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MWD-1470

Dictionary &

Thesaurus

User’s Guide

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Summary of Contents for Dictionary & Thesaurus MWD-1470

Page 1: ...MWD 1470 Dictionary Thesaurus User s Guide www franklin com ...

Page 2: ...M WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUND ED ELECTRONIC REFERENCE means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Limited Use License All rights in the ELECTRONIC REFER ENCE remain the property of FRANKLIN Through your purchase FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license...

Page 3: ...EFERENCE You may not export or reexport directly or indirectly the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations The ELECTRONIC REFER ENCE contains Franklin s confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unau thorized disclosure or use This license is effective until terminated This license termi nates immediate...

Page 4: ...es for an entry Organizer Keys CLOCK Goes to the Clock DATA Goes to the Databank menu CALC Goes to the Calculator CONV Goes to the Converter CURR Goes to the Currency Converter 4 Each unlabeled key at the top of the key board corresponds to the function displayed at the bottom of the screen directly above that key Press the corresponding key to per form the function you want ...

Page 5: ... the Calculator In the Converter and Databank goes to its main menu Backs up erases a letter or turns off the highlight at an entry Enters a word selects an item or begins a highlight in an entry Goes to the Organizer Clock Databank Calculator Converter and Currency Converter Displays the main menus for the dictionary 5 ...

Page 6: ...rd At a menu displays a menu item At a dictionary entry displays the headword In games reveals the word and for feits the game Shifts to type capital letters and punctuation marks Shifts to allow prev next and to type a hyphen or ñ Exits the book you were reading 6 ...

Page 7: ...ys the next or previous entry Transfers a word between books J Types a hyphen M Types an _ Types an apostrophe _ Types a slash At the Word Entry screen types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word In games gives a hint 7 Hold the first key while pressing the second or or ...

Page 8: ...Direction Keys Move up or down located on the side of the device Move left or right At menus and dictionary entries pages down At the Word Entry screen types a space 8 ...

Page 9: ...es Your unit is equipped with several special features that many but not all BOOKMAN book cards use To learn if you can use the special features with a particular book card read its User s Guide 9 On Off Function Keys Up Down ...

Page 10: ...ach of these unla beled keys corresponds to the diction ary or organizer function that appears directly above it on the screen Up Down Scrolls up or down one line at a time moves the highlight in the indicated direction or moves between menu items 10 ...

Page 11: ...he card slot is located on the back of the unit It enables you to read electronic books purchased from www franklin com and is compatible with all BOOKMAN and BMC cards Battery Compartment The battery compartment is located on the back of the unit It holds two AAA batteries 11 Serial Port Battery Compartment Book Card Slot ...

Page 12: ...ct off and turn it over 2 Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by push ing up on the catch 3 Remove the old batteries 4 Install the batteries following the markings in the battery compartment 5 Replace the battery cover Warning If the batteries wear out completely or if you take more than a few seconds while changing the bat teries any information that was entered in the built in boo...

Page 13: ...show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus or view more text Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP Press or to read To exit help press BACK About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Guide may differ slightly from what you see on screen This does not mean that your unit is malfunc tioning 13 ...

Page 14: ...Using the Main Menu When you press MENU you will see six icons Use these to quickly take you to different parts of your diction ary Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon you want and press ENTER 14 ...

Page 15: ...rstanding the Menu Goes to the dictionary Word Entry screen Goes to the thesaurus Word Entry screen Goes to the Learning Exercises menu Goes to the Games menu Goes to My Word List Goes to the Tools menu 15 ...

Page 16: ... highlight either Tutorial or View Demo and press ENTER To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Word Entry screen press CLEAR To go to the main menu press MENU When a book card is installed in your product select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card 16 ...

Page 17: ...ype size The shut off time is how long your product stays on if you forget to turn it off Learn a Word helps you increase your vocbulary by displaying a differ ent headword and definition each time you turn on your dictionary 1 Press MENU 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight and press ENTER 3 Settings will be highlighted Press ENTER to select it 17 ...

Page 18: ...4 Press or to move to Learn a Word Contrast Shutoff or Type Size 5 Press or to change the setting Your changes are automatically saved 6 Press ENTER when done 18 ...

Page 19: ...the Word Entry screen 1 Press DICT Or you can press MENU highlight and press ENTER 2 Type a word To erase a letter press BACK To type a capital hold CAP and press a letter key To type a hyphen hold FN and press J 3 Press ENTER to view the defini tion 19 ...

