Franklin QC-20 User manual

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User’s Guide

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Electronic Publishers

Model QC-20

Thesaurus

Electronic

ThisunitmaychangeoperatingmodesduetoElectro-staticDis-

charge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by

pressing

ON/OFF

, or by removing/replacing batteries.

FPS-28075-00

PN 7201712 Rev B

Getting Started

1. Press ON/OFF.

The Quick Demo appears.You can stop

the demo at any time by pressing CLEAR.

2. Press or to adjust the contrast

at the Ready screen.

You can only adjust the contrast at this

screen.

License Agreement

✓Disabling the Demo

You probably do not want to view the

Quick Demo every time you start.To

disable the demo, type

✽✽

at the

Ready screen, then press ENTER.To

enable the demo, enter

✽✽

again.

✓Resuming WhereYou Left Off

If you forget to turn this product off,

it will automatically shut off within two

minutes.To return to the last display

that you viewed, press ON/OFF.

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING

THIS PRODUCT.

YOUR USE OF THE PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU AC-

CEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT

AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS

PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER

FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE PRODUCT AND

YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. PROD-

UCT means the software product and documentation found

in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic

Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the PRODUCT remain the property of FRANK-

LIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a per-

sonal and nonexclusive license to use the PRODUCT on a

single unit at a time. You may not make any copies of the

PRODUCT or of the data stored therein, whether in elec-

tronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of

applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify,

adapt,disassemble, decompile,translate, createderivative

works of, or in any way reverse engineer the PRODUCT.

You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the

PRODUCTwithoutcompliancewithappropriategovernmen-

talregulations.ThePRODUCTcontainsFranklin’s confiden-

tial and propriety information which you agree to take

adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or

use. This license is effective until terminated. This license

terminatesimmediatelywithoutnoticefromFRANKLINifyou

fail to comply with any provision of this license.

Most thesaurus entries include a brief defini-

tion,ormeaningcore,andarelatedlistofsyn-

onyms or Classmates. (Classmates are

words related by subject.) Some entries in-

cludeidioms andantonyms. NOTE:Ifa word

has no thesaurus entry,

Correct word

will

appear after you enter it.

1. Type a word (e.g.,

tardy

To erase letters, press BACK or .

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press ENTER again to scroll through

its definition.

To stop scrolling, press BACK.You can

also hold or to scroll slowly.

4. Press repeatedly to view its

synonyms or Classmates.

Looking Up Words

Goes back, or erases a typed letter.

Clears to the Ready screen,

or stops the Quick Demo.

Shows Confusables™.

Enters a word, or scrolls text.

Shows the games list.

Shows a help message.

Shows the next entry or word.

Turns the product on or off.

Shows the previous entry or word.

Types a

to stand for any

letter. In games, ends a round

and shows thesaurus entries.

Types an

✽

to stand for any series

of letters.

Move in the indicated direction.

Types a space between letters.

Types an apostrophe and a full stop.

BACK

CLEAR

CONF

ENTER

HELP

ON/OFF

GAMES

✽

Key Guide

Looking Up Words

✓Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the right of the

screen show which arrow keys you can

press to view more words.

Remember, when you see a flashing

right arrow, you can press ENTER to

automatically scroll text to the left.

✓Help is at Hand

At most displays, you can view an ap-

propriate help message by pressing

HELP.To exit a help message, press

BACK.

✓Viewing Multiple Entries

When a word has more than one the-

saurus entry, a message such as

Entry

1 of 5

appears before its first entry.

To view its other thesaurus entries,

press NEXT.To view a previous entry,

press PREV. If you press NEXT after

its last entry,

No more!

appears.

5. Continue pressing to view its

idioms, if any.

6. Continue pressing to view its

antonyms, if any.

7. Press BACK to return to your word.

Looking Up Words

Viewing Confusables™

Wheneveryou enteramisspelled word,alist

of corrections and similar words appear.

NOTE:

If you enter a correctly spelled word

that does not have a thesaurus entry,

Cor-

rect word

appears.Try this example.

1.Type a misspelled word.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press to view similar words.

NOTE: A flashing

after a word

shows that it has at least one thesau-

rus entry.To view its entry, press

ENTER.

4. Press CLEAR when finished.

Correcting Spellings

Confusables are commonly confused words

such as homonyms and spelling variants.

When a

flashes to the right of a word in a

thesaurus entry, that word has Confusables.

Try this example.

1.Type a word (e.g.,

reign

2. Press ENTER.

Notice the flashing

at the right of the

screen.

