{"id":1007,"date":"2013-01-10T21:31:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T19:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2013-01-10T21:31:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T19:31:47","slug":"eclipsecrossword-tool-for-creating-crossword-puzzles-for-training-or-for-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"EclipseCrossword, Tool for creating crossword puzzles for training or for fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipsecrossword.com\/\">EclipseCrossword<\/a> is one of the crossword creating tools available. It can be usefull as part of the training, for example during security awareness training. Or for creating a monthly competition&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eclipsecrossword1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"eclipsecrossword1\" src=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eclipsecrossword1-small.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can import your clues and answers text file (csv)<\/li>\n<li>output to printer, html, RTF, WMF<\/li>\n<li>can create interactive web page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>output to WMF is not good (way around: use HTML, EPS, or PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have used it to create a 100 words Security crossword. The layout creating went smoothly, and after few attempts a satisfactory layout was created (see below). Actually more time was spend on selecting the &#8220;words and their clues&#8221; than on the tool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"sec100f\" src=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/sec100f.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"487\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A simple example with 10 words is show below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"eclipsecrossword-example1\" src=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eclipsecrossword-example1.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"818\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Across<\/li>\n<li style=\"LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>4. capability of resisting attack (7)<\/li>\n<li>6. to retrace one&#8217;s course (9)<\/li>\n<li>7. the quality or state of being impossible to know (9)<\/li>\n<li>8. degree of excellence (7)<\/li>\n<li>10. state of being fully developed (8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Down<\/li>\n<li style=\"LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>1. not clearly seen (7)<\/li>\n<li>2. fully grown and developed (6)<\/li>\n<li>3. precautionary measure (9)<\/li>\n<li>5. free from fear (8)<\/li>\n<li>9. something that may cause harm (6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The content of the input file &#8220;test10.csv&#8221; is shown below. Clues and words are from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/\">Merriam-Webster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"WIDTH: 650px; OVERFLOW: auto\">\n<pre>\nsecurity;state of being secure\nsafeguard;precautionary measure\nbacktrack;to retrace one's course \ndefense;capability of resisting attack \nmature;fully grown and developed\nmaturity;state of being fully developed\nobscure;not clearly seen\nobscurity;the quality or state of being impossible to know\nthreat;something that may cause harm\nquality;degree of excellence\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other outputs from the EclipseCrossword tool:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The interactive example is <a title=\"Interactive Crossword example\" href=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/example-interactive.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The answers are <a title=\"The answers\" href=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/example-answer.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EclipseCrossword is one of the crossword creating tools available. It can be usefull as part of the training, for example during security awareness training. 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