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For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
Electronic Publishers
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DIGITAL BOOK
The Official
Electronic Publishers
Players Dictionary
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
User’s Manual
FCR 28009-00 A Printed in China
P/N 7201690
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL BOOK means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE A
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Contents Getting Started .............................................. 4 Install the Digital Book ............................. 5 Adjust the Contrast .................................. 6 See a Demonstration ................................ 7 Learn the Keys .......................................... 8 Verifying Words ........................................... 10 Defining Words ........................................ 11 Checking Spellings.................................. 13 Finding Spellin
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Introduction ® The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary contains more than 100,000 words specially chosen for ® playing Scrabble . You’ll find short words, unusual words, and words spelled with less- ® frequent letters that help you get higher Scrabble scores. All words have brief definitions. These definitions don’t provide the detail of general dictionary but they do give you a sense of one of the word’s meanings. ® With The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary digital book, finding high-scori
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Getting Started If you’re using ® The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary for the first time, read this section. 4
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Install the Digital Book ® You must install The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary digital book before you can use it. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. ® 2. Insert The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary in a slot on the back. Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap the digital book in place. 3. Press ON/OFF . Protect Your Digital Books Never install a digital book while your Digital Book System is on. If you do, you may erase information that you entered i
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Adjust the Contrast ® After you’ve installed The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary digital book, you can adjust the Digital Book System’s screen contrast at any time. 1. Turn the contrast wheel. contrast wheel 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference. Automatic Shut Off ® When you’re using the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, the Digital Book System will automatically shut off after two minutes of nonuse. 6
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See a Demonstration . Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of ® The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. 1. Press . CARD 2. Press or to highlight SCR. 3. Press ENTER . 4. Press . MORE 5. Press to stop the demonstration. CLEAR Help is Always at Hand If you’re ever unsure what to do next, press to see a help message. HELP To exit help messages, press . BACK 7
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Learn the Keys Function Keys CLEAR Clear to the first screen. MORE See a brief demonstration. ® LIST Build a list of Scrabble words. CARD Switch to another digital book. ENTER Verify or define a word. BACK Back up or erase letters. HELP See a help message. Direction Keys Move the cursor left or right. Move up or down in a word list. DN Page up or down in a word list. UP + Go to the top or bottom of a list. DN + At a definition, go to the next or UP previous definition alphabetically. ™ Matc
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Learn the Keys Letter Score Keys + W Type a 2 for a double letter score. Type a 3 for a triple letter score. + E Clearing and Backing Up To clear to the first screen at any time, press . CLEAR If you entered tiles, they’re cleared, too. To back up at any time, press . BACK If you were typing tiles or a board pattern, the previous character is erased. At other screens, you return to the previous screen. Follow the Arrows Whenever you see blinking arrows on screen
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Verifying Words This section shows how to verify definitions and spellings. 10
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Defining Words You can easily verify the definitions of words in ® your tray or on the Scrabble board. You can also define words in definitions. 1. Press to go to the first screen. CLEAR 2. Type a word. To erase letters, press . To edit the BACK word, press and then type other letters. ENTER 3. Press . ENTER 4. Press again. Notice the highlight. 11
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Defining Words 5. Press to move the highlight. BACK To turn off the highlight, press . 6. Press . ENTER 7. When you’re done, press . CLEAR More About Definitions • When you verify an inflected word, you see a definition of its root word. • Whenever you’re at a definition, you can see the next or previous definition alpha- ® betically listed in The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary by pressing plus DN UP or plus
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Checking Spellings Here’s how to verify or correct spellings. 1. At the first screen, type a word that you think may be misspelled. 2. Press . ENTER 3. If you want, press or to high- light another word in the list. ENTER 4. Press to define a word. 5. When you’re done, press . CLEAR 13
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Finding Spellings You can find spellings even when you don’t know ™ all the letters in a word by using the MatchMaker keys—the question mark and asterisk. Each ? stands for a single unknown letter. Each ✽ stands for any number of unknown letters. 1. At the first screen, type a word with a ? for each unknown letter or an ✽ for a number of unknown letters. To type an ✽ , hold and press . SHIFT ? * 2. Press . ENTER DN 3. Press or to highlight
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Finding Spellings Using ?’s and ✽ ’s as Tiles You can type more than one ? or ✽ among your tiles. Remember, ✽ ’s stand for any number of letters, including none. Unusual Uses for ?’s and ✽ ’s Typing ?’s and ✽ ’s as tiles can help you find lists of unusual words. For example, to see a list of two-letter words beginning with A, type A? as your tiles and press . ENTER To see words of any length beginning with A, enter A✽ . 15
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Building Words This section shows how to build words from your tiles and fit them into patterns ® already on the Scrabble board. 16
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Building With Tiles The simplest way to build words from your tiles is without a board pattern. If you’re not at the first screen, press CLEAR before trying this example. 1. At the first screen, type the tiles in your tray. 2. Press . LIST 3. Press . ENTER ® scores Scrabble list The words that you can make are ranked by ® their Scrabble scores. DN 4. Press or to highlight a word. 5. Press to define it. ENTER 6. When you’r
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Building With Tiles Building Words With Blank Tiles ® If you have a blank tile in your Scrabble tray, press or to simulate it. ? * SPACE ® There are only two blank tiles in Scrabble . Eight Tiles in a Tray If you type more than eight tiles, you see a “No more” message. Then you should erase tiles by pressing BACK . To edit your tiles, press to move the cursor and then type over them. 18
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Building on Words ® The real power of The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is its ability to fit tiles into patterns of ® letters and words already on the Scrabble board. This example shows how to build on words. 1. At the first screen, type your tiles. LIST 2. Press . ® 3. Type a word from the Scrabble board. AR T 4. Press . ENTER 19
