DMQ-440N
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Queen’s English
Dictionary
& Thesaurus
USER’S GUIDE
Page 1: ...DMQ 440N Queen s English Dictionary Thesaurus USER S GUIDE ...
Page 2: ...Warning Gently pull the battery insulation sheet to remove it Use a thin pointed object to press the reset button on the back of the device ...
Page 3: ...on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN CARD or of the data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of ap plicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble de compile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN CARD You may not export or reexport directly...
Page 4: ...r list and play three fun educational word games To learn how to use other books read their User s Guides Installing Batteries and Cards 4 Selecting Books and Using the Colour Keys 5 Changing Settings and Viewing a Demonstration 6 Finding Definitions 7 Finding Words in Definitions 7 Correcting Misspellings 8 Reviewing Words 8 Finding a Letter and a Series of Letters 9 Finding Synonyms 10 Finding C...
Page 5: ...known letter in a word shifted types an to stand for a series of unknown letters Arrow Keys Move up or down in text or lists darken or lighten contrast at the Entry screen Move left or right Star Key Combinations Sendsawordbetweenbooks Shows the next match Shows the previous match Types a hyphen Understanding the Colour Keys The colour keys red green yellow and blue perform the functions listed ab...
Page 6: ...ntered in its built in book and in an installed book card will be erased 1 Turn BOOKMAN off 2 Turn BOOKMAN over 3 Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot 4 Press the card down until it snaps into place Installing Cards Installing Batteries Battery Information 1 Different types of batteries or new and used batteries are not to be mixed 2 Only batteries of the same or equivalent...
Page 7: ...led on that card Remember the colour keys for BOOKMAN book cards function as labelled on their cards not as on the keyboard Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN you must select which book you want to use 1 Turn BOOKMAN on 2 Press These are sample books 3 Press or to highlight the book you want to use 4 Press to select it About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this U...
Page 8: ...f lines of text that appear on screen The shut off time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off 1 Press 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu 3 Highlight Set Font Set Shutoff or Set Contrast 4 Press 5 Highlight a setting Or press and if you selected Set Contrast 6 Press to select it Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen When you turn BOOK...
Page 9: ...word appears 1 Press 2 Press 3 Select Search for a word from the Other menu 4 Type a word e g legal 5 Press 6 Hold and press to view the next definition that includes your word To view the previous one hold and press 7 Press or to move down 8 Press when finished FindingWordsinDefinitions Browsing the Dictionary While in a definition hold and press to view the next dictio nary definition To view th...
Page 10: ... Press when finished Correcting Misspellings Reviewing 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 1 Select View Path list from the Other menu This is a sample Path list If you haven t looked up any words you see Path is empty 2 Press to highlight a word 3 Press to define it 4 Press to vie...
Page 11: ... five letter word is h and its last letter is w Enter h w to see possible answers To find prefixes suffixes and other parts of words type 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 and press 2 Press 3 Highlight a match if needed 4 ...
Page 12: ... In dictionary entries the headword appears in bold with hyphenation points followed by its part of speech NOTE If the word you are searching for is grouped under a different headword you ll go to the middle of the definition Understanding Synonym Lists Synonym lists start with your search word and then list the synonyms that have similar meanings Looking Up a Word from a List If you see a word in...
Page 13: ...rrow keys to high light a word 3 Do one of the following To Press define the word view a synonym list view Confusables add word to User list Confusables are homonyms and spell ing variants that are easy to confuse If a word has Confusables will flash once in the upper right of the screen 1 Type a word e g rein 2 Press 3 Press Confusables come with identifying words 4 Press and then use the arrow k...
Page 14: ... Words At any text you can highlight a word and add it to your User list 1 At text press to start the highlight 2 Highlight a word 3 Press 4 Select Add your word Using the User List Using the User List You can create a User list of approxi mately 35 words You can even add words to your User list that are not in this dictionary Here s how to add and to view a word 1 Press to view the User list menu...
Page 15: ...in a list press the arrow keys To highlight a word in text press and then press the arrow keys 2 Hold and press 3 Highlight the other book 4 Press The word that you highlighted appears in the other book 5 Press 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 2 Select Delete word 3 Highlight a word on the list 4 Press to delete it 5 Pre...
Page 16: ...el of difficulty Keeping Score Your score automatically appears after each round of Hangman and Word Train until you exit the game Changing Game Settings Playing the Games Now that you have the games set let s play 1 Press 2 Press or to highlight a game 3 Press to start it 4 Press to start a new round You can change the game settings at any time Each setting applies to all the games 1 Press 2 Pres...
Page 17: ...view the dictionary definition of the word Playing the Games Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word indicated by s one letter at a time The number of guesses you can make appears to the right of the s For a hint hold and press Or press to end the round NOTE If you ask for a hint you will lose the round Press to start a new round Press to view the definition of the word Press to exi...
Page 18: ...sing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN Inaddition resettingBOOKMANerases settings and information entered into its built in book and in an installed card 1 Hold and press If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paperclip to gently press BOOKMAN s reset button The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole on the back of BOOK MAN Look for it on...
Page 19: ...070 5 321 609 5 333 313 European Patent 0 136 379 Pat Pend ISBN 1 56712 190 X This unit may change operating modes due to Electro static Discharge Nor mal operation of this unit can be re established by pressing the reset key ON OFF or by removing replacing bat teries 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 f...
Page 20: ...sage 10 User List adding words not in dictionary 12 viewing list 12 WordTrain game 15 key 9 15 Anagrams game 15 Arrow keys 6 Changing Bookman s settings 6 CONF message 11 Confusables finding 11 Correcting misspellings 8 Demonstration 6 Games changing settings 14 playing 14 Hangman game 15 Help finding 6 Highlighting words 11 Messages add anyway 12 cancel 12 correction list 12 path is empty 8 type ...
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