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Electronic Publishers

ES-90

User’s Guide

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LEMENTARY

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PELLING

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Summary of Contents for ES-90

Page 1: ... Electronic Publishers ES 90 User s Guide ELEMENTARY SPELLING ACE ...

Page 2: ...se this ELECTRONIC REFERENCE You may not make any copies of the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE or of the data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE You may not export or reexport dire...

Page 3: ...n while you have fun You will find a printed Webster s Elementary Dic tionary 1994 Edition in your package Take a minute to flip through some of its pages You will find many interesting pictures and definitions Then read on to find out how to use your new El ementary Spelling Ace and enjoy becoming a better speller How to Get Help Useful information can be found by pressing HELP If you press HELP ...

Page 4: ...ser list Turns the Elementary Spelling Ace on or off Shows the page number where you can find the current word s definition in Webster s Elementary Dictionary Types a to stand for a letter Types an to stand for prefixes and suffixes Erases a typed letter Types a space Scrolls up a list darkens the screen contrast or types punctuation Scrolls down a list or lightens the screen contrast ENTER LIST O...

Page 5: ...ion begins once it is turned on 5 To stop the demonstration press CLEAR 6 To disable the demonstration type D and then press ENTER Once the demo is disabled the demonstration will not begin each time you turn on the product To re enable the demonstration type D 7 To lighten or darken the screen press or several times Resuming Where You Left Off To extend the battery life Elementary Spelling Ace wi...

Page 6: ...ress ENTER If the word you entered is spelled incorrectly the Elementary Spelling Ace shows you the words that are similar to the word you entered If the word you entered is spelled correctly then Correct appears The correctly spelled word will then appear 3 Press several times to see more words No More appears when there are no more words in the list 4 Press CLEAR when you are finished 5 ...

Page 7: ...finition entry then the screen displays Entry 1 of 1 A few words have more than one definition entry for example does If a word has more than one definition entry the screen displays Entry 1 of 2 Press to see all of the entries If the page number for a definition entry has a hyphen 335 then its definition stretches across more than one page for example novel If you type a related word such as a pl...

Page 8: ...f the word from a list of corrections Here is how to type the punctuation marks 1 Type haven 2 Press three times Pressing lets you choose between the three punctuation marks So you can press once to type a hyphen twice to type a period and three times to type an apostrophe 3 Type t 4 Press ENTER Some words in the Elementary Spelling Ace require a space air force To type a space press 5 Press CLEAR...

Page 9: ...marks in words to help solve crossword puzzles and similar puzzle games 1 Type a word with s e g ac o To erase a letter press BACK or 2 Press ENTER The matching words appear in alphabetical order A can stand for a space as well as a letter as shown here 3 Press to see the other matching words No More will appear when there are no more matching words 4 Press CLEAR when you are finished 8 ...

Page 10: ... this example 1 Type res 2 Press to type an asterisk An asterisk will appear at the end of the prefix res 3 Press ENTER The matching words appear in alphabetical order You can type both s and s in a word but there is no reason to type them next to each other 4 Use to see more words that begin with res 5 Press CLEAR when you are finished 9 ...

Page 11: ...the screen will say Already in list If the screen says Not in book then the word is not found in the Webster s Elemen tary Dictionary To add the word to your user list press Y or you can press N if you do not want to add the word When these words are added a U will appear to the right of the word to indicate that the word is unknown to the dictionary 3 Press CLEAR when you are finished You may als...

Page 12: ...hey were saved 2 Use and to see the words in the list 3 To find which page a definition can be found you may press PAGE while you are using the user list 4 To delete a single word in the list press D while the word is on the screen 5 Press CLEAR when you are finished To erase the entire user list press C while viewing the list Then press Y when the screen says Clear list Y N 11 ...

Page 13: ...guesses you have Pick list changes whether the main dictionary list or the user list is used in the game If there are no words in your user list you will not be able to select this option Speed makes the game go faster or slower One is the slowest and ten is the fastest Word size changes the size of the words that you will play in the games 4 Press ENTER to select the setting 5 Select more setting...

Page 14: ...he word up in the dictionary will help you study 3 Press ENTER to see a new word Playing Spelling Bee Spelling Bee challenges you to type the word that flashes on the screen and spell it correctly 1 Select B Spelling Bee 2 Study the word on the screen before it disappears 3 Type the word 4 Press ENTER If you spelled the word correctly You win will appear If the word is spelled incorrectly Sorry yo...

Page 15: ...Not in word appears 3 Type ENTER to reveal a letter 4 Press to end the round and show word 5 Press ENTER to play another round Playing User Hangman User Hangman is played just like Hangman except you can play it with a friend by typing in the words you will use Before you can play type in the word for Hangman when Enter word appears Playing Jumble Jumble takes words from your user list and mixes u...

Page 16: ...again to play another round Playing Word Blaster In Word Blaster you must guess a mystery word before all of the letters are revealed 1 Select F Word Blaster A word will be revealed one letter at a time 2 Press ENTER when you think you know the word 3 Type the word and press ENTER If the word is correct You win appears and the word is displayed If the word is incorrect No try again appears and you...

Page 17: ...ishers Inc Burlington NJ 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved Complies with the limits for a ClassBcomputingdevicepursuanttoPart15ofFCCRules Allrights reserved Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation 1994Merriam Webster Inc Allrigh...

Page 18: ...by this warranty ALLIMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDINGANYIMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FORAPARTICULAR PURPOSE SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED IN DURATION TO THAT OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASE THE WARRANTYAND REMEDY SET FORTH ABOVEARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE RETAIL BUYERAND END USER IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE SA...

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