Page 20: ...s defini tion 6 Press CLEAR when done Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form e g resume resumé When the word you are looking up has multiple forms the different forms appear in a list Simply highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dic 20 ...

Page 21: ...ume at the Word Entry screen Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry To go back to the Multiple Forms list press BACK Correcting Misspellings If you enter a misspelled word a list of corrections appears 21 ...

Page 22: ...o see its dic tionary entry Understanding Definitions Dictionary entries consist of head words parts of speech and defini tions Other forms of the word may follow the headword After the translation or definition you may see a list of usage examples 22 ...

Page 23: ...ress MENU highlight and press ENTER 2 Type a word To erase a letter press BACK To type a capital hold CAP and press a letter key To type a hyphen hold FN and press J 3 Press ENTER to view the the saurus entry 4 Press or SPACE to read the entry 23 ...

Page 24: ...ry consists of a group of synonyms antonyms and classmates Synonyms are words that have similar meanings e g happy joyous Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of the word being defined e g happy unhappy Classmates are words that are related in some way to the word being defined e g octagon polygon triangle rectangle pentagon 24 ...

Page 25: ... of the screen Often either THES or CONF or both will flash briefly THES means the word you looked up has a thesaurus entry If you see THES flash press THES to view the thesaurus entry CONF means the word you looked up has a confusable If you see CONF flash press CONF to view the confusables 25 ...

Page 26: ...usables are homonyms homo phones and spelling variants that are easy to confuse e g rain reign rein If the word you looked up is a confusable CONF will flash once in the upper right of the screen Press CONF to view the confusables 26 ...

Page 27: ...onary entries thesaurus entries or word lists You can then find their defini tions thesaurus entries or add them to My Word List 1 At any text press ENTER to start the highlight To turn the highlight off press BACK 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want 27 ...

Page 28: ...To Press define the word ENTER view the thesaurus THES entry add word to My LEARN Word List 3 Press CLEAR when done 28 ...

Page 29: ...ter To find prefixes suffixes and other parts of words type an asterisk in a word Each asterisk stands for a series of letters Note If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word it may take a little while to find the matching words 1 Press DICT 2 Type a word with s and s To type an asterisk hold down CAP and press 29 ...

Page 30: ... Learning Exercises Using Learning Exercises you can test your spelling improve your vocabulary and browse a list of words that commonly appear on the Scholastic Assessment Test SAT 30 SAT is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board which was not involved in the production of and does not endorse this product ...

Page 31: ...ER 2 Highlight Spelling Bee and then press ENTER My Spelling Bee uses words on My Word List SAT Spelling Bee uses words on the SAT Word List Note Because you cannot enter accents accented words in My Word List will not appear in My Spelling Bee 3 Select the list you want and 31 ...

Page 32: ...ord will flash on the screen for you to spell 4 Type in the word you just saw and press ENTER to see if you spelled it right 5 Press ENTER to see the defini tion of the word or press THES to see the thesaurus entry 32 ...

Page 33: ...d 7 Press CLEAR when done Flashcards 1 Press LEARN 2 Highlight Flashcards and then press ENTER My Flashcards uses words on My Word List SAT Flashcards uses words on the SAT Word List 3 Select the list you want and press ENTER 33 ...

Page 34: ...r you to study or define If need ed press ENTER to see the defi nition Press BACK to return to Flashcards 4 Press SPACE for a new word 5 Press CLEAR when done SAT Word List 1 Press LEARN 2 Highlight SAT Word List and then press ENTER 34 ...

Page 35: ...h the SAT Word List You can also type a letter to go to the first word beginning with that letter For example type t Press ENTER or THES at any word to view its definition or the saurus entry Press BACK to return to the list 35 ...

Page 36: ...tudy or review The list is saved between sessions unless the batteries run out of power or your product is reset Adding Words from the Learning Exercises Menu 1 Press LEARN Or you can press MENU highlight press ENTER and skip to step 3 2 Highlight My Word List and then press ENTER 36 ...

Page 37: ...3 Press or to highlight Add a Word and press ENTER 4 Type a word you want to remember or use later 5 Press ENTER to add the word 6 Press CLEAR when done 37 ...

Page 38: ...dd words to My Word List directly from the Word Entry screen 1 Press DICT 2 Type the word you want to add to your word list e g elegant 3 Press LEARN Add will be highlighted 4 Press ENTER to add the word 5 Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen 38 ...

Page 39: ...tion lists First highlight a word and then press LEARN Add your word will be highlighted Press ENTER to add the word Viewing My Word List 1 Press LEARN 2 Highlight My Word List and then press ENTER 3 View List will be highlighted Press ENTER to view the list View List Empty will be displayed 39 ...

