 am

   I did buy it. It is pretty cool software, as is. My request just seems so small, it would probably take you no time at all; and it would save me from manually typing out the puzzles. Anyway; cheers Cortis.

9. Mark Says:
   April 17th, 2009 at 2:39 pm

   MacZot is having a string of like to have software. I think I’ll end up with this one too.