Franklin 5180 User manual

USER’S GUIDE
5180
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Key Guide
(red) Writes words in cursive script.
(maroon) Writes words in manuscript
printing.
Erases a letter, backs up to the previ-
ous screen, or turns off the highlight
in definitions.
Clears the most recently entered
word.
(purple) Enters words, starts the
highlight in definitions, or selects
items.
(purple) Shows the Games menu.
(light blue) Shows help messages.
(blue) Lets you use your word list,
change settings, or view a demon-
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Key Guide
Turns the Grammar Girl on or off.
Shifts the keys to type capital letters.
(green) Pronounces words aloud.
Types a ? to stand for a missing in a
word, or shows Confusables®.
Moves up, or makes the screen dark-
er at the Enter a word screen.
Moves down, or makes the screen
lighter at the Enter a word screen.
Moves the cursor or text to the left.
Moves right, or types a space.
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Getting Started
Before you start, you should install new batteries
and adjust the screen contrast. Note: Replace the
batteries when the screen contrast is too light
even after adjustment. When you remove batter-
ies, stored information is erased.
1. Remove the battery compartment cover on
the back of the unit.
2. Install four AAA batteries.
3. Press ON/OFF.
4. Type your name as you want it to appear in
this dictionary. Or press ENTER if you do
not want your name to appear.
To type a space, press . The first letter of
each word you type in your name will automati-
cally appear as a capital in this dictionary.
5. Press ENTER.
6. Press or repeatedly to make the
screen lighter or darker.
Note: You can make the screen lighter or darker only
when Enter a word is on the screen.
RETAIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: Use batteries
only of the same or equivalent type, inserted with the
correct polarity, as recommended in this manual.
Exhausted batteries should be removed. Do not mix
old and new batteries or batteries of different types. In
addition, the supply terminals should not be shorted.

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Getting Started
✓Seeing a Demonstration
You can see a brief demonstration by first
pressing LIST (blue) and then pressing
until you see See Me Work. Then press
ENTER to see the demonstration. To stop
the demonstration, press CLEAR.
✓Changing the Name
As you saw in “Getting Started,” you can
enter your name or nickname so that it
appears when you turn on the Grammar Girl
or win a game.
To enter or change the name, first press
LIST (blue) and then press until you
see Enter Your Name. Then press ENTER
and use BACK to erase the letters. Type
your name or nickname as you want it to
appear and then press ENTER again.
✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at almost any
screen by pressing HELP (light blue). To hear
the help message, press SPEAK (green). To
turn off the speech, press BACK. To go back
to where you were, press BACK again.
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Looking up a Word
It’s easy to look up the definitions of words
with your Grammar Girl. Let’s learn how.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a word. For example, type apple.
To erase letters, use BACK. To type a
space, press . To type a capital letter,
hold down SHIFT while you type a letter.
3. Press ENTER to see its definition.
4. Press to read more of the definition.
5. To hear the definition, press SPEAK (green).
To turn off the speech, press BACK.
To learn more, read “Hearing Words.”
6. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
✓About the Automatic Shutoff
If you forget to turn off the Grammar Girl, it will
turn off automatically in about two minutes.

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Correcting Misspellings
If you misspell a word, the Grammar Girl
automatically shows you a list of spelling
corrections.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a misspelled word. For example,
type jiraph.
3. Press ENTER.
The “boing” sound indicates a misspelling.
4. Press SPEAK (green) to hear the word.
To highlight another correction, press .
5. Press ENTER to see its definition.
6. Press BACK to go back to the corrections.
7. Press CLEAR when you are finished.

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Jumping to a Word
If you want to learn the meaning of a word
that you see in a definition, you can highlight
the word and then jump to its definition.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a word. For example, type truck.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press ENTER again to start the highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press BACK.
5. Press the arrow keys to highlight a
word. For example, highlight vehicle.
6. Press ENTER to jump to the definition
of the highlighted word.
7. Press SPEAK (green) to hear the defini-
tion. Then press BACK to stop the speech.
8. Press BACK again to go back to the
word that you typed.
9. Press CLEAR when you are finished.

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Finding Letters in Words
If you don’t know how to spell a word, type a
question mark (?) in place of each letter that
you are unsure about.
You can type more than one question mark
in a word. You can use ?’s to help you solve
crossword puzzles and other word games.
Try this example.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a word with ?’s in place of letters.
For example, type p?rt.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Use to highlight a word.
5. Press ENTER to see the definition of
the highlighted word.
6. Press BACK to go back to the matches.
7. Press CLEAR when you are finished.

Writing Letters and Words
The Grammar Girl can write letters and words in
both cursive script and manuscript printing.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type one or more words. For example, type
hot dog.
To type a space, press .
3. Press (red) to see the word(s) written
in cursive script.
To see the word(s) written again, press
(red) again or ENTER. If the word is too long to
fit on the screen, use to see it.
4. Press (maroon) to see the word(s) writ-
ten in manuscript printing.
✓Changing the Writing Speed
You can change the speed of the handwriting by
pressing LIST (blue), pressing until you see
Handwriting Speed, and then pressing or .
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Viewing Confusables®
Confusables are words that are spelled or
sound alike that people often confuse. When
you see a question mark flashing to the right
of a word, that word has confusables.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type red and then press ENTER.
Notice the flashing question mark.
3. Press .
Each confusable is followed by a word
that explains its meaning.
4. Press to view more confusables, if any.
5. To jump to the definition of a word,
highlight it and press ENTER.
To learn how to highlight a word, read
“Jumping to a Word.”
6. Press BACK to go back to the confusables.
7. Press CLEAR when you are finished.

