View Menu


 

Standard Board: Switches the view to the standard board. You can change some properties of the standard board in the Settings dialog.

 

Load Board: Opens the 'Load Board' dialog that allows to load different graphics for the board and pieces. See also Changing the Board Appearance.

 

Board Size (Standard): You can use this submenu to change the size of the Sudokus. Currently you can choose between 4x4, 9x9, 16x16, 25x25, and 36x36.

 

Other Boards: This submenu contains Sudoku layouts with non-square hemmed areas, e.g. 8x8 Cross or 6x6 Ladder. It will be possible to download and install new layouts from the MaaTec Website.

 

Edit Visible Cells: You can select the Edit Visible Cells mode here to modify the visible numbers/pieces of the current Sudoku. This will activate the Edit Bar and the commands in the Visible Cells submenu.

 

Visible Cells: This submenu offers commands to modify the visible numbers/pieces of a Sudoku:

  • Open Pattern : Opens a previously saved pattern of visible cells and applies it to the current Sudoku.

Note: Even if a specific pattern of visible cells for a Sudoku gave a solution, this need not be the case for other Sudokus. If you get no solution with a pattern that you loaded, you need to modify it or load and try another pattern.

  • Save Pattern : If you like a pattern that you created, you can use this command to save it to disk and use it later for other Sudokus. You can also save a pattern if no solution was found. This way you can create some basic patterns as starting templates.

  • All Visible: Makes all numbers on all cells visible.

  • None Visible: All numbers are hidden, so that only empty cells are displayed.

 

Toolbar: Toggles the visibility of the toolbar.

 

Status Bar: Toggles the visibility of the status bar.

 

Time in Status Bar: Toggles the time display in the status bar on and off.