Franklin IC-101 User manual

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DICTIONARY
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IC-101
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Contents
Meet Dictionary Plus.....................................3
Starting Dictionary Plus ...............................5
Correcting Spellings .....................................8
Finding Spellings .........................................10
Looking up Definitions ................................13
Finding Thesaurus Meanings .....................16
Finding Synonyms .......................................18
Finding Confusable Words .........................20
Using Pick Mode ..........................................22
Reviewing Your Path List ............................24
Using With Other Books..............................26
Selecting Menu Settings..............................28
Appendixes...................................................30
Key Guide .....................................................41
Index..............................................................44

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Meet Dictionary Plus
What Dictionary Plus Can Do
Your new Merriam-Webster® Dictionary Plus is much
more than a dictionary. It’s a spelling corrector,
dictionary, and thesaurus combined in one powerful
and portable reference. Using
Dictionary Plus ,
you can. . .
• find the words you need in spelling correction
lists, dictionary definitions, thesaurus meanings,
and synonym lists.
• distinguish frequently confused words,
• pick words on screen to look up, and
• review words that you have looked up in
previous sessions.
You can even use
Dictionary Plus to look up words
from certain other digital books.
Your First Tip
Throughout this manual, look for gray-boxed
tips like this one. They explain how to get the
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How Dictionary Plus Works
Dictionary Plus is easy to use. You simply type in
words, or pick them from on screen, and then look
them up. Here's what a typical session looks like:
The screen says "Type a word. . ."
You type a word You see the word's
and press . dictionary definitions.
You press . You see its thesaurus
meanings.
You press . You see its synonyms.
You press . And you’re back at the
main prompt, ready to
type another word.
It’s that easy.
This User's Manual explains how to use
Dictionary
Plus
in detail. If you haven’t used Dictionary Plus
before, read its chapters in order and try the ex-
amples. If you’re an experienced user, keep this
manual for quick reference.
Dictionary Plus
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Starting Dictionary Plus
Before you can use Dictionary Plus , it must be
installed in your Digital Book System. Here's how.
1. Turn the Digital Book System off .
WARNING If you install Dictionary Plus
while the Digital Book System is on,
information that you entered in the other
installed digital book could be erased.
2. Put Dictionary Plus in either book slot
on the back of the Digital Book System.
Align its tabs with the notches in the book slot.
Make sure its metal contacts are facing down.
3. Press .
If the screen is blank, adjust the contrast control
on the left side of the Digital Book System.
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If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
4. Press .
You see the digital book symbols.
5. Highlight the Dictionary Plus symbol by
pressing or .
6. Press .
This is Dictionary Plus 's main prompt. It’s where
you type words to find spellings, dictionary
definitions, thesaurus meanings, synonyms, and
confusable words. You can get to the main prompt
at any time by pressing .
Starting
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Help is Always at Hand
If you're ever unsure about what to do next,
press to see an appropriate help
message. If you want to see the Gold key
combinations (the keys you can press
while holding ), just press .
To scroll through help messages, press
or . To page through them, press
or . To exit them, press .
How to See a Demonstration
To see a brief demonstration of Dictionary Plus ’s
main features, follow these steps:
• Press .
• Then press to highlight "Demo."
• Then press .
You can stop the demo at any time by pressing
.
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Correcting Spellings
You don't have to be a perfect speller to look up
words using
Dictionary Plus . As the following
example shows, when you enter a misspelled word,
Dictionary Plus automatically displays a spelling
correction list.
1. At the main prompt, type "kawphy".
If you're not at the main prompt, first press
. To erase letters, press .
2. Press .
This is a spelling correction list.
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Correcting Spellings
3. Press .
You scroll down the list.
Here's what you can do now:
To . . . Press . . .
Define a word Highlight it.
Then
Go back to the list
from a definition
4. When you're done, press .
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Follow the Arrows
In Dictionary Plus , you'll often see a
blinking arrow at the upper right of
the screen, like this:
This arrow shows that more information is in the
display than appears on screen now. To see
more of the display, simply press .

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Finding Spellings
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Dictionary Plus ’s MatchMaker™ key-- --helps
you find spellings when you don't know all the letters in
a word. You can use it to solve crossword puzzles, too.
Using the Letter Detective™
The question mark is called the Letter Detective
because it finds missing letters in words. Type a
question mark for every letter that you don't know.
1. At the main prompt, type a "conc??ve".
2. Press .
This is a MatchMaker list.
3. Press to highlight a word. Then press
.
You see its definitions. When you're at long
MatchMaker lists, you may want to page up and
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Finding Spellings
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down the list. Just press or . To go to the
end of the list, hold and press .
4. When you're done, press .
Using the Fragment Finder™
The asterisk is called the Fragment Finder because it
finds words containing the word fragment that you type.
To type an asterisk, hold and press .
1. At the main prompt, type " abund*".
2. Press .
3. Press to highlight a word . Then press
.
4. When you're done, press .

