Franklin SCR-30 User Manual

SCR-30

The Official

Players

Dictionary

■ User’s Manual ■

Introduction

What The Official Scrabble® Players

Dictionary Can Do

Congratulations! You now have a powerful and portable way to improve your Scrabble® skills and scores. With The Official Scrabble® Players Dictionary, you can. . .

•check words’ definitions, spellings, and parts of speech;

•find spellings that you don’t know;

•build words from your letter and blank tiles;

•enter patterns of letters appearing on the board and fit your tiles to those patterns; and

•include double and triple letter scores in your patterns.

How to Use This Manual

To learn how to use The Official Scrabble® Players Dictionary, follow the examples in this manual in order. Then keep the manual handy for reference.

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Your First Session

The first time you use The Official Scrabble® Players Dictionary, adjust the contrast and see a demo.

1. Press ON/OFF .

2.Press and to adjust the contrast.

You can always adjust the screen contrast at the Ready message. If you see nothing, check the battery.

3.Type “—d”. Then press ENTER .

You see a quick demonstration of The Official Scrabble® Players Dictionary’s main features.

4. To stop the demo, press CLEAR .

■ INFOrmation Please

To see instructional information, press		INFO at
the Ready message. Then press			.
	ENTER
To return to the Ready message, press				.
		CLEAR
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Correcting Spellings

“I before E except after C?” Here’s how to check.

1. At the Ready message, type a misspelled word.

2. Press	ENTER .
3. Press	to move down the correction list.
4. Press	ENTER twice to define a word.

To see more definitions, press repeatedly.

5. When you’re done, press CLEAR .

■ Follow the Arrows to See More Words

Blinking arrows at the far right of the screen mean that there are more words to see. Just press the indicated arrow keys.

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Finding Spellings

You can even find spellings when you don’t know all the letters in a word. Just type a question mark for each unknown letter , or type an asterisk for any number of letters. Try this example.

1. At the Ready message, type this:

2. Press ENTER .

3. Press to see more words.

■ Finding Unusual Words

Simply use question marks (?) and asterisks (*) as wild cards. For example, enter “a?” and you’ll see two-letter words beginning with an A. Or, to see words beginning and ending with L, enter “I*I”.

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Defining Words

Is that really a word? Here’s how to check.

1. At the Ready message, type a word.

To erase letters, press .

2. Press ENTER .

3. Press ENTER to see its full definition.

To scroll manually, hold		or	.
4. When you’re done, press			.
		CLEAR
■ Seeing Parts of Speech
To see a word’s part of speech— noun, verb,
adjective, etc.— press INFO		at its definition.
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