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Warranty (U.K. only)
Electronic Publishers
This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed
by Franklin for a period of one year from the date
of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at
Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect
due to faulty workmanship or materials.
Products returned under warranty should be
sent to the original vendor with proof of purchase
WORDMASTER
and description of fault. Charges will be made
Model TMQ-200
for all repairs unless valid proof of purchase is
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Introduction Getting Started Congratulations. You now have a powerful 1. Place four AAA 1.5 volt batteries into and portable electronic reference that you the compartment on the back. can use at home, school, or work. Follow the diagram inside the case. Using this product, you can. . . 2. Press ON/OFF. • find thesaurus meanings, The Quick Demo appears. You can stop ™ the demo at any time by pressing • find synonyms, Classmates , CLEAR. idioms, and antonyms, 3. Press or to adjust
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Key Guide Looking Up Words BACK Goes back, or erases a typed letter. Most thesaurus entries include a brief defini- tion, or meaning core, and a related list of syn- CLEAR Clears to the Ready screen, onyms or Classmates. (Classmates are or stops the Quick Demo. words related by subject.) Some entries in- ™ CONF Shows Confusables . clude idioms and antonyms. NOTE: If a word has no thesaurus entry, Correct word will ENTER Enters a word, or scrolls text. appear when you enter it. GAMES Shows the ga
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Looking Up Words Looking Up Words 3 Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more words. Remember, when you see a flashing right arrow, you can press ENTER to 5. Continue pressing to view its automatically scroll text to the left. idioms, if any. 3 Help is at Hand At most displays, you can view an ap- propriate help message by pressing HELP. To exit a help message, press BACK. 6. Continue pressing to view its 3 Viewing Multipl
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™ Viewing Confusables Correcting Spellings Confusables are commonly confused words Whenever you enter a misspelled word, a list such as homonyms and spelling variants. of corrections and similar words appear. When a C flashes to the right of a word in a NOTE: If you enter a correctly spelled word thesaurus entry, that word has Confusables. that does not have a thesaurus entry, Correct Try this example. word appears. Try this example. 1. Type a word (e.g., reign). 1. Type a misspelled word. 2. P
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Finding Letters Finding Letters To find unknown letters in words, type a ques- To find prefixes, suffixes, or fragments of a tion mark for each unknown letter. word, type one or more [ ’s in the word. Each [ stands for any series of letters. 1. Type a word with ?’s for letters. 1. Type letters or a word with one or more [ ’s. 2. Press ENTER. 2. Press ENTER. 3. Press to view more words, if any. 4. Press CLEAR. 3. Press to view more words. 4. Press CLEAR. 3 Help for Word Games 3 Letter Finding T
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Selecting Games Hangman Before you play a game, you need to know Hangman challenges you to guess the letters how to select it and how to pick a skill level. of a mystery word in a limited number of tries. There are five skill levels: Beginner, Interme- 1. Select Hangman. diate, Advanced, Expert, and Wizard. The 2. Select a skill level. harder the skill level you choose, the longer the word or shorter the time you have to win. Follow these instructions before playing. mystery word
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Anagrams Jumble In Jumble a jumbled word appears and you In Anagrams, you try to enter all the ana- must unscramble the letters to spell a word grams of a word. An anagram is a word or words. NOTE: Some jumbles are formed formed from some or all of the letters of an- from more than one word. other word. 1. Select Jumble. 1. Select Anagrams. 2. Select a skill level. 2. Select a skill level. jumble number of words word anagrams left 3. Type a word, then press ENT
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Spelling Bee, Flashcards Word Builder In Spelling Bee, you try to spell the word that In Word Builder, you can type in letters at the flashes on the screen. The easier the skill Enter letters screen, and the game will build level you choose, the longer you have to view as many words (anagrams) as possible. Try the spelling word. your name. 1. Select Spelling Bee. 1. Select Word Builder. 2. Select a skill level. 2. Type in random letters or a word. Look for the word to flash on the screen. 3. Pre
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Deduction Deduction Deduction is a decoder game. You have a M stands for “match.” If you have a limited number of tries to guess the pattern number beside M, you have that many of letters hidden by the question marks. The letters that match, but they are in the pattern will always be four letters long and wrong position. include only the letters (a-f). 5. Type another pattern, then press ENTER. 1. Select Deduction. 6. Continue entering patterns until you 2. Select a skill level. win. ? Press t
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™ Word Blaster Technical Specifications Model TMQ-200 In Word Blaster, you must guess the mystery ™ • 500,000 synonym returns • Antonyms and Classmates word before it fully appears. You must spell ™ ™ • SpellBlaster II spelling correction • Confusables ™ the word correctly to win. Beginners have the • MatchMaker characters (? and ] ) • eight word games with scoring most time, and Wizards have the least. • automatic shutoff • context-sensitive help with automatic scrolling • auto self-demonst
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Warranty (U.K. only) Electronic Publishers This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. Products returned under warranty should be sent to the original vendor with proof of purchase WORDMASTER and description of fault. Charges will be made Model TMQ-200 for all repairs unless valid proof of purchase is p