Page 40: ... s Removing a Word from My Word List 1 Press LEARN 2 Highlight My Word List and then press ENTER 3 Highlight Delete a Word and press ENTER 4 Use to highlight the word you want to remove 5 Press ENTER to delete that word Erasing My Word List 1 Press LEARN 2 Highlight My Word List and then 40 ...

Page 41: ...ncel Adding Words Not in This Dictionary When you add a word not in this dictionary you re given three options Add Anyway Cancel and Correction List Highlight the option you want and press ENTER Caution Adding words that are not in this dictionary uses considerably more memory than adding words 41 ...

Page 42: ...n as few as 10 words Playing The Games You have nine fun games to choose from Changing Game Settings Before you play you can choose the source and size of the words the skill level and whether or not graph ics will be used 1 Press GAMES Or you can press MENU highlight and press ENTER 42 ...

Page 43: ...ld down CAP and press to highlight Game Settings and press ENTER 3 Use or to move to Words Skill or Graphics Words chooses the source of the words All of them SAT Word List My Word List or Enter your own 43 ...

Page 44: ... list use or to move the highlight to the game of your choice and press ENTER Getting Help in the Games During any game you can read instructions by pressing HELP In all games except Tic Tac Toe and Link Four you can get a hint by hold ing CAP and pressing or reveal the game word by pressing Note If you reveal the game word you lose the round 44 ...

Page 45: ...an save two times Home time and World time 1 Press ORG 2 Press CLOCK to toggle between Home time and World time 3 From Home time press ENTER to set the time and date 4 Use or to scroll through the options in the highlighted field 5 Use or to move to anoth er field 45 ...

Page 46: ...oggle to World time 8 Set the World time the same way you set the Home time Using the Databank Adding Entries You can store as many as 100 names telephone numbers and addresses in the Databank The total number of names you can add depends on the size of each entry 1 Press ORG 2 Press DATA 46 ...

Page 47: ...y and then press ENTER 4 Type a name and press ENTER 5 Type a phone number and press ENTER Note Q P will type numbers 0 9 automatically To type a letter from this row hold FN and press the letter key To type a hyphen hold 47 ...

Page 48: ... M 7 Press MENU to go to the dic tionary Viewing or Editing Entries 1 Press ORG 2 Press DATA 3 Highlight View XX entries XX free and then press ENTER 4 To edit an entry highlight it and press ENTER Type your changes Use to move the cursor use BACK to delete 5 Press ENTER to move to the number field 48 ...

Page 49: ...BACK to cancel your changes 7 Press MENU to go to the dic tionary Deleting Entries 1 Press ORG 2 Press DATA 3 Highlight Delete an Entry and then press ENTER 4 Highlight the entry you want to delete and press ENTER 5 To delete all databank entries highlight Erase the List in the Databank Menu and then press ENTER 49 ...

Page 50: ...n use a password to prevent unauthorized access to the Databank Warning Always write the password in a safe separate location If you lose or forget the password you will be able to use the Databank again only by remov ing the batteries from your BOOKMAN which will permanently erase all the information stored in the Databank 50 ...

Page 51: ...ss ENTER 4 Type a password of up to eight characters and press ENTER Use to move the cursor use BACK to delete 5 Press C to confirm or CLEAR to cancel the password The password you set will be requested the first time that the Databank is used during a ses sion 51 ...

Page 52: ...eps 1 5 To remove a password press ENTER at the blank password screen 7 Press MENU to go to the diction ary Using the Calculator 1 Press ORG 2 Press CALC 3 Type a number Note Q P will type numbers 0 9 automatically You can type up to 52 ...

Page 53: ... the sign of a number press Z 4 Press a math function key 5 Type another number 6 Press ENTER To repeat the calculation press ENTER again To Calculate Press reciprocals FN A squares FN D percentages FN F square roots FN S negative numbers FN Z 53 ...

Page 54: ... Using the Calculator Memory 1 In the Calculator make a calcu lation or type a number 2 To add the number on the screen to the number stored in memory press X M To subtract the num ber on the screen from the num ber stored in memory press C M M indicates the number is stored in memory 54 ...

Page 55: ...ve the number from memory press V MR 4 To clear the memory press B MC Using the Metric Converter 1 Press ORG 2 Press CONV 3 Use to select a conversion category e g Weights 4 Select a conversion e g grams ounces 55 ...

