Franklin CWR-108 User manual

CWR-108/
CWR-206
User’s Guide
www.franklin.com
CHAMBERS
CONCISE CROSSWORD
DICTIONARY
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License Agreement
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With your new Crossword Dictionary you
can . . .
• find possible crossword answers when
you know only a few letters
• find more possible answers by changing
letters
• locate phrases by typing a key word
• find synonym lists for thousands of words
• check thousands of proper names of peo-
ple, places, works of fiction etc.
• use Anagram Solver to build words with
your selected letters
• play Crossword Quiz and Anagrams to
practice your puzzle solving skills.
Chambers Concise Crossword Dictionary
does not provide definitions. What it pro-
vides are thousands of words, phrases, and
synonym lists to help you with your cross-
word puzzles. By combining your knowledge
with the available crossword solutions, you
can solve most crossword puzzles.
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Introduction
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Function Keys
BACK Goes back one step or erases a letter.
CLEAR Clears to the Ready screen.
DICT Looks up entries in the dictionary.
ENTER Enters a word or scrolls text to the
left.
HELP Displays a help message.
MORE Finds more word choices.
ON/OFF Turns Crossword Dictionary on or off.
PHRASE Searches for phrases including key
word.
GAMES Goes to the Games Menu.
?Types a ?to stand for one letter.
✽Types a ✽to stand for a series of
letters.
Direction Keys
Moves left.
Types a space or moves right.
Scrolls up a list or darkens the screen
contrast at the Ready screen.
Scrolls down a list or lightens the screen
contrast at the Ready screen.
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Key Guide
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Note: CWR-206 users should begin with Step 1.
CWR-108 users should pull the battery tab, turn
their unit on and go to step 5.
1. Turn your Crossword Dictionary over.
2. Remove its battery cover.
3. Insert four AAA batteries into the battery
compartment.
Follow the markings in the battery compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Your Crossword Dictionary will turn on once the
batteries are inserted.
5. To make the screen lighter or darker, press
or several times.
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Getting Started
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
To extend battery life, Crossword Dictionary will
automatically shut off within two minutes if you
forget to turn it off. When you turn it on again,
you return to the last screen you viewed.
✓Viewing Help Information
You can view help information at most screens
by pressing HELP. Help information scrolls
automatically, and when done, returns you to
the screen where you pressed HELP.
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Crossword Dictionary helps you find
answers to crossword puzzles by finding
missing letters. Type ?in place of each
unknown letter. Type ✽in place of a series
of unknown letters. Crossword Dictionary
finds all possible matches from its word list.
1. Type a word with ?’s and ✽s (e.g.,
BI?W✽).
To erase a letter, press BACK.
To type a space, press . You can type
capitals only.
2. Press ENTER to search.
A list of matching words appears.
3. Press to scroll down the list.
A?can stand for a hyphen as well as a
letter, as shown here.
4. Press CLEAR when finished.
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Finding Words
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✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows show which arrow
keys you can press to view more.
✓What is the Flashing D?
Chambers Concise Crossword Dictionary
provides synonym lists for many words.
When you see the flashing Dat the right
of the screen, press DICT to view these
lists. To learn more, read “Using the
Dictionary” on page 9.
✓Correcting Misspellings
Crossword Dictionary can also be used as
a spell checker. However, it can correct
only those words that are in this cross-
word list from Chambers®. It may not rec-
ognize some commonly used English
words. If you misspell a word at the Ready
screen, a list of possible corrections
appears. Scroll this list to find the word
you want.
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Finding Words
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If the word you are looking for is not on the
list of matching words, press MORE to find
more possibilities. When you press MORE,
Crossword Dictionary substitutes a letter for
one that you have typed. Try this example.
1. Type a word (e.g., COT) and press ENTER.
Correct word appears. This means the
word was spelled correctly.
2. Press MORE.
Note: You can also press MORE from the
Ready screen.
The underlined letter is the new letter.
3. Press and to scroll up and down
the matches.
These are all variations of the original
word cot, with one letter changed, .
4. Press CLEAR when finished.
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Finding More Words
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Crossword Dictionary can also find phrases
that include a key word that you enter.
1. Type a word in a phrase (e.g., RUN).
2. Press ENTER to check for correct
spelling.
When the word you are looking up has
multiple forms, the different forms appear
in a list.
3. Press PHRASE.
Note: You can also press PHRASE from
the Ready screen.
While Crossword Dictionary searches for
phrases, you see the message
Working…. A list of matching phrases
appears.
4. Press and to scroll up and down
the list of phrases.
5. Press CLEAR when finished.
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Finding Phrases
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In synonym lists, Crossword Dictionary does
not differentiate between the parts of speech
or homonyms of a word. For example, look
up frequent, and you get synonyms for both
the verb and the adjective. Each entry has
the letter count displayed to the left.
1. Press CLEAR to go to the Ready screen.
2. Type a word. (e.g. FREQUENT).
3. Press DICT.
When the word has a dictionary entry, you
see the message “Dictionary” and the list
appears. When there is no dictionary entry,
you see the message “Correct word”.
4. Press and to scroll up and down
the list.
5. Press CLEAR to return to the Ready
screen.
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Using the Dictionary
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