Franklin TMQ-100, User Manual

Page 1: ...22 Electronic Publishers TMQ 100 User s Guide POCKET THESAURUS ...

Page 2: ...pellings find letters and fragments of words view Confusables and play many educational word games Read on to learn how to use your new Franklin thesaurus Resuming Where You Left Off If you forget to turn this product off do not worry it will automatically shut off within two minutes If this product is turned off for any reason you will return to the last screen that you viewed Note This will only...

Page 3: ...e Views the next entry or word Turns the product on or off Views the previous entry or word Types a to stand for any letter In games ends a round and shows the thesaurus entries Type an to stand for any series of letters Scrolls up or types an apostrophe Scrolls down or types a full stop Scrolls left or types a space be tween letters Scrolls right BACK CLEAR CONF ENTER GAMES HELP NEXT ON OFF PREV ...

Page 4: ...t the Ready screen You can only adjust the contrast here 3 If the screen is still blank you may need to change the battery See Product Information to learn how Disabling the Demo You probably do not want to view the Quick Demo every time you start To dis able the demo type d at the Ready screen then press ENTER To enable the demo enter d again ...

Page 5: ...include idi oms and antonyms Note If a word has no thesaurus entry Correct word will appear when you enter it 1 Type a word e g tardy To erase letters press BACK or 2 Press ENTER 3 Press ENTER again to scroll through its definition To stop scrolling press BACK You can also press or to scroll slowly 4 Press repeatedly to view its synonyms or Classmates Looking Up Words ...

Page 6: ...5 Looking Up Words 5 Continue pressing to view its idioms if any 6 Continue pressing to view its antonyms if any 7 Press BACK to return to your word ...

Page 7: ...ally scroll to the right Help is at Hand At most displays you can view an appro priate help message by pressing HELP To exit a help message press BACK Viewing Multiple Entries When a word has more than one thesau rus entry a message such as Entry 1 of 5 appears before its first entry To view its other thesaurus entries press NEXT To view a previous entry press PREV If you press NEXT after its last...

Page 8: ...such as homonyms and spelling variants When a C flashes to the right of a word in a thesaurus entry that word has Confusables Try this example 1 Type reign 2 Press ENTER Notice the flashing C at the right of the screen 3 Press CONF 4 Press to view more Confusables ...

Page 9: ...spelled word that does not have a thesaurus entry Correct word ap pears Try this example 1 Type a misspelled word 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view similar words Note A flashing T after a word shows that it has at least one thesaurus entry To view its entry press ENTER 4 Press CLEAR when finished Correcting Misspellings ...

Page 10: ...2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more words if any 4 Press CLEAR Finding Letters in Words Help for Word Games You can use s to help solve crossword puzzles and other word games For example if the second letter of a five letter word is H and its last letter is W en ter h w and then scroll down to view possible answers ...

Page 11: ... at the start of the word finding words may take a while Note It is not necessary to type two s in a row To find prefixes suffixes or fragments of a word type one or more s in the word Each stands for any series of letters 1 Type a word with one or more s 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more words 4 Press CLEAR ...

Page 12: ...iate Advanced Expert and Wizard The harder the skill level you choose the longer the word or shorter the time you have to win Follow these instructions before playing 1 Press GAMES 2 Press or until the game you want to play is in view 3 Press ENTER 4 Press or until the skill level you want is in view 5 Press ENTER To return to the list of games press BACK ...

Page 13: ...he letters of a mystery word in a limited number of tries 1 Select Hangman 2 Select a skill level mystery word tries left 3 Type letters 4 Press ENTER to reveal a letter 5 Press to reveal the word 6 Press ENTER to play a new round Hangman ...

Page 14: ...e letters of another word 1 Select Anagrams 2 Select a skill level word anagrams left 3 Type an anagram then press ENTER If the anagram is correct OK appears 4 Enter more anagrams 5 Press to review used anagrams 6 Press ENTER to jumble letters 7 Press and then to view all the anagrams 8 Press ENTER to play a new round ...

Page 15: ...one word 1 Select Jumble 2 Select a skill level jumble number of words 3 Type a word then press ENTER 4 Press ENTER to re jumble the letters 5 Press to reveal the answer 6 Press ENTER to play a new round Jumble Viewing Scores When a round is over a score of how many rounds you have won and lost appears To reset the score to zero press GAMES ...

Page 16: ...ect a skill level Look for the word to flash on the screen 3 Type the word you just saw 4 Press ENTER 5 Press ENTER to play a new round Flashcards In Flashcards you are shown a randomly selected word to study 1 Select Flashcards 2 Select a skill level A word appears 3 To view a new word press ENTER 4 If there is a flashing beside the word press to view its thesaurus entry Spelling Bee Flashcards ...

Page 17: ...n random letters or a word 3 Press ENTER 4 Press to view the list of anagrams 5 Press ENTER to play a new round Word Builder Viewing Game Words After a round in many of the games the word s played in the round appear If a game word has a thesaurus entry a flashing appears next to it To view its thesaurus entry press Caution Pressing at game word lists ends your current game ...

Page 18: ...ern will al ways be four letters long and include only the letters a f 1 Select Deduction 2 Select a skill level tries left pattern letter choices 3 Type in four letters from the choices to the right a b c d e f 4 Press ENTER P stands for perfect If there is a number beside P you have that many letters in the correct position Deduction ...

Page 19: ...u have that many let ters that match but they are in the wrong position 5 Type in another pattern then press ENTER 6 Continue entering patterns until you win Press the to reveal the answer 7 Press ENTER to play a new round 8 Press CLEAR to return to the Ready screen ...

Page 20: ... Beginners have the most time and Wizards have the least 1 Select Word Blaster 2 Select a skill level You will see a row of question marks which represents a mystery word 3 Press ENTER to stop the clock 4 Type in your answer 5 Press ENTER 6 Press to reveal the answer 7 Press ENTER to play another round Word Blaster ...

Page 21: ...facing you and replace the cover Cleaning and Storage To clean spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its sur face Don t spray liquids directly on this product Do not use or store this product in extreme or prolonged heat cold humidity or other adverse conditions Customer Service If you have a problem with this product refer to the warranty If you purchased this product outside the Unite...

Page 22: ... repairs unless valid proof of pur chase 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 Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is sub ject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not caus...