Hangman Help Contents

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Menu Commands

Game Menu Commands

Options Menu Commands

Help Menu Commands

Tasks and Topics

Change the Current WinMate User

Choose a Victim Type

Define Hangman Settings

Display a Hint for the Current Word

Exit Hangman

Give up on a Word

Hangman Rules

Repeat the Last Clue

Show High Scores

Start a Game

Stop the Current Game

Switch to Another Application

Turn off Introduction

Turn off Sound

Turn off Speaking

Turn on Introduction

Turn on Sound

Turn on Speaking


Menu Commands

This section contains information about the menus and commands in the Hangman game. You use the application's menu commands to perform specific tasks.

Game Menu Commands

Options Menu Commands

Help Menu Commands


Tasks and Topics

This section contains information about the things you can do in Hangman.

Change the Current WinMate User

Choose a Victim Type

Define Hangman Settings

Display a Hint for the Current Word

Exit Hangman

Give up on a Word

Hangman Rules

Repeat the Last Clue

Show High Scores

Start a Game

Stop the Current Game

Switch to Another Application

Turn off Introduction

Turn off Sound

Turn off Speaking

Turn on Introduction

Turn on Sound

Turn on Speaking


Game Menu Commands

New

Sets up a Hangman game.

Start

Starts a game with the current settings.

Stop

Stops the current game.

High Scores

Displays a list of Hangman's high scores.

Exit

Exits the Hangman application and returns you to the destkop.


Options Menu Commands

Introduction

Turns the introduction music and animation on or off.

Turn on Introduction

Turn off Introduction

Hint

Displays a hint for the current word in a game.

Give up

Displays the current word in a game.

Victim Type

Selects the type of victim you want to use in a Hangman game.

Sound

Turns Hangman's sound feature on or off.

Turn off Sound

Turn on Sound

Talk

Turns Hangman's speaking feature on or off.

Turn on Speaking

Turn off Speaking

Repeat

Repeats the last clue for the current word.


Help Menu Commands

Contents

Displays the contents for the current application's Help topics.

Keyboard

Displays information about accelerator keys that are available in this application.

Note: The Hangman application does not have any accelerator key combinations available, so there is no topic available for this command.

Menu Commands

Displays Help topics about the current application's menus and commands.

Tasks and Topics

Displays Help topics about the current application's tasks and topics.

Using Help

Displays Help topics about using WinMate's online Help.

About Hangman

Displays information about the Hangman application.


About Hangman Dialog Box

This information gives you copyright and version number information about Hangman. You might need to reference this information if you are talking with a customer service representative.

Choose OK to exit the About Hangman dialog box.


Change the Current WinMate User

1	Click on the Identify icon.

The Identify dialog box appears. The current user name appears in the Current User: field.

2	Click on the photo icon for the user you want to select.

3	Choose Sign On.

The Confirm Sign-on dialog box appears. The user's full name appears in the Sign on user: field.

4	Choose OK to sign on the new user and return to the Hangman screen.

OR

Choose Cancel to exit the Confirm Sign-on dialog box and return to the Hangman screen without changing the user.


Choose a Victim Type

1	Choose the Options Menu's Victim Type command.

2	Choose the victim type you want to use.

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Additional Tasks:

Define Hangman Settings

Start a Game


Confirm Game End Dialog Box

    Choose Yes to end the current game.

    Choose No to resume the current game.


Confirm Reset Dialog Box

    Choose Yes to reset your personal best scores.

    Choose No to exit the Confirm Reset dialog box without resetting any scores.


Define Hangman Settings

1	Choose the File Menu's New command.

OR

Click on the New icon.

The Game Setup dialog box appears.

2	At the Player Name fields, type a name for up to two players.

3	At the Word List fields, choose the difficulty level for the words that will appear during your game. (Click on the [image] icon to display a list, and then highlight the desired word list.)

Note: Repeat this step for each player you have listed in the Player Name fields.

4	At the Misses Allowed fields, type the number of misses you want to have for each word.

Note: Repeat this step for each player you have listed in the Player Name field.

5	At the Rounds Per Game field, type the number of words you want to guess in each game.

6	Choose OK to change the settings.

OR

Choose Cancel to exit the Game Setup dialog box without changing the settings.

Additional Task:

Start a Game


Display a Hint for the Current Word

Choose the Options Menu's Hint command.

OR

Click on the Hint icon.

Note: You might have points deducted from your score if you use the hint feature.

Additional Task:

Give up on a Word


Exit Hangman

Choose the Game Menu's Exit command.

OR

Click on the Finish icon.


