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USER’S GUIDE

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ANGUAGE

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ASTER

DMQ-210

Electronic Publishers

Words from Collins Dictionaries

Summary of Contents for LANGUAGE MASTER DMQ-210

Page 1: ...20 USER S GUIDE LANGUAGE MASTER DMQ 210 Electronic Publishers Words from Collins Dictionaries ...

Page 2: ...rns the product on or off Goes back or erases a typed letter Types a to stand in for a letter In games reveals the answer s Types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters In games gives a hint or shuffles letters Enters a word selects a menu item or starts a highlight in text Types a space or pages down Scrolls up or down or types punctuation Moves the cursor or highlight ...

Page 3: ...ttery cover off in the di rection of the arrow 3 Place the four AAA batteries into the cavity following the diagram inside the case 4 Replace the battery cover Starting the Language Master 1 Press ON OFF A brief demonstration appears 2 Press CLEAR if you want to stop the demo Note You can always view ENTER your word by pressing CLEAR ...

Page 4: ...until the arrow is beside Disable Demo Press ENTER to disable it To enable it select Enable Demo Help is at Hand At almost any screen you can view an appropriate help message by pressing HELP To exit help press BACK Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more text Getting Started ...

Page 5: ... how long the product stays on if you forget to turn it off 1 Press MENU 2 Press to point to Set Font Set Shutoff or Set Contrast 3 Press ENTER to view the settings 4 Press or to point to a setting If you selected Set Contrast press or repeatedly 5 Press ENTER to select it 6 Press CLEAR when finished ...

Page 6: ...s cannot begin a word Most definitions include parts of speech labels inflected forms and hyphenation points Here is how to look up a word 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word e g gesticulate To erase a letter press BACK 3 Press ENTER 4 Press repeatedly to scroll down Or press SPACE to page down 5 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Definitions ...

Page 7: ...er kawphy and you see this Place the marker next to the correct word if needed Then press ENTER to view its definition Viewing Multiple Forms When you enter a word with more than one form in the dictionary a list appears For example enter am and you see this Press to point to the form you want Then press ENTER to view its definition Finding Definitions ...

Page 8: ...e 1 At ENTER your word type write 2 Press ENTER Notice the CONF flash in the upper right of the screen 3 Press CONF An identifying word follows each Confusable 4 Press to view more Quick Confusables If you already know that a word has Con fusables press CONF rather than EN TER after typing it at ENTER your word You ll go directly to its Confusables list ...

Page 9: ...s to view more matching words if any 4 Press ENTER to go to the definition 5 Press BACK to go back to the list Finding Letters Help for Word Games You can use s to help solve crossword puzzles and other word games For example if the second letter of a five letter word is H and its last letter is W enter h w and then scroll down to view possible answers ...

Page 10: ...word with one or more s 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more words 4 Press ENTER to view a definition 5 Press BACK to return to the list 6 Press CLEAR when finished Letter Finding Tips You can type both s and s in a word However if you type either at the start of the word finding matching words may take a while Note You do not need to type consecutive s or an next to a ...

Page 11: ...ss ENTER to go to the definition 3 Press ENTER again to start the highlight The first word is highlighted You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK 4 Press to highlight incite 5 Press ENTER to view its definition Or press CONF to view its Confusables 6 Press BACK to return to the first definition 7 Press CLEAR when finished Highlighting Words to Define ...

Page 12: ...ot they are part of this dictionary To add a word to the User List 1 Go to a definition or a correction list 2 Press MENU 3 Press ENTER to select User List The main form of the dictionary word or the correction appears as Add your word Note If Add your word does not appear the word may already be in the User List 4 Press to point to Add your word 5 Press ENTER to add the word 6 Press CLEAR when fi...

Page 13: ...s To add a word not in this dictionary e g ninja type it in at ENTER your word and press MENU Then select Add your word from the User List menu After selecting Add ninja a special menu appears Move the pointer to Can cel the Add Add it anyway or Spell cor rect and then press ENTER to execute your choice Note You cannot view the definition of a non dictionary word in the User List If you select suc...

Page 14: ...ser List 1 Select User List from the main menu 2 Press ENTER to select View list 3 Point to a word 4 Press ENTER to view its definition To remove a word from the User List 1 Select User List from the main menu 2 Move the pointer to Remove word 3 Press ENTER 4 Point to a word 5 Press ENTER to remove the word ...

Page 15: ...them 1 Press GAMES 2 Press to point to Game Setup 3 Press ENTER 4 Move the pointer to either Word List or Word Length 5 Press ENTER 6 Move the pointer to a setting 7 Press ENTER to select it Selecting Game Settings Typing in Game Words If you select Type them in under Word List you will be prompted to enter your own game word after you select a game ...

Page 16: ... all of the letters of a given word 1 Press GAMES 2 Press ENTER to select Anagrams word anagrams remaining 3 Type an anagram 4 Press ENTER 5 Enter more anagrams 6 Press to view the anagrams you have entered 7 Press to shuffle letters 8 Press and then to view all the answers 9 Press SPACE to play a new round ...

Page 17: ...to Hangman 3 Press ENTER mystery word tries left 4 Type letters 5 Press to reveal a letter 6 Press to reveal the word 7 Press SPACE to play a new round Playing Hangman Viewing Game Words After playing a round of Anagrams or Hangman you can view definitions of the game word s by pressing ENTER To return to the game press BACK ...

Page 18: ...ou have a problem with this product refer to the warranty If you pur chased this product outside the United States contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information Copyrights Trademarks Patents ISBN 1991 94 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 USA All rights reserved 1987 88 Wm Collins Sons Co Ltd All rights reserved Confusables is a trademark of Frank...

Page 19: ...e for all repairs unless valid proof of purchase is provided This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse accidental damage or wear and tear This guarantee does not affect the consumer s statutory rights FCC Notice Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Sub part B of Part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may ...

Page 20: ...19 Your Notes FDS 28016 00 A PN 7201438 ...

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