Franklin QC-30 User Manual

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By Franklin Electronic Publishers
CENTURY
Elec tronic
DICTIONARY
Words from Collins Dictionaries
USER’S MANUAL
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Key Guide
MENU
HELP
GAMES
CONF
CLEAR
ON/OFF
BACK
?
ENTER
SPACE
View the main menu. View a help message. View the games menu. View confusable words. Clear to “ENTER your word:”. Turn the product on or off. 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 a word, select a menu item, or start highlight in text.
Type a space or page down. Scroll up or down or type punc-
tuation. 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
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press
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.
to point to “Setup”.
to point to a menu item.
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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
.
by pressing marks cannot begin a word.
Note:
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or a full stop
These punctuation
Finding Definitions
Correcting Misspellings
When you enter a misspelled word, or a correctly spelled word not in this dictio­nary, a correction list appears. For ex-
ample, 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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