Franklin QC-30 User Manual

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QC30

By Franklin Electronic Publishers

Electronic

DICTIONARY

Words from Collins Dictionaries

USER’S MANUAL

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Key Guide

MENU View the main menu.

HELP View a help message.

GAMES View the games menu.

CONF View confusable words.

CLEAR Clear to “ENTER your word:”.

ON/OFF Turn the product on or off.

BACK Go back, or erase a typed letter.

?Type a question mark to stand for a letter. In games, end a round.

Type an asterisk to stand for any series of letters. In games, reveal an answer.

ENTER Enter a word, select a menu item, or start highlight in text.

SPACE Type a space or page down.

Scroll up or down or type punctuation.

Move the cursor or highlight.

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Getting Started

The first time you use this product, follow these steps.

1. Press ON/OFF.

A brief demonstration appears.

2. Press CLEAR.

Note: You can always view “ENTER your word:” by pressing CLEAR.

Disabling the Demo

You probably do not want to view the demo every time you turn on this product. To disable the demo, select “Disable Demo” on the Setup menu. To enable it, select “Enable Demo.”

Follow the Arrows

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

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Changing Settings

You can change the font, shutoff timing, and screen contrast. The shutoff timing is how long the product stays on if you forget to turn it off.

1.Press MENU.

2.Press to point to “Setup”.

3.Press ENTER.

4.Press to point to a menu item.

5.Press ENTER to view its settings.

6.Move the pointer to a setting.

7.Press ENTER to select it.

Help is at Hand

At almost any screen, you can view an appropriate help message by pressing HELP. To exit help, press BACK.

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Finding Definitions

Most definitions include parts of speech labels, inflected forms, and hyphenation points. Here is how to look up a word.

1.Press CLEAR.

2.Type a word (e.g., “gesticulate”).

To erase letters, press BACK.

3.Press ENTER.

4.Press repeatedly to scroll down. Or press SPACE to page down.

5.Press CLEAR when finished.

Typing Punctuation

At “ENTER your word:”, you can type an apostrophe by pressing or a full stop by pressing . Note: These punctuation marks cannot begin a word.

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Finding Definitions

Correcting Misspellings

When you enter a misspelled word, or a correctly spelled word not in this dictionary, a correction list appears. For example, enter “kawphy” and you see this.

Press to point to the correct word. Then press ENTER to view its definition.

Viewing Multiple Forms

When you enter a word with more than one form in the dictionary, a list appears. For example, enter “am” and you see this.

Press to point to the form you want. Then press ENTER to view its definition.

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