[gnome-games] [sudoku/help] finalised strategy.page



commit 2494ea93ff3cdbf2b1aab41ed592e7e475198c8a
Author: Tiffany Antopolski <tiffany antopolski gmail com>
Date:   Thu Dec 29 22:49:09 2011 -0500

    [sudoku/help] finalised strategy.page

 gnome-sudoku/help/C/strategy.page |   20 +++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-sudoku/help/C/strategy.page b/gnome-sudoku/help/C/strategy.page
index ab5f7c9..f7a337e 100644
--- a/gnome-sudoku/help/C/strategy.page
+++ b/gnome-sudoku/help/C/strategy.page
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	type="topic" style="task"
 	id="strategy">
 	<info>
-          <revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-15" status="review"/>
+          <revision version="3.4" date="2011-12-27" status="candidate"/>
 	  <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
 	  <credit type="author copyright">
 	    <name>Radoslav Asparuhov</name>
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@
                   </p></note>
             </item>
 	    <item><p>Determine which numbers in the row are missing.</p></item>
-	    <item><p>Choose one of the cells with a missing number. Determine which of the missing numbers are in that column or in that 3x3 box.</p></item>
+	    <item><p>Choose one of the empty cells in this row. Determine which of the missing numbers are in that column or in that 3x3 box.</p></item>
 	    <item><p> Using <link xref="notes">notes</link>, enter the missing numbers which are not in that column or 3x3 box, into the the upper field. These numbers are candidate solutions for that cell.</p></item>
-	    <item><p>Go to the next empty cell of the chosen row and repeat the above method. Repeat this for every row. Always look carefully for the numbers and don't forget the 3x3 boxes.</p></item>
-            <item><p>The strategy will help reveal the cells which have only one possible choice. At this point, you can fill those cells in with that choice, and repeat the strategy again until the entire puzzle is solved.</p></item>
-	  </steps>
-
-
+	    <item><p>Go to the next empty cell of the chosen row and repeat the above method. Repeat this for every row and column, starting at those with the most numbers and continuing through to the least. Always look carefully for the numbers and don't forget the 3x3 boxes.</p></item>
+	   </steps>
+            <note><p>This strategy will help reveal the cells which have only one possible choice. When revealed, you can fill those cells in with that choice, and repeat the strategy again until the entire puzzle is solved.</p></note>
 <figure>
   <desc>Example use of strategy 1.</desc>
   <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/strategy1.png" width="400" ></media>
@@ -47,12 +45,12 @@
 	<p>Strategy 2:</p>
 	  <steps>
 	    <item><p>Find the number which appears most often.</p></item>
-	    <item><p>Now look at the left vertical alignment of the 3x3 boxes and locate the columns in which this number appears.</p></item>
-  	    <item><p>In this alignment, go to a 3x3 box which does not contain this number in any of its cells.  Using <link xref="notes">notes</link>, enter this number in every empty cell of the column in whihc this number does not appear.</p></item>
-	    <item><p>Repeat the last two steps for the center and right vertical alignments, and then for the horizontal alignments.</p></item>
+	    <item><p>Now look at the left vertical alignment of the 3x3 boxes and locate the column(s) in which this number appears.</p></item>
+  	    <item><p>In this alignment, go to a 3x3 box which does not contain this number in any of its cells.  Using <link xref="notes">notes</link>, enter this number in every empty cell of the column in which this number does not appear. If the number appears in the row of one of these cells, do not enter it in that cell's notes.</p></item>
+	    <item><p>Repeat the last two steps for the center and right vertical alignments.</p></item>
             <item><p>Find the next number which appears most, and repeat until you have done this for all 9 numbers.</p></item>
-            <item><p>The strategy will help reveal the cells which have only one possible choice. At this point, you can fill those cells in with that choice, and repeat the strategy again until the entire puzzle is solved.</p></item>
 	  </steps>
+            <note><p>This strategy will help reveal the cells which have only one possible choice. When revealed, you can fill those cells in with that choice, and repeat the strategy again until the entire puzzle is solved.</p></note>
 <figure>
   <desc>Example use of strategy2.</desc>
   <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/strategy2.png" width="400" ></media>



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