Franklin BOOKMAN COL-640 User manual

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Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!

BOOKMANisapowerful,portableelec-

tronic reference with a built-in book and

a slot in the back for more books.

This

Merriam-Webster’sCollegiateDic-

tionary, Tenth Edition

has over 500,000

definitions, including biographical and

geographical names. The list of tables

contains useful information on subjects

such as world moneys, chemical ele-

ments, and more. You can find a word’s

inflectedforms atthetouchof akeyand

alsocorrectmisspellings,savewordsto

your User List, and play five fun, educa-

tional word games.

A list of the abbreviations used through-

outthisdictionarycanbefoundonpages

19-22 of this User’s Guide.

To learn how to use other books with

your BOOKMAN, read their User’s

Guides.

Using BOOKMAN .......................................................... 4

Using this Dictionary ..................................................... 8

Appendices.................................................................... 18

Function Keys

CLEAR Clears to

Enter a word

MENU Shows the dictionary’s word list

and Setup menu.

INFL (red) Shows inflected forms.

TABLES

(green) Shows the Tables list.

GAMES

(yellow)ShowstheGamesmenu.

LIST (blue) Shows the User list menu.

CARD Exits the selected book.

ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up, erases letters, or

stops a highlight.

CAP

Shifts keys.

ENTER

Enters a search, selects a

menu item, or starts a highlight.

HELP

Shows a help message.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

?✱

Types a

to stand for an

unknown letter in a word;

shifted, types an

✽

to stand

for a series of unknown letters.

Key Guide

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

Page up or down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

CARD

Sendsawordbetweenbooks.

✩

+ Shows the next headword.

✩

+ Shows the previous

headword.

✩

+ Q... Shifts the top row of

letters to type numbers.

➤ Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow,

and blue) perform the functions

listed above only for the BOOKMAN

book described in this User’s Guide.

Other books have their own color

key functions, which are labelled on

their cartridges and listed in their

User’s Guides. For more informa-

tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”

Hold

✩

while pressing the other key.

Using BOOKMAN

Installing Batteries ........................................................ 5

Installing Cartridges ...................................................... 5

Selecting Books............................................................. 6

Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 6

Changing Settings ......................................................... 7

Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 7

Oncethebatteriesareinstalled,you’re

ready to start using BOOKMAN. This

section shows you how to install the

batteries and other BOOKMAN car-

tridges,and how to selectwhich book

you want to use. It explains how to

adjust the screen contrast, type size,

and the automatic shutoff time.

You can watch an automatic demon-

strationofthemainfeaturesofthisdic-

tionary and learn how to get help at

the touch of a key.

BOOKMANmodel640usesfourAAA

batteries. Here is how to install or re-

place them.

Warning: When the batteries lose

power or are removed from BOOK-

MAN, information that you entered in

itsbuilt-inbook,andinaninstalledbook

cartridge, will be erased.

1. Turn BOOKMAN over.

2. Slide off its battery cover in

the direction of the triangle.

3. Install the batteries following

the diagram inside the case.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book cartridge when BOOKMAN is

on. If you do, information that you en-

tered in its built-in book, and in an in-

stalled book cartridge, will be erased.

1. Turn BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book

cartridge with the notches in

the slot.

4. Press the cartridge down

until it snaps into place.

Installing CartridgesInstalling Batteries

➤ Removing Cartridges

Warning: When you remove a

cartridge to install another, informa-

tion that you entered into the

removed cartridge will be erased.

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off BOOKMAN at

any screen. As long as the

automatic demonstration is

disabled, when you turn BOOK-

MAN on again, the screen that

you last viewed appears.

Selecting Books Using the Color Keys

Thered,green,yellow,andbluekeyson

your BOOKMAN change functions ac-

cording to which book is selected.

Whenthebuilt-inbookisselected,the

color keys function as labelled on the

BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book

cartridge is selected, the color keys

function as labelled on that cartridge.

Remember,thecolorkeysforBOOK-

MAN book cartridges function as la-

belled on their cartridges, not as on

the keyboard.

Once you have installed a book car-

tridge in your BOOKMAN, you must

select which book you want to use.

