Expandable Electronic Book User's Guide

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Correcting Misspellings
➤ Two Ways to Back Up
Pressing
BACK
takes you back to
the previous screen you viewed.
Holding
✩
and pressing
UP
takes you to the previous screen
of similar information.
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 series
of letters or spaces.
Note: If you type an asterisk at the be-
ginning of a word, it may take a while
to find the matching words.
1. Type a word with ?’s or an ✽.
To type an asterisk, hold
CAP
and
press
?
✻
.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Highlight a match.
4. Press
ENTER
to define it.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Classmates
®
Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in dictionary defini-
tions, thesaurus entries, and word lists.
1. At any text, press
ENTER
to
start the highlight.
You can turn off the highlight by
pressing
BACK
.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light a word.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
define the word
ENTER
see thesaurus entry
THES
(red)
see Classmates
CLASS
(green)
see Confusables
✩
+ C
add word to User list
LIST
(blue)
search for the word
MENU
and
in definitions then select
Search for...
If you misspell a word, a list of correc-
tions automatically appears.
1. Type a misspelled word
(e.g., nolij).
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Highlight a correction.
4. Press
ENTER
to view its
dictionary definition.
5. To go back to the corrections,
press
BACK
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Classmates are words classified by sub-
ject. If an entry word or a highlighted
word has Classmates, CLAS will flash
once in the upper right of the screen.
1. Type a word (e.g., lynx).
2. Press
CLASS
(green).
3. Press to read.
Highlighting Words
to Look Up
➤ Look for the Flashing Messages
When you enter a word or scroll
down a word list, often messages
such as THES, CLAS, or CONF will
flash at the upper right of the
screen. These messages show that
the word has thesaurus information,
Classmates, or Confusables. A
word can have more than one
message, so watch closely.