Summary of Contents for Franklin NEXT CENTURY CPS-100
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NEXT CENTURY By Franklin Electronic Publishers L P S Crosswords Solver C U P A P P User’s Guide CPS-100...
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Introduction Now there’s a fun way to make crossword puzzles less puzzling. With your new Crosswords Solver you can . . . • find possible crossword answers when you know only a few letters, • find more possible answers by changing letters, •...
Function Keys Goes back a step or space. BACK Clears to the Ready screen. CLEAR Enters a word or scrolls text to the left. ENTER Shows help information. HELP Finds more word choices. MORE Turns Crosswords Solver on or off. ON/OFF Searches for phrases including key word.
Getting Started The first time that you use this product, fol- low these steps. 1. Press ON/OFF. A brief demonstration appears. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR. 2. Press the screen contrast. NOTE: You can adjust the screen contrast only at the Ready Screen. Disabling the Demonstration You probably do not want to view the demonstration each time that you turn on...
Finding Words Crosswords Solver helps you find answers to crossword puzzles by finding missing let- ters. Type a ? in place of each letter that you do not know and let Crosswords Solver find all possible matches from its word list. 1.
Finding Words Viewing Help Information You can view help information at most screens by pressing HELP. To scroll the help automati- cally, press ENTER. To exit help, press BACK. Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows show which arrow keys you can press to view more. What is the Flashing ? Some words belong to one or more topic.
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Finding More Words If the word you are looking for is not on a Matchmaker list, press MORE to find more possibilities. When you press MORE, Cross- words Solver substitutes a letter for one that you have typed. Try this example. 1.
Finding Phrases Crosswords Solver can also find phrases that include a key word. 1. Type a word in a phrase (e.g., CAT ). 2. Press PHRASE. 3. Press phrases. 4. Press CLEAR when finished. Correcting Misspellings Crosswords Solver can be used as spell checker.
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Finding Words by Topic You can even narrow your search by topic. There are 196 topics from which to choose. They include anything from Academics to Zoology . 1. Press TOPICS. The Topics menu appears. 2. Type the first letter of the topic (e.g., B ). Note: There are no topics starting with the letters K, Q, X, or Y.
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Finding Words by Topic Another way to find Words by Topic To find a list of the words associated with a specific topic, first select a topic (e.g., Games & sports ). Next enter ?’s to deter- mine how long the words in the list will be (e.g., ???? ).
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Playing the Quiz Game Crosswords Solver has a fun, challenging Quiz game which you can play to practice your crossword puzzle solving skills. To play, you must guess the mystery word. Its topic appears briefly before each round. Your score appears after each round and clears to zero when you exit the game.
Limited Warranty This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of pur- chase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty work- manship or materials.
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