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Z:1055|You can press the "?" symbol in the status bar if you need prompting about what to do next.Z:2000| offers a host of customizable preference settings regarding appearance, sounds, operation and rules.Z:1055|The lightbulb symbol in the status bar provides a hint suggesting a goodnext move.Z:7001|You may right-click in many places to display a pop-up menu of common options.Z:1072|If you right-click on the scoresheet, you may quickly review or change the Scoring Preferences.Z:1003|You may reorder the cards in your hand by dragging them to the left or right.ABCDEF:1003|You can prevent from automatically resorting your cards by right-clicking on the sortation icon in the status bar.G:1003|You can prevent Canasta from automatically resorting your cards by right-clicking on the grouping icon in the status bar.Z:1004|There are Tutorial and Autoplay facilities that allow you to watch a gamebeing played automatically.Z:7002|You may update to the latest version of automatically.Z:4805|If you have used the Online Update facility, you may review and/or removethe downloaded installation files via the Admin menu.Z:1025|There is a User Guide available for you to print as a reference manual.Z:1072|You may drag and drop cards as an alternative to the point and click method.

Z:7003|When you drag and drop a card, the special MeggieSoft Games mousepointericon changes to show where the card may legitimately be dropped.Z:2003|You can change the card display to use one of several European alternatives (instead of AKQJ).Z:2013|The opponent can be set to one of six different skill levels.Z:2013|You may elect to be able to take a quick peek at the opponent's cards byclicking the mouse button on them.Z:2000|You may disable the speech, music and sound effects via the correspondingpreference sections.Z:1010|You may define up to twelve different player names which will maintain different preferences and score histories.Z:5000|You may change your player name.Z:5300|The Explore menu provides a number of facilities for analyzing, and even

altering, the cards in your hand.Z:2017|The Preferences display includes a "QuickSet" item at the bottom to facilitate changes to sets of preference settings.Z:2017|If you preferred the earlier interface versions (less "bells && whistles"), you may use the "QuickSet" section of the Preferences display to disable groups of newer features.Z:2001|You may change the main window size by dragging an edge or corner, or viathe Screen preferences.Z:2001| can display the game totals in a number of places, depending upon your preference.Z:2001|You may change the headings of the scoresheet columns to be "Me/You" or to use the player and opponent skill names.Z:2003|If you have installed the Plus Pack, you can select additional smaller, l

arger and extra-large card sizes.Z:2003|The Plus Pack includes an alternative set of artistic card designs adapted from Piatnik's "Luxury" card deck.Z:2001|You may customize the main window font, and even select a handwritten style for the scoresheet.Z:2002|You may alter the colors (and text colors) of most areas of the display.Z:2004|You may select from six standard card backs, or even specify your own image file.Z:2018|The AutoMouse feature will move the mousepointer to your next logical point of operation.

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Z:2018|If you use only the Point and Click mouse operation, you may inhibit theDrag and Drop capabilities.Z:2006|You may adjust and/or suppress the animation options for faster card display.Z:2006|You may disable the card interleaving effect for faster card display (thewhole of the moving card is always shown on top).Z:2006|For increased realism of card interleaving, you may enable "TrueSlide".Z:2010|There are a series of "Operational" preferences which affect how starts and finishes.Z:2010|You may select the "AutoDeal" feature to bypass the "Deal" button at thestart of each round.Z:2010|You can "fast start" by selecting one of the alternative exit modes(Operational Preferences) in which case it will sleep in the background betweensessions, thus avoiding a restart delay when it is re-awakened.Z:2010|You can minimize to the tray instead of the taskbar by selecting oneof the Operational Preferences.Z:These tips are shown at random, but if you repeatedly press "Another..." you will see all of them once before they repeat.Z:2011|You can suppress the "Are You Sure?" messages that are shown when you select an item from the Game Menu.Z:1025|If you uncheck the "Show Automatically" box, you may review these tips (and recheck the box) via the Help menu.Z:When shown automatically, these tips will appear when you start , and at the beginning of each new game (except during online or automatic/tutorial play).

Z:2016|You can specify your online name (otherwise your Windows system name willbe used).Z:2016|You can minimize the online connection dialog if you find the default toointeractively verbose.Z:2016|You can put your online session into AutoPilot if you are called away. ( will play your turns for you.)Z:2005|You can start each game with a cut of the deck to determine who deals.Z:2005|If you like the animation but find the dealing process laborious, you canspecify that the dealing is done quickly.Z:If you have speech and/or sound effects enabled and mute or zero-volume your system's sound, will not process the sounds and run faster.A:2005| supports both the "Persian" style deck (with Jokers) and seven-carddeal options.