Page 56: ...e units Note Q P will type numbers 0 9 automatically Press or to move between the lines Press BACK to delete a number 6 Press ENTER to convert it 7 Press CLEAR to clear the cur rent conversion 8 Press MENU to go to the dic tionary 56 ...

Page 57: ...r a conversion rate The rate should be in units of the other currency per one unit of the home currency n other 1 home 4 Enter an amount for the home or other currency Press or to move between the lines Use BACK to delete a number 5 Press ENTER to convert it 57 ...

Page 58: ... turn it over 2 Remove the blank protector or any other book card that might be installed 3 Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot 58 This unit may change operating modes due to Electrostatic Discharge Normal operation of this unit can be re established by pressing the reset key or by removing replacing batteries ...

Page 59: ...Press the book card down until it snaps into place Warning Never install or remove a book card while your product is on Any information that was entered in the built in book or book card will be erased 59 ...

Page 60: ...lled in the product you can select which book you want to use 1 Turn your product on 2 Press CARD Icons appear for each available book 3 Press or to highlight your selection 4 Press ENTER to select it 5 Press CARD to return to the card menu 60 ...

Page 61: ... problem remove the card and then remove the white rubber strip with your fingers and then replace it making sure it is com pletely in its notch Using Function Keys in Book Cards The function keys appear at the top of the keyboard on your unit These keys correspond in the order listed to the dictionary and organizer keys at the bottom of the screen The diction ary function keys change with the 61 ...

Page 62: ...d you will exit the book card You must press CARD and select your book card to return to it The function keys on your unit corre spond to the function keys on your card as illustrated below 62 Function keys on unit Function keys on book card This key may not be assigned a function when using a book card ...

Page 63: ...roduct and that book card must be able to send or receive words To learn if a book card can send or receive words read its User s Guide 1 Highlight a word in this dictionary To highlight a word in a dictionary entry press ENTER to start the highlight and use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want 2 Hold FN and press CARD 3 Highlight the icon of the other book 63 ...

Page 64: ...Your Product If the keyboard fails to respond or if the screen performs erratically per form a system reset by following the steps below 1 Hold CLEAR and press If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on your unit The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole below the book card slot 64 ...

Page 65: ...sing the reset but ton with more than light pressure may permanently disable your product In addition resetting product erases settings and infor mation entered in its built in book and in an installed bookcard 65 ...

Page 66: ... without batteries 2002 2004 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved 1997 Merriam Webster Incorporated FCC Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE U S Patents 4 830 618 4 891 775 5 113 340 5 203 705 5 218 536 5 295 070 5 396 606 5 497 474 5 627 726 5 895 463 ISBN 1 59074 261 3 66 ...

Page 67: ...ges or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential ins...

Page 68: ...rning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for he...

Page 69: ...ED WARRANTY DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED REMEDY A LIMITED WARRANTY Franklin warrants to the original end user that for a period of one 1 year from the origi nal date of purchase as evidenced by a copy of your receipt your franklin prod uct shall be free from defects in materi als and workmanship This limited war ranty does not include damage due to acts of god accident misuse abuse neglige...

Page 70: ...y This remedy is your exclusive reme dy for breach of this warranty This war ranty gives you certain rights you may also have other legislated rights that may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction B DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Except for the limited warranties expressly recited above this franklin is provided on an as is basis without any other warranties or conditions ex...

Page 71: ...special or consequential damages whatsoever including but not limited to loss of revenue or profit lost or damaged data or other commercial or economic loss even if we have been advised of the possibility of such dam ages or they are otherwise foresee able We are also not responsible for claims by a third party Our maximum aggregate liability to you and that of our dealers and suppliers shall not ...

Page 72: ... and conditions are limited to the duration of the express warranty granted herein C WARRANTY SERVICE Upon dis covering a defect you must call franklin s customer service desk 1 800 266 5626 to request a return merchan dise authorization rma number before returning the product trans portation charges prepaid to FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISH ERS INC ATTN SERVICE DEPARTMENT ONE FRANKLIN PLAZA BURLINGT...

Page 73: ...pt as proof of your origi nal date of purchase You must also write the rma prominently on the pack age if you return the product otherwise there may be a lengthy delay in the pro cessing of your return We strongly rec ommend using a trackable form of deliv ery to franklin for your return 73 ...

Page 74: ...or any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials Products purchased outside the European Union and Switzerland that are returned under warranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof of pur chase is provided This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse accidental dam age or wea...

Page 75: ... due to faulty workmanship or mate rials Products purchased outside the United States the European Union and Switzerland that are returned under war ranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof of pur chase is provided This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse accidental damage ...

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