Franklin BOOKMAN QTS-2040, User Manual

Page 1: ... E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D BOOKMAN USER S GUIDE QTS 2040 Bartlett s Familiar Quotations ...

Page 2: ... CARD on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN BOOK CARD 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 BOOK CARD You may not export or re...

Page 3: ...otations fun Let s get started Key Guide 2 Installing a Book Card 3 Selecting a Book 3 Using the Color Keys 4 Viewing a Demonstration 4 Changing the Settings 5 Finding Quotations by Searching for Words 5 Finding Quotations by Author 7 Finding Quotations by Time Period 8 Highlighting Search Words 10 Reading Footnotes and Cross references 10 Playing Cryptomania 11 Playing Guess the Author 12 Changin...

Page 4: ... on or off At a quotation displays its author s In a game reveals the answer and ends the round ENTER Highlights a footnote or cross reference CAP In the Cryptomania game reveals a letter Direction Keys Scroll line by line DN UP Scroll screen by screen SPACE Pages down or types a space DN or UP Display the next or pre vious quotation CAP or Go to the top or bot tom of a menu or quotation To use a ...

Page 5: ...ing a Book Card Selecting a Book Removing a Book Card Warning When you remove a book card from your BOOKMAN information that you entered in the removed book card will be erased Once you ve installed a book card in your BOOKMAN you can select which book you want to use 1 Turn your BOOKMAN on 2 Press CARD These are sample books 3 Press or to highlight a book symbol 4 Press ENTER to select it Resumin...

Page 6: ... change their functions ac cording to which book you re using If you ve selected the built in book the color keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard If you ve selected a book card the color keys function as labeled 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 Viewing a Demonstration Help is Always at Hand You...

Page 7: ...llow the Arrows The flashing arrows that you see on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to scroll through menus or text You can find quotations by searching for virtually any words that occur in quotations You can also search for authors names Searching for words is sometimes the quickest way to find the quotation you want 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type one or more words e g road tra...

Page 8: ...ords Each time that you press MORE the previous matches are dis carded and new matches of synonyms and similar words are found Searching for Common Words When you search for short com mon words such as the and to you ll find only the most famous memorable or important quota tions containing those words Note If you expand a multiple word search that contains common words the common words may not be...

Page 9: ... press ENTER to see its quotations Finding Quotations by Author If you know the name of the author it s easy to find his or her quotations using the Authors menu The Au thors menu lists the quoted authors alphabetically by their last names Follow these steps 1 Press AUTH the red key The Authors menu is highlighted 2 Start typing an author s last name e g Tu for Harriet Tubman To undo a letter pres...

Page 10: ...ighted press ENTER 5 Highlight an author e g Samuel Johnson Finding Quotations by Time Period Finding Quotations by Author About Quotations in Footnotes Sometimes when you select a name from the Authors menu you ll see a screen like this Select Quotations to go the main quotations by that author Select Note to see notes on or quotations by that author found in the footnotes of quotations by other ...

Page 11: ...ct a submenu e g Old Testament Finding Quotations by Time Period How Quotations Are Listed Regardless of how you find a quo tation the quotations themselves are listed by author in the order of the authors birth years and alpha betically for authors born in the same year For example when you scroll past Harriet Tubman s last quotation the next quotations are by John Tyndall who was also born in 18...

Page 12: ...atches 6 Press MENU to see the matches listed on the menus 7 Press CLEAR when done Reading Footnotes and Cross references Many quotations in this book have footnotes marked with an N And many footnotes have cross refer ences to other quotations marked with a Q for quotation Here s an example of how to read them 1 From the Authors menu select Aesop To learn how read Finding Quo tations by Author No...

Page 13: ...ype letters in the blanks 5 To erase a typed letter press BACK or type a letter over it the footnote Notice the Q after Fontaine It indi cates a cross reference to another quotation 5 Press ENTER and then use the arrow keys to highlight the Q 6 Press ENTER to see the cross referenced quotation 7 Press BACK go back to the footnote 8 Press BACK again to go back to the original quotation Reading Foot...

Page 14: ...TER If you can t guess press to see the author and lose the round 5 Type an author s last name and first name if needed 6 When the name you want is highlighted press ENTER 7 Press ENTER again to play an other round Playing Guess the Author Cryptomania Tips Decode short words first They re easier For example a group of three letters such as XFR is likely to decode as and the his etc Look for coded ...

Page 15: ... current level 3 Highlight a skill level and then press ENTER to select it Changing the Skill Level Sending Words Between Books This BOOKMAN book card can send words to and receive words from cer tain other BOOKMAN books You can use this feature to look up words from and in other books To send or receive words you must first install at least one book card in your BOOKMAN In addition the in stalled...

Page 16: ...This unit may change operating modes due to Electro static Discharge Normal operation of this unit can be re established by pressing the reset key ON OFF or by removing replacing batteries If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re spond or if its screen performs errati cally first press CLEAR and then press ON OFF twice If nothing happens follow the steps below Warning Pressing the reset button with mor...

Page 17: ...TY Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long a warranty lasts This warranty gives you specific rights 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 TOANY OTHER PERS...

Page 18: ... 13 type size 5 Chronology menu 8 Color keys functions of 2 understanding 2 using 4 Common words searching for 6 Correcting misspelled search words 6 Cross references highlighting 11 reading 11 understanding 11 Cryptomania game playing 11 tips 12 Demonstration viewing 4 Direction keys 2 Expanding a word searches 6 FCC Notice 15 Finding biblical quotations 9 Cryptomania letters 12 Guess the Author ...

Page 19: ...viewing author s of 9 Reading cross references 11 footnotes 10 quotations 7 Removing book cards 3 Resume feature 3 Screen contrast changing 5 Searches correcting misspellings 6 entering words 5 expanding 6 for common words 6 highlighting words 10 Searching for words in other books 13 Selecting books 3 Setup menu 4 5 Shakespeare quotations 8 Shutoff time 5 Skill level of the games changing 13 under...

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