User manual LEXIBOOK COLLINS POCKET ENGLISH SPELLCHECKER WITH THESAURUS

[. . . ] Collins Pocket English Spellchecker with Thesaurus Instruction Manual DC 752GB DC752GBIM0096. indd 1 13/03/2006 09:28:40 Table of contents 1. Grammar functions 7. 3. 1 Homophones 7. 3. 2 Verb conjugation 7. 3. 3 Inflections 7. 4. Warranty 2 DC752GBIM0096. indd 2 13/03/2006 09:28:41 1- INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing this Lexibook® DC752GB, based on the Collins English dictionary 5th Edition for the spellchecker function and on the Lexibook glossary for the thesaurus. With over 113 000 dictionary entries and a synonym database of 750 000 words, this product integrates sophisticated English linguistic tools such as a phonetic and typographical spelling correction, 77 000 words inflections and verb conjugations, and a homophone identification system. [. . . ] The word is spellchecked and G & S flash. Press the GRAM key to display the first tense: Note: If the original word is both a homophone and has conjugations or inflections. When the GRAM key is pressed, the display will show the View conjugations?option. 12 DC752GBIM0096. indd 12 13/03/2006 09:31:21 To view conjugations of the word, press ENTER. Then, hit the down arrow key repeatedly to display all the present tense forms. 7. 3. 3 Inflections Enter the word battery and press ENTER. The word is spellchecked and displayed together with a flashing S and G. Press the GRAM key to display the inflections: 7. 4 Crossword searching You may replace unknown letters in a word by question marks (?). This feature can help you find crossword solutions or words that match certain criteria. and are replaced one-by-one with the jumbled letters. Type the word that you think the jumbled letters come from. 8. 2 Hangman The display prompts you to select a word length. Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. Press ENTER to confirm. 15 DC752GBIM0096. indd 15 13/03/2006 09:32:40 The question marks represent the letters of the word you must guess. For assistance, you can press ENTER to reveal a letter; however, this will use one of your tries. When you key in a correct letter, it will replace the question mark in the appropriate position. If you type a letter that is not in the word, the screen will tell you There is no X and reduce your tries by one. If you guess the same letter twice, the screen will tell you X already used (without reducing your number of tries left). If you guess all the letters before exhausting all your tries, you have won. 8. 3 Anagrams The display prompts you to select a word length. Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. The display randomly shows a word on the first row and the challenge is to enter a valid word that uses the same letters in a different order. You have 9 opportunities to do so: Some words have several possible answers; if you enter one of these possible answers, your answer is considered correct. For example: angel, angle, glean all use the same letters to form 3 different words. If you enter a wrong word, the unit displays the Try again message and deducts 1 opportunity. If you guess the word before losing all your 16 DC752GBIM0096. indd 16 13/03/2006 09:32:53 opportunities, you have won. 8. 4 Synonym Guessing The display prompts you to select a word length. Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. You have 3 opportunities to do so: You are asked to input a 7-letter synonym of the word "angry" and press ENTER to confirm. [. . . ] Type the figure you want to convert and the unit will automatically display the result. If there is no Euro in the chosen currencies pair to convert, the unit still needs use the Euro to calculate the cross exchange rates. Press ENTER to confirm. The unit uses the defined exchange rates of each currency against the Euro. This option allows you to choose which two currencies will be displayed when you enter the euro converter. 12- RESET In the event that the unit ceases to function or stop operating, it can reset it by a simple procedure. [. . . ]