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Looking Up a Term when You
are Unsure of Its Spelling
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When you are unsure of specifi c characters
You can input the wildcard character (?) in place of characters when
you know how many letters a term contains but are unsure of what
specifi c characters are used.
Letters you are unsure about: ad_ _t ➝ ad??t
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When you are unsure about the number of characters
Use the blank word character ( ✽ ) to fi nd a term when you are unsure
about how many characters there are in a certain part of it.
Part you are unsure about: ad_... _t ➝ ad
Use the wild card (?) or blank word character ( ✽ ) to perform a
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Headword Search.
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The following explanation and screen shots are based on the English-
English dictionary.
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You can use Dictionary Guide Information (page 21) to view the names
of the dictionaries/modes that support this function.
1
Display the initial screen of the dictionary (page 17).
2
Input the keyword, substituting
the wildcard character (?) or
blank word character ( ✽ ) for
parts where you are unsure of
the spelling.
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Inputting the wildcard
character (?)
Press
Inputting the blank word character ( ✽ )
•
Press
, and then press
, and then press
✽
t
.
.
Input "?" here.
Input "?" here.
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