Franklin Spelling Ace SA-95 User Manual

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SA-95

Spelling Ace

User’s Guide

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Electronic Publishers

®

ELECTRONIC

ELECTRONIC

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Congratulations! You now own a powerful and
portable electronic reference that you can use
at home, work, or school. Using your new
Franklin Spelling Ace

®

, you can. . .

• correct and check spellings

• find missing letters in words

• find prefixes, suffixes, and parts of words

• find words that sound similar but are
spelled differently

• build words from letters, and

• play exciting and educational word
games, with scoring.

You can follow the steps in this User’s Guide
using the examples shown or using words that
interest you. Also look for checkmarked tips
like the one below that help you get the most
from your Spelling Ace.

Introduction

✓ Auto-Shutoff

If you forget to turn off Spelling Ace, it will
automatically shut off to save battery
power. The product will shutoff in two min­utes from the ready screen and in three­and-a-half minutes for a game or entry.

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Key Guide

Clears to

Ready for word

.

Shows Confusables

™

.
Enters a word or selects an item.
Shows the games.
T urns product on or off.
Shows the current game score.
Erases typed letters.
Scrolls up; types an apostrophe.
Scrolls down; types a period.

Types a space.
Stands for a letter in a word.

In games, reveals a word.
Stands for a prefix or suffix in a

word.
Types a hyphen.

CLEAR

ENTER

GAMES

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✽

CONFUSABLES

ON/OFF

SCORE

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Here’s how you can get started using your
Spelling Ace.

1. Press ON/OFF.

2. Press or repeatedly to adjust
the screen contrast.

NOTE: You can adjust the screen contrast
only when

Ready for word

is in view.

Getting Started

✓ Typing Punctuation Marks

You do not have to type punctuation marks
to find spellings. But if you want to type an
apostrophe in a word, press

. To type a

period, press

. Note, however , that punc-

tuation marks cannot begin words.

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When you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. When you enter a cor­rectly spelled word, the word

appears with an

asterisk.

1. Type a word.

To erase a letter, press .
You cannot type capital letters, but Spelling

Ace displays capitals in corrections when
necessary.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press repeatedly to view more words.

4. Press CLEAR when done.

Correcting Misspellings

✓ Just Follow the Arrows

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