Franklin BOOKMAN MWD-2001, User Manual

Page 1: ... E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D BOOKMAN Dictionary and Thesaurus USER S GUIDE MWD 2001 ...

Page 2: ...CARD on a single FRANKLIN BOOK MAN 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 reverse engineer the BOOKMAN BOOK CARD You may not export or ree...

Page 3: ...entries with 496 000 synonyms as well as correct misspell Installing a Book Card Selecting a Book 3 Using the Color Keys Changing Settings 4 Viewing a Demonstration 5 Finding Definitions 5 Finding Words in Definitions 6 Finding Synonyms 6 Finding Spellings 7 Finding Parts of Words 8 Correcting Misspellings 8 Highlighting Words 9 Finding Confusables 9 Reviewing Words 10 Saving Words 10 Sending a Wo...

Page 4: ...R Clears to Enter your word ENTER Enters a search selects a menu item or starts a highlight HELP Shows help messages MENU Shows the main menus CARD Exits the selected book ON OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off Types a to stand for an unknown letter in a word shifted types an to stand for a series of unknown letters Key Guide Hold while pressing the other key Understanding the Color Keys The color keys re...

Page 5: ...ing a Book Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN you must select which book you want to use 1 Turn your 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 Removing a Book Card Warning When you remove a book card to install another information that you have entered in the removed book card will be erased About Scr...

Page 6: ...t The font size changes the number of lines of text that appear on screen The shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press MENU 3 Press the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu 4 Highlight Set Font Set Shutoff or Set Contrast 5 Press ENTER 6 Highlight a setting Or press or if you selected Set Contrast To exit without changing settings press BACK 7 ...

Page 7: ... 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word e g knowledge You cannot type capitals To erase a letter press BACK 3 Press ENTER This is a dictionary entry 4 Press or SPACE to read 5 Hold and press DN to view the next dictionary entry alphabetically listed 6 Press CLEAR when done Viewing a Demonstration Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP Press the direction k...

Page 8: ...urus entry To return to the previous thesaurus entry hold and press UP 6 Press CLEAR when done Search for a Word lets you find all of the definitions in which a specific word ap pears 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press MENU 3 Select Search for a word from the CMDS menu 4 Type a word e g legal 5 Press ENTER 6 Press or SPACE to read 7 Hold and press DN repeatedly to view the next dictionary entry with your word ...

Page 9: ... word is h and its last letter is w Enter h w to view possible answers Understanding Thesaurus Entries A thesaurus entry consists of a thesaurus meaning and a synonym list A thesaurus meaning is a definition shared by a list of synonyms Two Ways to Back Up Pressing BACK takes you back to the previous screen you viewed You can continue to back up until you get to Enter your word Holding and pressin...

Page 10: ...pe an asterisk hold CAP and press 2 Press ENTER 3 Highlight a match 4 Press ENTER to define it To go back to the list of matches press BACK 5 Press CLEAR when done Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word don t worry It will be corrected automatically 1 Type a misspelled word To erase a letter press BACK 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to highlight a correction 4 Press ENTER to view its dictio nary en...

Page 11: ...row keys to highlight a word 3 Do one of the following To Press define the word ENTER view a thesaurus THES red entry view Confusables CONF green add word to User list LIST blue Confusables are words that sound alike but are spelled differently If a word has Confusables CONF will flash once in the upper right of the screen Try this example 1 Type a word e g rein 2 Press CONF green Or hold and pres...

Page 12: ...thesaurus THES red entry view Confusables CONF green add word to User list LIST blue 4 Press BACK to go back to the list 5 Press CLEAR when done Reviewing Words You can save up to 40 words in your User list for personal study or review The User list is saved between sessions unless the batteries run out of power or your BOOKMAN is reset Here is how to save your first word 1 Press LIST blue If you ...

Page 13: ...lete it Deleting Your User List 1 Press LIST blue 2 Select Erase List 3 Press Y to erase the entire list Or press N to cancel Adding Words Not Found in This Dictionary When you try to add a word not in this dictionary you re given three options from which to choose Cancel Add anyway and Correction list Caution Adding words that are not in this dictionary uses considerably more memory than adding w...

Page 14: ...ng Words for more detail 2 Hold and press CARD 3 Highlight the other book 4 Press ENTER The word that you highlighted appears in the other book 5 Press ENTER to look up the word Changing Game Settings You can change the game settings at any time Each setting applies to all the games 1 Press MENU 2 Press to highlight the Game menu 3 Highlight an option 4 Press ENTER 5 Highlight a setting 6 Press EN...

Page 15: ...he s For a hint hold CAP and press Or press to end the round NOTE If you ask for a hint you will lose the round Press SPACE to start a new round Press ENTER to define the word Press BACK to exit a game and view the games list Anagrams Anagrams challenges you to find all of the words that can occur within a se lected word Each letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the selected word...

Page 16: ...me You and the train take turns typing let ters to form a word Whoever types the last letter wins To view the letters you can type at your turn hold CAP and press Or press to end a round and reveal the word Press ENTER to define the word Book Card Care Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards Caution Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects including your fingers...

Page 17: ... EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL 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 the exclusion of implied warranti...

Page 18: ...136 379 Pat Pend ISBN 1 56712 134 9 Resetting BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re spond or if its screen performs erratically 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 resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and informat...

Page 19: ...ling a book card 3 Messages add anyway 11 cancel 11 correction list 11 path is empty 10 type them in 12 view list empty 10 Patents 16 Path list 10 Question mark key 7 13 Resetting BOOKMAN 16 Reviewing words 10 Searching for words 6 Shutoff changing 4 setting 4 Spelling correcting 8 Spelling finding tips 7 STAR key with C 9 with CARD 12 with DN 5 6 with P 10 with T 6 THES message 6 Thesaurus entrie...