Technical Specifications

System Requirements

Crossword Forge is available for
For Windows and Macintosh
Macintosh:
  • Mac OS X 10.4 and higher
  • Lion & Mountain Lion compatible
  • Any Intel Mac†
  • Enhanced for multi-core Macs

†Have a PowerPC Mac?
Download version 6 here.

Windows:
  • Windows XP compatible
  • Windows Vista compatible
  • Windows 7 & 8 compatible
  • Enhanced for multi-core PCs


Crossword Forge Live Requirements:
Flash version 7 or higher required.
At least 200k of webspace required if you want to host the puzzle online.

"Word Ideas" Dictionaries

English (US, UK, CA, AU)
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Picture Backdrops

Add images to your crossword puzzle or word search puzzle. Crossword Forge supports the following formats:
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • JPEG
  • MacPaint*
  • PDF**
  • PICT*
  • PNG
  • Quicktime Image Format*
  • RGB Planar*
  • SGI*
  • Targa*
  • Tiff*
* Format supported on Windows only with Installation of Quicktime.
** Format only supported on Mac OS X.

Built-in Language Support

English
French
Spanish
German
Italian
Russian
Swedish
Portuguese
Dutch
Greek
Scottish-Gaelic
Afrikaans
Japanese (Hiragana)
Japanese (Katakana)
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Punjabi
Esperanto
... You can even add your own.
Learn More ...

Foreign Alphabets

Crossword Forge fully supports Unicode and bi-directional text. It can make puzzles in many character sets including: Arabic, Hebrew, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese (Hiragana), Japanese (Katakana), Korean, Gurumukhi (for Punjabi), and, of course, Roman or Latin.