ABCG:1043|When taking a card from the stock, it is turned over when you click down so that can see it before you release the mouse button.ABCEFG:1072|If you right-click on the rules/scoring panel (under the stock), youmay quickly review or change the Rule or Scoring Preferences.ABG:1016|You may make new melds one card at a time, or by selecting and meldinga group.AB:1072|You can right-click on a partially concealed melded card to see a tool-tip describing which card it is.ABG:2012|You can have warn you if you are discarding a card which is meldable.ABCG:1055|When it is active, you can click on the "undo" symbol in the middle ofthe status bar to restart your turn.ABCG:1055|You can undo either the last melding action or your entire turn.

DF:1055|When it is active, you can click on the "undo" symbol in the middle of the status bar to clear your card selection.C:2012|You can have warn you if you are playing a card which is meldable.C:2012|You can have warn you if you have an unplayed Dix and you are approaching the end of the melding phase.B:2012|You can have Gin Rummy warn you if you are missing the opportunity to layoff a card when ending a round.B:2005|You can specify a deal of 11 cards to the non-dealer, thus starting witha discard from the non-dealer.B:2012|You can have Gin Rummy display the current deadwood value in your hand in

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the status bar.B:2014|You can play standard Gin Rummy, or the Hollywood or Oklahoma variants -under a variety of additional rule and scoring conventions.C:2012|You can have Pinochle display (in the status bar) the meldable points currently in your hand.C:2012|Pinochle can automatically knock for you. (Otherwise, you retain controlof when you wish to knock by clicking on the mat.)C:2005|You can specify the use of a 64-card deck (and also choose a 16-card deal).C:2014|You can permit the melding of Roundhouses and Double Pinochles in Pinochle.C:2014|You can permit the melding of Common Sequences and Double Marriages underthe rules of Bezique - or enable them for a different style of Pinochle.C:2014|You can permit the melding of Grand Binochles, Double Sequences, and Double Sets under the rules of Binochle - or enable them for variety in Pinochle orBezique.CDEF:1072|You may click down on the played trick pile to review which cards havebeen played.D:1072|If you right-click on the rules/scoring panel (under the talon), you mayquickly review or change the Rule or Scoring Preferences.D:2012|Piquet can automatically highlight for selection the highest point, sequence or set declaration in your hand.D:2012|Piquet can warn you if you are about to miss the opportunity to declare aCarte Blanche.

D:2012|You can have Piquet put a highlight in the status bar if you have a CarteBlanche.D:2005|You may specify use of a 36-card Piquet deck (including the sixes) instead of the default 32 cards.E:2005|German Whist supports both simple dealing and the "box deal" convention.F:6700|You may play standard Euchre or cart, or create a custom hybrid "Eucharte"game by combining selected rules from each game.C:2014|You may play standard Pinochle or Bezique, or create a custom hybrid gameby combining selected rules from each game.F:2011|You can minimize the trump making dialog in Euchre and perform the interaction by mouse-clicks.F:1072|You may click on your exchanged discards in cart to remind yourself of which cards you exchanged.

G:2014|You may play either Classic Canasta or Modern American Canasta rules.G:2014|You may change the number of cards taken from stock (one or two).G:2014|You may change the number of Canastas required to go out (one or two).G:2003|You may choose to have the melds displayed in one of four different ways.G:2003|You may turn the discard pile and Canasta color tinting on and off.H:2012|You may specify that Cribbage automatically score your combinations by enabling "AutoPeg".H:2015|You may specify either a Peg Board or a Score Sheet for keeping score.H:2015|You may specify that the score buttons be shown in the status bar, or asa separate Score Bar.H:2011|You may specify that most recent score details are shown in the status bar instead of the running points totals.H:2013|You may enable and disable dialog boxes confirming the opponent's scoring

actions.H:2015|Cribbage supports the "Muggins" (Cutthroat Cribbage) rule as an scoring preference option.H:2005|You may play Five, Six, or Seven Card Cribbage. You may even play the original game of Noddy.H:2005|Cribbage supports the "Deal One To Crib" dealing convention as an optional preference.H:2012|You may enable or disable the "AutoCard" feature, which permits you to select and discard/play a card in a single double-click action.ABCG:1072|The "MultiSelect" feature permits you to drag the mouse across a seque

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nce of cards in your hand in order to select them all for melding.D:1072|The "MultiSelect" feature permits you to drag the mouse (right-button down) across a sequence of cards in your hand in order to select them all for exchange or declaration.ABCG:1032|The "AutoMeld" feature permits you to select and meld a card in a single double-click action, and automatically melds MultiSelect selections when themousebutton is released.Z:2012|If you do not want to see the pale green tint when new cards are added toyour hand from the stock, you may disable this feature.G:2015|You may disable the penalty incurred for taking the discard pile and changing your mind.G:2012|You may have your cards displayed as a single block or separated into groups of cards of the same rank.Y:If you register more than one of the MeggieSoft Games at the same time, discounts are often available.Y:MeggieSoft Games offers a total of seven products, each using the same long-proven user interface used by .Z:2001|You may disable (and enable) the menu toolbar. When it is enabled, you may hide it (and reshow it) via the View Menu.Z:2001|The toolbar may be displayed either at the top of the game window, or onthe left side.