Franklin QC-10 User Manual

NEXT CENTURY

By Franklin Electronic Publishers

Electronic

Spelling Ace

USER’S

GUIDE

MODEL QC-10

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Introduction

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

• correct and check spellings

• find missing letters in words

• find prefixes, 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 f or chec k-marked tips lik e 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 demonstration is disabled, when
you turn on Spelling Ace again, it resumes
at the screen you last viewed.

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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 for word

Shows Confusables

.

®

.
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 for a letter in a word.

In games, rev eals a word.
Stands for 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
screen contrast.

NOTE: You can adjust the screen contrast
only when

✓ Disabling the Demonstration

You probably do not want to view the
demonstration every time you turn on
your Spelling Ace. To disable the demon­stration, type
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 screen by
pressing HELP. To exit help, press BACK.

or repeatedly to adjust the

Ready for word

✽✽

d

and then press

is in view.

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Correcting Misspellings

When you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. When you enter a cor­rectly spelled word,
a list of similar words. When you enter a word
not in Spelling Ace,

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.

Correct Word

Sorry Can’t Help

✓ 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.

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