Franklin Bookman MWD-640 User manual

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

MAN

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USER’S GUIDE

MWD-640

Dictionary

& Thesaurus

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Contents

Welcome tothe worldof BOOKMAN!

BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable

electronicreferencewithabuilt-inbook

and a slot in the back for more books.

Withthis

BOOKMANDictionary&The-

saurus

you can find over 83,000 dic-

tionary entries, 41,000 thesaurus en-

tries with 496,000 synonyms, correct

misspellings,save wordsto yourUser

list, and play three fun, educational

wordgames.Tolearnhowtouseother

book cards, read their User’s Guides.

Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card................ 3

Selecting Books and Using the Color Keys ..................... 4

Changing Settings .......................................................... 5

Viewing a Demonstration ............................................... 5

Finding Definitions ......................................................... 6

Finding Words in Definitions........................................... 6

Finding Synonyms .......................................................... 7

Finding a Letter .............................................................. 8

Finding a Series of Letters.............................................. 8

Correcting Misspellings.................................................. 9

Finding Confusables®..................................................... 9

Highlighting Words ......................................................... 10

Reviewing Words............................................................ 10

Using the User List ......................................................... 11

Sending Words ............................................................... 12

Changing Game Settings ................................................ 13

Playing the Games.......................................................... 13

Function Keys

CLEAR Clears to

Enter your word

MENU Shows the main menus.

THES (red) Shows a thesaurus entry.

CONF (green) Shows Confusables™.

GAMES (yellow) Shows the games list.

LIST (blue) Shows the User list menu.

CARD Exits the book you are reading.

ON/OFF Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.

Key Guide

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up, erases letters, or

stops a highlight.

CAP

Shifts keys to type punctuation.

ENTER

Enters a search, selects a

menu item, or starts a highlight.

HELP

Shows help messages.

?✱

Types a question mark to stand

for an unknown letter in a word.

Shifted, types an asterisk to

stand for a series of letters.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

CARD

Sendsawordbetweenbooks.

✩

+ DN Shows the next match.

✩

+ UP Shows the previous match.

✩

+ TShows a thesaurus entry.

✩

+ PShows the Path list.

*Hold

✩

while pressing the other key.

➤ 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 book cards and listed in their

User’s Guides. For more informa-

tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”

BOOKMANmodel640usesfourAAA

batteries. Here is how to install or re-

place them.

Warning: When the batteries lose

power or are removed from your

BOOKMAN, information that you

have entered in its built-in book as

well as in any installed book card 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 in the case.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Installing Batteries

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off BOOKMAN at

any screen. When you turn

BOOKMAN on again, the screen

that you last viewed appears.

Installing a Book Card

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card while your BOOKMAN is

turned on. If you do, information that

you entered in its built-in book as

well as in any other installed book

cards, will be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book card

with the notches in the slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

➤ Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another,

information that you entered in the

removed book card will be erased.

Selecting Books Using the Color Keys

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys

on the top row of your BOOKMAN

change their functions according to

which book you have selected.

If you have selected the built-in book, the

color keys function as labeled on the

BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have

selected a book card, the color keys

function as labeled on that card.

Remember, when you’ve selected a

book card, the color keys function as

labeled on that card, not as on the

keyboard.

Once you have installed a book card

in your BOOKMAN, you can select

which book you want to use. Follow

these steps.

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.

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➤ About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ from what

you see on screen. This does not

mean that your BOOKMAN is

malfunctioning.

Changing Settings

You can adjust the font size, shutoff

time, and screen contrast.

Font size

changes the number of lines of text

thatappearonscreen.Theshutofftime

ishowlongBOOKMANstaysonifyou

forget to turn it off.

1. Press CLEAR.

2. Press MENU.

3. Press the arrow keys to

highlight the Setup menu.

4. Highlight Set Font, Set

Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Highlight a setting.

Or press or if you selected

Set Contrast

To exit without changing settings,

press BACK.

7. Press ENTER to select it.

Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using your BOOK-

MAN, you can view a brief demonstra-

tion of what it can do.

When no book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati-

cally appears once you turn it on. To stop

the demonstration, press CLEAR. To dis-

able it, press MENU and then select

Dis-

able Demo

from the CMDS menu. To re-

enable it, select

Enable Demo

When a book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, select

View Demo

from the

CMDS menu to view the demo.

➤ 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.

To read a tutorial and key guide de-

scribingthefunctionsofthisbook,se-

lect

Tutorial

from the CMDS menu.

➤ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of

the screen show which arrow keys

you can press to move around the

menus or to view more text.

Finding Definitions

It’s easy to look up a word in the dic-

tionary. Simply type it at the Entry

screen and press ENTER. Try this ex-

ample.

1. Press CLEAR.

2. Type a word (e.g., knowl-

edge).

3. Press ENTER.

This is a dictionary entry.

4. Press or SPACE to move

down.

5. Hold

✩

and press DN to view

the next dictionary entry

alphabetically listed.

6. Press CLEAR when done.

Search for a Word

lets you find all of

thedefinitionsinwhichaspecificword

appears.

1. Press CLEAR.

2. Press MENU.

3. Select Search for a word from

the CMDS menu.

4. Type a word (e.g., legal).

5. Press ENTER.

6. Hold

✩

and press DN to view

the next definition with your

word in it.

To see the previous one, hold

✩

and press UP.

7. Press or SPACE to read.

8. Press CLEAR when done.

FindingWordsinDefinitions

Finding Synonyms

WhenyouseeTHESflashonce inthe

upper right of the screen, that word

has a thesaurus entry.

1. Press CLEAR.

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

3. Press THES.

Or hold

✩

and press T.

This is the first thesaurus entry.

4. Press to view synonyms.

5. Hold

✩

and press DN to view

more thesaurus entries.

To return to the previous thesau-

rus entry, hold

✩

and press UP.

6. Press CLEAR when done.

Finding Synonyms

➤ Understanding Thesaurus

Entries

Thesaurus entries consist of

thesaurus meanings and a

synonym list. A thesaurus meaning

is a definition shared by a list of

synonyms.

➤ Two Ways to Back Up

Pressing BACK takes you back to

the previous screen you viewed.

You can continue to back up until

you get to

Enter your word

Holding

✩

and pressing UP takes

you to the previous screen of

similar information. For example, if

you were viewing a dictionary

definition, you would go to the

previous definition.

Finding a Letter

If you are uncertain about a letter in a

word,type a questionmark in placeof

each unknown letter.

1. Type a word with ?’s.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Highlight a match.

4. Press ENTER to define it.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Finding a Series of Letters

To find prefixes, suffixes, and other

parts of words, type an asterisk in a

word. Asterisks stand for a series of

letters. Note: If you type an asterisk

atthe beginning of a word, it may take

a while to find the matching words.

1. Type a word with an ✱.

To type an asterisk, hold CAP

and press

?✱

2. Press ENTER.

3. Highlight a match.

4. Press ENTER to define it.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

➤ Spelling Finding Tips

You can also use ?’s to help solve

crossword puzzles. For example, if

the second letter of a five-letter word

and its last letter is

. Enter

?h??w

to see possible answers.

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