Franklin BOOKMAN COL-640, User Manual

Page 1: ...RIDGE on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE 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 CARTRIDGE You may not export or re...

Page 2: ...list of tables contains useful information on subjects such as world moneys chemical ele ments and more You can find a word s inflected forms at the touch of a key and also correct misspellings save words to your User List and play five fun educa tional word games A list of the abbreviations used through outthisdictionarycanbefoundonpages 19 22 of this User s Guide To learn how to use other books ...

Page 3: ...s a to stand for an unknown letter in a word shifted types an to stand for a series of unknown letters Key Guide Direction Keys Move in indicated direction Page up or down Star Key Combinations CARD Sendsawordbetweenbooks Shows the next headword Shows the previous headword Q Shifts the top row of letters to type numbers Understanding the Color Keys The color keys red green yellow and blue perform ...

Page 4: ...d you re ready to start using BOOKMAN This section shows you how to install the batteries and other BOOKMAN car tridges and how to select which book you want to use It explains how to adjust the screen contrast type size and the automatic shutoff time You can watch an automatic demon stration of the main features of this dic tionary and learn how to get help at the touch of a key ...

Page 5: ...e when BOOKMAN is on If you do information that you en tered in its built in book and in an in stalled book cartridge will be erased 1 Turn BOOKMAN off 2 Turn BOOKMAN over 3 Align the tabs on the book cartridge with the notches in the slot 4 Press the cartridge down until it snaps into place Installing Cartridges Installing Batteries Removing Cartridges Warning When you remove a cartridge to insta...

Page 6: ... Remember the color keys for BOOK MAN book cartridges function as la belled on their cartridges not as on the keyboard Once you have installed a book car tridge in your BOOKMAN you must select which book you want to use 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 Some screen illustratio...

Page 7: ...s MENU 2 Press or to highlight the Setup menu 3 Highlight Change Font Set Shutoff or Set Contrast 4 Press ENTER to select it 5 Highlight a setting Or press or if you selected Set Contrast 6 Press ENTER to select it To exit without changing settings press BACK Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP Press the direction keys to read it To exit help...

Page 8: ...can add words to your User list and play five educational word games using your choice of settings to help build your vocabuluary If you have a BOOKMAN cartridge installed that can send and receive words you can send words between this dictionary and the cartridge Read on to learn how Looking Up Words 9 Searching the Word List 10 Choosing Multiple Forms 10 Highlighting Words 11 Correcting Misspell...

Page 9: ...anding Definitions The main word at the top of the dictionary entry is called the headword The headword is followed by the part of speech the approximate date of its origin and then its definition After the definition you may see usage examples and other forms of the word The asterisk in a geographical definition denotes that location is the capital city For the list of abbreviations in definition...

Page 10: ...s 4 Press ENTER to go to the high lighted word s definition 5 Press BACK to go back to the word list 6 Press CLEAR when done Choosing Multiple Forms There are so many definitions in this dictionary it is not uncommon for a word to have more than one form When the word you are looking up has multiple forms the different forms ap pear listed on the screen Simply se lect the form you want 1 Press CLE...

Page 11: ... the following To Press define the word ENTER view its inflections INFL add it to the User list LIST go back a screen BACK If you misspell a word don t worry You will go to a list of corrections 1 Type a misspelled word 2 Press ENTER This is the list of corrections 3 Press to highlight a correction if needed 4 Press ENTER to view its dictio nary entry To go back to the correction list press BACK 5...

Page 12: ...e an asterisk hold CAP and press 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to scroll down the list of matches 4 Select the match you want Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about the spelling of a word type a question mark in place of each unknown letter Use an asterisk to find prefixes suffixes and other parts of words Each asterisk stands for any number of letters NOTE If you type an aster isk at the beg...

Page 13: ...FL to move through the other verb forms To go to a previous verb form hold and press 5 Press CLEAR when done This dictionary includes tables that con tain useful information on topics such as chemical elements geologic time world moneys and more Here s how to find them 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press TABLES 3 Press to highlight a table Or type the name of the table at the list if you know it 4 Press ENTER t...

Page 14: ... the list 3 Press Y to erase the entire list Or press N to cancel Using the User List Using the User List You can create a User List of up to 20 words Use it to study word lists or use it as a placeholder for quick ac cess to the added words Words are listed in the order they are entered not alphabetically Only words in this dictionary can be added to the User list Adding a Word 1 Press LIST to go...

