• Do not expose batteries to direct heat
or try to take batteries apart. Follow the
battery manufacturer’s instructions for
battery use.
• Always remove a weak or dead battery
from the device.
• To avoid damage caused by leakage of
the battery fluid, replace the battery or
batteries once every two years regardless
of how much the device has been used
during that time.
• Should a battery leak, the device may
become damaged. Clean the battery
compartment immediately, avoiding
contact with your skin.
• Keep batteries out of reach of small
children. If swallowed, consult a physician
immediately.
For Your Information
Follow the Arrows
✓
The flashing arrows on the right side of the
screen show in which direction you can
move around menus or view more text.
Help is Always at Hand
✓
You can view a help message at any screen
by pressing
HELP
. Use the direction keys
to read the message. To exit help, press
BACK
or
CLEAR
.
Viewing a
Demonstration or Tutorial
You can view a demonstration or tutorial of
this device any time you want.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press or to highlight
Tutorial
or
View
Demo
and then press ENTER.
To exit from the
Tutorial
press
BACK
or
CLEAR
. To stop the demonstration press
any key.
Changing the Settings
When using this device, you can adjust the
screen contrast, the shutoff time and the type
size.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press or to highlight
Setup
and then
press ENTER.
3. Press or until you highlight
Contrast
,
Shutoff
or
Type Size
and then
press ENTER.
Contrast
determines how dark or light the
screen is.
Shutoff
determines how long your device
stays on if no key is pressed.
Type Size
determines how large or small
the text displays on the screen.
4. Press or to highlight the setting you
want.
The current setting is marked.
5. Press ENTER to save your changes.
Press
BACK
to exit without saving your
changes.
Finding Dictionary Entries
Use the dictionary to look up words and
find a list of corresponding crossword puzzle
solutions organized by word length.
1. Press DICTIONARY.
2. Type a word (for example,
intuition
).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To type a capital, hold
CAP
and press a
letter key.
3. Press ENTER to view the matching
dictionary entries.
Search results begin with the entry for the
word you typed, if available. This will be
followed by any entries that contain the
word you typed.
Press
SPACE
or to read the entry.
Press or to view the next or previous
entry.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
Restricting Your Search
✓
You can restrict your search to display only
matches of a certain length.
To enter a word length, first type a word
(for example, type
intuition
). Press to go
to the word length field. Type a one or two
digit number (for example, type
10
). Press
ENTER
.
Notice how your results differ from those
after step 3 above. You still see the entry
for “intuition”, but only the part of the
entry listing 10 letter matches (i.e.,
10 sixth
sense
). And instead of 15 matching entries,
you only have 2, where the second entry
(
sixth sense
) is the only one of the original
15 where the headword is 10 letters long.
Note
: The message “No dictionary entries”
is displayed when your search returns no
matches. Try changing the word length
or removing it entirely to find matches for
your word.
Understanding Definitions
✓
Entries consist of the headword, followed
by synonyms and other crossword solution
possibilities, arranged according to word
length.
Misspelling Words
✓
If you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. Press or to
highlight the word you want and then
press
ENTER
to see its entry.
Choosing Multiple Forms
✓
Some words in the dictionary or thesaurus
have more than one form (for example,
resume
,
resumé
,
résumé
). When the word
you are looking up has multiple forms,
the different forms appear in a list. Simply
highlight the form you want and press
ENTER
to see its entry.
For example, type
resume
at the
dictionary word entry screen. Press or
to highlight the form you want and then
press
ENTER
to see its entry. Press
BACK
to
return to the Multiple Forms list.
Understanding Confusables®
✓
Confusables are homonyms, homophones
and spelling variants that are easy to
confuse with one another (for example,
rain
,
reign
,
rein
). If the word you looked
up is a Confusable,
conf
flashes at the top
right corner of the screen. Press
?
to view
the Confusables.
Note
: Anytime you see
conf
flash at the
top right corner of the screen, it indicates
that the headword, list word or highlighted
word is a Confusable. Press
?
to view its
Confusables. Press
BACK
to return to your
previous location.
Using the Thesaurus
Use the Franklin Thesaurus to find synonyms,
antonyms and other information about a
word.
1. Press THESAURUS.
2. Type a word (for example,
complete
).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To type a capital, hold
CAP
and press a
letter key.
3. Press ENTER to view the thesaurus
entry.
Search results begin with the entry for the
word you typed, if available. This will be
followed by any entries that contain the
word you typed.
Press
SPACE
or to read the entry.
Press or to view the next or previous
entry, if available.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
Understanding Thesaurus Entries
✓
A thesaurus entry consists of a group of
synonyms, antonyms and classmates.
Synonyms are words that have similar
meanings (for example,
happy/joyous
).
Antonyms are words that have the
opposite meaning (for example,
happy/
miserable
). Classmates are words that are
related in some way to the word being
defined (for example,
octagon/triangle;
rectangle; pentagon
...).
Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in entries or word lists.
You can then find their dictionary entries,
thesaurus entries, Confusables® or add them
to
My Word List
.
1. At any text, press ENTER to start the
highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press
BACK
.
2. Use the direction keys to move the
highlight to the word you want.
To...
Press...
view the dictionary
DICTIONARY
view the thesaurus
THESAURUS
view Confusables®,
?
add the word to
LISTS
3. Press CLEAR when done.
Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain about how to spell a
word, type a question mark (?) in place of
each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes,
and other parts of words, type an asterisk (
]
)
in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of
letters.
Note
: If you type an asterisk at the
beginning of a word, it may take a little while
to find the matching words.
entry
entry
My Word List
if available