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Franklin IC-112 User Manual

Collins dictionary and thesaurus
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  • Page 1: License Agreement

    FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Getting Started ... 4 Install the Digital Book ... 5 Select the Dictionary ... 6 Adjust the Contrast ... 7 Select Setup Options ... 8 Learn the Keys ... 9 Looking Up Words ... 11 Correcting Spellings ... 12 Finding Spellings ... 13 Finding Definitions ...
  • Page 3 Introduction Congratulations. You now have a portable and powerful electronic reference that combines the features of a dictionary and a thesaurus. Using Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus , you can: • check and correct spellings, • find unknown letters and fragments of words, •...

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Getting Started If you’re using Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus for the first time, read this section.

  • Page 5: Install The Digital Book

    Install the Digital Book You must install the Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus before you can use it. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Insert the digital book in a slot on the back. Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches in the slot.

  • Page 6: Select The Dictionary

    Select the Dictionary Once Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus is installed, here’s how to select and start using it. 1. Press CARD . 2. Press Dictionary and Thesaurus symbol. 3. Press ENTER . This is the entry line. You can always return to it by pressing Resuming Your Session If the Digital Book System is turned off while...

  • Page 7: Adjust The Contrast

    Adjust the Contrast If the screen contrast is not to your liking, here’s how to adjust it. 1. Turn the contrast wheel. contrast wheel 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference. See a Demonstration To see a brief demonstration of Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus , press...

  • Page 8: Select Setup Options

    Select Setup Options Using the Setup menu, you can select typefaces, shutoff times, and inflection displays. 1. Press MENU . 2. Press 3. Press ENTER 4. Press 5. Press ENTER Understanding Setup Options Typefaces are how letters appear on screen. For easier reading, select a large typeface.

  • Page 9: Learn The Keys

    Learn the Keys Function Keys CLEAR MENU MORE LIST CARD ENTER BACK HELP Direction Keys Clear to the request line. See the menus. See demonstration or more references. Show the path list. Switch to another digital book. Find definitions or spelling lists. Back up or erase letters.

  • Page 10: Help Is Always At Hand

    Learn the Keys Gold Key Combinations MatchMaker SHIFT Help is Always at Hand To... See a help message at any time Move down the message Exit the message Show confusable words. Show dictionary definitions. Show synonyms. ™ Letter Detective™, find letters in words.

  • Page 11: Looking Up Words

    Looking Up Words This section shows how to find definitions, synonyms, and other information about words.

  • Page 12: Correcting Spellings

    Correcting Spellings To check or correct spellings, simply type a word and press ENTER they’re automatically corrected. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a misspelled word. To erase letters, press 3. Press ENTER . This is a correction list. 4. To define a word, press Then press To go back to the correction list, press 5.

  • Page 13: Finding Spellings

    Finding Spellings You can find unknown letters, prefixes, suffixes, or fragments of words by using the MatchMaker characters—the question mark and the asterisk. Letter Detective The question mark is the letter detective. It finds unknown letters in words. 1. At the entry line, type a word with a ? for each unknown letter.
  • Page 14 Finding Spellings Fragment Finder The asterisk is the fragment finder. It finds prefixes, suffixes, and fragments of words. Each asterisk can stand for any number of letters. 1. Type a word with an unknown letters. To type the asterisk, press 2.

  • Page 15: Follow The Arrows

    Spelling Finder Tips You can enter ?’s and ‘s in the same word. For example, place a ? next to an . Remember, ‘s can stand for any number of letters, including one or none. You can use ?’s and ’s to find unusual words.

  • Page 16: Finding Definitions

    Finding Definitions You can find definitions in two ways: (1) by entering words at the entry line, or (2) by picking words from definitions or word lists. By Entering Words The simplest way to define words is to enter them at the entry line.
  • Page 17 By Picking Words You can also define words by picking them from definition or word lists. 1. At a definition or word list, press Or, under Commands Then press 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word. To erase the highlight, press 3.
  • Page 18 Finding Definitions 4. Press CLEAR . Seeing MORE Information By pressing from definitions to synonym lists to confus- able words (if any) and then back to defini- tions. You can start at any point in the cycle. Understanding Dictionary Entries In dictionary entries, the entry word appears first with hyphenation points and part(s) of speech.

  • Page 19: Finding Synonyms

    Finding Synonyms You can find synonyms (1) by pressing at dictionary entries, (2) by entering words, or (3) by picking words. By Pressing MORE At any dictionary entry, you can press to see synonyms of the entry word. See p.18. By Entering Words To go directly to synonyms, follow this example.
  • Page 20 Finding Synonyms If you see a message such as for meaning 1 to view. 3. Press 4. Press To . . . Define a synonym See confusable words (if any) 5. Press CLEAR . By Picking Words Just as you can pick words in dictionary entries and then define them, you can pick them and find their synonyms.
  • Page 21 Using the Commands Menu Many of the functions described in this manual can be performed using the Commands menu. Simply type a word at the entry line and then press Next, press press ENTER . You can press help messages. Backing Up takes you back to the previous screen.

  • Page 22: Finding Confusable Words

    Finding Confusable Words Confusable words are homonyms and spelling variants that are easy to confuse. If a word has confusable words, you can find them (1) by entering the word and pressing (2) by pressing by highlighting a word to pick it then pressing 1.

  • Page 23: Reviewing Words

    Reviewing Words Using the Path list, you can review words that you’ve previously looked up. The Path list saves up to 26 words. 1. Press LIST Or, select Entries Seen Commands menu. Then press This is a sample Path list. If you haven’t looked up any words, you see 2.

  • Page 24: Using With Other Books

    Using With Other Books You can even look up words from other digital books. In this example, we’ll look up a word from the Word Games digital book. 1. Highlight a word in the other digital book. Read its User’s Manual to learn how. 2.
  • Page 25 About Receiving Words Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus can receive only one or two words at a time from other digital books. About Sending Words Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus can also send words to certain other digital books. Here’s how: 1. Highlight a word in the Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus .

  • Page 26: Reference

    Reference Reference This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System.

  • Page 27: Digital Book System

    Digital Book System Installing & Removing Digital Books To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital Book System. Then align the digital book’s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back and snap the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it doesn’t matter which slot you use.

  • Page 28: Switching Between Digital Books

    Digital Book System Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press CARD 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing Then press To return to the first book, repeat these steps. Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books.

  • Page 29: Replacing The Batteries

    Replacing the Batteries Your Digital Book System uses CR2032 lithium batteries. Have four new batteries ready before following these steps. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Press and slide the battery cover off the back of the unit. Then remove all batteries. 3.

  • Page 30: Protecting The Digital Book System

    Digital Book System Protecting the Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION: Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase informa- tion that you entered in your installed digital books.

  • Page 31: Specifications

    • adjustable shutoff timing • self-demonstration • ROM size: 4 megabits Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents © 1987-1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. © 1987, 1988. Wm. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. U.S. Patents 4, 490, 811; 4, 830, 618; 4, 891, 775; 5, 007, 019.

  • Page 32: 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 33: Index

    Adjusting contrast 7 Arrow keys 15 Automatic shutoff 7 Batteries replacing 29 Confusables™ 22 Contrast, adjusting 7 Definitions browsing through 18 Digital Book adjusting contrast 7 erasing information 5 installation 5 Digital Book System cleaning 30 installing 27 restarting 27 switching between 28 Erasing letters 12 Installing digital books 5...

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