Franklin TCQ-200 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
Oxford
Children’s
Thesaurus
User’s Guide
TCQ-200
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Introduction
Congratulations! You now own a powerful the-
saurus that can be used at home or in
school. This
Oxford Children’s Thesaurus
™
will not only help you find over 55,000 the-
saurus entries, but it will also help you learn
how to spell words, which contain synonyms,
related words, and references to other the-
saurus entries.
In addition, the Oxford Children’s Thesaurus
has a Personal word list in which you can save
up to 40 words for personal use or study. You
can even play four exciting games that will help
you learn while you have fun.
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
If you forget to turn this thesaurus off,
it will automatically shut off within two
minutes. To return to the last screen that
you viewed, press
ON/OFF
.
✓How to Use Help
You can learn what to do at any screen by
pressing
HELP
. If you press
HELP
at the
ready screen, you will view helpful informa-
tion describing how to use this thesaurus.
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How to Use the Keys
BACK
Backs up or erases letters.
CLEAR Clears the word you entered.
ENTER
Enters or selects a word, selects a
game, or scrolls help messages.
GAMES
Shows the games.
HELP
Shows help messages.
LIST
Shows your Personal words list.
NEXT
Shows the next thesaurus entry.
ON/OFF
Turns your Oxford Children’s
Thesaurus
on or off.
PREV
Shows the previous thesaurus entry.
?
Types a ? to stand for an unknown
letter in a word.
✽
Types an ✽ to stand for a series of
unknown letters in a word.
Moves up a list, types an accent dark-
ens the screen at the ready screen.
Moves down a list or lightens the
screen at the ready screen.
Erases a letter or moves to the left.
Types a space or moves to the right.
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Here is how to start using your Oxford
Children’s Thesaurus
.
1. Turn your thesaurus over.
2. Remove its battery cover.
3. Insert four LR03 batteries (AAA
batteries) into the battery compartment.
Use the battery diagram in the battery
compartment to insert batteries.
4. Put the battery cover back on.
The thesaurus will turn on once the batteries
are inserted. A brief demonstration
begins once it is turned on.
5. Press
CLEAR
to stop the demonstration.
6. To disable the demonstration, type
✽✽ d
and press
ENTER
.
Once the demonstration is disabled, the
demonstration will not begin each time you
turn the thesaurus on.
Type ✽✽ d to re-enable the demonstration .
7. To make the screen lighter or darker,
press or several times at the
Ready
for word
screen.
You are now ready to begin using your
thesaurus. Go to the next page and begin.
How to Begin
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Howto FindThesaurus Entries
Each thesaurus entry can contain synonyms, re-
lated words, and references to other thesaurus
entries.Try thisexample.
1. Press
CLEAR
and type happy .
If you need to erase a letter, press or
BACK
.
Note: You cannot type capital letters.
Some words in the thesaurus require a
space ( air force) . To type a space press .
2. Press
ENTER
to view its first thesaurus entry.
Press or
ENTER
to view the whole entry.
3. Press repeatedly to view all of the
synonyms that relate to the entry.
4. Press
NEXT
to go to the next thesaurus
entry of the word, if needed.
To view a previous thesaurus entry, press
PREV
.
5. Press
CLEAR
when you are finished.
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✓Words Without Thesaurus Entries
If a word does not have any thesaurus
entries, then its correct spelling appears in
the word list. The word list contains all of the
words that are found in this thesaurus. Use
or to move through this list. You can
also access this list by pressing
✽
and
pressing
ENTER
.
A flashing T to the right of a word indicates
that a word has one or more thesaurus
entries. Press
ENTER
to view any thesaurus
entries. A flashing question mark to the right
of a word indicates that a word has Confus-
ables. See “How to Find Confusables for
more information. Press
?
to view any
Confusables. Press
CLEAR
when you are
finished.
✓Accenting Letters
You do not need to type accents in your
words. But if you want to type an accent, first
type the letter to be accented. Then press
or until you see the accent you want.
How to Find Thesaurus Entries
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How to Find Confusables®
Confusables are words that sound alike, are
often confused, or are spelled similarly.
When you see a question mark flash at the
right of the screen, the entered or selected
word has two or more Confusables. Try this
example.
1. Type
wood .
2. Press
ENTER
.
The ? indicates that the word has Confusables.
3. Press
?
.
4. Press to view more Confusables.
5. Press
CLEAR
when you are finished.
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The Oxford Children’s Thesaurus can im-
prove your spelling by helping you to correct
your misspelled words. Here’s how.
1. Type
garaffe .
Press or
BACK
if you need to erase a
letter.
2. Press
ENTER
.
The flashing T indicates that a word has one
or more thesaurus entries.
3. Press or until you see the desired
word, if necessary
4. If a flashing T appears, press
ENTER
to see
one or more thesaurus entries for that
word.
5. Press to view the words in this
thesaurus entry.
6. Press
CLEAR
when you are finished.
How to Correct Misspellings
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How to Find a Letter
If you are not sure how to spell a word, you
can type a question mark in place of each un-
known letter. To type a question mark, press
?
.
You can also type question marks in words
to help solve crossword puzzles and similar
word games.
1. Type
p .
2. Press
?
.
3. Type
rt .
4. Press
ENTER
.
The matching words appear in alphabetical
order.
5. If a flashing T appears, press
ENTER
to see one
or more thesaurus entries for that word.
6. Press to view more matching words.
7. Press
ENTER
to view the thesaurus entry
of a matching word, if available.
8. Press
CLEAR
when you are finished.
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