3. Press CONF.

4. Press to view more Confusables.

To find prefixes, suffixes, or fragments of a

word,type oneor more

✽

’sin theword.Each

✽

stands for any series of letters.

1.Type letters or a word with one or

✽

’s.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press to view more words.

4. Press CLEAR.

Tofind unknownlettersinwords,type aques-

tion mark for each unknown letter.

1.Type a word with

’s for letters.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press to view more words, if any.

4. Press CLEAR.

Finding Letters

109

✓Help for Word Games

You can use

’s to help solve cross-

word puzzles and other word games.

For example, if the second letter of a

five-letter word is

and its last letter is

, enter

?r??t

and then scroll down to

view possible answers.

✓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 a while. NOTE: It is not nec-

essary to type two

✽

’s in a row.

Finding Parts of Words

Selecting Games

1211

Before you play a game, you need to know

how to select it and how to pick a skill level.

Thereare five skilllevels:

Beginner

Interme-

diate

Advanced

Expert

, and

Wizard

. The

harder the skill level you choose, the longer

the word or shorter the time you have to win.

Follow these instructions before playing.

1. Press GAMES.

2. Press or until the game you

want to play is in view.

3. Press ENTER to select it.

4. Press or until the skill level you

want is in view.

5. Press ENTER to select it.

To return to the list of games, press

BACK.

Hangmanchallenges you toguessthe letters

ofa mysteryword inalimited numberoftries.

1. Select Hangman.

2. Select a skill level.

mystery word tries left

3. Type letters.

4. Press ENTER to reveal a letter.

5. Press

to reveal the word.

6. Press ENTER to play a new round.

Hangman

✓About the Flashing

If there is a flashing question mark af-

ter the answer word, press

to view

the word’s thesaurus entry.

13 14

In Jumble a jumbled word appears and you

must unscramble the letters to spell a word

or words. NOTE: Some jumbles are formed

from more than one word.

1. Select Jumble.

2. Select a skill level.

jumble number of words

3.Type a word and then press ENTER.

4. Press ENTER to re-jumble the letters.

5. Press

to reveal the answer.

6. Press ENTER to play a new round.

JumbleAnagrams

In Anagrams, you try to enter all the ana-

grams of a word. An anagram is a word

formed from some or all of the letters of an-

other word.

1. Select Anagrams.

2. Select a skill level.

word anagrams left

3.Type an anagram and then press

ENTER.

If the anagram is correct,

appears.

4. Enter more anagrams.

5. Press to review used anagrams.

6. Press ENTER to jumble letters.

7. Press

and then to view

the answers.

8. Press ENTER to play a new round.

✓Viewing Scores

When a round is over, a score of how many

rounds you have won and lost appears.

To reset the score to zero, press GAMES.

InSpelling Bee,you tryto spellthe wordthat

flashes on the screen. The easier the skill

levelyouchoose, thelonger youhave toview

the spelling word.

1. Select Spelling Bee.

2. Select a skill level.

Look for the word to flash on the screen.

3.Type the word you just saw.

4. Press ENTER.

5. Press ENTER to play a new round.

In Flashcards, you are shown a randomly

selected word to study.

1. Select Flashcards.

2. Select a skill level.

A word appears

3.To view a new word, press ENTER.

4. If there is a flashing

beside the

word, press

to view its thesaurus

entry.

15 16

InWordBuilder,youcan typein lettersat the

Enter letters

screen, and the game will build

as many words (anagrams) as possible.Try

your name.

1. Select Word Builder.

2.Type in random letters or a word.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Press to view the list of anagrams.

5. Press ENTER to play a new round.

Word BuilderSpelling Bee, Flashcards

✓Viewing Game Words

After a round, in many of the games, the

word(s) played in the round appear.

If a game word has a thesaurus entry, a

flashing

appears next to it.To view its

thesaurus entry, press

. CAUTION:

Pressing

at game word lists ends

your current game and resets the score

to zero.

17 18

Deduction is a decoder game. You have a

limited number of tries to guess the pattern

of letters hidden by the question marks. The

pattern will always be four letters long and

include only the letters (a-f).

1. Select Deduction.

2. Select a skill level.

tries left pattern letter choices

3.Type four letters from the choices to

the right (

4. Press ENTER.

stands for “perfect.”If there is a

number beside

, you have that many

letters in the correct position.

Deduction

stands for “match.”If you have a

number beside

, you have that many

letters that match, but they are in the

wrong position.

5.Type another pattern, and then press

ENTER.

6. Continue entering patterns until you

win.

To reveal the answer, press

7. Press ENTER to play a new round.

8. Press CLEAR to return to the Ready

screen.

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