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MODEL QC-10

USER’S

GUIDE

Spelling Ace

Electronic

NEXT CENTURY

By Franklin Electronic Publishers

Summary of Contents for Next Century QC-10

Page 1: ...14 MODEL QC 10 USER S GUIDE SpellingAce Electronic NEXT CENTURY By Franklin Electronic Publishers ...

Page 2: ...ers and play exciting and educational word games with scoring You can follow the steps in this User s Guide us ing the examples shown or using words that inter est you Also look for check marked tips like the one below that help you get the most from your Spelling Ace Auto Shutoff and Auto Resume If you forget to turn off the Spelling Ace it will automatically shut off in two minutes And if the de...

Page 3: ...or word Shows Confusables Enters a word or selects an item Shows the games menu Shows help messages Shows the game skill levels Erases typed letters Scrolls up types an apostrophe Scrolls down types a full stop Types a space Stands for a letter in a word In games reveals a word Stands for a series of letters In games gives a hint ...

Page 4: ...e screen contrast NOTE You can adjust the screen contrast only when Ready for word is in view Disabling the Demonstration You probably do not want to view the demonstration every time you turn on your Spelling Ace To disable the demon stration type d and then press ENTER To enable it again do the same Help is Always at Hand While using Spelling Ace you can view a help message at virtually any scre...

Page 5: ... Can t Help appears 1 Type a word To erase a letter press You cannot type capital letters but Spelling Ace displays capitals in corrections 2 Press ENTER 3 Press repeatedly to view more words 4 Press CLEAR when done Correcting Misspellings Finding More Corrections If you do not find the word that you want in a correction list select a correction and press ENTER twice A list of more correc tions ap...

Page 6: ...uestion marks in words to help solve crossword puzzles and similar games 1 Type a word with s for unknown letters 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view more matching words 4 Press CLEAR Finding Letters in Words 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 7: ...ling Ace may take a while to find matching words 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 x to find words that end with an x In addition you can type both s and s in a word but there is no reason to type them consecutively ...

Page 8: ...Type air 2 Press CONF 3 Press repeatedly to view more Confusables 4 Press CLEAR A QuickWay to Find Confusables If you know a word has Confusables sim ply type the word and then press CONF Viewing LongWords Some words are too long to fit on the screen To see all the letters of such long words press ENTER when the word is in view It will automatically scroll to the right ...

Page 9: ...ype letters 2 Press BUILD 3 Press to view more words 4 Press CLEAR Building Words from Letters 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 full stop press Note however that punctuation marks cannot begin words ...

Page 10: ... from Beginner to Wizard 3 Press ENTER to select it 4 Press to select a game 5 Press ENTER to select the game and start playing Understanding Skill Levels The skill levels change the number of guesses in Hangman and the minimum word length in Anagrams When you select a skill level that level applies to all the games until you change it You can start playing a game at the cur rent skill level by pr...

Page 11: ...mystery word by typing its letters 1 Press GAMES 2 Select Hangman mystery word guesses left 3 Type letters 4 Press ENTER or to reveal a letter Revealing a letter will cause the game to count as a loss when scored 5 Press to reveal the word 6 Press ENTER to play a new round ...

Page 12: ...e is the minimum number of letters from which anagrams can be made at the currently selected skill level word anagrams to guess 3 Type an anagram e g pit in the example 4 Press ENTER If the anagram is correct OK appears 5 Enter more anagrams 6 Press to jumble the letters 7 Press to review used anagrams 8 Press and then repeatedly to view all the anagrams 9 Press ENTER to play a new round ...

Page 13: ...uids directly onto the unit Don t use or store your unit in extreme or prolonged heat cold humidity or other adverse conditions If you have a problem with your unit refer to the warranty If you purchased your unit outside the United Kingdom contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information Copyrights Trademarks Patents and ISBN 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Mt Holly ...

Page 14: ...ase is provided Thiswarrantyexplicitlyexcludesdefectsduetomisuse accidentaldamage orwearandtear Thisguarantee does not affect the consumer s statutory rights FCC Notice Complies with the limits for a Class B computingdevicepursuanttoSubpartBofPart15of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any in...

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