Puckett Publishing Software

Hectiwords

Hectiwords is a word game. It's like word find + anagrams + Boggle all rolled into one, plus the addition of dynamic behaviors: the letters change during the round. It's quite addictive, and, since it's in beta test, it's free!

If you'd like to try out Hectiwords, here's a link to a zip file. Unzip and run the setup program. Sorry, only for Windows XP and Vista.

Here's the instructions for installing and running the program. Recommended reading.

Author's Note: As for me, I always play 4x4 board, Penalty for Bad Words, don't Allow Contiguous Words. More like Boggle that way.

Bug Updates

If you find a bug, please let me know. Include the version from the "About" box.

28 Dec 2008. Fixed a bug that caused a crash when a "Qu" was involved in dynamics (bug introduced when getting Hectiwords ready for "testing". Oh, the irony). Also improved display to work better at all screen resolutions.

Sibelius Plugins

Here are the Siblelius plugins that I've developed. These have only been tested on Sibelius 4.1 and later, and only on Windows XP. Please let me know of any problems you encounter using them: email Chuck Puckett.

Convert BarRest to Pickup

I wrote this because I hated manually taking an empty bar, convert it to minims (half notes), then crotchets (quarter notes), then finally a typical quaver (eighth note) pickup note. Bob Zawalich Split Bar Rest plugin (from which this was initially derived) exists to make the whole measure into quavers (for instance), but that's not what a pickup note is. Anyway, this plugin converts selected bar rests (not individual rests!) into one or more pickup notes of a specified duration. The user is presented with a dialog from which she can select the duration, whether it is dotted or not, and the number of pickup notes to create. If the number of pickup notes won't fit, the user is so informed.

I suggest you put this in the Notes and Rests folder.

Version 1.0, last updated 6 June, 2006 (Eek! "6-6-6"! The devil's plugin!)

ConvertBarRestToPickup.zip (3.25 KB)

Convert BarRest To Quaver Pickup

A simpler version of Convert BarRest to Pickup, this one requires no user interaction: it creates a single quaver (eighth note) pickup in the selected bars. (You must have one or more bar rests selected!)

I also suggest this goes in the Notes and Rests folder.

Version 1.0, last updated 6 June, 2006 (Eek! "6-6-6"! The devil's cousin's plugin!)

ConvertBarRestToQuaverPickup.zip (1.03 KB)