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| gypsy fly
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: Simple Sudoku Puzzle Size |
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| What puzzle size should Simple Sudoku be set at to produce "tournament standard" printed paper puzzles? |
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| angusj
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Simple Sudoku Puzzle Size |
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| gypsy fly wrote: | | What puzzle size should Simple Sudoku be set at to produce "tournament standard" printed paper puzzles? |
The size that you adjust the GUI to has not effect on SS's printed puzzle sizes. Anyway, having said that, I'm not aware of any "tournament standard" puzzle size. |
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| gypsy fly
| | Joined: 06 Mar 2006 | | Posts: 18 | | : | | Location: Portland OR USA |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Ah! I printed one out but did not try again after I changed the puzzle size on the screen.
In our local paper, a 9x9 is 69cm square. Not a lot of space for marking candidates.
I guess we haven't quite gotten to the standardization that a Staunton wieghted set does for chess tournaments. Perhaps we should poll and vote on a "tournament standard"? |
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| fermat
| | Joined: 05 Feb 2006 | | Posts: 25 | | : | | Location: Melbourne |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:47 am Post subject: Standard size |
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Newspaper puzzles, that I have seen, never have space for candidates.
The ones I try are easy enough that it doesn't matter.
(Ahem) It is possible that people at work use photo-copiers to blow-up puzzles that might be too difficult?
I have never seen it done, I am guessing!  |
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| rkral
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Simple Sudoku Puzzle Size |
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| angusj wrote: | | The size that you adjust the GUI to has not effect on SS's printed puzzle sizes. |
Does it affect the size of the image when one uses "Save Image As?"
(Sorry, I could test it, but I'm feeling lazy this AM.) |
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| angusj
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:49 am Post subject: Re: Simple Sudoku Puzzle Size |
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| rkral wrote: | | Does it affect the size of the image when one uses "Save Image As?" |
Definitely. I sometimes use that feature when I want to copy an image to a forum. (I temporarily shrink the GUI so the image isn't so big that it dominates the forum.) |
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| evert
| | Joined: 30 Aug 2005 | | Posts: 68 | | : | | Location: Amsterdam |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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| gypsy fly wrote: | | I guess we haven't quite gotten to the standardization that a Staunton wieghted set does for chess tournaments. Perhaps we should poll and vote on a "tournament standard"? |
I do have a suggestion for outdoor sudoku.  |
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| gypsy fly
| | Joined: 06 Mar 2006 | | Posts: 18 | | : | | Location: Portland OR USA |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Nice aerial view of your open field sudoku!
At last, something quite fathomable other than alien crop circle patterns.
This morning I had a "seeing but not knowing" moment. I asked Simple Sudoku for a hint. It proposed an X-Wing. I stared at it for a while and a little bit more. Then I looked up the advanced technique in the help file.
Finally, I found the square and candidate to eliminate. I have not done an X-Wing before this time. I've read about it, but never really applied it. Now that I "needed" it, it came to my understanding more easily.
I'm glad SS just did not "give it away:. Hopefully, I'll be able to see and do it on paper when the occasion arises. |
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