The Anagram letters field should
contain the letters of the anagram you
are trying to solve.
The Keywords field should contain
important words from your anagram
clue that indicate the entries you want
to search.
The
Known letters
field should contain
a pattern of letters the word you are
looking for should match.
Note: You do not have to have
information in every field to complete a
search.
For example, type
dangerl the Anagram
letters
field,
twist into the Keywords
field, and type
g?a???? into the
Known
letters
field. Remember,
? replaces a
single letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press
BACK. To type a
capital, hold
CAP and press a letter key.
To type a hyphen, hold
FN and press J.
4. Press ENTER to search.
Your list of results is displayed. “DICT”
indicates matches in the Solutions
English Dictionary. “XDICT” indicates
matches in the
Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary. “XLIST”
indicates matches
in the Crossword Lists.
“ENCYC”
indicates matches in the Discovery
Encyclopedia. “THES” indicates
matches in the Compact Thesaurus.
5. Press or to highlight the results
you want to view.
Press
SAVE to save the highlighted
search results to your Workspace.
6. Press ENTER.
You see a list of matching entries in the
selected book. Press
BACK to return to
the list of search results.
7. Press or to highlight the entry
you want to view and press ENTER.
The text of the selected entry that
matches your search is displayed.
Press
BACK to return to the list of
matching entries.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Workspace
Your device allows you to save your
advanced search results so that you can
access them again quickly at another time.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press WORK.
Your list of saved results is displayed.
3. Press or to highlight the search
results you want.
4. To view those search results again,
press ENTER.
Press
DELETE to delete the highlighted
search results. You are asked to confirm
the deletion. Press
Y to delete or N to
cancel.
Press
ERASE to erase your entire
Workspace. You are asked to confirm
the deletion. Press
Y to delete or N to
cancel.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using Crossword Lists
Use Crossword Lists to search wordlists
covering a wide range of subjects.
Each list sorted by length, and then
alphabetically.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight
Crossword
Lists
, then press ENTER.
4. Press SPACE or to scroll to
highlight a crossword list (e.g.,
Board
games
).
Press
ENTER to select the highlighted
list.
5. Press SPACE or to scroll to
highlight a word length (e.g.,
10
Letters
) and then press ENTER.
Press
SPACE or to scroll.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Thesaurus
Use the Collins Compact Thesaurus
to
find synonyms, antonyms and other
information about a word.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight
Compact
Thesaurus
, then press ENTER.
4. Type a word (e.g.,
complete
).
To erase a letter, press
BACK.
To type a capital, hold
CAP and press
a letter key. To type a hyphen, hold
FN
and press
J.
5. Press ENTER to view the thesaurus
entry.
Press
SPACE or to scroll.
6. Hold FN and press or to view the
next or previous entry, if available.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Understanding Thesaurus Entries
✓
A thesaurus entry is organized by part
of speech and definition sense. Each
sense consists of a group of synonyms.
Synonyms are words that have similar
meanings ( e.g.,
complete/whole
).
Some senses contain usage examples
to clarify the sense in which the word
is used. Also, some senses include
antonyms. Antonyms are words that
have the opposite meaning of the word
being defined (e.g., complete/partial).
Using the
Solutions Dictionary
Use the Collins Solutions English
Dictionary to look up definitions.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight
Solutions
Dictionary
, then press ENTER.
4. Type a word (e.g.,
crash
).
To erase a letter, press
BACK.
To type a capital, hold
CAP and press
a letter key. To type a hyphen, hold
FN
and press
J.
5. Press ENTER to view the definition.
Press
SPACE or to scroll.
6. Hold FN and press or to view the
next or previous definition.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Understanding Definitions
✓
Entries may consist of headwords,
pronunciation information, parts of
speech, definitions, and etymology.
Other forms of the word may follow the
headword. After the definition, you may
see usage examples.
Using the
Discovery Encyclopedia
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia enables
you to find in-depth entries on many
topics, places and people.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight
Discovery
Encyclopedia
, then press ENTER.
4. Type a word (e.g.,
penguin
).
To erase a letter, press
BACK.
To type a capital, hold
CAP and then
press a letter key. To type a hyphen,
hold
FN and press J.
5. Press ENTER to view the
encyclopedia entry.
Press
SPACE or to scroll.
6. Hold FN and press or to view the
next or previous entry.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Learning Zone
Using the Learning Zone, you can read
a variety of additional material about
different language and writing tips,
techniques and suggestions.
Practice Crossword Clues
Select Practice Crossword Clues to
read about the different kinds of clues in
crossword puzzles.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press LEARN.
3. Use or to highlight
Practice
Crossword Clues
, then press ENTER.
4. Press SPACE or to read the text.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Crossword Indicators
Crossword Indicators is list of words you
might find in clues and what they indicate.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press LEARN.
3. Use or to highlight
Crossword
Indicators
, then press ENTER.
4. Press or to highlight a crossword
indicator (e.g.,
Infer
).
You can also type the first few letters
of a word to go directly to that part of
the list.
5. Press ENTER to select the
highlighted indicator.
6. Press SPACE or to read the text.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
