The grid words and clues are held separately. In order to link the clues to the words on the grid, it is necessary to click on the button. You can do this using the keyboard by holding down the Alt key and pressing R or by pressing F5 (commonly used for Refresh in Windows-based programs).

The grid will also be automatically numbered according to the position of the outs on the grid.

If you have setting enabled in the properties section for the puzzle, then the puzzle will also be checked for duplicate words. As a rule, the same word should never appear more than once in the same puzzle.

What actually happens during this process is that all the clues (across, down, and pending) are thrown into a pool, and are then pulled out of the pool one-by-one when they match the words on the grid. Any remaining clues are placed in the pending section.

The clue numbers will be a different colour once the clue (or clues) that the number commences is completed. In this way, you have any easy colour-coded way to tell which clues on the grid have been completed. Note that this colour-coding only gets updated when you click on the button.

This will return you to viewing the puzzle grid again.

Categories are used to identify the type of clue. They are particularly useful when adding the clue to the Clue Pool, as the clue pool can be searched by category, which means when you want to reuse clues of a particular type (e.g. for a themed puzzle, or if you only want to use straight clues), you can find them easily.
In the Available Category list, each category has next to it a number in parentheses, which shows the number of times the category is used in the puzzle or clue pool (whichever you are looking at).
Note that adding categories and copying clues to the clue pool are only available in the version.

If you have set up some categories already, you can add a new category to the list for the clue by following these steps:-

	Ensure the tab in the bottom portion of the screen is selected on Categories by clicking on that tab.
	Double-Click on the category you wish to add from the list on the left hand side of the page (underneath the heading Available Categories
	The category will be added to the box on the right-hand side, which lists all the categories applicable to the currently selected clue.
	To remove the category from the list again, you would double-click on the category in the right hand box to remove it for the clue. This DOES NOT remove it from the list of available categories.

Manual: Click in the grid at the position where you wish to place the clue Type the clue text in the appropriate space Click on the button.

• Click in the grid at the position where you wish to place the clue
• Right-click somewhere over the toolbar to show clues window
• Click on the Pending tab
• From the list of clues shown in the grid, click on the clue you wish to fill in the space indicated on the grid.
• Press the key. The word will be placed in the grid if it fits the space.

Drag-and-drop:

• Click on the grey square just to the left of the clue in the list of clues
  
• Hold down the left hand mouse button
• Drag the clue over to the square on the grid where you wish the clue to go.
• Let go of the mouse button. If the clue fits in the space, it will automatically be dropped into the correct space on the grid, and the clue will be linked to that numbered square.

There are two methods of linking clues together:-

Split clue:- Type the answer (each words separated with a space) into the space for the answer. Highlight all but the first word in the list. Press the * key on the numeric keypad, otherwise click on the right-hand mouse button over the answer entry box, and click on the Copy Selection to New Clue option. The unhighlighted word becomes the first word in the linked-list of clues. The highlighted word(s) becomes the second word in the linked-list of clues. This will be placed in the Pending section. If you have more than 2 words, repeat this procedure for the remainder of the words until all words have been separated out into separate clues.

Link Clues:- You can create the clues first as separate words, for example by typing the clues in the grid, and pressing the button, the clues will be created for you. Click on the clue for the first word to select that clue in the Clue window. Click on the button. Click on the clue for the second word. Click on the button. Repeat the last two steps for each extra word to link. Click on the button again to finish the linking process. Note that if you are clicked into the Clue Details tab at the bottom of the Clues window, you can see a list of the clue words to the right of the window. Double-click on any of these words to view that particular part of the multi-clue

To add the currently loaded clue to the clue pool, simply click on the button. If you have added the clue already, the program will warn you to prevent adding the same clue twice. Note that you can add the same word with different clue(s)/categories.

To add the clues to the clue pool from the current puzzle, click on the Clues menu, and click on the Copy Categs From Pool menu option. On completion, a dialog box will show you how many clues have been added to the pool.