Finding Letters In Words And Finding Phrases - Franklin BOOKMAN COL-640 User Manual

Merriam-webster’s collegiate dictionary, tenth edition
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Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain about the spelling
of a word, type a question mark (?) in
place of each unknown letter.
Use an asterisk ( ) to find prefixes,
suffixes, and other parts of words.
Each asterisk stands for any number
of letters. NOTE: If you type an aster-
isk at the beginning of a word, it may
take a while to find the matches.
1. Type a word with ?'s or an .
To type an asterisk, hold
press
.
?
2. Press
.
ENTER
3. Highlight a match.
4. Press
ENTER
to view its inflections.
INFL
5. Press
CLEAR
CAP
to define it or
when done.
Finding Phrases
Phrases can be headwords too. Some
of these definitions might be missed if
the root word is the only word typed
at the entry screen.
For example, if you are looking for "cir-
cumstantial evidence" and you en-
tered only the word circumstantial , you
may not know that "circumstantial evi-
dence" has its own dictionary entry.
Instead, type an
to find an expanded list.
1. Type a word ending with an
asterisk.
and
To type an asterisk, hold
press
2. Press
3. Press
list of matches.
4. Select the match you want.
12
after the root word
.
?
.
ENTER
to scroll down the
and
CAP

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