1. Turn BOOKMAN on.

2. Press CARD .

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.



➤ About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ slightly

from what you see on screen. This

does not mean that your BOOK-

MAN is malfunctioning.

Changing Settings

Youcanviewanautomaticdemonstra-

tion of what this book can do.

The demonstration automatically ap-

pears the first time you press

ON/OFF

To stop the demonstration, press

CLEAR

. To disable it, press

, high-

light the Setup menu, and then select

Disable Demo

Viewing a Demonstration

You can adjust the font size, shutoff

time, and screen contrast. The font

size changes the number of lines of

text that appear on screen. The shut-

offtimeishowlongBOOKMANstays

on if you forget to turn it off.

1. Press

2. Press or to highlight the

Setup menu.

3. Highlight Change Font, Set

Shutoff or Set Contrast.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

5. Highlight a setting.

Or press or if you selected

Set Contrast

6. Press

ENTER

to select it.

To exit without changing settings,

press

BACK

➤ Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HELP

. Press the direction keys to

read it. To exit help, press

BACK

If you’d like to read an overview of

how this dictionary works and what

the keys do, highlight

Tutorial

under

the Setup menu, and then press

ENTER

. Press

CLEAR

when done.

➤ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of

the screen show which arrow keys

you can press to move around

menus or view more text.

Using this Dictionary

With this electronic dictionary, you can

look up words by typing them at the en-

try screen, the word list, or by highlight-

ing a word within a definition. You can

alsolearnhowtocorrectmisspellingsand

how to find phrases or words when you

only know how to spell part of it.

You can use the Inflection Guide and

gotoalistofthetablesatthetouchof

a key.

You can add words to your User list

and play five educational word games

using your choice of settings to help

build your vocabuluary. If you have a

BOOKMAN cartridge installed that

can send and receive words, you can

send words between this dictionary

and the cartridge. Read on to learn

how.

Looking Up Words ......................................................... 9

Searching the Word List ................................................ 10

Choosing Multiple Forms............................................... 10

Highlighting Words ........................................................ 11

Correcting Misspellings................................................. 11

Finding Letters in Words and Finding Phrases .............. 12

Finding Inflections ......................................................... 13

Viewing Tables .............................................................. 13

Using the User List ........................................................ 14

Changing Game Settings and Playing the Games .......... 15

Sending Words .............................................................. 17

Looking Up Words Looking Up Words

Looking up a word in this dictionary is

easy.Simplytypeitattheentryscreen

and press

ENTER

. Try this example.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a word (e.g., keen).

To erase a letter, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

to look it up.

This is a dictionary entry.

4. Press ,

, or

SPACE

to move

through the definitions.

5. Hold

✩

and press to view

the next dictionary entry.

6. Press

CLEAR

when done.

➤Understanding Definitions

The main word at the top of the

dictionary entry is called the

headword. The headword is

followed by the part of speech,

the approximate date of its origin,

and then its definition. After the

definition, you may see usage

examples and other forms of the

word.

The asterisk (✱) in a geographical

definition denotes that location is

the capital city.

For the list of abbreviations in

definitions, see “Abbreviations in

This Work” on pages 19-22 in this

User’s Guide.

➤Browsing Definitions

While in a definition, you can go to

the next or previous dictionary

entry by holding

✩

and pressing

or .

Searching the Word List

Another way to find a word is by pick-

ingone fromthe dictionary’sword list.

By typing the word you seek at the

word list, you will zoom directly to the

word(s)that begin with the letters you

typed. Try this.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Start typing a word (e.g.,

quick).

To go back a letter, press

BACK

To scroll down the list, press .

4. Press

ENTER

to go to the high-

lighted word’s definition.

5. Press

BACK

to go back to the

word list.

6. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Choosing Multiple Forms

There are so many definitions in this

dictionary, it is not uncommon for a

word to have more than one form.

Whenthewordyouarelookinguphas

multiple forms, the different forms ap-

pear listed on the screen. Simply se-

lect the form you want.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type dutch.

3. Highlight the word you want.

4. Press

ENTER

view its definition.

5. Press

BACK

to go back to the

multiple forms list.

6. Press

CLEAR

when done.

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