Franklin Spellmaster QES-90, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ... Electronic Publishers Electronic Publishers QES 90 Parent Teacher Instruction Guide E L E M E N T A R Y SPELLMASTER ...

Page 2: ...mes with the main dictionary or your personal word list use the Crossword Match Key to find missing letters use the WILDCARD key to find prefixes and or suffixes The Spellmaster comes with two sets of instructions one for you the parent teacher and one for the child The children s guide is less detailed than the adult s so the child can learn the basics of the Spellmaster quickly If they have an i...

Page 3: ...ing Words 9 Checking Contractions 9 Checking Abbreviations 10 Using the Crossword Match Key 10 Using the WILDCARD Key 11 User List 12 Creating a User List 12 Viewing Your User List 13 Removing Words from Your User List 13 Erasing Your User List 13 Games 14 Selecting a Game 14 A Flashcards 14 B Spelling Bee 15 C Hangman 15 D User Hangman 16 E Jumble 16 Table of Contents ...

Page 4: ...3 F Word Blaster 16 G Set off time 17 H Set contrast 17 I Blink Rate 17 Copyrights and Patents 18 Technical Specifications 19 Index 20 Table of Contents ...

Page 5: ...our User List Finds prefixes and suffixes Shows a help message Shows the game menu Goes back a step Turns the Spellmaster on or off Finds missing letters Removes a word from User List Clears an entry Enters a request Adjusts contrast moves up or down a list Erases a letter Types a space LIST ADD INFO ON OFF BACK PLAY CLEAR ENTER WILDCARD ...

Page 6: ... in the direction of the arrow 4 Place three AAA batteries into the holder following the diagram inside NOTE Use alkaline batteries only 5 Slide the battery cover back to its original position Make sure the tabs are aligned Adjusting Screen Contrast With your Spellmaster you are able to adjust the word contrast of the screen to your liking 1 Press ON OFF 2 Press or Anytime you are at this screen y...

Page 7: ...mple to learn how your Spellmaster works 1 Type home 2 Press ENTER You will see since home was spelled correctly Spell Correction If home had not been spelled correctly you would have seen a list of possible matches Try this example 1 Type recieve 2 Press ENTER This screen is telling you that the Spellmaster has found eight possible matches to your misspelled word Spelling ...

Page 8: ... contains a 26 854 word list based on The Oxford Children s Dictio nary The Spellmaster first verifies whether the word you typed in is spelled correctly It takes phonetic mistakes transposing of letters and missing letters into account and comes up with a list of possible matches Spelling ...

Page 9: ...en shows the number of pages on which the information about the word tree appears in the OCD If a screen says Page 1 of 2 it means the word you chose is found on more than one page in the OCD Try the word bore This screen shows what page the word tree appears on in the OCD You can turn to page 345 in the book to see more information about the word tree If a screen has a hyphen after the page numbe...

Page 10: ...form the word café 3 Press CLEAR when done Contractions Spellmaster also allows you to check the spelling of contractions It will convert words to contractions for you but if you want to type the apostrophe yourself here s how 1 Type don 2 Press Look for the green apostrophe beside on the unit 3 Type t 4 Press ENTER You have now spelled don t correctly Spelling ...

Page 11: ...ur Spellmaster can match words even if you don t know how to spell them This feature is helpful in solving cross word puzzles too Say you know how many letters are in a word but you aren t sure how to spell it correctly Just type in the letters you know and type a question mark in place of the letters you don t Try this example 1 Type hippopot m s 2 Press ENTER You will see the correct spelling of...

Page 12: ... find the correct spellings for unknown words It however is used for finding prefixes and suffixes Try this example 1 Type pre 2 Press WILDCARD You will see an asterisk appear 3 Press ENTER Spellmaster creates a list of all words in its memory that start with pre 4 Press to view the list Spelling ...

Page 13: ...The screen will say Word added and then return to your word The word go has been added to your User List Words that are not included in the Spellmaster s main dictionary can also be added to the User List 1 Type disk 2 Press ADD The screen will say Not in book then Is it OK Y N 3 Press Y for yes You ll see the word you just add and a flashing U which means this word is part of the User List only U...

Page 14: ...Words from Your User List 1 Press LIST You are now in your User List 2 Press until the word you wish to remove is on the screen 3 Press The screen will say Word removed This means that word was permanently deleted Erasing Your User List 1 Press LIST You are now in your User List 2 Press C The screen will ask if you re sure you want to delete the whole list If you want to continue press Y for yes I...

Page 15: ...ards Flashcards flashes words from its main dictionary or from your User List on the screen for viewing The object of Flashcards is to have students study the words that appear on the screen If they see a word that interests them they can look it up in the printed dictionary To choose Flashcards press A Press or to select either your User List or the main dictionary then press ENTER Note You must ...

Page 16: ...or a moment Then the screen will ask for the answer Type the word you just saw If you spell it correctly You Win if you spell it incorrectly Sorry you lost will appear on the screen along with the word Press INFO to see your score C Hangman After you set the game options you will see question marks representing a mystery word Type a letter If it s in the mystery word it will take the place of the ...

Page 17: ...rs Type the word when you think you know the answer then press ENTER If you re correct You Win To see the answer press Press ENTER to play another round Press INFO to see your score F Word Blaster Word Blaster is a speed spelling game After you set the game options you will see letters of a mystery word pop up in place of the question marks which represent letters of the mystery word Press ENTER w...

Page 18: ... if you forget to turn the unit off H Set contrast You can set the screen contrast from one lightest to sixteen darkest with this feature You can also adjust the screen contrast by pressing or at the Ready screen I Blink Rate The blink rate is the speed the flashing arrow blinks You can set the speed to Very fast blink Fast blink Normal blink Slow blink or Very slow blink Choose the speed by press...

Page 19: ...t on your Spellmaster Don t expose your Spellmaster to extreme or prolonged heat cold or other adverse conditions Customer Service If you have a problem with your unit refer to the limited warranty card included in your package or contact the place of purchase If you have any ideas as to how the Spellmaster could benefit young users please send your ideas along to us Franklin Electronic Publishers...

Page 20: ...7 oz without batteries Batteries 3 x AAA 1990 1994 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Mt Holly NJ 08060 USA All rights reserved Produced under license from Oxford University Press Copyright 1985 1993 Oxford University Press All rights reserved US Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 4 891 775 5 113 340 5 203 705 5 218 536 European Patent 0 136 379 ISBN 0 945731 48 5 ...

Page 21: ...ssword Match Key 4 using 10 using with games 16 Customer Service 18 Dash Key 4 ENTER Key 4 Flashcards Game playing 14 Games 14 key 4 seeing score 15 Hangman Game playing 15 Help 4 Hyphen meaning 8 INFO Key 4 Jumble Game playing 16 LIST Key 4 Looking up Words 6 ON OFF Key 4 PAGE Key 4 using 8 Protecting your Spellmaster 18 Question Mark Key see Crossword 10 using with games 16 Ready Screen 5 Screen...

Page 22: ...ing Bee Game playing 15 User Hangman Game playing 16 User List creating your own 12 erasing 13 flashing U 12 key 4 removing words 13 viewing 13 Wildcard Key 4 using 11 Word Blaster Game playing 16 Words looking up 6 ...

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