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To play Minesweeper: starting the game
1    On the Game menu, click New.
     The Minesweeper game area consists of the mine counter, the
timer, and the playing field.
2    Click any square on the playing field to start the timer.
     To uncover a square, use the left mouse button to click it. If
it is a mine, you lose. If a number appears on the square, it
specifies how many mines are in the eight squares that surround the
numbered square. 
     To mark a square you suspect contains a mine, use the right
mouse button to click it.
Note
     The object of the game is to find all the mines on the playing
field as quickly as possible without uncovering any of them. 


To play Minesweeper: strategy and tips
     To mark a square you are uncertain about, use your right mouse
button to double-click it. This marks the square with a question
mark (?). Later, you can either mark the square as a mine, or
uncover it. 
     If you have found all the mines around a numbered square,
uncover the remaining squares around it by clicking the numbered
square with the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously.
     Look for common patterns in the numbers. Often, but not
always, a pattern of numbers indicates a specific pattern of mines.
For example, the pattern 232 at the edge of a group of uncovered
squares indicates a row of three mines next to the three numbers. 


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