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Anleitung Zusammenfassung
2. Press ENTER to select it. The Screen Contrast screen is displayed. 3. Press the left and right arrow keys to decrease and increase the screen contrast. 4. Press to return to the Settings menu. Your settings are automatically saved. Changing Other Settings To change the auto shutoff, default lookup, and timer settings, follow these steps. 1. From the Settings menu, press the down arrow repeatedly to move to the setting you want. The highlight flashes on the current setting. 2. Press the right and left arrow keys to change the setting. The Auto Shutoff time is how long your unit stays on if you forget to turn it off. Choose to automatically shut off the unit in 2, 3, 5 or 10 minutes. By default, the shutoff time is 5 minutes. Note: The unit does not automatically turn off during a timed practice test. Shutoff is disabled when the timer is operating. Shutoff resumes when the time has expired. The Default Lookup is the reference book that is opened when you want to look up a highlighted word in text. Mark Dict to look up highlighted words in the dictionary or Thes to look up highlighted words in the thesaurus. By default, words are looked up in the dictionary. Test timer visible enables you to display or hide the timer. By default, the timer is displayed. Count up or Count down enables you to set the way the timer counts. By default, the timer counts down. 3. Press to return to the Home menu. 3. Reviewing Preparation Materials The SAT Prep section contains information that helps you prepare for the SAT and the ACT Prep section contains information that helps you prepare for the ACT. Before taking a practice test, read about how the SAT and ACT are organized and learn strategies for taking the tests. To access the SAT Prep or ACT Prep menus and review their texts, follow these steps. 1. Press , use the arrow keys to highlight SAT Prep or ACT Prep, if necessary, and then press ENTER. Note: Review “How to Use This Device” for extra guidance on how to make the best use of the preparation text. 2. Use the down arrow to highlight the chapter or section you want and press ENTER. The text of the section is displayed. Note: In some parts of the book, you many need to move through additional menus before reaching the text. 3. Press the up or down arrow keys to scroll line by line. Within text, you can highlight words, search for definitions and thesaurus entries, add bookmarks, and add words to a user word list. For details, please read “Highlighting and Looking Up Words” on page 21 and “Using Bookmarks” on page 23. 4. Press the left or right arrows to move to the previous or next screen. Note: At the beginning of a section, press the left arrow to move to the previous section. At the end of a section, press the right arrow to move to the next section. Press to return to the previous location. 5. Press when done. Follow the Arrows While you are reading text, the arrows displayed at the top right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around. Highlighting and Looking Up Words While reading text, you may come across a word you don’t know. Text, in this case, refers to the SAT Prep text, ACT Prep text, the Grammar Guide, SAT drills, ACT drills, and dictionary and thesaurus entries. To look up words in dictionary entries, find thesaurus entries or add words to the user word list, you first have to highlight the words. To highlight words, follow these steps. 1. From any location in text, press D to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press . 2. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want. 3. Press ENTER to look up a word. Note: the word is looked up in the dictionary or thesaurus as determined in the Settings menu. Please see “Changing Other Settings” on page 18 for more information. From the dictionary or thesaurus entry, press A to add the word to the user word list. From a dictionary entry, press B to view that word’s thesaurus entry. From a thesaurus entry, press B to view that word’s dictionary entry. Understanding Definitions Dictionary entries consist of headwords, parts of speech, and definitions. Other forms of the word may follow the headword. After the translation or definition, you may see a list of usage examples. Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form (e.g. resume, resume, resume). When the word you are looking up has multiple forms, the different forms appear in a list. The message “Multiple forms” flashes on the screen, and the Multiple forms list is displayed. Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. Understanding Thesaurus Entries A thesaurus entry consists of a group of synonyms, antonyms and classmates. Synonyms are words that have similar meanings, for example, happy/joyous. Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of the word being defined, for example, happy/unhappy. Classmates are words that are related in some way to the word being defined, for example octagon/polygon...