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NCC-100
by Franklin Electronic Publishers
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Introduction Now there’s a fun way to make crossword puzzles less puzzling. With this Crosswords Puzzle Solver you can . . . • find possible crossword answers when you know only a few letters, • find possible crossword answers when you know most of the letters, • find phrases when you know only one word or a few letters, • find more possible answers by changing one or more letters, • jumble letters to form words for games ® such as Scrabble . The Crosswords Puzzle Solver can’t solve all your cro
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OFF ON Key Guide Finds more possible answers. MORE JUMBLE Jumbles letters to form words. PHRS Finds phrases that include entered word. LETTER? Stands for an unknown letter. MATCH Stands for a series of unknown letters. Turns Crosswords on and off. CLEAR Clears to Ready. Stands for an unknown letter. Stands for a series of unknown letters. Enters a request. Types a hyphen. Darkens screen contrast at Ready, scrolls up, or types an apostrophe. Lightens screen contrast at Ready, scrolls down, or typ
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Getting Started If you are using this product for the first time, follow these steps. 1. Press ON/OFF. A brief demonstration appears. 2. Press CLEAR to stop the demo. Ready appears. 3. Press or repeatedly to adjust the screen contrast. You can adjust the contrast only at Ready. Disabling the Demonstration You probably do not want to view the demonstration every time you turn this product on. To disable the demonstration, type --D and then press ENTER. To re- enable it, do the same. About A
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Finding Words Crosswords helps you find answers to crossword puzzles by filling in missing letters. Just type a question mark for each unknown letter. To type a LETTER? question mark, press or . 1. Type a word with ?’s. To erase a letter, press . 2. Press ENTER. The arrow at the right of the screen indicates there are more matches. 3. Press to view more matches. 4. Press CLEAR when done. Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to v
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Finding Words To find a series of missing letters in a word, type MATCH an asterisk. To type an asterisk, press or . There are more matches here because an asterisk can be one or several letters. 1. Type a word with ✽ ’s. 2. Press ENTER. 3. Press to view more matches. 4. Press CLEAR when done. Tips for Finding Words • Use ?’s to find lists of words. For ex- ample, to view four-letter words beginning with a z, enter Z???. • Use both ?’s and ✽ ’s in a word (e.g., Z✽ K?). There is no need to ty
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Finding Phrases Crosswords can also search for phrases. You need to know only a few of the letters in the phrase. NOTE: Phrases take longer to find be- cause Crosswords must search its entire list of phrases from A to Z. 1. Type a word in a phrase (e.g., CAT). 2. Press PHRS. 3. Press to continue searching. 4. Press CLEAR to stop. Typing Punctuation At Ready, you can type an apostrophe by pressing or a period by pressing . NOTE: These punctuation marks cannot begin a word. 6
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Finding More Words If you haven’t found the answer you were look- ing for by using the ? or ✽ keys, try pressing MORE. Each time you press MORE, Crosswords substitutes letters for one that you’ve typed. 1. Enter a word with ?’s or ✽ ’s (e.g., SH?P?). 2. Press to view the matches. 3. Press MORE. The lowercase letter is the new letter. 4. Press to view the new matches. 5. Press MORE again to find more possibilities. 6. Press CLEAR when done. 7
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Jumbling Letters Jumble scrambles the letters you type to form ® words. It can help you with Scrabble , anagrams, and other word games. 1. Type letters or a word. 2. Press JUMBLE. 3. Press or to choose the minimum word size (e.g., 4). 4. Press ENTER. 5. Press to view the words. 6. Press CLEAR when done. 8
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Product Care Replacing the Battery This product uses one CR2032, 3-volt lithium bat- tery. Should you need to replace the battery, un- screw the screws on the back with a very fine screwdriver and carefully remove the back cover. Then install a new battery, plus sign facing you, and replace the cover. Cleaning, Storage, Problems To clean, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe the surface. Do not spray liquids directly on this product. Do not use or store this product in extreme or pro
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Product Information Model NCC-100 ™ • 250,000 words with Spellblaster II spelling correction ™ • MatchMaker letter-finding keys • Jumble word- builder key • Self-demonstration • Screen contrast adjustment • Automatic shutoff • 6 function keys • LCD: 1 x 16 characters • Weight: 1.6 oz. • Size: 6.9 x 10.1 x 0.8 cm • Battery: one CR2032 3-volt lithium Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and ISBN © 1991-1995, 1999 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserv
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FCC Notice NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to com- ply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro- vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harm- ful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarante
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only) LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED REMEDY (A) LIMITED WARRANTY. FRANKLIN WARRANTS TO THE ORIGINAL END USER THAT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE AS EVIDENCED BY A COPY OF YOUR RECEIPT, YOUR FRANKLIN PRODUCT SHALL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY DOES NOT INCLUDE DAMAGE DUE TO ACTS OF GOD, ACCIDENT, MISUSE, ABUSE, NEGLIGENCE, MODIFICATION, UNSUITABLE ENVIRONMENT OR IMPROPER MAIN
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Notes FPS-28077-00 A P/N 7201696 Rev. A 13
