WordSearch 4 for Pc

I have owned the app since February of 2002, when I was on OS9. I recently retired from teaching after 31 years, and I can safely tell you that I still LOVE using the app with my outside organizations. When I was a Fine Arts Chair all that time, the teachers would ask me to do their word searches because mine looked so professional. I hunted all over looking for a good one. After several false starts, I found this one. I'm glad I did because it's extremely flexible, and easy to use. But don't let it fool you, it's got lots of power under the "hood".

This app works as advertised, but there are a couple of things that I hope will be addressed in a future release. Word Bank: Has to be in all caps or lowercase. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer to have a capital letter at the beginning of the word followed by lowercase letters. Wish it would have this option. If the word is a formal name, I have to select all caps to make sure the first letter in the name is capitalized. The second thing that bugs me is that two or more words, ex: Space Shuttle, are placed in the puzzle with an extra letter in the space. Why not just run the two words together like most word search puzzles do. Again, Space Shuttle as an example: spacershuttle, the r representing the space between the two words; many times confuses students as to whether they have found the correct word. Other puzzles would have it as spaceshuttle. This prompts the inevitable statement of "Sir, I think you misspelled a word in the puzzle". Again, this is just my preference. Overall the program is a great utility for the classroom, or any other use and funtions as it should. I love the multiple print function! I use puzzles as extra credit and students would sit together and quickly finish them, thus earning 10 points on any assignment. Now, I easily print 30 different versions ensuring that no two students in the classroom have the same puzzle and they have to work a little extra harder to earn their 10 points.

I used V3 and found it to be a great tool for use in the classroom. V4 is even better and the support is, honestly, about as good as you could want. If you're a teacher and need software to create word search puzzles.... this is THE software.