Franklin BOOKMAN PDT-440 User manual

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Contents

etymologies, Classmates®,

Confusables®and more. You can

also correct misspellings, save

words to your User list, and play

three challenging word games. Read

this User’s Guide to learn how.

Welcome to the world of BOOK-

MAN! With this

Power Dictionary

with Thesaurus

you can find over

110,000 dictionary words with

300,000 definitions, 500,000

synonyms, as well as antonyms,

Installing Batteries and Installing Book Cards..................... 4

Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ........................ 5

Changing the Settings and Viewing a Demonstration.......... 6

Finding Definitions .............................................................. 7

Finding Words in Definitions................................................ 7

Finding Thesaurus Entries ................................................... 8

Finding Parts of Words ........................................................ 9

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

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

Finding Classmates®.......................................................... 10

Finding Confusables®......................................................... 11

Reviewing Words ............................................................... 11

Saving Words for Study..................................................... 12

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

Playing the Games ............................................................. 14

Sending Words Between Books......................................... 15

Resetting Your BOOKMAN and Specifications.................. 16

Key Guide

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up, erases letters, or

stops a highlight.

CAP

Shifts keys to type punctuation.

ENTER

Enters a word, selects a

menu item, or starts a highlight.

HELP

Displays 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 unknown letters.

Direction Keys

Moves in indicated direction.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

Pages down or up.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

CARD

Sendsawordbetweenbooks.

✩

Displays the next or previous

entry or match.

✩

DisplaysConfusables®,ifany.

✩

Displays a definition.

✩

Displays the Path list.

➤ Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow,

and blue) perform the functions

listed above only for the BOOK-

MAN 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.”

Function Keys

CLEAR Clears to

Enter your word

MENU Displays the main menus.

THES

(red) Displays a thesaurus entry.

CLASS

(green)DisplaysClassmates®,ifany.

GAMES

(yellow) Displays the games list.

LIST (blue) Displays the User list menu.

CARD Exits the book you are reading.

ON/OFF Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.

Hold

✩

and press the other key

Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries

Your BOOKMAN, model PDT-440,

uses two CR-2032 batteries. Here is

how to install or replace them.

Warning: When the batteries lose

power or are removed from your

BOOKMAN, information that you

entered in its built-in book, and in an

installed book card, will be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

2. Slide off its battery cover in

the direction of the triangle.

3. Install the batteries in the

holes with their plus signs

facing you.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card while your BOOKMAN is

on. If you do, information that you

entered in its built-in book and in an

installed book card may be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

Align the tabs on the book card

with the notches in the slot.

4. Press the book card until it

snaps into place.

➤

Removing a Book Card

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another,

information that you entered in the

removed book card will be erased.

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN

at any screen. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again, the screen

that you last viewed appears.

Using the Color KeysSelecting a Book

Once you have installed a book card

in your BOOKMAN, you can select

which book you want to use.

1. Turn your 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.

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys

on your BOOKMAN change functions

according to which book is selected.

When the built-in book is selected,

the color keys function as labelled on

the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a

book card book is selected, the

color keys function as labelled on

that book card.

Remember, when you’ve selected a

book card, the color keys function as

labelled on their book cards, not as

on the BOOKMAN keyboard.



➤

About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations may dif-

fer from what you see on your

screen. This does not mean that

yourBOOKMANismalfunctioning.

Viewing a Demonstration

Changing the Settings

You can adjust the font size, shutoff

time, and contrast of this dictionary.

The font size is the number of lines

of text that appear on screen. The

shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN

stays on if you forget to turn it off.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Use the arrow keys to high-

light the Setup menu.

4. Highlight Set Font, Set

Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

5. Press

ENTER

6. Highlight a setting.

To exit without changing settings,

press

BACK

7. Press

ENTER

to select it.

➤

Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right

of the screen show which arrow

keys you can use to see more.

Before you start using this book, you

may want to see a demonstration of

what it can do.

If no book card is installed, the

demonstration appears automatically

when you turn on your BOOKMAN.

