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Franklin SpellingAce SA-98 User Manual

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  • Page 1 SA-98 Electronic Publishers SpellingAce With Thesaurus User’ s Guide...

  • Page 2: Key Guide

    Function Keys Erases a letter, or goes back a step. BACK Clears to the Ready for word screen. CLEAR Shows Confusables CONF are similar or sound alike). Enters a word or scrolls. ENTER Shows the menu for word games. GAMES Shows help messages.

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Getting Started To Install the Batteries 1. Turn the Spelling Ace over. 2. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arrow. 3. Place four AAA batteries inside the case as shown in the diagram. To View a Demonstration Unless disabled, a demonstration automatically appears when you turn on this unit.

  • Page 4: Checking Spellings

    Checking Spellings 1. Type a word or misspelling. 2. Press ENTER. The flashing T to the right indicates that the word has at least one thesaurus entry. 3. Press to view more corrections. 4. Press to scroll up. 5. Press CLEAR when finished. Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to scroll.

  • Page 5: Using The Thesaurus

    Using the Thesaurus When you enter a correctly spelled word, the thesaurus entry for that word appears. The- saurus entries contain brief definitions, and synonym lists. Some thesaurus entries also include Class- mates (words related by subject), idioms, and antonyms. And some words have more than one thesaurus entry.
  • Page 6 Using the Thesaurus 5. Continue pressing idioms and antonyms, if any. 6. Press NEXT to go to the next thesaurus entry for your entry word. 7. Use to view its synonyms, etc. 8. Press CLEAR when done. Help is Always at Hand You can view help information at most screens by pressing HELP.

  • Page 7: Viewing Confusables

    Viewing Confusables Confusables are words that have similar spell- ing or sound alike. If a question mark flashes to the right of a word, that word has Confus- ables. Try this example. 1. Type reign . 2. Press ENTER. Notice the flashing question mark at the right of the screen.

  • Page 8: Finding Letters In Words

    Finding Letters in Words You can type a question mark in place of an unknown letter in a word. You can also type an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. More than one question mark and asterisk can be used in a word.

  • Page 9: Using The Personal Word List

    Using the Personal Word List The Personal Word List can contain up to 99 words of your choice for study or review. To Add a Word to the List 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type the word you want to add. 3.
  • Page 10 Using the Personal Word List To Delete a Word From the List 1. Press LIST. until you see Delete From List . 2. Press 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press to choose the word you want to delete, if needed. 5. Press ENTER to delete the word. To Erase the Entire List 1.

  • Page 11: Playing The Games

    Playing the Games To Choose a Skill Level 1. Press GAMES. until you see Skill Level and 2. Press then press ENTER. 3. Use then press ENTER. To Choose the Game Words 1. If needed, press GAMES. 2. Use and then press ENTER. 3.
  • Page 12 Playing the Games Keys to the Games You can use these keys in most games: To... Get a hint End a round and reveal the answers Begin a new round If you ask for a hint, you will lose that round.
  • Page 13 Playing the Games Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess mystery words one letter at a time. Each letter is hid- den by a question mark. The number of wrong guesses appears at the right of the screen. Press ENTER or to reveal a letter.
  • Page 14 Playing the Games Word Jumble Word Jumble tests your skill at unscrambling letters. Unlike Anagrams, each letter needs to be used. The number to the right of the let- ters shows how many words can be made with the letters in order to win. Type your an- swer and press ENTER.

  • Page 15: Word Blaster

    Playing the Games words can be made from your letters (or word). To play Word Builder , enter as many of the ® words as you can. To help solve Scrabble press and then use to view the words built from the letters. Word Blaster In Word Blaster , you try to guess a mystery word.
  • Page 16 Playing the Games Deduction displays a mystery pattern repre- sented by the four question marks. To make a guess, type the letters (a-f) in a pattern then press ENTER. A letter can be used more than once. After entering your guess, a scorecard ap- pears showing the number of correct letters perfectly located (P) or misplaced (M).

  • Page 17: Product Specifications

    Deduction and Word Blaster are trademarks of Franklin. Spelling Ace, Classmates, and Confusables are registered trademarks of Franklin. Scrabble is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc., manufacturer of Scrabble brand word games. This unit may change operating modes due to elec- trostatic discharge.

  • Page 18: Limited Warranty (U.s. Only)

    Franklin will, at its option, repair or replace any product at no further charge to the end user on determination by Franklin, in its sole discretion, that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the duration of this limited warranty .

  • Page 19: Your Notes

    Your Notes FDS-28029-00 P/N7201602 Rev. A...

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