Franklin QC-20 User Manual

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Electronic Publishers

Model QC-20

Electronic

Thesaurus

User’s Guide

License Agreement

Getting Started

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1. Press ON/OFF.

The Quick Demo appears. You can stop
the demo at any time by pressing CLEAR.

2. Press

or to adjust the contrast

at the Ready screen.

You can only adjust the contrast at this
screen.

✓ Resuming Where You Left Off

If you forget to turn this product off,
it will automatically shut off within two
minutes. To return to the last display
that you viewed, press ON/OFF.

✓ Disabling the Demo

You probably do not want to view the
Quick Demo every time you start. To
disable the demo, type
Ready screen, then press ENTER. To
enable the demo, enter

✽✽

✽✽

d

at the

d

again.

Key Guide

Looking Up Words

BACK

CLEAR

CONF

ENTER

GAMES

HELP

NEXT

ON/OFF

PREV

?

✽

Goes back, or erases a typed letter.
Clears to the Ready screen,

or stops the Quick Demo.
Shows Confusables

™

.
Enters a word, or scrolls text.
Shows the games list.

Shows a help message.
Shows the next entry or word.
Turns the product on or off.
Shows the previous entry or word.

Types a

?

to stand for any
letter. In games, ends a round
and shows thesaurus entries.

Types an

✽

to stand for any series

of letters.
Move in the indicated direction.
Types a space between letters.
Types an apostrophe and a full stop.

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Most thesaurus entries include a brief defini­tion, or meaning core, and a related list of syn­onyms or Classmates. (Classmates are
words related by subject.) Some entries in­clude idioms and antonyms. NOTE: If a word
has no thesaurus entry,

Correct word

will

appear after you enter it.

1. Type a word (e.g.,

To erase letters, press BACK or

tardy

).

.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press ENTER again to scroll through
its definition.

To stop scrolling, press BACK. You can
also hold

4. Press

or to scroll slowly.

repeatedly to view its

synonyms or Classmates.

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Looking Up Words

5. Continue pressing to view its
idioms, if any.

Looking Up Words

✓ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to view more words.

Remember, when you see a flashing
right arrow, you can press ENTER to
automatically scroll text to the left.

✓ Help is at Hand

At most displays, you can view an ap­propriate help message by pressing
HELP. To exit a help message, press
BACK.

6. Continue pressing to view its
antonyms, if any.

7. Press BACK to return to your word.

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✓ Viewing Multiple Entries

When a word has more than one the­saurus entry, a message such as

1 of 5

appears before its first entry.

To view its other thesaurus entries,
press NEXT. To view a previous entry,
press PREV. If you press NEXT after
its last entry,

No more!

appears.

Entry