Franklin Thesaurus WM-1055 User manual

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THESAURUS

User’s Guide

WM-1055

Key Guide

Function Keys

Erases a letter, or goes back a step.

Clears to

Ready for word

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

to stand for a letter.

Typesan

✽

tostandforunknownletters.

Direction Keys

Move left or right.

Move up or down.At a clear Ready

screen, adjusts screen contrast.

Types an apostrophe or a period.

CONF

CLEAR

BACK

ENTER

GAMES

HELP

LIST

✽

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 or repeatedly to adjust the

screen contrast.

Note:

You can adjust the screen contrast

only at a clear Ready screen.

▼▼

✓Disabling the Demo

You probably don’t want to view the au-

tomatic demonstration each time you

turn this product on. To disable the

demo, type

✽✽

at the Ready screen. To

enable the demo, do the same.

Looking Up Words

Almost every entry in thisThesaurus has a brief

definition and a related list of synonyms or

Classmates. (Classmates are words related by

subject.) Some entries include idioms and ant-

onyms.

Note:

Many words have more than one

thesaurus entry.

1. Type a word (e.g.,

happy

To erase letters, press BACK.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press ENTER again to automatically

scroll through its definition.

To stop scrolling, press BACK. You can

also press or to scroll slowly.

4. Press repeatedly to view its

synonyms or Classmates.

Looking Up Words

5. Continue pressing to view its

idioms, if any.

6. Continue pressing to view its

antonyms, if any.

7. Press NEXT to go to the next entry, if

any.

8. Press CLEAR when done.

✓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.

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

reign

2. Press ENTER.

Notice the flashing

at the right of the

screen.

3. Press CONF to view the Confusables.

4. Press to view more Confusables.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Don’tworry if youmisspell a word;a list ofspell-

ing 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

, that word has a

thesaurus entry.

4. Press ENTER to go to its thesaurus

entry.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Correcting Misspellings

Use the question mark key to stand for un-

known 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.

Finding Letters

✓ Help with Word Games

You can use ?’s to help in solving cross-

word puzzles and other word games.

For example, if the second letter of a five-

letter word is “r” and its last letter is “d”,

enter

?r??d

and then scroll down to view

possible answers.

Finding Parts of Words

✓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.

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.

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 thisThesuarus. 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 until you see

Add To List

5. Press ENTER to add the word.

If you typed a word that is not in this

Thesaurus, you will see

Add Anyway Y/N

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.

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