Franklin TPQ-200 User Manual

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TPQ-200

Wordmaster

USER’S GUIDE

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Key Guide

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A

+

C

D

x

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F

H

J

K

-

L

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Function Keys

BACK

Goes back a step (e.g., deletes typed let­ters). In a thesaurus entry, goes to a pre­vious entry, if any.

CALC

Selects the calculator mode.

CLEAR

Clears to the start of selected mode.

ENTER

Enters words or numbers, or selects items.

GAMES

Selects the game mode.

HELP

Displays help messages.

PHONE

Selects the phone list mode.

ON/OFF

Turns the unit on or off.

THES

Selects the thesaurus mode. In a thesau­rus entry, goes to the next entry, if any.

Calculator Keys

Lets you add numbers.
Calculates square roots.
Lets you multiply numbers.

ENTER

Performs calculations (i.e., acts as =).

÷

Lets you divide numbers.

MC

Clears the calculator memory.

MR

Retrieves total from the memory.

M

Subtracts a number from the memory .

M

Adds a number to the memory .

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S

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V

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X

+/-

Z

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Key Guide

Lets you subtract numbers. (In the phone
list, types a hyphen.)

Calculates percentages.
Changes the sign (+/-) of a number.

CONV

In the calculator, lets you convert mea­surements and currencies.

Other Keys

In the phone list, deletes an entry. When en-

✽

tering a word in the thesaurus, types an as­terisk to stand for a series of letters in a
word. During a game, provides a clue.

When entering a word in the thesaurus, types
a question mark to stand for any letter. When
a question mark flashes next to a word, dis­plays its Confusables

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. During a game, re-

veals the answer(s) and ends the round.

Direction Keys

Scrolls up or types an apostrophe. At the

ENTER a word

screen, darkens the

screen contrast.
Scrolls down or types a full stop. At the

ENTER a word

screen, lightens the

screen contrast.
Scrolls right or types a space.
Scrolls left or lets you edit a word.

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Getting Started

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This product uses four AAA batteries. The batter­ies should be changed when the screen contrast
is too light even after adjustment.

Warning! If the batteries completely lose power ,
all the information stored in the phone list will be
permanently lost. Furthermore, any time that you
change the batteries, you risk losing all your
phone list information, so always keep
copies of your phone list information.

1. Remove the battery compartment cover on
the back of the unit.

2. Install four new AAA batteries.

ON/OFF

3. Press

.

A brief demonstration appears.

CLEAR

4. Press

5. Press

to stop the demonstration.

or to adjust the screen contrast.

Note: You can only adjust screen contrast

ENTER a word

when

is on the screen.

✓ To Disable or Re-enable the Demo

You probably do not want to view the demon­stration every time you use this product. To
disable the demonstration, first press

✽✽

d

type

, and then press

it, do the same.

ENTER

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written

THES

. T o re-enable

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Finding Thesaurus Entries

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Most thesaurus entries include a brief definition
and a related list of available synonyms, ant­onyms, Classmates
and idioms. Note: If a word has no thesaurus en-

Correct word

try,
pears on the main word list.
Note: You can see the thesaurus entry, if any, of
a word on the screen by pressing

1. Press

THES

2. Type a word. For example, type

To delete letters, use

. To edit a word, press and then

press
type to insert characters.

You cannot type capital letters. Also, you can­not begin a word with a punctuation mark.

3. Press

4. Press

ENTER

Note: If the text is too long to fit on the screen,

ENTER

press

repeatedly to view any synonyms,

antonyms, Classmates, and idioms.

5. T o go to the next thesaurus entry, if any,

6. Press

THES

press

To go to the previous thesaurus entry, if any,

BACK

press

CLEAR

™

(words related by subject),

appears and then the word ap-

ENTER

.

.

dusty

BACK

. To type a space,

.

or to see it all.

.

.

when finished.

.

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Viewing Confusables

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Confusables are words such as homonyms and
spelling variants that people often confuse. When
you see a flashing question mark to the right of a
word, that word has Confusables. Try this example.

1. Press

2. Type

THES

.

rain

and then press

ENTER

.

Notice the flashing question mark.

3. Press

.

Each Confusable is followed by a word that
explains its meaning.

4. Use and to view the Confusables.

5. Press

CLEAR

when finished.

✓ Correcting Misspellings

If you misspell a word, do not worry . The the­saurus automatically gives you a list of correc­tions. Simply use
then press

ENTER

to see a correction and

to see its thesaurus entry.

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