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BOOKMAN

USER’S GUIDE

MWD-640

Dictionary

& Thesaurus

Summary of Contents for Bookman MWD-640

Page 1: ... EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK BOOKMAN USER S GUIDE MWD 640 Dictionary Thesaurus ...

Page 2: ...DUCT on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT or of the 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 re verse engineer the BOOKMAN PRODUCT You may not export or reexpor...

Page 3: ...and play three fun educational word games To learn how to use other 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 Co...

Page 4: ...rk 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 T Shows a thesaurus entry P Shows the Path list Hold while pressing the other key Understanding the Color Keys The col...

Page 5: ...ing 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...

Page 6: ... 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 About Screen Illustrations Som...

Page 7: ...nstra 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 ...

Page 8: ...s DN to view the next dictionary entry alphabetically listed 6 Press CLEAR when done Search for a Word lets you find all of the definitions in which a specific word 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 Pre...

Page 9: ...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...

Page 10: ...ype an asterisk in a word Asterisks stand for a series of letters Note If you type an asterisk at the 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 ...

Page 11: ...ist press BACK 5 Press CLEAR when done Correcting Misspellings Finding Confusables Confusables are homonyms and spell ing variants that are easy to confuse If a word has Confusables CONF will flash once in the upper right of the screen 1 Type a word e g rein 2 Press CONF Confusables come with identify ing words 3 Press ENTER and then high light a word 4 Press ENTER to define it or press THES to vi...

Page 12: ...owing To Press define the word ENTER view a thesaurus THES entry view Confusables CONF add word to User list LIST Highlighting Words The Path list lets you review the last 15 words you looked up Your Path list is automatically saved between sessions until the batteries lose power Reviewing Words 1 Select Path list from the CMDS menu Or hold and press P This is a sample Path list If you haven t loo...

Page 13: ...t of one word Using the User List Using the User List Adding Highlighted Words At any text you can highlight a word and add it to your User list 1 At text press ENTER to start the highlight 2 Highlight a word 3 Press LIST 4 Select Add your word Adding Words Not Found in This Dictionary When you add a word not in this dictionary you re given three options Cancel Add anyway or Correction list Select...

Page 14: ...n a list press the arrow keys To highlight a word in text press ENTER and then press the arrow keys 2 Hold and press CARD 3 Highlight the other book 4 Press ENTER The word that you highlighted appears in the other book 5 Press ENTER to look up the word You can delete one or all the words in your User list Here s how Deleting One Word 1 Press LIST 2 Select Delete word 3 Highlight a word on the list...

Page 15: ...fter you select a game Word Length lets you pick how many letters will be in the words 3 13 Skill Level lets you select the level of difficulty 1 Press MENU 2 Press to highlight the Game menu 3 Highlight a setting 4 Press ENTER to select it Playing the Games Now that you have the games set let s play 1 Press GAMES 2 Press or to highlight a game 3 Press ENTER to start it Keeping Score Your score ap...

Page 16: ...ed minimum length This will flash on the screen before each game The number of possible ana grams is shown on the right side of the screen Playing the Games Playing the Games Type an anagram and then press EN TER Use the arrows to view anagrams you ve already entered Hold CAP and press to shuffle the letters in the selected word Press to end a round and reveal the remaining ana grams Highlight a w...

Page 17: ...OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied w...

Page 18: ...keyboard fails to respond or if its screen performs erratically first press CLEAR and then press ON OFF twice If nothing happens follow the steps below to reset it Warning Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may perma nentlydisableyourBOOKMAN Inaddition resettingyourBOOKMANuniterasesset tings and information entered into its built in book and in any installed books 1 Hold ...

Page 19: ...ngman game 14 Help finding 5 Highlighting words 10 Installing a book card 3 Messages add anyway 11 cancel 11 correction list 11 path is empty 10 type them in 13 view list empty 11 Misspellings correcting 9 Path list 10 Reviewing words 10 Searching for words 6 Shutoff changing 5 setting 5 Spelling finding tips 8 STAR key combinations 2 with CARD 12 with DN 6 with P 10 THES message 7 Thesaurus entri...

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