Franklin BOOKMAN MWS-840, User Manual

Page 1: ...Dictionary Thesaurus User sGuide MWS 840 Electronic Publishers ...

Page 2: ...se the BOOKMAN BOOK 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 m...

Page 3: ...isspellings save words to your User list and play three fun educational word games To learn how to use other books read their User s Guides Installing Batteries and Book Cards 4 Selecting a Book 5 Using the Color Keys 5 Changing Settings 6 Viewing a Demonstration 6 Finding Definitions and Words in Definitions 7 Correcting Misspellings 8 Finding Synonyms 8 Finding Spellings 9 Highlighting Words 10 ...

Page 4: ... next entry or match UP Showspreviousentryormatch Understanding the Color Keys The color keys red green yellow and blue perform the functions listed above only for the book described in this User s Guide Other BOOKMAN books have their own color key functions which are labelled on their book cards and listed in their User s Guides For more information read Using the Color Keys Function Keys CLEAR C...

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

Page 6: ... card Remember the color keys for BOOK MAN books in cards function as la belled on their cards not as on the keyboard Once you have 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 the book you want to use 4 Press ENTER to select it About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations ...

Page 7: ...art using this book you can view a demonstration of what it can do The demonstration automatically ap pears the first time that you press ON OFF If you want to stop the demon stration press CLEAR To disable it press MENU highlight the Setup menu and then select Disable Demo Viewing a Demonstration Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at vir tually any screen by pressing HELP Press th...

Page 8: ... read 5 Hold and press DN to browse the next dictionary entry 6 Press CLEAR when done FindingWordsinDefinitions Search for a Word lets you find all of the definitions in which a specific word appears 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press MENU 3 Select Search for a word from the Other menu 4 Type a word e g legal 5 Press ENTER 6 Press or SPACE to read 7 Hold and press DN to view the next definition with your word ...

Page 9: ...ess DN to view more thesaurus entries To return to the previous thesau rus entry hold and press UP 6 Press CLEAR when done If you misspell a word don t worry It will be corrected automatically 1 Type a misspelled word e g nolij To erase a letter press BACK 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to highlight a correction 4 Press ENTER to view its dictio nary entry To go back to the correction list press BACK 5 Pres...

Page 10: ...hold CAP and press 2 Press ENTER 3 Highlight a match 4 Press ENTER to define it 5 Press CLEAR when done Finding Synonyms Understanding Thesaurus Entries Thesaurus entries consist of thesaurus meanings 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 unti...

Page 11: ... THES entry view Confusables add word to User list LIST Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary defini tions thesaurus entries or word lists Then you can find their definitions the saurus entries Confusables or add them to your User list 1 At any text press ENTER to start the highlight To turn the highlight off press BACK 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight a word 3 Do o...

Page 12: ... THES entry view Confusables add word to User list LIST Hearing Words You can hear a word pronounced at the Entry screen in text or in a list NOTE You can only hear words if you have a speaking BOOKMAN unit At the Entry screen 1 TypeawordattheEntryscreen 2 Press SAY In Text 1 Go to a definition 2 Press SAY The headword is pronounced 3 Press ENTER to start the highlight 4 Press the arrow keys to hi...

Page 13: ... one word Using the User List Using the User List Adding Highlighted Words At any text you can highlight a word and add it to your User list 1 At text press ENTER to start the highlight 2 Highlight a word 3 Press LIST 4 Select Add your word Adding Words Not Found in This Dictionary When you add a word not in this dictionary you re given three options Cancel Add anyway or Correction list Select an ...

Page 14: ... can send words to and receive words from cer tain other BOOKMAN books To send a word you must first install a book card in your BOOKMAN and that book card must be able to send or receive words To learn if a book card can send or re ceive words read its User s Guide 1 Highlight a word in this book To highlight a word in a list press the arrow keys To highlight a word in text press ENTER and then p...

Page 15: ...titude Test Word length lets you pick how many letters will be in the words 3 13 Skill level lets you select the level of difficulty There are five levels 1 Press MENU 2 Press to highlight the Game menu 3 Highlight a setting 4 Press ENTER to select it Playing the Games Now that you have the games set let s play 1 Press GAMES 2 Press or to highlight a game 3 Press ENTER to start it Keeping Score In...

Page 16: ...ied minimum length Playing the Games Playing the Games This will flash on the screen before each game Thenumberofpossibleanagrams is shown on the right side of the screen Type an anagram and then press ENTER Usethearrowstoviewanagramsyou ve already entered Hold CAP and press to shuffle the letters in the selected word Press to end a round and re veal the remaining anagrams Highlight a word and the...

Page 17: ...information entered into its built in book and in an installed book card 1 Hold CLEAR and press ON OFF If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paper clip 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 book card slot Troubleshooting BOOKMAN Make sure your book card if any is installed correct...

Page 18: ...interference re ceived including interference that may cause undesired operation U S Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 4 891 775 5 007 019 5 113 340 5 203 705 5 218 536 5 249 965 4 406 626 5 229 936 5 333 313 European Patent 0 136 379 Pat Pend ISBN 1 56712 163 2 AC adaptor jack Your BOOK MAN may be equipped with a stan dard 3 5 mm jack for use with a 9 volt 200 300 milliamp AC DC adaptor This symbol ind...

Page 19: ... THIS 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 war...

Page 20: ...s 14 playing 14 Hangman game 15 Hearing a word 11 Help finding 6 Highlighting words 10 Misspellings correcting 8 Path list 11 Question mark key 9 Resetting BOOKMAN 16 Reviewing words 11 Searching for words 7 Shutoff changing 6 setting 6 STAR key combinations 3 with CARD 13 with DN 7 with UP 7 Thesaurus entries 9 Troubleshooting BOOKMAN 16 User list adding words not in dictionary 12 deleting a word...