Franklin SA-98 manual

1  Electronic Publishers User’ s Guide SA-98 S p elling A ce W ith T hesa urus [...]

2 Key Guide Function Keys BACK Erases a letter , or goes back a step. CLEAR Clears to the Ready for word screen. CONF Shows Confusables ® (words that are similar or sound alike). ENTER Enters a word or scrolls. GAMES Shows the menu for word games. HELP Shows help messages. LIST Shows your Personal Word List. ENTER Shows the next thesaurus entry . [...]

3 Getting Started T o Install the Batteries 1. T urn 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. T o View a Demonstration Unless disabled, a demonstration automatically appears when you turn on this unit. 1. Press ON/OFF . 2. T o stop the[...]

4 1. T ype 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. Checking Spellings ✓ Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press t[...]

5 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 . 1. T ype a word (for example, happy ). T o eras[...]

6 ✓ Help is Always at Hand Y ou can view help information at most screens by pressing HELP . T o exit help, press BACK. 5. Continue pressing to view its 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. Using the Thesaurus[...]

7 V iewing 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. T ry this example. 1. T ype reign . 2. Press ENTER. Notice the flashing question mark at the right of the screen. 3. Press CONF . 4. Press to view more Confusables. 5. Press CLE[...]

8 Finding Letters in W ords Y ou can type a question mark in place of an unknown letter in a word. Y ou 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. 1. T ype a word with question marks and asterisks in place of letters. 2. Press ENTER to view matches. 3. Press to [...]

9 The Personal W ord List can contain up to 99 words of your choice for study or review . T o Add a Word to the List 1. Press CLEAR. 2. T ype the word you want to add. 3. Press LIST . 4. Press until you see Add T o List . 5. Press ENTER to add the word. If you typed a word that is not in the Spelling Ace, you will see Add Anyway Y/N . Press Y to ad[...]

10 T o Delete a Word From the List 1. Press LIST . 2. Press until you see Delete From List . 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press to choose the word you want to delete, if needed. 5. Press ENTER to delete the word. T o Erase the Entire List 1. Press LIST . 2. Press until you see Erase List . 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press Y to erase the list, or press N to cancel. ?[...]

11 T o Choose a Skill Level 1. Press GAMES. 2. Press until you see Skill Level and then press ENTER. 3. Use and to select a skill level, and then press ENTER. T o Choose the Game Words 1. If needed, press GAMES. 2. Use and until you see Game Words and then press ENTER. 3. Select one of the following: • All words to use random spelling and the- sa[...]

12 ✓ Keys to the Games Y ou can use these keys in most games: T o... Press... Get a hint ✽ End a round and ? reveal the answers Begin a new round NEXT If you ask for a hint, you will lose that round. Also, when a flashing T appears at the right of a word after a round, you can see its thesaurus entries by pressing EN- TER. T o return to the gam[...]

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 . Anagrams Anagrams asks you to form a word from the letters of another word. Each anagram must be the mini[...]

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. T ype your an- swer and press ENTER. T o re-jumble the let- ters, press ✽ . Spelling Bee Spelling Bee flas[...]

15 Playing the Games words can be made from your letters (or word). T o play Word Builder , enter as many of the words as you can. T o help solve Scrabble ® , press ? and then use and to view the words built from the letters. W ord Blaster In Word Blaster , you try to guess a mystery word. A series of question marks appear and then letters begin t[...]

16 Playing the Games Deduction displays a mystery pattern repre- sented by the four question marks. T o 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). Press to retur[...]

17 Dimensions 13.6x9.2x2 cm; Wt. 6.8 ozs.; Screen size 1- line 16 characters; Batteries 4xAAA Cleaning, Storage, Problems: To clean, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface. Do not spray liq- uids directly on this product. Do not use or store this prod- uct in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse conditio[...]

18 Limited W arranty (U.S. only) Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (“Franklin”) warrants to the end user that this product will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original retail purchase, as evidenced by sales receipt. On discovery of a defect, the end user must return this product (tr[...]

19 Y our Notes FDS-28029-00 P/N7201602 Rev . A[...]