Franklin Next Century QC-10 User Manual

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MODEL QC-10

USER’S

GUIDE

Spelling Ace

Electronic

NEXT CENTURY

By Franklin Electronic Publishers

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Congratulations. You now own a powerful and
portable electronic reference that you can use at
home, work, or school. Using your Ne xt Century
Spelling Ace, y ou can. . .

• correct and check spellings

• find missing letters in words

• find prefix es, suffix es, and parts of words

• find words that sound similar

• build words from letters, and

• play exciting and educational word games,
with scoring

You can follo w the steps in this User’s Guide us­ing the examples shown or using words that inter­est you. Also look for chec k-marked tips lik e the
one below that help you get the most from your
Spelling Ace.

✓ A uto-Shutoff and Auto-Resume

If you forget to turn off the Spelling Ace, it
will automatically shut off in two minutes .
And if the demonstration is disabled, when
you turn on Spelling Ace again, it resumes
at the screen you last viewed.

Introduction

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Key Guide

BACK
BUILD

CLEAR

CONF

ENTER

GAMES

HELP

SKILL

?

✽

Backs up (e.g., erases a letter).
Builds words from letters .

Clears to

Ready f or w ord

.

Shows Confusab les

®

.
Enters a word or selects an item.
Shows the games menu.
Shows help messages .
Shows the game skill lev els .
Erases typed letters.
Scrolls up; types an apostrophe.
Scrolls down; types a full stop.

Types a space.
Stands f or a letter in a word.

In games, reveals a word.
Stands f or a series of letters.

In games, gives a hint.

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Getting Started

The Spelling Ace comes with the battery al­ready installed, so all you have to do is turn it
on to start.

1. Press ON/OFF.

A brief demonstration appears.

2. Press CLEAR to stop the demonstration.

3. Press

or repeatedly to adjust the

screen contrast.

NOTE: You can adjust the screen contrast
only when

Ready f or word

is in vie w.

✓ Disabling the Demonstration

You probably do not want to vie w the
demonstration e very time you turn on
your Spelling Ace . To disable the demon­stration, type

✽✽

d

and then press

ENTER. To enable it again, do the same.

✓ Help is Al wa ys at Hand

While using Spelling Ace, y ou can view a
help message at virtually any screen b y
pressing HELP. To exit help , press BACK.

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When you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. When you enter a cor­rectly spelled word,

Correct Word

appears with
a list of similar words. When you enter a word
not in Spelling Ace,

Sorry Can’t Help

appears.

1. Type a word.

To erase a letter, press . You cannot type
capital letters, b ut 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 correc­tions appears.