User manual SMITH CORONA DISPLAYCHAPTER5

[. . . ] Spell-Right ® Dictionary Your PWP offers several tools to help you avoid spelling and grammatical errors when creating text. Each tool has a special function and can be activated at any time when you are using either Type and Mem Mode. Word-Right AutoSpell ­ suggests alternative spellings for incorrectly spelled words and automatically replaces them. List ­ enables you to look up any word in the electronic dictionary. [. . . ] For example: Individual Names Medical Terms Scientific Terms Foreign Words You can add approximately 300 words, depending upon their length, to the Personal Word List section of the dictionary. Words entered into the Personal Word List can be up to 25 characters in length. Numbers, spaces and non-alpha characters cannot be entered. Adding Words to the Personal Word List Code + E You can add words to the Personal Word List in either Type or Mem Mode. If the dictionary is turned on, a beep is heard and the Shift Lock light flashes even though the word is spelled correctly. Display prompts: ENTERED If the word is in the Spell-Right Dictionary or Personal Word List, the display prompts: Already Exists. If the Personal Word List is full, the display prompts: Not Enough Memory NOTE: You can also press Code + E to enter a word into the dictionary after typing it in a document or during the WordFind function. 2. 5-6 -- Spell-Right Dictionary Smith Corona Corporation Viewing the Personal Word List 1. Position the cursor or print hammer on a blank space with no characters to the immediate left. The display briefly prompts: List: Press Return to begin listing words. (The symbol appears on the right of the display to show that the selected word is in the Personal Word List. ) If there are no words in the Personal Word list, the display prompts: Empty Then prompts: Code + L to Exit 4. If you attempt to move the cursor beyond the last word, the display prompts: END OF LIST Press Back Space to return to prior displayed words. When you are at the beginning of the list, the display prompts: BEGINNING LIST 5. Press Code + List (L), to exit Personal Word List. Code + Return L List Reloc Half Space Back Space Code + L List Deleting Words from the Personal Word List 1. Position the cursor or print hammer on a blank space with no character to the immediate left. The display briefly prompts: List: Press Return to begin listing all words, or type part or all of the word to be deleted. The symbol appears on the right of the display to show that the selected word is in the Personal Word List. (You cannot delete words in the Spell-Right Section of the Dictionary. ) Press Spacebar until your selection appears. Press Code + List (L) to deactivate List when your deletions are made. WordEraser LineEraser Code + L List Return Reloc 4. 6. Half Space Erasing the Entire Personal Word List Turn the power on while pressing WordEraser. After typing text in memory, activate Punctuation Check and scan it using WordFind. When an error is located, the violated punctuation rule number is displayed. At the end of the first text scan, all text is again scanned for an odd number of quotation marks, parenthesis and brackets. If an odd number of these are identified, the punctuation rule will be displayed, indicating that you forgot to close (or open) a quotation mark, parenthesis, or bracket. [. . . ] The display will prompt: Enter Label: Enter an abbreviation label from 1 to 5 characters in length for the word or phrase you will be saving. The abbreviation label can have letters or numbers in it and can be either upper or lower case. For example, you may type "sy" for "Sincerely yours. " If you type more than five characters, the unit will prompt: Too Long Press Return to save the abbreviation label. The display will prompt: Text: If the label was already used, the unit will beep three times, display Already Exists and prompt you to enter another abbreviation label. [. . . ]