Excalibur electronic The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Dictionary 461 - Manual (Page 6)

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Typing
Punctuation
Press the button to
type an apostrophe. Press
the
button to type a
period. You can not input
punctuation as the first
letter on your screen.
Judging and
Correcting
Words
After you’ve entered a
word and pressed the
ON / ENTER button, it will be
able to check if your entry
is correct or incorrect. If
your entry is incorrect, it
will suggest correct alter-
natives.
When the word is cor-
rect, the LCD will display,
“
THINKING ... RIGHT !” fol-
lowed by your entry.
If the entry is incorrect,
it will display, "Thinking…
Correction list." It will
display correct alterna-
tives. For example, if you
enter “
WWHK ” and press
ON / ENTER , it will suggest
“ WACK .”
Jumble
Function
You can rearrange the
characters you’ve entered
to form new words using
the jumble function.
First, type a few letters
or a complete word. For
example, enter “
ARANEG .”
Then press the JUMBLE but-
ton.
Press the or but-
tons to select the minimum
word size. For example,
you select six as your min-
imum word size. Press
ENTER to confirm. The LCD
will display the top of the
list. In this case, the first
word it will display is
“
ARENGA .” Scroll down to
view all of your
options.
Finding a
Word’s
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Synonym
Press the SYNONYM button
to search for the synonyms
of a word or a phrase. You
can also find additional syn-
onyms by pressing the
PHRASE , ? or * buttons after
finding a synonym.
First, type a word or
phrase. For example, enter
“
RUN .”
Press the SYNONYM button.
The LCD screen will scroll
through the synonyms it
found. In this case, it will
display words like “
CHASE
HURRY SPEED ...” Press the P
button to pause it tem-
porarily when you’ve found
your desired synonym.
After you’ve paused it,
press the
or buttons
to manually scroll through
the synonyms. Press the
P
button again to resume
automatic scrolling.
If there are no matches,
the LCD will display, “ NO
ENTRIES .”
If the total amount of a
word’s synonyms is less
than 50, the synonym list
will continue to scroll till it
reaches the end of the list.
At the end of the synonym
list, it will read “
END OF FILE
TO RESTART ." Press the
button to scroll
through the same list again.
If the total amount of a
word’s synonyms is greater
than 50, the unit will ask
you to select the number of
letters in the synonym you
are searching for. Press the
or buttons to select
the synonym size and then
press the
ON / ENTER button to
confirm your entry. Then
the LCD display will scroll
through these matches.
If the displaying time
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