Excalibur electronic The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Dictionary 461 - Manual (Page 5)

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First, enter a word using
the ? and/or * buttons, then
press
ON / ENTER . For exam-
ple, enter “SH?P?” then
press
ON / ENTER .
Press the SIMILAR button to
display “ SIMILAR WORDS .” In
this case, the first entry
would be “CHAPE .” The
lowercase “
C ” is
the new letter. Scroll
through the additional
matches.
Press the SIMILAR button
again to see display “ SIMILAR
WORDS ” with an additional
letter change. For example,
another entry would be
“ AGAPE .” Scroll through
the additional
matches.
You can search for the
same number of similar
words as there are letters
in these words. Once there
are no additional similar
word options, the LCD will
read “ NO MORE !”
Finding
Phrases
You can also search for
phrases by using at least
one word in a phrase.
First, type a word in a
phrase. For example, enter
“
COME .”
Press the PHRASE button.
The LCD will display “ FIND -
ING PHRASE ,” then it will
display the “ PHRASE LIST .” In
this case, the first phrase
on the list is “
COME ABOUT .”
Scroll through the addition-
al matches.
If the length of the phrase
exceeds 15 letters, it will
scroll through the LCD
screen automatically.
Press the CLEAR button to
return to the home screen.
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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.
▼
▲
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
NOTE: Please be patient. When it
searches
for phrases, it will search through
all phrases from
A through Z using
the entered word.
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