Page 15: ...u will play the games with by selecting Game Skill Levels from the Games list The skill level you choose will pertain to all the games 1 Press GAMES 2 Press ENTER to select Game Skill Levels 3 Select a skill level The check mark shows the selected item 4 Press GAMES to return to the Games menu Keeping Score Your score appears after each round of Hangman Jumble and Anagrams until you change games o...

Page 16: ...E Jumble Jumble shuffles the letters of a mystery word You must unscramble all the letters to form a word The number of words that can be formed appears to the right of the letters Type your guess and then press ENTER To shuffle the letters hold CAP and press The difficulty of the word is determined by the skill level To quit and see the answer press When there is more than one word highlight a wo...

Page 17: ...ok up the word if needed Type an anagram and then press ENTER Use the arrow keys to view anagrams you ve already entered Hold CAP and press to shuffle the letters of the given word Press to end a round and reveal the remaining anagrams Highlight a word and then press ENTER to see its dictionary definition Press BACK to exit Anagrams Word Builder Word Builder takes letters you ve typed and shuffles...

Page 18: ...m Webster s Collegiate Dic tionary Tenth Edition These abbrevia tions will appear in most dictionary entries You will also learn how to care for BOOKMAN cartridges and how to troubleshoot and reset BOOKMAN if needed Abbreviations in This Work 19 Cartridge Care 23 Resetting BOOKMAN 23 Limited Warranty 24 Copyrights Patents 24 Index 25 ...

Page 19: ...t Arm Armenian art article astron astronomer astronomy attrib attributive attributively atty attorney aug augmentative Austral Australian Av Avestan AV Authorized Version b born bacteriol bacteriologist B C before Christ British Columbia bef before Belg Belgian Beng Bengali bet between bib biblical biochem biochemist biol biologist Braz Brazilian BrazPg Brazilian Portuguese Bret Breton Brit Britai...

Page 20: ...French fem feminine Finn Finnish fl flourished Flem Flemish fr from Fr France French freq frequentative Fris Frisian ft feet fut future G German Gael Gaelic gen general genitive Ger German Gk Greek Gmc Germanic Goth Gothic gov governor govt government Gr Brit Great Britain Heb Hebrew hist historian Hitt Hittite Hung Hungarian Icel Icelandic IE Indo European imit imitative imper imperative incho in...

Page 21: ... noun N north northern naut nautical NE northeast neut neuter NewEng New England NewZeal New Zealand NGk New Greek NHeb New Hebrew NL New Latin No North nom nominative nonstand nonstandard Norw Norwegian nov novelist n pl noun plural NZ New Zealand obs obsolete occas occasionally OCS Old Church Slavonic OE Old English OF Old French OFris Old Frisian OHG Old High German OIr Old Irish OIt Old Italia...

Page 22: ... Scandinavian ScGael Scottish Gaelic Sch School Scot Scotland Scottish secy secretary Sem Seminary Semitic Shak Shakespeare sing singular Skt Sanskrit Slav Slavic So South SoAfr South Africa South African sociol sociologist Sp Span Spanish specif specifically spp species St Saint Ste Sainte subj subjunctive subsp subspecies substand substandard superl superlative Sw Swed Swedish syn synonym synony...

Page 23: ...ormation entered into its built inbook andinaninstalledcartridge 1 Hold CLEAR and press ON OFF 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 the battery cover or near the cartridge slot Troubleshooting BOOKMAN Make sure your book cartridge if any is installed correctly C...

Page 24: ...you may also have additional rights which vary from State to State This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law FRANKLIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF YOUR PURCHASE THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF...

Page 25: ...ionary 9 Cartridges caring for 23 installing 5 removing 5 Changing BOOKMAN s settings 7 15 Color keys understanding 3 using 6 Correction lists 11 Definitions finding 9 understanding 9 Demonstration 7 DN key 3 9 Erasing a letter 9 Expanding a menu item 13 Flashcards game 16 Games playing 15 Hangman game 16 Help finding 7 Highlighting words 11 Inflections finding 13 Installing batteries 5 cartridges...

Page 26: ... books 17 STAR key combinations 3 with CARD 17 with DN 9 with UP 9 Tables viewing 13 Troubleshooting BOOKMAN 23 Tutorial reading 7 UP key 3 9 User list adding a highlighted word 14 adding a word 14 deleting a word 14 erasing the list 14 Index Verb forms 13 Warranty 24 Word Builder game 17 Word list searching 10 ...

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