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Use these to quickly take you to different parts of your dictionary. Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon you want and press ENTER. 14 Understanding the Menu Goes to the dictionary Word Entry screen. Goes to the thesaurus Word Entry screen. Goes to the Learning Exercises menu. Goes to the Games menu. Goes to My Word List. Goes to the Tools menu. 15 Viewing a demonstration or tutorial 1. Press MENU. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and press ENTER. 3. Press to highlight either Tutorial or View Demo and press ENTER. To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Word Entry screen, press CLEAR. To go to the main menu, press MENU. When a book card is installed in your product, select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card. 16 Changing the Settings When using this dictionary, you can activate the Learn a Word feature, adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff time, and the type size. The shutoff time is how long your product stays on if you forget to turn it off. Learn a Word helps you increase your vocbulary by displaying a different headword and definition each time you turn on your dictionary. 1. Press MENU. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and press ENTER. 3. Settings will be highlighted. Press ENTER to select it. 17 4. Press or to move to Learn a Word, Contrast, Shutoff, or Type Size. 5. Press or to change the setting. Your changes are automatically saved. 6. Press ENTER when done. 18 Finding Dictionary Entries Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen. 1. Press DICT. Or you can press MENU, highlight , and press ENTER. 2. Type a word. To erase a letter, press BACK. To type a capital, hold CAP and press a letter key. To type a hyphen, hold FN and press J. 3. Press ENTER to view the definition. 19 4. Press or SPACE to read the definition. 5. Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous definition. 6. Press CLEAR when done. Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form (e.g. resume, resume). When the word you are looking up has multiple forms, the different forms appear in a list. Simply highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dic 20 tionary entry. For example, enter resume at the Word Entry screen. Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. To go back to the Multiple Forms list, press BACK. Correcting Misspellings If you enter a misspelled word, a list of corrections appears. 21 Highlight the word you want and then press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. Understanding Definitions Dictionary entries consist of headwords, parts of speech, and definitions. Other forms of the word may follow the headword. After the translation or definition, you may see a list of usage examples. 22 Using the Thesaurus 1. Press THES. Or you can press MENU, highlight , and press ENTER. 2. Type a word. To erase a letter, press BACK. To type a capital, hold CAP and press a letter key. To type a hyphen, hold FN and press J. 3. Press ENTER to view the thesaurus entry. 4. Press or SPACE to read the entry. 23 5. Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous thesaurus entry. 6. Press CLEAR when done. Understanding Thesaurus Entries A thesaurus entry consists of a group of synonyms, antonyms and classmates. Synonyms are words that have similar meanings, e.g. happy/joyous. Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of the word being defined, e.g., happy/unhappy. Classmates are words that are related in some way to the word being defined, e.g. octagon/polygon, triangle, rectangle, pentagon.... 24 Understanding Flashing Messages When you first see a definition, notice the upper right corner of the screen. Often either THES or CONF (or both) will flash briefly. THES means the word you looked up has a thesaurus entry. If you see THES flash, press THES to view the thesaurus entry. CONF means the word you looked up has a confusable. If you see CONF flash, press CONF to view the confusables. 25 Understanding Confusables Confusables are homonyms, homophones and spelling variants that are easy to confuse, e.g. rain, reign, rein. If the word you looked up is a confusable, CONF will flash once in the upper right of the screen. Press CONF to view the confusables. 26 Highlighting Words Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary entries, thesaurus entries or word lists. You can then find their definitions, thesaurus entries, or add them to My Word List. 1. At any text, press ENTER to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press BACK. 2. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want. 27 To … Press … define the word ENTER view the thesaurus THES entry add word to My LEARN Word List 3. Press CLEAR when done. 28 Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk (.) in a word. Each asterisk stands for a s...