corrections appears. Highlight the word
you want and then pr ess to see its
entry.
✓ Choosing Multiple F orms
Some words in the dictionaries have more
thanoneform(e.g .resume,r ésumé). When
the word y ou are looking up has multiple
forms, the di erent forms appear in a list.
Simply highlight the form you wan t and
press to see its entry. F or example,
select Crossword Solver’ s D ict from the
Books menu, then type resume at the word
entry screen and press . H ighlight
the form you want and pr ess to see
its entry. T o go back to the Multiple F orms
list, press .
Highlighting W ords
Another way to look up w ords is by
highlighting them in entries or word lists .
Y ou can then nd their denitions, thesaurus
entries, encyclopedia entries or nd them in
the Crossword Lists .
1. At an y text, press to start the
highlight.
T o turn the highlight o , press .
2. Use the arro w key s to mov e the
highlight to the wor d you wan t.
T o ... Press...
dene the word
view the thesaurus entry THES
view the encyclopedia
entry
ENCY C
view the Crossword
Dictionar y entry
XDICT
view the Crossword List
entry
XLIST
3. Press CLEAR when done .
Press MENU t o go to the main menu.
Finding L etters in W ords
If you are uncertain about how to spell a
word ,typeaquestionmark(?)inplaceof
each unknown letter . T o nd prexes, suxes ,
andotherpartsofwords,typeanasterisk(*)
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 nd the matching wor ds.
1. Go to any w ord entry screen.
Y ou can access a wor d entry screen by selecting
the Crossword Solver’ s Dic tionary, Collins
Compact Thesaurus, Collins Solutions English
Dictionar y, or Collins Discovery Encyclopedia.
2. T ype a word with ?s and *s.
T o type an asterisk, press CAP + ? .
3. Press .
4. Press to mov e the highlight to the
word y ou want and press to view
its entry .
5. Press CLEAR when done .
Press MENU t o go to the main menu.
Using the
Adv anced Search
The Advanc ed Search function enables
you to perform an Advanc ed Crossword
Search, Advanc ed Reference Search, Adv anced
Anagram Search, save the r esults of your
searches and utilize the Workspace .
T o access the advanced sear ches, press
SEARCH. Av ailable options are indicated by
the Soft Keys at the bottom of the screen.
XWORD G oes to the Adv anced Crosswor d
Search screen.
REF Goes to the Advanc ed Reference
Search screen.
ANAG Goes to the Advanc ed Anagram
Search screen.
WORK Opens your list of sav ed searches.
SA VE Saves your curr ent search results .
Using the A dvanced Crossw ord
Search
The Adv anced Crosswor d Search searches the
entries of the Crossword Solver’ s Dictionar y,
the Compact Thesaurus and the Crossword
Lists for any ma tches to the information y ou
enter .
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press XWORD , if necessary , to go to the
Adv anced Crossword Search screen.
3. Enter your sear ch information in the
various elds.
Press or to move between the elds .
The Keywords eld should contain
important words from your cr ossword
clue that indicate the entries you w ant to
search.
The Known letters eld should contain a
pattern of letters the wor d you are looking
for should match.
The L ength field can contain the length of the
word you ar e looking for , if you do not know any
letters.
Note: Y ou do not have to have inf ormation in
every field to complete a search.
For e xample, type correct in the Keywords field,
????d? in the Known letters field and leave the
Length field empty . Remember, ? r eplaces a
single letter in a word .
T o erase a letter , press . T o type a capital,
hold CAP and press a letter key . T o type a
hyphen, press FN + J .
4. Press to search.
Y our list of results is displayed . “XDICT ” indicates
matches in the Crossword Solver’ s Dictionar y.
“ THES” indicates ma tches in the Compact
Thesaurus. “XLIST ” indicates matches in the
Crossword Lists.
5. Press or to highlight the results you
want to view .
Press SA VE to sav e the highlighted search
results to your Workspace .
6. Press .
Y ou see a list of matching entries in the selected
book. Press to return to the list of sear ch
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 t o return to the
list of matching entries.
8. P ress CLEAR when done.
Press MENU t o go to the main menu.
Using the A dvanced R eference
Search
The Adv anced Reference Search sear ches the
entries of the Solutions English Dictionar y and
the Discovery Encyclopedia for any matches t o
the information you ent er .
1. P ress SEARCH.
2. P ress REF , if necessary , to go to the Advanced
Reference Search screen.
3. Ent er your search informa tion in the various
elds.
Press or to move between the fields .
The Keywords field should contain important
words from y our crosswor d clue that indicate
the entries you want to sear ch.
The Known letters field should contain a pattern
of letters the word y ou are looking for should
match.
The L ength field can contain the length of the
word you ar e looking for , if you do not know any
letters.
Note: Y ou do not have to have inf ormation in
every field to complete a search.
For e xample, type second smallest planet
in the Keywords field, m?????y in the Known
letters field and leave the L ength field empt y .
Remember , ? replaces a single letter in a word.
T o erase a letter , press . T o type a capital,
hold CAP and press a letter key . T o type a
hyphen, press FN + J .
4. Press to search.
Y our list of results is displayed . “DICT ” indicates
matches in the Solutions English Dictionar y .
“ENCY C” indicates matches in the Discovery
Encyclopedia.
5. Press or to highlight the results you
want to view .
Press SA VE to sav e the highlighted search
results to your Workspace .
6. Press .
Y ou see a list of matching entries in the selected
book. Press to return to the list of sear ch
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 t o return to the
list of matching entries.
8. P ress CLEAR when done.
Press MENU t o go to the main menu.
Using the A dvanc ed Anagram
Search
The Adv anced Anagram Search searches the
entries of the Crossword Solver’ s Dictionar y,
the Crossword Lists , the Compact Thesarus ,
the Solutions English Dictionar y and the
Discovery Encyclopedia for any matches t o the
information you ent er .
1. P ress SEARCH.
2. P ress ANAG, if nec essary, t o go to the
Advanc ed Anagram Search screen.
3. Ent er your search informa tion in the various
elds.
Press or to move between the fields .
The Anagram letters field should contain the
letters of the anagram you ar e trying to solve.
The Keywords field should contain important
words from y our anagram clue that indicate the
entries you want to sear ch.
The Known letters field should contain a pattern
of letters the word y ou are looking for should
match.
Note: Y ou do not have to have inf ormation in
every field to complete a search.
For e xample, 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 w ord.
T o erase a letter , press . T o type a capital,
hold CAP and press a letter key . T o type a
hyphen, press FN + J .
4. Press to search.