Franklin IC-109 User Manual

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Electronic Publishers

For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

IC-109

DIGITAL BOOK

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The Official

Players Dictionary

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User’s Manual

License Agreement

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Contents

Getting Started .............................................. 4

Install the Digital Book ............................. 5

Adjust the Contrast .................................. 6

See a Demonstration ................................ 7

Learn the Keys .......................................... 8

Verifying Words ........................................... 10

Defining Words ........................................ 11

Checking Spellings.................................. 13

Finding Spellings ..................................... 14

Building Words ............................................ 16

Building With Tiles .................................. 17

Building on Words................................... 19

Building Between Letters........................ 21

Building on Letter Scores ....................... 23

Reference...................................................... 25

Digital Book System ................................ 26

Limited Warranty ..................................... 33

Product Specifications............................ 34

Index ......................................................... 35

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Introduction

The Official Scrabble® Players Dictionary contains
more than 100,000 words specially chosen for
playing Scrabble
unusual words, and words spelled with less­frequent letters that help you get higher Scrabble
scores.

All words have brief definitions. These definitions
don’t provide the detail of general dictionary but
they do give you a sense of one of the word’s
meanings.

With The Official Scrabble
digital book, finding high-scoring words is easier
than ever. Simply type your tiles and a board
pattern, and you’ll see a list of words ranked by
their Scrabble

You can also check and find spellings, type blank
tiles and empty squares, and include double and
triple letter scores in your patterns.

To learn how, read this User’s Manual. You can
follow the numbered steps using the examples
shown or using your own tiles and board
patterns.

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. You’ll find short words,

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Players Dictionary

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scores.

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Getting Started

If you’re using

The Official Scrabble

Players Dictionary

for the first time,

read this section.

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Install the Digital Book

You must install The Official Scrabble® Players
Dictionary digital book before you can use it.

1. Turn the Digital Book System off.

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2. Insert The Official Scrabble
Dictionary in a slot on the back.

Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches
in the slot. Then snap the digital book in place.

Players

3. Press .

ON/OFF

Protect Your Digital Books

Never install a digital book while your Digital
Book System is on. If you do, you may erase
information that you entered in the other
installed digital book.

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Adjust the Contrast

After you’ve installed The Official Scrabble

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Players Dictionary digital book, you can adjust
the Digital Book System’s screen contrast at any
time.

1. Turn the contrast wheel.

contrast wheel

2. If the screen is still blank, check the
batteries.

See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference.

Automatic Shut Off

When you’re using the Official Scrabble
Players Dictionary, the Digital Book System
will automatically shut off after two minutes
of nonuse.

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See a Demonstration

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Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of
The Official Scrabble

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Players Dictionary.

1. Press .

CARD

2. Press or to highlight SCR.

3. Press .

4. Press .

5. Press to stop the demonstration.

ENTER

MORE

CLEAR

Help is Always at Hand

If you’re ever unsure what to do next,
press to see a help message.
To exit help messages, press .

HELP

BACK

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Learn the Keys

Function Keys

CLEAR

MORE

LIST
CARD
ENTER
BACK

HELP

Direction Keys

DN

UP

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+

UP

MatchMaker™ Keys

? *

or

SHIFT

+

Back up or erase letters.

DN

SPACE

? *

Clear to the first screen.
See a brief demonstration.
Build a list of Scrabble® words.
Switch to another digital book.
Verify or define a word.

See a help message.

Move the cursor left or right.
Move up or down in a word list.
Page up or down in a word list.
Go to the top or bottom of a list.
At a definition, go to the next or

previous definition alphabetically.

Type a ? to stand for a blank tile
or an empty square.
Type an ✽ to stand for any number
of blank tiles or a series of empty
squares.

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Learn the Keys

Letter Score Keys

W

+

+

E

Type a 2 for a double letter score.
Type a 3 for a triple letter score.

Clearing and Backing Up

To clear to the first screen at any time,
press .

If you entered tiles, they’re cleared, too.

CLEAR

To back up at any time, press .

BACK

If you were typing tiles or a board pattern,
the previous character is erased. At other
screens, you return to the previous screen.

Follow the Arrows

Whenever you see blinking arrows on screen,
you can press the arrow keys in the indicated
directions to see more words.

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Verifying Words

This section shows

how to verify

definitions and spellings.

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Defining Words

You can easily verify the definitions of words in

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your tray or on the Scrabble

board. You can also

define words in definitions.

1. Press to go to the first screen.

CLEAR

2. Type a word.

To erase letters, press . To edit the

BACK

word, press and then type other letters.

3. Press .

4. Press again.

ENTER

ENTER

Notice the highlight.

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