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- Page 1 BOOKMAN Electronic Publishers ’ UEEN NGLISH Dictionary & Thesaurus User’ s Guide DMQ-440...
- Page 2 All rights in the BOOKMAN CARD remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the BOOKMAN CARD 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books. With your new Dictionary & Thesaurus you can find over 83,000 Installing Batteries and Cards ... 4 Selecting a Book and Using the Colour Keys ... -
Page 4: Key Guide
Function Keys Clears to Enter your word . CLEAR Shows the main menus. MENU Shows synonym lists. THES (red) Shows Confusables CONF (green) Shows the games. GAMES (yellow) Shows the User list menu. LIST (blue) Exits the selected book. CARD Turns the BOOKMAN on or off. -
Page 5: Installing Batteries And Cards
Installing Batteries BOOKMAN 440 models use two CR2032 3-volt batteries. Here is how to install or replace the batteries. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from your BOOKMAN, information that you en- tered in its built-in book, and in an in- stalled book card, will be erased. -
Page 6: Selecting A Book And Using The Colour Keys
Selecting a Book Once you have installed a 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 to highlight the book you want to use. 4. -
Page 7: Changing Settings And Viewing The Demonstration
Changing Settings You can adjust the font size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. The font size changes the number of lines of text that appear on screen. The shutoff time is how long BOOK- MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. -
Page 8: Finding Definitions
Finding Definitions You can find definitions simply by typ- ing a word at the Entry screen and then pressing . Try this example. ENTER 1. Press to clear the Entry CLEAR screen. 2. Type a word (e.g., acumen). 3. Press to see its ENTER definition(s). -
Page 9: Finding Confusables
Finding Synonyms 6. To return to the previous synonym list, hold press 7. Press when finished. CLEAR Another Way to Find Synonyms You can also find synonyms when you see a flash at the upper right of the screen. Simply press THES synonyms of the main or high- lighted word. -
Page 10: Finding Words In Definitions
Finding Words in Definitions 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. -
Page 11: Correcting Misspellings
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 2. Press ENTER 3. Press to highlight a correction, if needed. 4. Press to see its ENTER definition(s). -
Page 12: Finding A Series Of Letters
Finding a Series of Letters To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of let- ters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a while to find the matching words. -
Page 13: Using The User List
Using the User List You can create a User list of approxi- mately 35 words for personal study. 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. -
Page 14: Sending Words Between Books
Using the User List You can delete one or all the words in your User list. Here’s how. Deleting One Word 1. Press LIST 2. Select Delete word. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4. Press to delete it. ENTER 5. -
Page 15: Changing Game Settings
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 a setting. 4. Press to select it. ENTER About the Game Settings Word List lets you pick which words you’ll play the games with. - Page 16 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 the round.
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Page 17: Resetting Bookman
Card Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the cards. Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a book card or built-in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the cards. -
Page 18: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. -
Page 19: Index
?* key finding letters in words 10 using in the games 15 Anagrams game 15 Arrow keys 3, 6 Asterisk, as wild card character 11 Batteries 4 BOOKMAN installing batteries 4 resetting 16 troubleshooting 16 CARD key 13 Cards care of 16 installing 4 removing 4 Changing... - Page 20 Function keys 3 Games changing settings 14 playing 14 Hangman game 15 Help messages 6 Highlighting words 9 Installing batteries 4 cards 4 LIST key 9 MENU key 9, 14 Messages add anyway 12 cancel 12 correction list 12 path is empty 11 type them in 14 view list: empty 12 Misspellings, correcting 10...
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