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.

 

 

To turn the highlight off, press

.

2. Use the arrow keys to move the

 

highlight to the word you want.

 

To...

Press...

 

define the word

 

 

view the thesaurus entry

THES

 

view the encyclopedia

ENCYC

 

entry

 

 

view the Crossword

XDICT

 

Dictionary entry

 

 

view the Crossword List

XLIST

 

entry

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.Pressto 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. Pressto search.

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Franklin Bradford's Crossword Solver, CSB-1500 manual Highlighting Words, Finding Letters in Words, Using Advanced Search