Franklin IC-109 User manual

DIGITAL BOOK
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For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
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Electronic Publishers
User’s Manual
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Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
FCR 28009-00 A
P/N 7201690 Printed in China
IC-109
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Players Dictionary
The Official
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Contents
Getting Started .............................................. 4
Install the Digital Book ............................. 5
Adjust the Contrast .................................. 6
See a Demonstration ................................ 7
Learn the Keys .......................................... 8
Verifying Words ........................................... 10
Defining Words ........................................ 11
Checking Spellings.................................. 13
Finding Spellings ..................................... 14
Building Words ............................................ 16
Building With Tiles .................................. 17
Building on Words................................... 19
Building Between Letters........................ 21
Building on Letter Scores ....................... 23
Reference...................................................... 25
Digital Book System ................................ 26
Limited Warranty ..................................... 33
Product Specifications............................ 34
Index ......................................................... 35

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Introduction
The Official Scrabble®Players Dictionary contains
more than 100,000 words specially chosen for
playing Scrabble®. You’ll find short words,
unusual words, and words spelled with less-
frequent letters that help you get higher Scrabble®
scores.
All words have brief definitions. These definitions
don’t provide the detail of general dictionary but
they do give you a sense of one of the word’s
meanings.
With The Official Scrabble®Players Dictionary
digital book, finding high-scoring words is easier
than ever. Simply type your tiles and a board
pattern, and you’ll see a list of words ranked by
their Scrabble®scores.
You can also check and find spellings, type blank
tiles and empty squares, and include double and
triple letter scores in your patterns.
To learn how, read this User’s Manual. You can
follow the numbered steps using the examples
shown or using your own tiles and board
patterns.

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If you’re using
The Official Scrabble®
Players Dictionary
for the first time,
read this section.
Getting Started

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Install the Digital Book
You must install The Official Scrabble®Players
Dictionary digital book before you can use it.
1. Turn the Digital Book System off.
2. Insert The Official Scrabble®Players
Dictionary in a slot on the back.
3. Press .
Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches
in the slot. Then snap the digital book in place.
ON/OFF
Protect Your Digital Books
Never install a digital book while your Digital
Book System is on. If you do, you may erase
information that you entered in the other
installed digital book.

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contrast wheel
Adjust the Contrast
After you’ve installed The Official Scrabble®
Players Dictionary digital book, you can adjust
the Digital Book System’s screen contrast at any
time.
1. Turn the contrast wheel.
2. If the screen is still blank, check the
batteries.
See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference.
Automatic Shut Off
When you’re using the Official Scrabble®
Players Dictionary, the Digital Book System
will automatically shut off after two minutes
of nonuse.

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See a Demonstration
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Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of
The Official Scrabble®Players Dictionary.
1. Press .
2. Press or to highlight SCR.
3. Press .
4. Press .
5. Press to stop the demonstration.
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MORE
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Help is Always at Hand
If you’re ever unsure what to do next,
press to see a help message.
To exit help messages, press .
HELP
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Function Keys Clear to the first screen.
See a brief demonstration.
Build a list of Scrabble®words.
Switch to another digital book.
Verify or define a word.
Back up or erase letters.
See a help message.
Direction Keys Move the cursor left or right.
Move up or down in a word list.
Page up or down in a word list.
Go to the top or bottom of a list.
At a definition, go to the next or
previous definition alphabetically.
MatchMaker™Keys
Type a ? to stand for a blank tile
or an empty square.
Type an ✽ to stand for any number
of blank tiles or a series of empty
squares.
Learn the Keys
CLEAR
MORE
LIST
CARD
ENTER
HELP
BACK
UP
DN
UP
DN
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+
SPACE
? * or
SHIFT ? *
+

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Letter Score Keys
Type a 2 for a double letter score.
Type a 3 for a triple letter score.
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Learn the Keys
Clearing and Backing Up
To clear to the first screen at any time,
press .
If you entered tiles, they’re cleared, too.
To back up at any time, press .
If you were typing tiles or a board pattern,
the previous character is erased. At other
screens, you return to the previous screen.
Follow the Arrows
Whenever you see blinking arrows on screen,
you can press the arrow keys in the indicated
directions to see more words.
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This section shows
how to verify
definitions and spellings.
Verifying Words

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Defining Words
CLEAR
You can easily verify the definitions of words in
your tray or on the Scrabble®board. You can also
define words in definitions.
1. Press to go to the first screen.
2. Type a word.
To erase letters, press . To edit the
word, press and then type other letters.
3. Press .
4. Press again.
Notice the highlight.
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5. Press to move the highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press .
6. Press .
7. When you’re done, press .
Defining Words
More About Definitions
When you verify an inflected word, you
see a definition of its root word.
Whenever you’re at a definition, you can
see the next or previous definition alpha-
betically listed in The Official Scrabble®
Players Dictionary by pressing plus
or plus .
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UP
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BACK
ENTER
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Checking Spellings
Here’s how to verify or correct spellings.
1. At the first screen, type a word that you
think may be misspelled.
2. Press .
3. If you want, press or to high-
light another word in the list.
4. Press to define a word.
5. When you’re done, press .
ENTER
ENTER
CLEAR

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Finding Spellings
You can find spellings even when you don’t know
all the letters in a word by using the MatchMaker™
keys—the question mark and asterisk. Each ?
stands for a single unknown letter. Each ✽stands
for any number of unknown letters.
1. At the first screen, type a word with a ? for
each unknown letter or an ✽for a number
of unknown letters.
To type an ✽, hold and press .
2. Press .
3. Press or to highlight a word.
4. Press to define it.
5. When you’re done, press .
ENTER
? *
SHIFT
ENTER
CLEAR
DN

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Using ?’s and ✽’s as Tiles
You can type more than one ? or ✽among
your tiles. Remember, ✽’s stand for any
number of letters, including none.
Unusual Uses for ?’s and ✽’s
Typing ?’s and ✽’s as tiles can help you find
lists of unusual words. For example, to see a
list of two-letter words beginning with A, type
A? as your tiles and press .
To see words of any length beginning with A,
enter A✽.
Finding Spellings
ENTER

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This section shows
how to build words
from your tiles
and fit them into patterns
already on the Scrabble®board.
Building Words

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Building With Tiles
The simplest way to build words from your tiles is
without a board pattern. If you’re not at the first
screen, press before trying this example.
1. At the first screen, type the tiles in your tray.
2. Press .
3. Press .
The words that you can make are ranked by
their Scrabble®scores.
4. Press or to highlight a word.
5. Press to define it.
6. When you’re done, press .
Scrabble®list
scores
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ENTER
CLEAR
LIST
ENTER
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Building With Tiles
Building Words With Blank Tiles
If you have a blank tile in your Scrabble®tray,
press or to simulate it.
There are only two blank tiles in Scrabble®.
Eight Tiles in a Tray
If you type more than eight tiles, you see a
“No more”message.
Then you should erase tiles by pressing
. To edit your tiles, press to move
the cursor and then type over them.
? * SPACE
BACK

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Building on Words
The real power of The Official Scrabble®Players
Dictionary is its ability to fit tiles into patterns of
letters and words already on the Scrabble®board.
This example shows how to build on words.
1. At the first screen, type your tiles.
2. Press .
3. Type a word from the Scrabble® board.
4. Press .
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