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?: Press to fill in for an
unknown letter, hyphen or
blank. This is the most
commonly used function.
*: Press to fill in for a
series of unknown letters,
hyphen or blanks. This is a
frequently used function.
ON/ENTER: Type a word and
press ENTER to check
spelling. Press UP or DOWN
to scroll through spelling
suggestions. Press to con-
firm your entry. Press to
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wake it up if it goes into
battery-save mode.
JUMBLE: Type a word or
series of letters and press
JUMBLE to view words that
can be made by rearranging
the letters you just entered.
SIMILAR: Type a word or
series of letters and press
SIMILAR to view words that
have only one letter differ-
ent from the word you just
entered.
PHRASE: Type a word and
press PHRASE to view all
phrases that include that
word. Press DOWN to scroll
through more phrases.
Press SYNONYM at any time to
view words related to that
phrase.
SYNONYM: Type a word and
press SYNONYM to view
words that are related to the
word you entered. For
words with many syn-
onyms, you will be
prompted to choose the
lengths of the words you
would like to view.
P & P: Type a word and
press Places & Professions
to view pertinent informa-
tion. Pressing P & P for a
place name will reveal geo-
graphic information such as
currency and capitals.
Pressing P & P for a profes-
sion will return the names
of famous people in that
field, listed by nationality.
CLEAR: Press to clear the
screen and return to the
home screen.
BACK: Press to return to
the previous screen.
-: Press to type a hyphen.
A~Z: Press to type letters
A through Z.
P: Press to pause when
scrolling through syn-
onyms, countries or char-
acters. Press it again to
continue scrolling.
RESET: Press to reset the
unit.
: Press to scroll up,
type an apostrophe or
▲
Functions of Buttons
?
A-Z
ON/ENTER
*
P& P
LCD
SYNONYM
SIMILAR
JUMBLE
PHRASE
DIRECTIONAL
ARROWS
CLEAR
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