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Finding Spellings
MatchMaker Tips
You can type question marks and asterisks in
the same word; for example, “pers?ver*”.
But avoid typing question marks and asterisks in
place of a word’s first letters. If type them there,
the search for a MatchMaker list may take a
while.
Solving Crossword Puzzles
You can use the MatchMaker key to help solve
crossword puzzles.
For example, let's say your crossword clue is
"To lessen." You know its five-letter answer
starts with an A and ends with TE.
Simply type "a??te" at
Dictionary Plus 's main
prompt. Then press . You'll see a
MatchMaker list including "abate," the answer.
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Dictionary Plus contains more than 270,000 dictio-
nary definitions. You can find them in two ways:
• by typing words at the main prompt,
• or by picking words on screen.
The following example shows how to define words by
typing them. To learn how to define words by picking
them, read "Using the Pick Mode."
1. At the main prompt, type "run".
2. Press .
Or you can hold and press .
This is a dictionary definition. Dictionary definitions
start with the word you entered, with its
hyphenation points and part of speech shown.
3. Press to scroll down the definition.
Looking up Definitions
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Looking up Definitions
You see inflections of the main word (unless you
turned off the inflections at the Setup menu), one
or more meanings, plus related words and
phrases.
Here's what you can do now:
To . . . Press . . .
Page through the definition or
Zoom to the end or start +
of the definition or
See thesaurus meanings
and synonyms for the main word
Browsing Through Definitions
With Dictionary Plus , you can flip through
dictionary entries as you would in a book.
When you're at a definition, hold while
pressing to see the next dictionary entry.
To return to previous entries, hold and
press .
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Key Keys in Dictionary Plus
Here are some keys you'll use often:
clears screen to the main prompt
used with other keys
displays help messages
displays other reference entries
(See below.)
Finding MORE Than Definitions
Dictionary Plus has the ability to quickly display
different types of reference entries. The simplest
way to see them is to press .
For example, let's say you're looking at the
definition of "capital." To see its first thesaurus
meaning, press . Then, to see its first
list of synonyms, press again. To go
back to the previous entry, just press .
You'll learn about thesaurus meanings and
synonym lists in the next chapters.
Looking up Definitions
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Finding Thesaurus Meanings
A thesaurus meaning is a general definition shared
by a list of synonyms. Since many words have more
than one synonym list, thesaurus meanings help you
decide which synonym list suits your needs.
As this example shows, you can easily switch
between thesaurus meanings and synonym lists.
1. At the main prompt, type "cold".
2. Hold and press .
Or you can press , highlight "Thesaurus
meaning" on the Command menu, and then press
.
This is a thesaurus meaning. Did you notice the
"Thesaurus meaning 1 of 7" message? It means
that the word you typed has more than one
thesaurus meaning.
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3. To see the next thesaurus meaning, hold
and press .
4. Press .
You return to the first thesaurus meaning.
Here's what you can do now:
To . . . Press . . .
See synonyms for a
thesaurus meaning
To go back to the
thesaurus meaning
In this way, you can flip between thesaurus
meanings and their synonyms.
5. When you're done, press .
Thesaurus Meanings
Finding MORE Information
Remember, when you're at a reference display,
you can see other references--synonym lists,
thesaurus meanings, and confusable words --
simply by pressing .
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Finding Synonyms
Dictionary Plus contains nearly 500,000 synonyms.
Not all words in
Dictionary Plus have synonyms, but
most do.
This example shows the basic way to find synonyms--
by typing a word at the main prompt. You can also
find synonyms by pressing at dictionary
definitions and thesaurus meanings.
1. At the main prompt, type "light".
2. Hold while pressing .
Or you can press , highlight "Thesaurus
synonyms" on the Commands menu, and then
press .
This is a synonym list. Did you notice the
“Synonyms for meaning 1" message? It means
that "light" has more than one list of synonyms.
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3. Hold and press repeatedly.
You see its other synonym lists.
Here's what you can do now:
To . . . Press . . .
See the thesaurus meaning
of a synonym list
See previous thesaurus
meanings or synonym lists +
Define a synonym to highlight
it. Then
or +
4. When you're done, press .
Finding Synonyms
Gold Key Combinations
Remember, is used in combination with
other keys. To see a list of the Gold key
combinations in
Dictionary Plus , press .
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