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Selecting & Playing Games

Spelling Ace has seven word games that you
can play.

1. Press GAMES.
2. Press 

 and 

 to highlight the game

you wish to play.

3. Press ENTER to select the game.
4. Follow the screen prompts for each

game setting.

Each game has either one or two game
settings that you must select before you
begin play.

 Viewing Game Scores

Between rounds, the number of rounds that you
have won and lost appears. You can also press
SCORE at any time to get the current score.
NOTE: P stands for the number of games played,
and C stand for the number of games won.

The score is reset to zero whenever you change
games, press CLEAR, or turn off Spelling Ace.

Summary of Contents for SA-95

Page 1: ...16 SA 95 Spelling Ace User s Guide Electronic Publishers ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC ...

Page 2: ...build words from letters and play exciting and educational word games with scoring You can follow the steps in this User s Guide using the examples shown or using words that interest you Also look for checkmarked tips like the one below that help you get the most from your Spelling Ace Introduction Auto Shutoff If you forget to turn off Spelling Ace it will automatically shut off to save battery p...

Page 3: ...mes Turns product on or off Shows the current game score Erases typed letters Scrolls up types an apostrophe Scrolls down types a period Types a space Stands for a letter in a word In games reveals a word Stands for a prefix or suffix in a word Types a hyphen CLEAR ENTER GAMES CONFUSABLES ON OFF SCORE ...

Page 4: ...ontrast NOTE You can adjust the screen contrast only when Ready for word is in view Getting Started Typing Punctuation Marks You do not have to type punctuation marks to find spellings But if you want to type an apostrophe in a word press To type a period press Note however that punc tuation marks cannot begin words ...

Page 5: ...word To erase a letter press You cannot type capital letters but Spelling Ace displays capitals in corrections when necessary 2 Press ENTER 3 Press repeatedly to view more words 4 Press CLEAR when done Correcting Misspellings Just Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more words ...

Page 6: ...rs 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more matching words 4 Press CLEAR Finding Letters in Words Solving Crossword Puzzles Type question marks in place of the miss ing letters in an answer For example if you know that the second letter of a five letter answer is an h and its last letter is a w enter h w and then scroll down to view possible answers ...

Page 7: ...ng words NOTE You cannot use an asterisk in the middle of a word 1 Type a word with one or more s 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more matching words 4 Press CLEAR Finding Parts of Words More Ways to Use Asterisks You can use s to find lists of unusual words For example enter a to find words that end with an a In addition you can type both s and s in a word but there is no reason to type them consec...

Page 8: ...d that word has Confus ables 1 Type air and press ENTER 2 Press CONF 3 Press repeatedly to view more Confusables 4 Press CLEAR Viewing Long Words Some words are too long to fit on the screen To see all the letters of such long words press when the word is in view It will automatically scroll to the right To return to the normal view press ...

Page 9: ... setting Each game has either one or two game settings that you must select before you begin play Viewing Game Scores Between rounds the number of rounds that you have won and lost appears You can also press SCORE at any time to get the current score NOTE Pstandsforthenumberofgamesplayed and C stand for the number of games won The score is reset to zero whenever you change games press CLEAR or tur...

Page 10: ...ber tries determines the number of guesses you have in Hangman Root Size determines the number of let ters found in the root word in Anagrams Speed determines the speed that the letters appear in Flashcards and Word Blaster Word Size determines the size of the game word Understanding User Games User Hangman is played the same way as Hangman except that you must enter the word with which you will p...

Page 11: ...the letters of a word 1 Press GAMES 2 Select Anagrams 3 Select game settings and press ENTER word anagrams to guess 4 Type an anagram and press ENTER Repeat to enter more anagrams 5 Press to review used anagrams 6 Press to end game and then press repeatedly to view all the anagrams 7 Press ENTER to play a new round ...

Page 12: ...lect Build Word List 2 Type letters 3 Press ENTER 4 Press to view more words 5 Press ENTER to type more letters Flashcards In Flashcards a word briefly appears and you try to re member and correctly spell it 1 Press GAMES and select Flashcards A word appears 2 Type the word and then press ENTER Orpress torevealthewordandendtheround 3 Press ENTER to play a new round ...

Page 13: ... the letters of a mystery word by typing its letters 1 Press GAMES and Select Hangman mystery word wrong guesses allowed 2 Type letters 3 Press ENTER to reveal a letter 4 Press to reveal the word and end the round 5 Press ENTER to play a new round ...

Page 14: ...rds 3 Type a word and then press ENTER 4 Press to reveal the word s 5 Press ENTER to play a new round Word Blaster In Word Blaster you try to guess a mystery word before it is fully spelled 1 Press GAMES and select Word Blaster Letters quickly replace the question marks 2 Press ENTER to stop the spelling 3 Type your guess and then press ENTER 4 Press ENTER to play a new round Jumble Word Blaster ...

Page 15: ...e to obtain warranty or repair information FCC Notice Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules Opera tion is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received in cluding interference that may cause undesirable opera tion Copyrights Trademarks P...

Page 16: ...es are not covered by this warranty ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITEDINDURATIONTOTHATOFTHEEXPRESSWARRANTYSETFORTHABOVE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASE THE WARRANTY AND REMEDY SET FORTH ABOVE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE RETAIL BUYER AND END USER IN CONNECTION WITH TH...

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