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SA-98
Electronic Publishers
SpellingAce
With Thesaurus
User’s Guide
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Key Guide Function Keys BACK Erases a letter, or goes back a step. CLEAR Clears to the Ready for word screen. ® CONF Shows Confusables (words that are similar or sound alike). ENTER Enters a word or scrolls. GAMES Shows the menu for word games. HELP Shows help messages. LIST Shows your Personal Word List. ENTER Shows the next thesaurus entry. In a game, starts a new round. NEXT At a thesaurus entry, shows the next en- try, if any. In a game, starts a new round. ON/OFF Turns the Spelling Ace on o
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Getting Started t To Install the Batteries 1. Turn the Spelling Ace over. 2. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arrow. 3. Place four AAA batteries inside the case as shown in the diagram. t To View a Demonstration Unless disabled, a demonstration automatically appears when you turn on this unit. 1. Press ON/OFF. 2. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR. 3. To disable the demonstration, type d, and then press ENTER. 4. To enable the demonstration, press CLEAR, type d, and then p
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Checking Spellings 1. Type a word or misspelling. 2. Press ENTER. The flashing T to the right indicates that the word has at least one thesaurus entry. 3. Press to view more corrections. 4. Press to scroll up. 5. Press CLEAR when finished. 3 Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to scroll. 3 Typing Punctuation Marks At the Ready for word screen, you can type an apostrophe by pressing or a period by pressing . However, to type an a
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Using the Thesaurus When you enter a correctly spelled word, the thesaurus entry for that word appears. The- saurus entries contain brief definitions, and synonym lists. Some thesaurus entries also include Class- mates (words related by subject), idioms, and antonyms. And some words have more than one thesaurus entry. 1. Type a word (for example, happy). To erase letters, use BACK. 2. Press ENTER. This is the first thesaurus entry for happy. 3. Press ENTER again to automatically scroll throu
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Using the Thesaurus 5. Continue pressing to view its idioms and antonyms, if any. 6. Press NEXT to go to the next thesaurus entry for your entry word. 7. Use to view its synonyms, etc. 8. Press CLEAR when done. 3 Help is Always at Hand You can view help information at most screens by pressing HELP. To exit help, press BACK. 6
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® Viewing Confusables Confusables are words that have similar spell- ing or sound alike. If a question mark flashes to the right of a word, that word has Confus- ables. Try this example. 1. Type reign. 2. Press ENTER. Notice the flashing question mark at the right of the screen. 3. Press CONF. 4. Press to view more Confusables. 5. Press CLEAR when done. 7
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Finding Letters in Words You can type a question mark in place of an unknown letter in a word. You can also type an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. More than one question mark and asterisk can be used in a word. 1. Type a word with question marks and asterisks in place of letters. g*dne?? 2. Press ENTER to view matches. giftedness 3. Press to view more matches, if any. 4. Press CLEAR when done. 3 Solving Crossword Puzzles You can use question marks and asterisks in place of wo
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Using the Personal Word List The Personal Word List can contain up to 99 words of your choice for study or review. t To Add a Word to the List 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type the word you want to add. 3. Press LIST. 4. Press until you see Add To List. 5. Press ENTER to add the word. If you typed a word that is not in the Spelling Ace, you will see Add Anyway Y/N. Press Y to add the word or N to cancel. 6. To view the list, press ENTER. 7. Press CLEAR when done. 9
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tt Using the Personal Word List To Delete a Word From the List 1. Press LIST. 2. Press until you see Delete From List. 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press to choose the word you want to delete, if needed. 5. Press ENTER to delete the word. To Erase the Entire List 1. Press LIST. 2. Press until you see Erase List. 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press Y to erase the list, or press N to cancel. 10
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Playing the Games t To Choose a Skill Level 1. Press GAMES. 2. Press until you see Skill Level and then press ENTER. 3. Use and to select a skill level, and then press ENTER. t To Choose the Game Words 1. If needed, press GAMES. 2. Use and until you see Game Words and then press ENTER. 3. Select one of the following: • All words to use random spelling and the- saurus words. • Personal to use words from the Personal Word List. • Enter your own to use words that you enter before each round.
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Playing the Games 3 Keys to the Games You can use these keys in most games: To... Press... Get a hint ] ? End a round and reveal the answers Begin a new round NEXT If you ask for a hint, you will lose that round. Also, when a flashing T appears at the right of a word after a round, you can see its thesaurus entries by pressing EN- TER. To return to the game, press BACK. 3 Resuming Where You Left Off If you forget to turn off the Spelling Ace, it will t
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Playing the Games Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess mystery words one letter at a time. Each letter is hid- den by a question mark. The number of wrong guesses appears at the right of the screen. Press ENTER or ] to reveal a letter. Anagrams Anagrams asks you to form a word from the letters of another word. Each anagram must be the minimum size (number of letters) that flashes before each round. Each letter can be used only as many times as it already ap- pears. Any remaining anagrams are
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Playing the Games Word Jumble Word Jumble tests your skill at unscrambling letters. Unlike Anagrams, each letter needs to be used. The number to the right of the let- ters shows how many words can be made with the letters in order to win. Type your an- swer and press ENTER. To re-jumble the let- ters, press ] . Spelling Bee Spelling Bee flashes words on screen for you to try to spell. Just type the word that appeared, trying to spell it correctly, and press ENTER. If you do not spell it correct
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Playing the Games words can be made from your letters (or word). To play Word Builder, enter as many of the ® words as you can. To help solve Scrabble , ? press and then use and to view the words built from the letters. Word Blaster In Word Blaster, you try to guess a mystery word. A series of question marks appear and then letters begin to fill in. You are prompted to guess the word, then press ENTER before the word is fully spelled, now type in a guess. If the guess is correct you win or a
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Playing the Games Deduction displays a mystery pattern repre- sented by the four question marks. To make a guess, type the letters (a-f) in a pattern then press ENTER. A letter can be used more than once. After entering your guess, a scorecard ap- pears showing the number of correct letters perfectly located (P) or misplaced (M). Press to return to the mystery pattern or type another guess. Press and to scroll through your previous guesses. Guess the pattern and you win! Flashcards Flashcards
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Product Specifications Dimensions 13.6x9.2x2 cm; Wt. 6.8 ozs.; Screen size 1- line 16 characters; Batteries 4xAAA Cleaning, Storage, Problems: To clean, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface. Do not spray liq- uids directly on this product. Do not use or store this prod- uct in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse conditions. If you have a problem with this product, refer to the warranty. If you purchased this product outside the United State
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only) Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (“Franklin”) warrants to the end user that this product will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original retail purchase, as evidenced by sales receipt. On discovery of a defect, the end user must return this product (transportation charges prepaid) either to the dealer from whom it was purchased or directly to Franklin at the address given below. Each product returne
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Your Notes FDS-28029-00 P/N7201602 Rev. A 19
