Franklin SpellingAce SA-98 Manual de usuario
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Electronic Publishers
User’s Guide
SA-98
SpellingAce
With Thesaurus
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Key Guide
Function Keys
BACK
Erases a letter, or goes back a step.
CLEAR
Clears to the
Ready for word
screen.
CONF
Shows Confusables®(words that
are similar or sound alike).
ENTER
Enters a word or scrolls.
GAMES
Shows the menu for word games.
HELP
Shows help messages.
LIST
Shows your Personal Word List.
ENTER
Shows the next thesaurus entry.
In a game, starts a new round.
NEXT
At a thesaurus entry, shows the next en-
try, if any. In a game, starts a new round.
ON/OFF
Turns the SpellingAce on or off.
Types a question mark to stand for a
letter in a word.
Types an asterick to stand for a se-
ries of unknown letters; in a game
reveals a hint.
Direction Keys
Scroll left or right.
Scroll up or down. At the
Ready for
word
screen, adjusts the screen con-
trast. Type an apostrophe or a period.
?
✽
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Getting Started
To Install the Batteries
1. Turn the Spelling Ace over.
2. Slide off the battery cover in the
direction of the arrow.
3. Place four AAA batteries inside the
case as shown in the diagram.
To View a Demonstration
Unlessdisabled, ademonstration automatically
appears when you turn on this unit.
1. Press ON/OFF.
2. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR.
3. To disable the demonstration, type
✽✽
d,
and then press ENTER.
4. To enable the demonstration, press
CLEAR, type
✽✽
d
, and then press
ENTER.
To Adjust the Screen Contrast
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Use or to lighten or darken the
screen.
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1. Type a word or misspelling.
2. Press ENTER.
The flashing
T
to the right indicates that
the word has at least one thesaurus entry.
3. Press to view more corrections.
4. Press to scroll up.
5. Press CLEAR when finished.
Checking Spellings
✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the screen
showwhicharrowkeysyoucanpresstoscroll.
✓Typing Punctuation Marks
At the
Ready for word
screen, you can type an
apostrophe by pressing or a period by
pressing . However, to type an apostrophe
or period, you must first type another letter.
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When you enter a correctly spelled word, the
thesaurus entry for that word appears. The-
saurus entries contain brief definitions, and
synonym lists.
Some thesaurus entries also include Class-
mates (words related by subject), idioms,
and antonyms. And some words have more
than one thesaurus entry.
1. Type a word (for example,
happy
).
To erase letters, use BACK.
2. Press ENTER.
This is the first thesaurus entry for happy.
3. Press ENTER again to automatically
scroll through its definition.
To stop scrolling, press BACK. You can
also press or to scroll manually.
4. Press repeatedly to view its
synonyms or Classmates.
Using the Thesaurus
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✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HELP. To exit help,
press BACK.
5. Continue pressing to view its
idioms and antonyms, if any.
6. Press NEXT to go to the next thesaurus
entry for your entry word.
7. Use to view its synonyms, etc.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
Using the Thesaurus
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Viewing Confusables®
Confusables are words that have similar spell-
ing or sound alike. If a question mark flashes
to the right of a word, that word has Confus-
ables. Try this example.
1. Type
reign
.
2. Press ENTER.
Notice the flashing question mark at the
right of the screen.
3. Press CONF.
4. Press to view more Confusables.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
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Finding Letters in Words
You can type a question mark in place of an
unknown letter in a word.You can also type an
asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters.
More than one question mark and asterisk can
be used in a word.
1. Type a word with question marks and
asterisks in place of letters.
2. Press ENTER to view matches.
3. Press to view more matches, if any.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
✓ Solving Crossword Puzzles
You can use question marks and asterisks
in place of words to help solve crossword
puzzles and similar word games. For ex-
ample, if the second letter of a five-letter
word is
r
and its last letter is
d
, enter
?r??d.
giftedness
g*dne??
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The Personal Word List can contain up to 99
words of your choice for study or review.
To Add a Word to the List
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type the word you want to add.
3. Press LIST.
4. Press until you see
Add To List
.
5. Press ENTER to add the word.
If you typed a word that is not in the
Spelling Ace, you will see
Add Anyway
Y/N
. Press Y to add the word or N to
cancel.
6. To view the list, press ENTER.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
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Using the Personal Word List
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To Delete a Word From the List
1. Press LIST.
2. Press until you see
Delete From List
.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press to choose the word you want
to delete, if needed.
5. Press ENTER to delete the word.
To Erase the Entire List
1. Press LIST.
2. Press until you see
Erase List
.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press Y to erase the list, or press N to
cancel.
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Using the Personal Word List
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