want and press
ENTER to see its entry.
To go back to the Multiple Forms list,
press
BACK.
Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in entries or word
lists. You can then find their definitions,
thesaurus entries, encyclopedia entries or
find them in the Crossword Lists.
1. At any text, press ENTER to start the
highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press
BACK.
2. Use the arrow keys to move the
highlight to the word you want.
To...
Press...
define the word
ENTER
view the thesaurus
THES
view the encyclopedia
ENCYC
view the
Crossword
XDICT
view the
Crossword
XLIST
3. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
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.
1. Go to any word entry screen.
You can access a word entry screen
by selecting the
Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary, Collins Compact Thesaurus,
Collins Solutions English Dictionary, or
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia.
2. Type a word with ?s and *s.
To type an asterisk, hold down
CAP
and press
?.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press to move the highlight to the
word you want and press ENTER to
view its entry.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search function enables
you to perform an
Advanced Crossword
Search
,
Advanced Reference Search
,
Advanced Anagram Search, save the
results of your searches and utilize the
Workspace.
To access the advanced searches, press
SEARCH. Available options are indicated
by the Soft Keys at the bottom of the
screen.
XWORD Goes to the
Advanced
Crossword Search
screen.
REF
Goes to the
Advanced Reference
Search
screen.
ANAG
Goes to the Advanced Anagram
Search
screen.
WORK Opens your list of saved
searches.
SAVE
Saves your current search
results.
Using the
Advanced
Crossword Search
The
Advanced Crossword Search
searches
the entries of the
Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary, the Compact Thesaurus and
the Crossword Lists for any matches to the
information you enter.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press XWORD, if necessary, to go
to the
Advanced Crossword Search
screen.
3. Enter your search information in the
various fields.
Press or to move between the
fields.
The Keywords field should contain
important words from your crossword
clue that indicate the entries you want
to search.
The
Known letters
field should contain
a pattern of letters the word you are
looking for should match.
The Length field can contain the length
of the word you are looking for, if you
do not know any letters.
Note: You do not have to have
information in every field to complete a
search.
For example, type
correct in the
Keywords field,
????d? in the
Known
letters
field and leave the Length field
empty. Remember,
? replaces a single
letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press
BACK. To type a
capital, hold
CAP and press a letter key.
To type a hyphen, hold
FN and press J.
4. Press ENTER to search.
Your list of results is displayed. “XDICT”
indicates matches in the
Crossword
Solver’s Dictionary. “THES” indicates
matches in the Compact Thesaurus.
“XLIST”
indicates matches in the
Crossword Lists.
5. Press or to highlight the results
you want to view.
Press
SAVE to save the highlighted
search results to your Workspace.
6. Press ENTER.
You see a list of matching entries in the
selected book. Press
BACK to return to
the list of search results.
7. Press or to highlight the entry
you want to view and press ENTER.
The text of the selected entry that
matches your search is displayed.
Press
BACK to return to the list of
matching entries.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the
Advanced
Reference Search
The
Advanced Reference Search
searches
the entries of the Solutions English
Dictionary and the Discovery Encyclopedia
for any matches to the information you
enter.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press REF, if necessary, to go to the
Advanced Reference Search
screen.
3. Enter your search information in the
various fields.
Press or to move between the
fields.
The Keywords field should contain
important words from your crossword
clue that indicate the entries you want
to search.
The
Known letters
field should contain
a pattern of letters the word you are
looking for should match.
The Length field can contain the length
of the word you are looking for, if you
do not know any letters.
Note: You do not have to have
information in every field to complete a
search.
For example, type
second smallest
planet in the Keywords field, m?????y
in the
Known letters
field and leave
the Length field empty. Remember,
?
replaces a single letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press
BACK. To type a
capital, hold
CAP and press a letter key.
To type a hyphen, hold
FN and press J.
4. Press ENTER to search.
Your list of results is displayed. “DICT”
indicates matches in the Solutions
English Dictionary. “ENCYC” indicates
matches in the Discovery Encyclopedia.
5. Press or to highlight the results
you want to view.
Press
SAVE to save the highlighted
search results to your Workspace.
6. Press ENTER.
You see a list of matching entries in the
selected book. Press
BACK to return to
the list of search results.
7. Press or to highlight the entry
you want to view and press ENTER.
The text of the selected entry that
matches your search is displayed.
Press
BACK to return to the list of
matching entries.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
Press
MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the
Advanced Anagram
Search
The Advanced Anagram Search searches
the entries of the
Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary, the Crossword Lists, the
Compact Thesarus, the Solutions English
Dictionary and the Discovery Encyclopedia
for any matches to the information you
enter.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press ANAG, if necessary, to go
to the
Advanced Anagram Search
screen.
3. Enter your search information in the
various fields.
Press or to move between the
fields.
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