Game Setup Dialog Box

Player Name Fields

Type a name for up to two players.

Word List Fields

Choose the difficulty level for the words that will appear during your game. (Click on the [image] icon to display a list, and then highlight the desired word list.)

Note: Repeat this task for each player you have listed in the Player Name fields.

Misses Allowed Fields

Type the number of misses you want to have for each word.

Note: Repeat this task for each player you have listed in the Player Name fields.

Rounds Per Game Field

Type the number of words you want to guess in each game.

OK and Cancel Buttons

Choose OK to save the game settings you have specified.

Choose Cancel to exit the Game Setup dialog box without saving any changes to the game settings.


Give up on a Word

Choose the Options Menu's Give up command.

OR

Click on the Give up icon

Additional Task:

Display a Hint for the Current Word


Hangman High Scores Dialog Box

    Choose OK to return to the Hangman screen.

    Choose Reset Scores to reset the scores to zero.

If you choose Reset Scores, the Confirm Reset dialog box appears. Choose Yes to reset the scores.


Hangman Rules

The object of the game is to guess each word before you exceed the number of allowable misses. Simply click on the letters at the bottom of the screen (or type the letters on your keyboard) to spell the word.

Additional Tasks:

Define Hangman Settings

Start a Game


Repeat the Last Clue

Choose the Options Menu's Repeat command.

Additional Task:

Display a Hint for the Current Word


Show High Scores

1	Choose the Game Menu's High Scores command.

OR

Click on the High Scores icon.

The high scores dialog box appears, displaying a list of Hangman's high scores.

2	Choose the appropriate button.

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Start a Game

Choose the Game Menu's Start command.

OR

Click on the Start icon.

Additional Task:

Stop the Current Game


Stop the Current Game

1	Choose the Game Menu's Stop command.

OR

Click on the Stop icon.

The Confirm Game End dialog box appears.

2	Choose the appropriate button.

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Switch to Another Application

Use this feature to switch to another application without closing the current application.

1	Click on the Pause icon.

A list of applications that are currently running appears.

2	Choose the application you want to open.

Note: If the application you want to run does not appear on the list, choose the desktop from the list, and run the desired application.


Introduction

Use the Introduction commands to turn the introductory music and animation on or off.

Turn On Introduction

Turn Off Introduction


Turn off Introduction

Choose the Options Menu's Introduction command to uncheck it.

Additional Task:

Turn on Introduction


Sound

Use the Sound commands to turn the sound feature on or off.

Turn On Sound

Turn Off Sound


Turn off Sound

Choose the Options Menu's Sound command to uncheck it.

Additional Tasks:

Turn off Speaking

Turn on Sound

Turn on Speaking


Talk

Use the Talk commands to turn the speaking feature on or off.

Turn On Speaking

Turn Off Speaking


Turn off Speaking

Choose the Options Menu's Talk command to uncheck it.

Additional Tasks:

Turn off Sound

Turn on Sound

Turn on Speaking


Turn on Introduction

Choose the Options Menu's Introduction command to check it.

Additional Task:

Turn off Introduction


Turn on Sound

Choose the Options Menu's Sound command to check it.

Additional Tasks:

Turn off Sound

Turn off Speaking

Turn on Speaking


Turn on Speaking

Choose the Options Menu's Talk command to check it.

Additional Tasks:

Turn off Sound

Turn off Speaking

Turn on Sound


Keyboard Short Cut Keys

There are no accelerator keys for the Hangman application.


  Finish Icon

Click on the Finish icon to exit the Hangman application and return to the desktop.


  Give up Icon

Click on the Give up icon to show the answer for the current word.


  High Scores Icon

Click on the High Scores icon to display a list of Hangman's high scores.


  Hint Icon

Click on the Hint icon to get a hint for the current word.


  Identify Icon

Click on the Identify icon to change the current WinMate user.


  New Icon

Click on the New icon to define Hangman game settings.


  Pause Icon

Click on the Pause icon to switch to another application without closing the current application.


  Repeat Icon

Click on the Repeat icon to repeat the last hint or clue.


  Start Icon

Click on the Start icon to start a game with the current settings.


  Stop Icon

Click on the Stop icon to stop the current game.


    Choose Yes to stop the current game.

    Choose No to resume the current game.


    Choose OK to return to the Hangman screen.

    Choose Reset Scores to reset the personal best scores to zero.

If you choose Reset Scores, the Confirm Reset dialog box appears. Choose Yes to reset your personal best scores.


    Choose Gallows to use the traditional hangman drawing.

   Choose Weight Lifter for a change of victim.