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Finding Thesaurus Entries

When you see THES flash once in the up-
per right of the screen, the selected word
has a thesaurus entry. A thesaurus entry
can contain a part of speech, a brief mean-
ing, and a list of available synonyms, ant-
onyms, synonymous phrases, and
Classmates

 (words related by subject).

1. Press 

CLEAR

.

2. Type a word. For example,

type 

dry

.

If you want, press 

ENTER

 to see its

dictionary entry.

3. Press 

THES

 (the green key).

4. Use the Direction keys to read.
5. Hold 

 and press 

DN

 to see the

next thesaurus entry, if any.

To see a previous thesaurus entry,
hold 

 and press 

UP

.

6. Press 

BACK

 to go back.

7. Press 

CLEAR

 when finished.

Finding Phrases

You can find phrases containing spe-
cific words.

1. Press 

CLEAR

.

2. Type a word. For example,

type 

house

.

If you want, press 

ENTER

 to see its

dictionary entry.

3. Press 

PHRASE

 (the yellow key).

4. Use 

 to highlight a phrase

and then press 

ENTER

. For ex-

ample, select 

keep house

.

5. Hold 

 and press 

DN

 to see

the next phrase, if any.

To see a previous phrase, hold 

and press 

UP

.

6. Press 

BACK

 to go back to the

list of phrases.

7. Press 

CLEAR

 when finished.

Summary of Contents for BOOKMAN DMM-2075

Page 1: ... Electronic Publishers E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D BOOKMAN USER S GUIDE DMM 2075 Macquarie Dictionary www franklin com ...

Page 2: ...se the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOK MAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer t...

Page 3: ...ntries 7 Using the Word List 8 Highlighting Words 8 Finding Thesaurus Entries 9 Finding Phrases 9 Finding Inflections 10 Finding Confusables 10 Finding Parts of Words 11 Saving Words for Study 11 Changing Games Settings 12 Playing the Games 13 Sending a Word Between Books 14 Resetting Your BOOKMAN 15 Book Card Care 15 Specifications 16 Limited Warranty outside U S 16 Index 17 ...

Page 4: ...own letter with CAP types an to stand for a series of letters At a dictionary entry displays the headword At a menu displays a full menu title SPACE Types a space or pages down Understanding the Colour Keys The colour keys red green yellow and blue perform the functions listed above only for the book described in this User s Guide Other BOOKMAN books have their own colour key functions which are l...

Page 5: ...ary you can find over 95 000 words and 500 000 synonyms antonyms and Classmates You can also find phrases correct mis spellings save words to your personal list and play four fun words games Read this User s Guide to learn how Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the screen About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustr...

Page 6: ...you turn your BOOKMAN on again the screen that you last viewed reappears Using the Colour 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 colour keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard If you have selected a book card the colour keys function as labelled on t...

Page 7: ...e a brief demonstration of what it can do When a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN press MENU Use the ar row keys to highlight the Setup menu and then select View Demo When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN the demonstration will au tomatically appear after you turn the unit on To stop the demonstration press CLEAR To disable it press MENU and use the arrow keys to highlight the Setup...

Page 8: ... more than one form When the word you are looking up has multiple forms the different forms automatically appear in a list Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word do not worry The dictionary automatically gives you a list of corrections Simply use the ar row keys to highlight the correction you want and press ENTER to s...

Page 9: ...ses PHRASE add word to your list LIST find Confusables C 4 To go back press BACK Highlighting Words Another way to look up a word is to highlight it in text Then you can find that word s dictionary entry thesaurus entry inflections Confusables or save it in your personal list 1 At any text press ENTER to start the highlight To turn off the highlight press BACK 2 Use the arrow keys to move the high...

Page 10: ...he Direction keys to read 5 Hold and press DN to see the next thesaurus entry if any To see a previous thesaurus entry hold and press UP 6 Press BACK to go back 7 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Phrases You can find phrases containing spe cific words 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word For example type house If you want press ENTER to see its dictionary entry 3 Press PHRASE the yellow key 4 Use to highl...

Page 11: ...ions if any To see a previous inflection hold and press UP 6 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Confusables Confusables are words that are often confused or that sound alike but are spelled differently Rain reign and rein are examples of Confusables Not every word will have Confusables 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word For example type air If you want press ENTER to see its dictionary entry 3 Hold and pr...

Page 12: ... To go back to the list of matches press BACK 5 Press CLEAR when finished You can create a personal list of words of up to 10 words for study and review Note You can only add words that are in this dictionary to your personal list Adding and Viewing Words 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press LIST the blue key 3 Highlight Add A Word 4 Press ENTER 5 Type a word 6 Press ENTER to add the word to your personal list 7...

Page 13: ...s with a random word list your personal list your own words or with words that have from three to 14 letters Understanding Game Skill Levels There are five skill levels to choose from Beginner Intermediate Ad vanced Expert and Wizard Beginners for example have more chances to guess mystery words than Wizards Other Ways to Add Words You can also add a word to your personal list by typing it at the ...

Page 14: ... that you have already entered Hold CAP and press to shuffle the letters of the given word To end the round and reveal the remaining anagrams press Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word indicated by s one let ter at a time The number of guesses you have left appears to the right of the s For a hint hold CAP and press Note If you ask for a hint you will lose the round To end the ro...

Page 15: ...ary entry Then press BACK to go back to Flashcards You can look up words from this book in certain other BOOKMAN books and vice versa To send or receive a word your BOOKMAN built in book must be able to send or receive words too To learn if a BOOKMAN book either a built in book or in a book card can send or re ceive words read its User s Guide 1 Highlight a word in text To highlight a word in text...

Page 16: ...s try Step 2 2 Use a paper clip to gently press reset button on BOOKMAN To learn where the reset button is located on your BOOKMAN read its User s Guide This unit may change operating modes due to Electro static Discharge Normal operation of this unit can be re estab lished by pressing the reset key ON OFF or by removing replacing batteries Book Card Care Do not touch the metal con tacts on the bo...

Page 17: ...fy the rights of the Owner conferred by the Trade Practices Act 1974 or similar provi sions in legislation of the States and Territories of Australia which it is pro hibited by law to restrict or modify Model DMM 2075 Macquarie Dictionary size 5 9 x 4 2 x 0 6 cm weight 11 3 g 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved 1990 The Macquarie Library Pty ...

Page 18: ...ion keys 3 FCC Notice 16 Flashcards game 14 Font size 6 Game words 12 Games skill levels 12 word size 12 Green THES key 8 9 10 13 Hangman game 13 HELP key 6 Help messages 6 INFL red key 3 8 10 13 Inflections 8 10 13 Limited Warranty 16 LIST blue key 3 11 12 13 Misspellings correcting 7 Multiple forms 7 Numbers typing 3 Personal list adding words 11 deleting a word 11 erasing 12 viewing 11 PHRASE y...

Page 19: ...00 P N 7201155 Rev A STAR key with C 8 10 13 with CARD 14 with M 3 13 with UP DN 3 THES green key 8 9 10 13 Thesaurus entry 9 Tutorial 6 Viewing demonstration 6 help messages 6 Word Train game 14 Yellow PHRASE key 8 10 18 ...

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