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Electronic Publishers
THESAURUS
WM-1055
User’s Guide
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BACK
CLEAR
CONF
ENTER
GAMES
HELP
LIST
NEXT
?
✽
Key Guide
Function Keys
Erases a letter, or goes back a step.
Clears to
Shows Confusables, if any.
Enters a word or scrolls text.
Shows the Games menu.
Shows a help message.
Shows the Personal word list menu.
Shows the next thesaurus entry or
starts a new game round.
Types a
Types an
Direction Keys
Move left or right.
Move up or down. At a clear Ready
screen, adjusts screen contrast.
Types an apostrophe or a period.
Ready for word
?
to stand for a letter.
✽
to stand for unknown letters.
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Getting Started
▼▼
Installing the Batteries
1. Turn the unit over.
2. Slide the battery cover off in the
direction of the arrow.
3. Place the four AAA batteries inside the
case following the diagram.
Adjusting the Screen Contrast
1. Press ON/OFF.
A brief demonstration appears.
2. Press CLEAR if you want to stop the
demonstration.
3. Press
screen contrast.
Note:
only at a clear Ready screen.
✓ Disabling the Demo
You probably don’t want to view the automatic demonstration each time you
turn this product on. To disable the
demo, type
enable the demo, do the same.
or repeatedly to adjust the
You can adjust the screen contrast
✽✽
d
at the Ready screen. To
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Looking Up Words
Almost every entry in this Thesaurus has a brief
definition and a related list of synonyms or
Classmates. (Classmates are words related by
subject.) Some entries include idioms and antonyms.
thesaurus entry .
1. Type a word (e.g.,
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER again to automatically
4. Press repeatedly to view its
Note:
Many words have more than one
happy
).
To erase letters, press BACK.
scroll through its definition.
To stop scrolling, press BACK. You can
also press
synonyms or Classmates.
or to scroll slowly.
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Looking Up Words
5. Continue pressing to view its
idioms, if any.
6. Continue pressing
antonyms, if any.
7. Press NEXT to go to the next entry, if
any.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
to view its
✓ Finding Help Information
You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HELP. To exit help,
press BACK.
✓ Follow the Arrows
The arrows at the right of the screen show
which arrow keys you can press to view
more.
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Viewing Confusables
Confusables are words that sound alike or are
spelled similarly. Whenever a ? alternately
flashes with arrows to the right of a word, that
word has Confusables. Try this example.
1. Type
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press CONF to view the Confusables.
4. Press to view more Confusables.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
reign
.
Notice the flashing
screen.
?
at the right of the
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Correcting Misspellings
Don’t worry if you misspell a word; a list of spelling corrections will automatically appear. Try
this example.
1. Type a misspelled word.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press to highlight a correction, if
needed.
If you see a flashing T, that word has a
thesaurus entry.
4. Press ENTER to go to its thesaurus
entry.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
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Finding Letters
Use the question mark key to stand for unknown letters when you’re not sure how to spell
a word. You can use more than one question
mark in a word. Try this example.
1. Type a word with ?’s for letters.
2. Press ENTER to view matches.
3. Press to view more matches, if any.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
✓ Help with Word Games
You can use ?’s to help in solving crossword puzzles and other word games.
For example, if the second letter of a fiveletter word is “r” and its last letter is “d”,
enter
?r??d
and then scroll down to view
possible answers.
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Finding Parts of Words
The asterisk stands for a series of unknown
letters. Use it to find suffixes, prefixes, or any
fragment of a word. You can type more than
one asterisk in a word.
1. Type a word with one or more ✽’s.
2. Press ENTER.
A list of matches appears.
3. Press to view more matches.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
✓ Letter Finding Tips
You can type both ?’s and ✽’s in a word.
However, if you type either at the start of the
word, finding words may take awhile. If no
matches are found,
Sorry can’t help
appears.
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Placing Notes
Use the Personal word list for personal study
or review. You can save up to 99 words in your
list if they are words from this Thesuarus. Once
you add your own words to the list, however,
the number of words you can save decreases.
Here is how to add and view your first word.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type the word you want to add.
3. Press LIST.
4. Press
5. Press ENTER to add the word.
If you typed a word that is not in this
Thesaurus, you will see
Press Y to add the word or N to cancel.
6. Press ENTER to view the list.
Words are listed in the order they are placed.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
until you see
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Add To List
.
Add Anyway Y/N
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Removing Notes
You can remove words from your Personal
word list one at a time or you can erase the
whole list at once. Here is how.
