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When you enter a correctly spelled word, the
thesaurus entry for that word appears. The-
saurus entries contain brief definitions, and
synonym lists.

Some thesaurus entries also include Class-
mates (words related by subject), idioms,
and antonyms. And some words have more
than one thesaurus entry.

1. Type a word (for example, 

happy

).

To erase letters, use BACK.

2. Press ENTER.

    This is the first thesaurus entry for happy.

3. Press ENTER again to automatically

scroll through its definition.

To stop scrolling, press BACK. You can
also press   or   to scroll manually.

4. Press 

 repeatedly to view its

synonyms or Classmates.

Using the Thesaurus

Содержание SpellingAce SA-98

Страница 1: ...1 Electronic Publishers User s Guide SA 98 SpellingAce With Thesaurus ...

Страница 2: ...nal Word List ENTER Shows the next thesaurus entry In a game starts a new round NEXT At a thesaurus entry shows the next en try if any In a game starts a new round ON OFF Turns the Spelling Ace on or off Types a question mark to stand for a letter in a word Types an asterick to stand for a se ries of unknown letters in a game reveals a hint Direction Keys Scroll left or right Scroll up or down At ...

Страница 3: ...n the diagram To View a Demonstration Unless disabled a demonstration automatically appears when you turn on this unit 1 Press ON OFF 2 To stop the demonstration press CLEAR 3 To disable the demonstration type d and then press ENTER 4 To enable the demonstration press CLEAR type d and then press ENTER To Adjust the Screen Contrast 1 Press CLEAR 2 Use or to lighten or darken the screen ...

Страница 4: ... 4 Press to scroll up 5 Press CLEAR when finished Checking Spellings Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen showwhicharrowkeysyoucanpresstoscroll Typing Punctuation Marks At the Ready for word screen you can type an apostrophe by pressing or a period by pressing However to type an apostrophe or period you must first type another letter ...

Страница 5: ...d by subject idioms and antonyms And some words have more than one thesaurus entry 1 Type a word for example happy To erase letters use BACK 2 Press ENTER This is the first thesaurus entry for happy 3 Press ENTER again to automatically scroll through its definition To stop scrolling press BACK You can also press or to scroll manually 4 Press repeatedly to view its synonyms or Classmates Using the ...

Страница 6: ...at most screens by pressing HELP To exit help press BACK 5 Continue pressing to view its idioms and antonyms if any 6 Press NEXT to go to the next thesaurus entry for your entry word 7 Use to view its synonyms etc 8 Press CLEAR when done Using the Thesaurus ...

Страница 7: ...ing or sound alike If a question mark flashes to the right of a word that word has Confus ables Try this example 1 Type reign 2 Press ENTER Notice the flashing question mark at the right of the screen 3 Press CONF 4 Press to view more Confusables 5 Press CLEAR when done ...

Страница 8: ...in a word 1 Type a word with question marks and asterisks in place of letters 2 Press ENTER to view matches 3 Press to view more matches if any 4 Press CLEAR when done Solving Crossword Puzzles You can use question marks and asterisks in place of words to help solve crossword puzzles and similar word games For ex ample if the second letter of a five letter word is r and its last letter is d enter ...

Страница 9: ...ss CLEAR 2 Type the word you want to add 3 Press LIST 4 Press until you see Add To List 5 Press ENTER to add the word If you typed a word that is not in the Spelling Ace you will see Add Anyway Y N Press Y to add the word or N to cancel 6 To view the list press ENTER 7 Press CLEAR when done Using the Personal Word List ...

Страница 10: ... From List 3 Press ENTER 4 Press to choose the word you want to delete if needed 5 Press ENTER to delete the word To Erase the Entire List 1 Press LIST 2 Press until you see Erase List 3 Press ENTER 4 Press Y to erase the list or press N to cancel Using the Personal Word List ...

Страница 11: ... needed press GAMES 2 Use and until you see Game Words and then press ENTER 3 Select one of the following All words to use random spelling and the saurus words Personal to use words from the Personal Word List Enter your own to use words that you enter before each round 4 Press ENTER To Select a Game 1 Press GAMES 2 Use and to select a game and then press ENTER Playing the Games ...

Страница 12: ...hat round Also when a flashing T appears at the right of a word after a round you can see its thesaurus entries by pressing EN TER To return to the game press BACK Resuming Where You Left Off If you forget to turn off the Spelling Ace it will turn off automatically in about two min utes When you turn it on again the screen that you last viewed will appear Playing the Games ...

Страница 13: ...ENTER or to reveal a letter Anagrams Anagrams asks you to form a word from the letters of another word Each anagram must be the minimum size number of letters that flashes before each round Each letter can be used only as many times as it already ap pears Any remaining anagrams are displayed Type an anagram and press ENTER Use the arrow keys to view the anagrams you have entered Press to jumble th...

Страница 14: ...and press ENTER To re jumble the let ters press Spelling Bee Spelling Bee flashes words on screen for you to try to spell Just type the word that appeared trying to spell it correctly and press ENTER If you do not spell it correctly you lose the round Word Builder Scrabble game referee Word Builder can help you solve Scrabble and similar word games Just type a series of letters or a word and then ...

Страница 15: ...n use and to view the words built from the letters Word Blaster In Word Blaster you try to guess a mystery word A series of question marks appear and then letters begin to fill in You are prompted to guess the word then press ENTER before the word is fully spelled now type in a guess If the guess is correct you win or a wrong answer prompts try again Deduction ...

Страница 16: ...our guess a scorecard ap pears showing the number of correct letters perfectly located P or misplaced M Press to return to the mystery pattern or type another guess Press and to scroll through your previous guesses Guess the pattern and you win Flashcards Flashcards is a vocabulary building game It flashes words on the screen for you to memorize or use to test friends or family members Press NEXT ...

Страница 17: ...following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including in terference that may cause undesired operation Copyrights Trademarks Patents ISBN 1994 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington NJ 08016 4907 USA All rights reserved U S PATENTS 4 490 811 4 830 618 4 891 775 5 113 340 5 218 536 EURO PAT 0 136 379 P...

Страница 18: ...RANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 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 WARRANTY AND REMEDY SET FORTH ABOVE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE RETAIL BUYER AND END USER IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE SALE OR USE OF THIS PRODUC...

Страница 19: ...19 Your Notes FDS 28029 00 P N7201602 Rev A ...

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