Franklin SpellingAce With Thesaurus SA-206 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
User’s Guide
SA-206
SpellingAce
With Thesaurus
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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. Shows the
next thesaurus entry.In a game, starts
a new round.
GAMES
Shows the menu for word games.
HELP
Shows help messages.
LIST
Shows your Personal Word List.
NEXT
At a thesaurus entry, shows the next
entry, if any.In a game, starts a new
round.
ON/OFF
Turns the Spelling Ace on or off.
Types a question mark to stand for a
letter in a word.
Types an asterisk to stand for a se-
ries of unknown letters; in a game
reveals a hint.
Direction Keys
Scroll left or right.
Scroll up or down.At the Ready for
word
screen, adjust the screen contrast.
Type an apostrophe or a period
.
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Getting Started
To Install the Batteries
This unit uses 4 AAA batteries. You must insert the
batteries before getting started. The batteries should
bechanged when the screencontrast istoo light even
after adjustment. Please have a small Phillips screw-
driver at hand before you follow the steps below.
1. Turn the Spelling Ace over.
2. Unscrew the back cover and slide it off in
the indicated direction.
3. Install the new batteries following the mark-
ings in the compartment.
4. Replace the back cover.
To View a Demonstration
Unless disabled, a demonstration automatically ap-
pears 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 press
ENTER.
To Adjust the Screen Contrast
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Use or to lighten or darken the
screen.
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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.
Checking Spellings
✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the screen
showwhicharrowkeysyoucanpresstoscroll.
✓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 apostrophe
or period, you must first type another letter.

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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 through its definition.
To stop scrolling, press BACK.You can
also press or to scroll manually.
4. Press repeatedly to view its
synonyms or Classmates.
Using the Thesaurus

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✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HELP.To exit help,
press BACK.
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.
Using the Thesaurus

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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.

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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.
g
iftedness
3. Press to view more matches, if any.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
✓ Solving Crossword Puzzles
You can use question marks and asterisks
in place of words to help solve crossword
puzzles and similar word games. For ex-
ample, if the second letter of a five-letter
word is
r and its last letter is d , enter ?r??d.

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The Personal Word List can contain up to 99
words of your choice for study or review.
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.
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Using the Personal Word List