▼▼
Deleting a Word
1. Press LIST.
2. Press
3. Press ENTER to select it.
4. Press
to delete, if needed.
5. Press ENTER to delete the word.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
until you see
to choose the word you want
Erasing the List
1. Press LIST.
2. Press until you see
3. Press ENTER to select it.
4. Press Y to erase the list or press N to
cancel.
Delete From List
Erase List
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Playing the Games
There are eight word games in this thesaurus.
Here is how to start playing. The following
pages give an overview of each game.
1. Press GAMES.
2. Select
3. Press and to choose a skill level
4. Select
5. Select which words you want to use in
6. Select a game and play.
Skill Level
and then press ENTER to select it.
Game Words
the games.
.
.
✓ Game Settings
Skill Level
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert
or
games easier and to have more tries.
Game Words
list you will play the games with: All the
words in this thesaurus, your Personal
word list, or words that you type in yourself
before each round.
determines the level of difficulty;
Wizard
. Select
Beginner
lets you decide which word
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Playing the Games
Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery
word, hidden by ?’s, one letter at a time. The
number of wrong guesses you can make appears to the right of the ?’s. For a hint press
✽
. Or press ? to end the round.
Note:
If
you ask for a hint, you will lose the round.
Press ENTER if you want to view the thesaurus entry. (Press BACK to return to Hangman.) Or press NEXT to start a new round.
Anagrams
Anagrams challenges you to find all of the
words that can occur within the selected word.
Each letter can only be used as many times as
it appears in the selected word. Each anagram
must be a specified minimum length that will
flash on the screen before each round. The
number of possible anagrams is shown to the
right of the selected word.
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Playing the Games
Type an anagram and then press ENTER. Use
the arrow keys to view anagrams you’ve al-
✽
ready entered. Press
?
Press
to quit and reveal the remaining ana-
to jumble the letters.
grams. Press NEXT to start a new round.
Word Jumble
Here you try to unscramble the letters on the
screen. Unlike Anagrams you must use every
letter. The number to the right of the letters
indicates how many words you must make
from those letters in order to win. Type an answer and press ENTER. To re-jumble the let-
✽
ters, press
. To quit and see the
answer(s), press ?. Press NEXT to start a
new round.
Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee
Correctly type the spelling word at
Word:
flashes a word for you to spell.
Enter
and then press ENTER.
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Playing the Games
Word Builder
Word Builder is an Anagrams game where you
type your own game word. Type a word from
this Thesaurus and press ENTER. The number to the right of your word shows how many
anagrams can be made. Type anagrams. To
jumble the letters, press
the answers, press
✽
?
.
. To quit and see
Word Blaster
In Word Blaster you try to guess the mystery
word represented by ?’s before all its letters
appear. Press ENTER when you think you
know the word to stop the clock (once you
stop the clock you will not see the mystery
word again). Type your guess. If you’re correct, you win! If you’re wrong, type another
guess or press
✓ About the Flashing T and
When you finish a round, look for a flashing
T
or ? at the right of the screen. Press
ENTER to go to the word’s thesaurus entry or press CONF to view Confusables.
?
to quit and see the answer .
?
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Playing the Games
Deduction
Deduction challenges you to guess the mystery pattern represented by the four question
marks. Type letters (a-f) and then press ENTER. You can use a letter more than once. After entering your guess, a scorecard appears
showing the number of correct letters Perfectly located (P) or Misplaced (M).
Press to return to the mystery pattern or
type another guess. Press
and to scroll
through previous scorecards to compare and
deduce the answer. Guess the pattern and you
win! To quit and see the answer, press
?
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Flashcards
Flashcards is a vocabulary building game. It
flashes words on the screen for you to study.
Press NEXT to view a new word. To go to a
thesaurus entry, press ENTER. To view
Confusables, press CONF. Press BACK to go
back to the games list.
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Product Care
Cleaning, Storage, Problems: To clean, spray a
mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface. Do not spray liquids directly on this product.
Do not use or store this product in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse conditions. If you have a problem with this product,
refer to the warranty. If you purchased this product
outside the United States, contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information.
FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class B
computing device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15
of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause
harmful interference; and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesiredoperation.
Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, ISBN:
© 1987-1994 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 USA. All rights reserved.
U.S. PATENTS: 4, 490,811; 4,830,618; 4,891,775;
5,007,019; 5,113,340; 5,203,705; 5,218,536;
5,249,965; 5,333,313; 5,396,606.
EURO. PAT. 0 136 379. Patents Pending.
ISBN 0-945731-34-5
FDS-28006-00
P/N 7201129 Rev A
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from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original retail
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