Franklin Next Century QC-10 User Manual

Manual is about: Electronic Spelling Ace

Summary of Next Century QC-10

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    14 model qc-10 user’s guide spelling ace electronic next century by franklin electronic publishers.

  • Page 2: Auto-Shutoff and Auto-Resume

    1 congratulations. You now own a powerful and portable electronic reference that you can use at home, work, or school. Using your next century spelling ace, you can. . . • correct and check spellings • find missing letters in words • find prefixes, suffixes, and parts of words • find words that soun...

  • Page 3: Key Guide

    2 key guide back build clear conf enter games help skill ? ✽ backs up (e.G., erases a letter). Builds words from letters. Clears to ready for word . Shows confusables ® . Enters a word or selects an item. Shows the games menu. Shows help messages. Shows the game skill levels. Erases typed letters. S...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    3 getting started the spelling ace comes with the battery al- ready installed, so all you have to do is turn it on to start. 1. Press on/off. A brief demonstration appears. 2. Press clear to stop the demonstration. 3. Press or repeatedly to adjust the screen contrast. Note: you can adjust the screen...

  • Page 5: 1. Type A Word.

    4 when you enter a misspelled word, a list of corrections appears. When you enter a cor- rectly spelled word, correct word appears with a list of similar words. When you enter a word not in spelling ace, sorry can’t help appears. 1. Type a word. To erase a letter, press . You cannot type capital let...

  • Page 6: 2. Press Enter.

    5 if you are uncertain about a few letters in a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. You can also type question marks in words to help solve crossword puzzles and similar games. 1. Type a word with ?’s for unknown letters. 2. Press enter. 3. Press to view more matching words. ...

  • Page 7: ’S.

    6 to find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type asterisks (*) in a word. Each as- terisk stands for any series of letters. Note: when you type an asterisk at the be- ginning of a word, spelling ace may take a while to find matching words. 1. Type a word with one or more ✻ ’s. 2. Press e...

  • Page 8: Finding Confusables

    7 finding confusables ® confusables are words that sound alike but are spelled differently. When a question mark flashes to the right of a word, that word has confusables. 1. Type air . 2. Press conf. 3. Press repeatedly to view more confusables. 4. Press clear. ✓ a quick way to find confusables if ...

  • Page 9: 1. Type Letters.

    8 roux to help solve anagrams and similar word games, you can build words from letters by us- ing the build key. 1. Type letters. 2. Press build. 3. Press to view more words. 4. Press clear. Building words from letters ✓ typing punctuation marks you do not have to type punctuation marks to find spel...

  • Page 10: Selecting Games

    9 selecting games spelling ace has two word games. Before you play, you may want to select a skill level and then select a game. (if the skill level is not ad- justed, the game will play at the beginner level.) 1. Press skill. 2. Press to select a skill level from beginner to wizard . 3. Press enter...

  • Page 11: Playing Hangman

    10 playing hangman hangman challenges you to discover the letters of a mystery word by typing its letters. 1. Press games. 2. Select hangman . Mystery word guesses left 3. Type letters. 4. Press enter or ✻ to reveal a letter. Revealing a letter will cause the game to count as a loss when scored. 5. ...

  • Page 12: Playing Anagrams

    11 playing anagrams anagrams challenges you to guess the ana- grams of a word. An anagram is a word formed from some or all the letters of a word. 1. Press games. 2. Select anagrams . Note: min size is the minimum number of letters from which anagrams can be made at the currently selected skill leve...

  • Page 13: Product Information

    12 product information model qc-10 • 80,000 words with spellblaster ii ™ spelling correction • confusables ® • matchmaker ™ crossword solver and wild card keys • hangman and anagrams word games with scoring • self-demonstration • screen contrast adjustment • battery: 1 cr2032 3-volt lithium • size: ...

  • Page 14: Warranty

    13 fps-28052-00 p/n 7201705 rev. B warranty (u.K. Only) this product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. Produc...