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By Franklin Electronic Publishers
Webster’s
Spelling Corrector
USER’S
GUIDE
MODEL NC-10
Introduction
Getting Started
Congratulations. You now own a powerful
and portable electronic reference that you
can use at home, school, or work.
Using the
you can:
• check and correct spellings,
• find letters in words,
• find prefixes and suffixes,
• identify words that are easy to confuse,
• build words from letters, and
• play Hangman and Anagrams.
This User’s Guide shows you how. You
can follow its numbered steps using the
examples shown or using words that
interest you.
Webster’s Spelling Corrector
User notes like this one tell
you how to get the most from
Webster’s Spelling
your
Corrector
. Look for them.
1
,
1. If it isn’t installed, install one CR2016
lithium battery as shown.
2. Press ON/OFF.
3. Press ▼ or ▲ to adjust the contrast.
Ready for word is where you enter
words or letters. You can adjust the
contrast only at this screen.
4. If the screen is blank, check the battery.
To see a quick demonstration
of
Webster’s Spelling
Corrector
stop the demo, press CLEAR.
, press DEMO. To
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Learning the Keys
Correcting Spellings
A
ENTER
ON/OFF
CLEAR
DEMO
HELP
BUILD
CONF
PLAY
▲
▲
▼
▲
?
✽
Type letters.
etc.
Make an entry or back up.
Turn the unit on or off.
Clear your entry.
See a quick demo.
See a help message.
Build words from typed letters.
See Confusables
Select Hangman or Anagrams.
Erase typed characters.
Move up or type an apostrophe.
Move down or type a period.
In games, show the score.
Find a letter or end a round.
Find prefixes or suffixes.
3
™
.
1. If you’re not at
press CLEAR.
2. Type a word. To erase letters, press .
3. Press ENTER.
NOTE: When you spell an entered word
correctly, an asterisk appears after it.
4. Press ▼ to see more words, if any.
5. When you’re done, press CLEAR.
The arrows at the right of the
screen mean that you can press
▼ or ▲ to see more words.
To see help at any time, press
HELP. To exit help, press ENTER.
Ready for wordReady for word
Ready for word,
Ready for wordReady for word
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▼
Finding Letters
Finding Prefixes & Suffixes
To find letters that you don’t know in words,
type a question mark for each unknown letter.
Ready for wordReady for word
1. At
Ready for word, type a word
Ready for wordReady for word
with question marks in it.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press ▼ to see more words, if any.
Question marks can help you
solve crosswords. For example,
if the second letter of a five-letter
word is H and its last letter is T,
enter ?H??T to see possible answers.
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To find prefixes or suffixes of words, type an
asterisk before or after a word root. Each
asterisk stands for any number of letters.
Ready for wordReady for word
1. At
Ready for word, type a word
Ready for wordReady for word
root beginning or ending with an ✻.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press ▼ to see more words, if any.
4. Press CLEAR.
You can type both ?’s and ✽’s
in an entry, but you can’t type
✽’s inside words. If you do,
you see Illegal wildcard.
Press ENTER and type a new word.
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™
Building WordsSeeing Confusables
Confusables
™
are homonyms and spelling
variants that are easy to confuse. When
you see a question mark to the left of a
™
word, that word has Confusables
. Press
CLEAR before trying this example.
1. Type
2. Press CONF.
airair
air. Then press ENTER.
airair
indicates word has Confusables
confusable word identifying word
™
3. Press ▼ to see more Confusables™.
4. Press CLEAR.
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The BUILD key builds words from letters
that you type. It’s great for helping to solve
anagrams and other word games.
Ready for wordReady for word
1. At
Ready for word, type up to 16
Ready for wordReady for word
letters. To erase letters, press .
▼
2. Press BUILD.
3. Press ▼ to see more words, if any.
4. Press CLEAR.
From any word list, you can
return to your previous entry
by pressing ENTER. You can
clear your entry by pressing
CLEAR.
Playing Hangman
Playing Anagrams
Hangman challenges you to type the letters
of a mystery word in a number of tries.
1. Press PLAY. Then press ENTER.
2. Press ▼ or ▲ to select a (mystery)
word size from 3 to 14 letters.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press ▼ or ▲ to select from 3 to 15
tries. Then press ENTER.
mystery word tries left
5. Type letters until you see the word or
run out of tries. To reveal a letter,
press ENTER.
6. To reveal the word, press ?. Then
press ENTER to play a new round.
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In Anagrams, you try to guess all the
anagrams of a root word.
1. Press PLAY.
2. Press ▼. Then press ENTER.
3. Press ▼ or ▲ to select root (word) size
from 4 to 11 letters. Then press ENTER.
4. Press ▼ or ▲ to select a Min word
(anagram) size. Then press ENTER.
root word anagrams remaining
5. Type an anagram.
6. Press ENTER. Then enter as many
anagrams as you can.
7. To see the remaining anagrams, press
? and ▼. Press ENTER for a new round.
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Seeing Scores
Product Information
While playing Hangman or Anagrams,
you can see how many rounds that you’ve
played and how many that you’ve won.
1. At a Hangman or Anagrams game
screen, press .
Played rounds (total) Correct rounds
(wins)
2. Press ENTER to return to the game.
▼
Remember, P equals the
consecutive rounds that
you’ve played. C equals the
rounds that you’ve won.
To win a Hangman round, you must
type all the letters of the mystery word.
To win an Anagrams round, you must
enter all the anagrams of a root word.
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Model NC-10
• 80,000 words with SpellBlaster II
• 2 games, Hangman and Anagrams, with scoring
• Confusables™ • MatchMaker™ and crossword solver
keys • 2-minute automatic shutoff • Context-sensitive
help with automatic scrolling
• self-demonstration • screen contrast adjustment
• 12 function keys • LCD : 1 x 16 characters
• ROM: 1 megabit • RAM: 2 kilobytes • CPU: 65C02
• Battery: 1 CR2016 3-volt lithium
• Size: 6.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 cm. • Weight: 1.9 oz.
Product Care and Customer Service
To clean
Webster’s Spelling Corrector
cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface. Don’t spray liquids
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 limited
warranty. If you purchased your unit outside the United
States, contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or
repair information.
Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and ISBN
© 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
Mt. Holly, N.J. 08060 USA. All rights reserved.
Confusables, MatchMaker, and SpellBlaster II are
trademarks of Franklin.
U.S. PATENTS; 4, 490,811; 4,830,618; 4,891,775;
5,113,340 EURO. PAT. 0 136 379 PAT. PEND.
ISBN 1-56712-010-5
™
spelling correction
, spray a mild glass
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