corrections appears. Highlight the word
you want and then press 
to see its entry.
✓✓ Choosing Multiple Forms
Some words in the dictionaries have more than one form (e.g. resume, résumé). When the word you are looking up has multiple forms, the different forms appear in a list.
Simply highlight the form you want and
press 
to see its entry. For example,
select Crossword Solver’s Dict from the
Books menu, then type resume at the word
entry screen and press | . Highlight |
the form you want and press | to see |
its entry. To go back to the Multiple Forms
list, press | . |
Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in entries or word lists. You can then find their definitions, thesaurus entries, encyclopedia entries or find them in the Crossword Lists.
1. At any text, press | to start the | |
highlight. |
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To turn the highlight off, press | . | |
2. Use the arrow keys to move the |
| |
highlight to the word you want. |
| |
To... | Press... |
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define the word |
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view the thesaurus entry | THES |
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view the encyclopedia | ENCYC |
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entry |
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view the Crossword | XDICT |
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Dictionary entry |
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view the Crossword List | XLIST |
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entry |
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3.Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
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. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a little while to find the matching words.
1.Go to any word entry screen.
You can access a word entry screen by selecting the Crossword Solver’s Dictionary, Collins Compact Thesaurus, Collins Solutions English Dictionary, or Collins Discovery Encyclopedia.
2.Type a word with ?s and *s.
To type an asterisk, press CAP + ?.
3.Press 
.
4.Press 
to move the highlight to the
word you want and press | to view |
its entry. |
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5.Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search function enables you to perform an Advanced Crossword Search, Advanced Reference Search, Advanced Anagram Search, save the results of your searches and utilize the Workspace.
To access the advanced searches, press SEARCH. Available options are indicated by the Soft Keys at the bottom of the screen.
XWORD Goes to the Advanced Crossword Search screen.
REF Goes to the Advanced Reference Search screen.
ANAG Goes to the Advanced Anagram Search screen.
WORK Opens your list of saved searches. SAVE Saves your current search results.
Using the Advanced Crossword Search
The Advanced Crossword Search searches the entries of the Crossword Solver’s Dictionary, the Compact Thesaurus and the Crossword Lists for any matches to the information you enter.
1.Press SEARCH.
2.Press XWORD, if necessary, to go to the Advanced Crossword Search screen.
3.Enter your search information in the various fields.
Press 
or 
to move between the fields.
The Keywords field should contain important words from your crossword clue that indicate the entries you want to search.
The Known letters field should contain a pattern of letters the word you are looking for should match.
The Length field can contain the length of the word you are looking for, if you do not know any letters.
Note: You do not have to have information in every field to complete a search.
For example, type correct in the Keywords field,
????d? in the Known letters field and leave the Length field empty. Remember, ? replaces a single letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press | . To type a capital, | |
hold CAP and press a letter key. To type a | ||
hyphen, press FN + J. |
| |
4. Press | to search. |
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Your list of results is displayed. “XDICT” indicates matches in the Crossword Solver’s Dictionary. “THES” indicates matches in the Compact Thesaurus. “XLIST” indicates matches in the Crossword Lists.
5.Press 
or 
to highlight the results you want to view.
Press SAVE to save the highlighted search results to your Workspace.
6.Press 
.
You see a list of matching entries in the selected
book. Press 
to return to the list of search results.
7.Press 
or 
to highlight the entry you want
to view and press | . |
The text of the selected entry that matches your
search is displayed. Press 
to return to the list of matching entries.
8.Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Advanced Reference Search
The Advanced Reference Search searches the entries of the Solutions English Dictionary and the Discovery Encyclopedia for any matches to the information you enter.
1.Press SEARCH.
2.Press REF, if necessary, to go to the Advanced Reference Search screen.
3.Enter your search information in the various fields.
Press 
or 
to move between the fields.
The Keywords field should contain important words from your crossword clue that indicate the entries you want to search.
The Known letters field should contain a pattern of letters the word you are looking for should match.
The Length field can contain the length of the word you are looking for, if you do not know any letters.
Note: You do not have to have information in every field to complete a search.
For example, type second smallest planet in the Keywords field, m?????y in the Known
letters field and leave the Length field empty. Remember, ? replaces a single letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press 
. To type a capital, hold CAP and press a letter key. To type a hyphen, press FN + J.
4.Press
to search.
Your list of results is displayed. “DICT” indicates matches in the Solutions English Dictionary. “ENCYC” indicates matches in the Discovery Encyclopedia.
5.Press 
or 
to highlight the results you want to view.
Press SAVE to save the highlighted search results to your Workspace.
6.Press
.
You see a list of matching entries in the selected
book. Press 
to return to the list of search results.
7.Press 
or 
to highlight the entry you want
to view and press | . |
The text of the selected entry that matches your
search is displayed. Press 
to return to the list of matching entries.
8.Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Advanced Anagram Search
The Advanced Anagram Search searches the entries of the Crossword Solver’s Dictionary, the Crossword Lists, the Compact Thesarus, the Solutions English Dictionary and the Discovery Encyclopedia for any matches to the information you enter.
1.Press SEARCH.
2.Press ANAG, if necessary, to go to the Advanced Anagram Search screen.
3.Enter your search information in the various fields.
Press 
or 
to move between the fields.
The Anagram letters field should contain the letters of the anagram you are trying to solve.
The Keywords field should contain important words from your anagram clue that indicate the entries you want to search.
The Known letters field should contain a pattern of letters the word you are looking for should match.
Note: You do not have to have information in every field to complete a search.
For example, type dangerl the Anagram letters field, twist into the Keywords field, and type g?a???? into the Known letters field. Remember, ? replaces a single letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press 
. To type a capital, hold CAP and press a letter key. To type a hyphen, press FN + J.
4. Press
to search.