Excalibur electronic 461 manual Missing Letters, Finding Similar Words, Phrases

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Missing

Letters

When you are searching for a series of missing let- ters, use the * button to fill in for the unknown series of characters. The asterisk can represent letters, hyphens or blanks.

First, type a word using * for the unknown series. For example, enter C*M*R.

Next, press the ON/ENTER button to display the fol- lowing:

BUILDING LIST

CROSSWORD LIST

You can press the ▲ and

▼buttons to scroll through additional matches.

If there are no matches, the screen will display “NO ENTRIES.” In this case, if you scroll down, there are numerous matches, starting

w i t h

CABINETMAKER and ending with CYCLOMETER.

Press the CLEAR button to return to the home screen.

Finding

Similar Words

If you have not found the answer you were looking for using the ? or * button, try finding similar words instead. This function replaces letters for the selected word. These replacements are in lower- case letters.

NOTE: Please be patient. When it

searches

for phrases, it will search through all phrases from A through Z using the entered word.

First, enter a word using							read “NO MORE!”
the ? and/or * buttons, then
press ON/ENTER. For exam-							Finding
ple, enter “SH?P?” then
press ON/ENTER.							Phrases
Press the SIMILAR button to							You can also search for
display “SIMILAR WORDS.” In							phrases by using at least
this case, the first entry							one word in a phrase.
would	be	“CHAPE .”				The	First, type a word in a
lowercase			“C”	is
							phrase. For example, enter
the	new	letter.			Scroll
							“COME.”
through		the		additional
							Press the PHRASE button.
matches.
							The LCD will display “FIND-
Press the			SIMILAR		button
							ING PHRASE,” then it will
again to see display “SIMILAR
							display the “PHRASE LIST.” In
WORDS” with an				additional
							this case, the first phrase
letter change. For example,
							on the list is “COME ABOUT.”
another		entry		would		be

Everytime you press the SIMILAR but-

ton,

it will replace an additional letter. If you press it once, it will replace one letter. If you press it twice, it will replace two letters. If it reads,

“NO MORE!” that means all the letters

“AGAPE .” Scroll through					Scroll through the addition-
					al matches.
		the	additional
					If the length of the phrase
matches.
					exceeds 15 letters, it will
You	can search			for the
					scroll through	the LCD
same	number		of	similar
					screen automatically.
words	as	there are		letters
					Press the CLEAR	button to
in these		words. Once there
					return to the home screen.
are no		additional		similar

word options, the LCD will

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