Franklin Next Century QC-30, User Manual

Page 1: ...18 Electronic USER S MANUAL DICTIONARY Words from Collins Dictionaries NEXT CENTURY By Franklin Electronic Publishers QC 30 ...

Page 2: ...e a typed letter Type a question mark to stand for a letter In games end a round Type an asterisk to stand for any series of letters In games reveal an answer Enter a word select a menu item or start highlight in text Type a space or page down Scroll up or down or type punc tuation Move the cursor or highlight MENU GAMES CONF HELP CLEAR ON OFF BACK ENTER SPACE ...

Page 3: ...our word by pressing CLEAR Getting Started Disabling the Demo You probably do not want to view the demo every time you turn on this prod uct To disable the demo select Dis able Demo on the Setup menu To enable it select Enable Demo Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more text ...

Page 4: ...on if you forget to turn it off 1 Press MENU 2 Press to point to Setup 3 Press ENTER 4 Press to point to a menu item 5 Press ENTER to view its settings 6 Move the pointer to a setting 7 Press ENTER to select it Help is at Hand At almost any screen you can view an appropriate help message by pressing HELP To exit help press BACK ...

Page 5: ...2 Type a word e g gesticulate To erase letters press BACK 3 Press ENTER 4 Press repeatedly to scroll down Or press SPACE to page down 5 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Definitions Typing Punctuation At ENTER your word you can type an apostrophe by pressing or a full stop by pressing Note These punctuation marks cannot begin a word ...

Page 6: ...ample enter kawphy and you see this Press to point to the correct word Then press ENTER to view its definition Viewing Multiple Forms When you enter a word with more than one form in the dictionary a list appears For example enter am and you see this Press to point to the form you want Then press ENTER to view its definition Finding Definitions ...

Page 7: ... Try this ex ample 1 At ENTER your word type write 2 Press ENTER Notice the CONF flash 3 Press CONF An identifying word follows each Confusable 4 Press to view more Quick Confusables If you already know that a word has Confusables press CONF rather than ENTER after typing it at ENTER your word You ll go directly to its Confus ables list ...

Page 8: ...r letters 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more matching words if any 4 Press CLEAR Finding Letters Help for Word Games You can use s to help solve cross word puzzles and other word games For example if the second letter of a five letter word is H and its last letter is W enter h w and then scroll down to view possible answers ...

Page 9: ...tters 1 Type a word with one or more s 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more words 4 Press ENTER to view a definition 5 Press BACK to return to the list Letter Finding Tips You can type both s and s in a word However if you type either at the start of the word finding matching words may take a while Note You do not need to type consecutive s or a next to a ...

Page 10: ...this example 1 At ENTER your word type instigate 2 Press ENTER 3 Press ENTER again The first word is highlighted You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK 4 Press to highlight incite 5 Press ENTER to view its definition 6 Press BACK to return to the first definition Highlighting Words to Define ...

Page 11: ...ngth To add a word to the User List 1 Go to a definition or a correction list 2 Press MENU 3 Press ENTER to select User List This is a sample screen The main word of the definition or the correction next to the pointer appears after Add Note If Add does not appear the word may already be in the User List 4 Press to point to Add 5 Press ENTER to add the word 6 Press CLEAR Using the User List ...

Page 12: ...ary Words To add a word not in this dictionary e g ninja type it at ENTER your word and press MENU Then select Add from the User List menu After selecting Add a special menu appears Move the pointer to a menu item and then press ENTER to cancel the addition add the word or spell cor rect the word Note You cannot view the definition of a nondictionary word in the User List If you select such a word...

Page 13: ...t from the main menu 2 Press ENTER to select View list 3 Press to point to a word 4 Press ENTER to view its definition 5 Press BACK to return to the list To remove a word from the User List 1 Select User List from the main menu 2 Move the pointer to Remove word 3 Press ENTER 4 Press to point to a word 5 Press ENTER to remove the word ...

Page 14: ...nge them 1 Press GAMES 2 Press to point to Game Setup 3 Press ENTER 4 Move the pointer to either Word List or Word Length 5 Press ENTER 6 Move the pointer to a setting 7 Press ENTER to select it Selecting Game Settings Typing Game Words If you select Type them in as the word list you will be prompted to enter a game word after you select a game ...

Page 15: ...ll of the letters of another word 1 Press GAMES 2 Press ENTER to select Play Anagrams word anagrams remaining 3 Type an anagram 4 Press ENTER 5 Enter more anagrams 6 Press to view the anagrams you have entered 7 Press to shuffle letters 8 Press and then to view all the answers 9 Press SPACE to play a new round ...

Page 16: ...ay Hangman 3 Press ENTER mystery word tries left 4 Type letters 5 Press to reveal a letter 6 Press to reveal the word 7 Press ENTER to play a new round Playing Hangman Viewing Game Words After playing a round of Anagrams or Hangman you can view definitions of the game word s by pressing ENTER To return to the game press BACK ...

Page 17: ...o not spray liquids directly on this product Do not use or store this product 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 States contact the place of pur chase to obtain warranty or repair information Copyrights Trademarks Patents ISBN 1991 94 Franklin Electroni...

Page 18: ... valid proof of purchase is provided This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse accidental damage or wear and tear This guarantee does not affect the consumer s statutory rights FCC Notice Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Sub part B of Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interf...