To disable the automatic demonstra-

tion, highlight

Disable Demo

on the

Setup menu and then press

ENTER

To re-enable it, select

Enable Demo

If a book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, press

and

highlight the Setup menu. Then use

to highlight

View Demo

and press

ENTER

to see the demonstration.

➤

Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HELP

. Use or

SPACE

to read it.

To exit help, press

BACK

To read about what the keys do,

select

Tutorial

from the Other menu.

Finding Definitions

It’s easy to find definitions in this

dictionary. Simply type a word and

then press

ENTER

1. Press

CLEAR

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

You cannot type capitals. To erase a

letter, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

. Or hold

✩

and

press D.

4. Press ,

, or

SPACE

to read

the definition.

5. Hold

✩

and press

see the next or previous

definition listed alphabetically.

6. Press

CLEAR

when done.

You can also search for all the

definitions in which a specific word

occurs.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. On the Other menu, highlight

Search for a word and then

press

ENTER

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

then press

ENTER

Note: You can also search for a word

in definitions by entering a word,

pressing

, and then selecting

Search for...

from the Other menu.

5. Press ,

, or

SPACE

to read.

6. Hold

✩

and press

repeat-

edly to see the next defini-

tions containing your word.

7. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Finding Words in Definitions

Each thesaurus entry contains a

thesaurus meaning and synonyms

for that meaning. Some thesaurus

entries also contain antonyms and

etymologies.

1. Press

CLEAR

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

3. Press

THES

(red).

This is its first thesaurus entry.

4. Press to see its synonyms.

5. Hold

✩

and press

to see

the next thesaurus entry.

To see a previous thesaurus entry,

hold

✩

and press

6. Press

CLEAR

when done.

➤

Other Ways to Find

Thesaurus Entries

When you look up a dictionary

definition of a word, THES may

briefly appear at the upper right of

the screen. THES indicates that

the word you entered has one or

more thesaurus entries. Press

THES

(red) to see them.

THES also flashes at the upper

right of the screen when a

highlighted word has thesaurus

information. Again, press

THES

(red) to see that information.

➤

Comparing Synonyms

Some thesaurus entries include

comparisons to dictionary

definitions to help you understand

their meaning. For example, if you

see

COMPARE: promise 1

, read

the first definition of

promise

learn more.

Finding Thesaurus Entries Finding Thesaurus Entries

Finding Parts of Words Correcting Misspellings

If you are uncertain about how to

spell a word, type a question mark

(?) in place of each unknown letter.

To find prefixes, suffixes, and other

parts of words, type an asterisk (✽)

in a word. Each asterisk stands for a

series of letters or spaces.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a word with ?’s or ✽’s.

To type an asterisk, hold

CAP

and

press

✻

3. Press

ENTER

4. Highlight a match and press

ENTER

to find its definition.

To go back to the list of matches,

press

BACK

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

If you misspell a word, a list of

corrections automatically appears.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a misspelled word

(e.g., nolij).

3. Press

ENTER

Highlight a correction and press

ENTER

to find its definition.

To go back to the corrections,

press

BACK

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Another way to look up a word is to

highlight it in text.

1. At any text, press

ENTER

start the highlight.

You can turn off the highlight by

pressing

BACK

2. Use the arrow keys to high-

light a word.

3. Do one of the following:

To... Press...

find its definition

ENTER

see thesaurus entry

THES

(red)

see Classmates

CLASS

(green)

see Confusables

✩

add word to User list

LIST

(blue)

search for the word

and

in definitions then select

Search for...

Finding Classmates

Classmates are words related by

subject. If an entry word or a highlighted

word has Classmates, CLAS will flash

once in the upper right of the screen.

1. Type a word (e.g., lynx).

2. Press

CLASS

(green).

3. Use to read.

➤

Look for the Flashing Messages

When you enter a word or scroll

down a word list, often messages

such as THES, CLAS, or CONF will

flash at the upper right of the

screen. These messages show that

the word has at least one thesaurus

entry, Classmates, or Confusables.

A word can have more than one

message, so watch closely.

Highlighting Words

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