Franklin Thesaurus WM-1055 User manual

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THESAURUS
User’s Guide
WM-1055

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Key Guide
Function Keys
Erases a letter, or goes back a step.
Clears to Ready for word .
Shows Confusables, if any.
Enters a word or scrolls text.
Shows the Games menu.
Shows a help message.
Shows the Personal word list menu.
Shows the next thesaurus entry or
starts a new game round.
Types a
? to stand for a letter.
Typesan
✽ tostandforunknownletters.
Direction Keys
Move left or right.
Move up or down.At a clear Ready
screen, adjusts screen contrast.
Types an apostrophe or a period.
CONF
CLEAR
BACK
ENTER
GAMES
HELP
LIST
NEXT
?
✽

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Getting Started
Installing the Batteries
1. Turn the unit over.
2. Slide the battery cover off in the
direction of the arrow.
3. Place the four AAA batteries inside the
case following the diagram.
Adjusting the Screen Contrast
1. Press ON/OFF.
A brief demonstration appears.
2. Press CLEAR if you want to stop the
demonstration.
3. Press or repeatedly to adjust the
screen contrast.
Note: You can adjust the screen contrast
only at a clear Ready screen.
▼▼
✓Disabling the Demo
You probably don’t want to view the au-
tomatic demonstration each time you
turn this product on. To disable the
demo, type
✽✽ d at the Ready screen. To
enable the demo, do the same.

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Looking Up Words
Almost every entry in thisThesaurus has a brief
definition and a related list of synonyms or
Classmates. (Classmates are words related by
subject.) Some entries include idioms and ant-
onyms.
Note: Many words have more than one
thesaurus entry.
1. Type a word (e.g., happy ).
To erase letters, press BACK.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER again to automatically
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.

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Looking Up Words
5. Continue pressing to view its
idioms, if any.
6. Continue pressing to view its
antonyms, if any.
7. Press NEXT to go to the next entry, if
any.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
✓Finding Help Information
You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HELP. To exit help,
press BACK.
✓Follow the Arrows
The arrows at the right of the screen show
which arrow keys you can press to view
more.

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Viewing Confusables™
Confusables are words that sound alike or are
spelled similarly. Whenever a ? alternately
flashes with arrows to the right of a word, that
word has Confusables. Try this example.
1. Type
reign .
2. Press ENTER.
Notice the flashing
? at the right of the
screen.
3. Press CONF to view the Confusables.
4. Press to view more Confusables.
5. Press CLEAR when done.

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Don’tworry if youmisspell a word;a list ofspell-
ing corrections will automatically appear. Try
this example.
1. Type a misspelled word.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press to highlight a correction, if
needed.
If you see a flashing T , that word has a
thesaurus entry.
4. Press ENTER to go to its thesaurus
entry.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Correcting Misspellings

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Use the question mark key to stand for un-
known letters when you’re not sure how to spell
a word. You can use more than one question
mark in a word. Try this example.
1. Type a word with ?’s for letters.
2. Press ENTER to view matches.
3. Press to view more matches, if any.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
Finding Letters
✓ Help with Word Games
You can use ?’s to help in solving cross-
word puzzles and other word games.
For example, if the second letter of a five-
letter word is “r” and its last letter is “d”,
enter
?r??d and then scroll down to view
possible answers.

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Finding Parts of Words
✓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 words may take awhile. If no
matches are found,
Sorry can’t help appears.
The asterisk stands for a series of unknown
letters. Use it to find suffixes, prefixes, or any
fragment of a word. You can type more than
one asterisk in a word.
1. Type a word with one or more ✽’s.
2. Press ENTER.
A list of matches appears.
3. Press to view more matches.
4. Press CLEAR when done.

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Placing Notes
Use the Personal word list for personal study
or review. You can save up to 99 words in your
list if they are words from thisThesuarus. Once
you add your own words to the list, however,
the number of words you can save decreases.
Here is how to add and view your first word.
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 this
Thesaurus, you will see Add Anyway Y/N .
Press Y to add the word or N to cancel.
6. Press ENTER to view the list.
Words are listed in the order they are placed.
7. Press CLEAR when done.