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Index

*'s, searching with  9
?* key  12
?'s, searching with  8
Anagrams  13
Arrow keys  8
Batteries, installing  4
Blue (RHYME) key  3, 11
Book Cards, installing  4
Books, selecting  5
Capitals  6
CARD key  5, 16
Color keys, understanding  3
Color keys, using  5
Confusables  12
Contrast, adjusting  6
Copyrights and trademarks  17
Crossword helper  8
Cursive letters, writing  9
Demonstration

disabling  6
enabling  6

Direction keys  3
Disable demo  6
Flashcards  14

Game Set-Up  12
Games

graphics  12
keeping score  13
skill levels  12, 13

GAMES (yellow) key  3, 12, 13
Green (SAY) key  3, 7, 8, 10
Handwriting  9
Hangman  13
Hearing

letters  7
words  7

HELP key  6
Help messages  6
Jumble  14
Keeping score  13
Keyboard echo  7
Keyboard Wizard  13
Letter Chase  14
Memory Challenge  15
Misspellings, correcting  7
Numbers, typing  3, 7, 9
Red (SPELL) key  3, 7, 8, 10
Resetting BOOKMAN  16

Summary of Contents for BOOKMAN SSA-840

Page 1: ...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 2: ...To learn how read this User s Guide Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card 4 Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys 5 Changing the Settings 6 Viewing a Demonstration 6 Hearing Letters and Words 7 Checking Spellings 7 Finding a Letter in a Word 8 Finding a Series of Letters 9 Learning to Write Letters and Words 9 Saving Words for Study 10 It s Time to Rhyme 11 Learning Confusable Words ...

Page 3: ...n unknown letter in a word with CAP types an to stand for a series of letters in a word SPACE Types a space or pages down Direction Keys Movesthroughtextormenus or moves the cursor or highlight DN UP Pages down or up Understanding the Color Keys The color 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 thei...

Page 4: ...ever 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 Installing Batteries Installing a Book Card Remo...

Page 5: ... from what you see on screen This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning 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 se lected a book card the color keys func tion as labe...

Page 6: ...en finished Changing the Settings Before you start using your new BOOKMAN you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do 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 use to highlight Setup and press ENTER High light Disable Demo and press ENTER To re...

Page 7: ...R 4 Use to highlight a correc tion if needed Checking Spellings You can hear letters numbers and punc tuation marks pronounced as you type them and words after you enter them Here s how 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word For example type wren If the keyboard echo has not been turned off you will hear each letter number or punctuation mark as you type To learn how to turn the keyboard echo on or off read ...

Page 8: ...wn letter You can type more than one ques tion mark in a word 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word with s For example type p rt 3 Press ENTER 4 Use to highlight a word 5 Press SAY green to hear the highlighted word pronounced 6 Use SPELL red to hear the high lighted word spelled aloud Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the scr...

Page 9: ...ear the highlighted word spelled 7 Press CLEAR when finished Learning to Write Letters and Words Your Speaking Spelling Ace can help you learn how to write manuscript block print ing andcursiveletters andcursivewords 1 Press MENU 2 Press ENTER toselectHandwriting 3 Use to highlight a category and then press ENTER For ex ample select Cursive Letters 4 Typealetterornumberandpress ENTER For example e...

Page 10: ... from the word list For example select ball Press SAY green to hear the word pronounced Press SPELL red to hear thewordspelledaloud Toseetheword written again press or ENTER You can create a User List of up to 20 words for study and review Words are listed in the order they are entered You can only add words to the User List that are in Speaking Spelling Ace s word list Adding and Viewing Words 1 ...

Page 11: ...hym ing words 4 Press to see and hear more rhyming words 5 To hear a rhyming word spelled use SPELL red 6 To hear the rhyming word pro nouncedagain press SAY green 7 Press BACK to go back to the word you typed 8 Press CLEAR when finished Other Ways to Add Words You can also add a word to your User List by entering it at the Type a word screen or by highlighting it in text To enter a word at the Ty...

Page 12: ...ronounced SAY hear a word spelled SPELL see rhyming words RHYME SpeakingSpellingAcehas11funandedu cationalwordgamesyoucanplay Youcan select the skill level and choose a word list you will play with You can also turn off the game graphics Here s how 1 Press GAMES yellow 2 Press ENTER toselectGameSet Up 3 Highlight Skill Level Word List or Turn Off Game Graphics 4 Press ENTER to select it 5 Press or...

Page 13: ...w Anagrams Anagrams challenges you to find all of the words that can occur within a given word Eachlettercanonlybeusedasmanytimes as it appears in the given word Each ana Playing the Games Nowthatyouhavethegameset let splay 1 Press GAMES yellow if not already at the Games list 2 Use or to highlight a game 3 Press ENTER to select it 4 Press CLEAR when finished Playing the Games Selecting the Game W...

Page 14: ...the word pronounced or RHYME blue toseeitsrhymingwords ifany Press SPACE tostartanewround Toselectanew game press GAMES yellow Jumble Jumble scrambles the letters of a mystery word You must unscramble all the letters to form the word s The number of words that can be formed appears to the right of the letters Type your guess and then press ENTER Toshuffletheletters hold CAP and press To quit and s...

Page 15: ...To select a new game press GAMES yellow Memory Challenge In Memory Challenge you start with one word and can go as far as your memory allows A word will appear briefly on the screen and then you will be asked to type it Eachwordmustbespelledcorrectlyand entered in the order in which it appeared Watchforawordtoappearandthenenter it at the Enter word 1 screen If you are right youwin Ifyou rewrong ty...

Page 16: ...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 nently disable your BOOKMAN In addi tion resettingBOOKMANerasessettings andinformationenteredintoitsbuilt inbook and in an installed book card 1 Hold CLEAR and press ON OFF If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paperclip ...

Page 17: ...ight 7 oz without batteries 1996FranklinElectronicPublishers Inc Burlington NJ 08016 4907 U S All rights reserved 1996 First Byte Inc All rights reserved 1995 Zaner Bloser FCC Notice Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This de...

Page 18: ...Y MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVEAND IS IN LIEU OFALL 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 ...

Page 19: ...word helper 8 Cursive letters writing 9 Demonstration disabling 6 enabling 6 Direction keys 3 Disable demo 6 Flashcards 14 Game Set Up 12 Games graphics 12 keeping score 13 skill levels 12 13 GAMES yellow key 3 12 13 Green SAY key 3 7 8 10 Handwriting 9 Hangman 13 Hearing letters 7 words 7 HELP key 6 Help messages 6 Jumble 14 Keeping score 13 Keyboard echo 7 Keyboard Wizard 13 Letter Chase 14 Memo...

Page 20: ...SAY green key 3 7 8 10 Set Shutoff 6 Setup menu 6 Shutoff time adjusting 6 Size and weight 17 SPELL red key 3 7 8 10 STAR key with CARD 16 User List 10 11 Viewing help messages 6 Word Blaster 15 Word Builder 15 Word Capture 15 Word Train 14 Yellow GAMES key 3 12 13 ...

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