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Saving Words for Study
You can save as many as 80 words in your own
word list for study and review. You can add
words to the list that are not found in this dic-
tionary, but they take up more space in your list.
To Add a Word to Your List
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press LIST (blue).
3. Press or until you see Add a
Word and then press ENTER.
4. Type a word and then press ENTER.
If the word is not in this dictionary, press
or to see your options and then
press ENTER to select one.
- or -
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type or enter a word.
If you entered a word, you can press again and
then use the arrow keys to highlight a word in the
definition. You can also add highlighted words
from spelling correction and confusables lists.
3. Press LIST (blue).
4. Press ENTER to add the word.

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Saving Words for Study
To See and Hear Your Words
1. Press LIST (blue).
2. Press or to see See Your Words
and then press ENTER.
3. Press or to highlight a word.
4. Press SPEAK (green) to hear a word,
ENTER to see its definition, (red) or
(maroon) to see it written, or to
see its confusables, if any.
To Erase a Word
1. Press LIST (blue).
2. Press or to see Erase a Word and
then press ENTER.
3. Press or to highlight a word.
4. Press ENTER to erase the highlighted word.
Or press BACK to cancel.
To Erase Your Entire List
1. Press LIST (blue).
2. Press or to see Erase List and
then press ENTER.
3. Press Y to erase your list. Or press N to cancel.

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Hearing Words
The Grammar Girl can pronounce the words
that appear on almost any screen–in defini-
tions, handwriting examples, spelling correc-
tion lists, your word list, confusables, games,
menus, prompts, and even help messages.
Just press the green SPEAK key whenever
you want to hear words.
To adjust the volume, turn the volume control
wheel on the side of the Grammar Girl. You
can plug headphones into the headphone
jack on the other side to listen by yourself.
Try this example.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type elephant and then press SPEAK
(green) to hear the word.
If you press SPEAK for a misspelled word or
a word not in this dictionary, a “boing” sounds.
3. Press ENTER and then press SPEAK
(green) to hear its definition.
A tone sounds at the end of the definition.
To stop the speech, press BACK.
4. Press ENTER and then use the arrow
keys to highlight a word in the definition.

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Hearing Words
5. Press SPEAK (green) to hear the high-
lighted word.
6. Press (red) or (maroon) to see
the highlighted word written.
7. Press SPEAK (green) to hear the written word.
8. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
✓Turning the Sound Off or On
You can turn the sound on or off by press-
ing LIST (blue), pressing to see
Sound, and then pressing or .
✓Hearing the Menus
If the sound is turned on, you can press
SPEAK (green) to hear the items on the
List or Games menu. Just press LIST (blue)
or GAMES (purple) and then press SPEAK
(green) to try it.
✓Just Follow the Arrows
Do you see the flashing arrows at the
right of the screen? They show you which
arrow keys you can press to see more
words in lists and definitions.

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Changing Games Settings
Grammar Girl has six fun word games. You can
choose a skill level (easy or hard) and which
game words (all or your list) to use.
1. Press GAMES (purple).
2. To change the skill level, press or
to see Skill Level and then press or
to switch between settings.
The check marks your current setting.
3. To change the game words, press or
to see Game Words and then press
or to switch between settings.
✓Understanding the Skill Levels
The skill levels change the number of guesses
in Hangman, the difficulty of the computer oppo-
nent in Tic-Tac-Toe, and the number of letters in
Jumble, Flashcards, and Guess That Word. Tic-
Tac-Toe 2-Player is unaffected by the skill level.
✓Understanding the Game Words
If you choose All, the game words will be chosen
at random from the dictionary. If you choose Your
List, the game words will be from the words in your
list. Words in your list that have capitals, punctua-
tion, or spaces will not appear in the games.

Playing the Games
Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery
word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Hangman and
then press ENTER.
3. Type letters you think are in the word.
4. To give up and reveal the word, press .
5. To see the definition of the word, press ENTER.
To go back to the game, press BACK.
6. Press to play a new round.
Jumble
Jumble scrambles the letters of a mystery word.
You must unscramble all the letters to form the
word. Note: When you are playing Jumble
using Your List, only words that are in this dic-
tionary's word list will appear as game words.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Jumble and then
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Playing the Games
3. To shuffle the letters, press ENTER.
4. Type your guess and press ENTER.
5. To give up and reveal the word, press .
6. Press ENTER to see the definition of the word.
To go back to the game, press BACK.
7. Press to play a new round.
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words for you to spell or say.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Use or to see Flashcards and
then press ENTER.
3. Press SPEAK (green) to hear the word.
4. Press ENTER to see the definition of the word.
To go back to the game, press BACK.
5. Press to play a new round.

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Playing the Games
Guess That Word
In Guess That Word, you must type the
missing letters in the mystery word.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Guess that
Word and then press ENTER.
To read the definition of the mystery word,
press , if needed.
3. If needed, use or to select a
missing letter, and then type the letter
that you think belongs there.
4. Continue typing letters until the word is
complete or no more tries are left. Or
press to give up and reveal the word.
5. Press to play a new round.
✓Seeing Your Score
Your score appears after each round of
most games until you change games or
until you exit the game.