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Franklin Bookman Merriam-Webster ADV-640 User Manual

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BOOKMAN
E X P A N D A B L E E L E C T R O N I C B O O K
A A A A A d d d d d v v v v v a a a a a n n n n n c c c c c e e e e e d d d d d D D D D D i i i i i c c c c c t t t t t io io io io io n n n n n ar ar ar ar ar y y y y y
& & & & & T T T T T h h h h h e e e e e s s s s s a a a a a u u u u u r r r r r u u u u u s s s s s
USER'S GUIDE
ADV-640

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  • Page 1 BOOKMAN E X P A N D A B L E E L E C T R O N I C B O O K A A A A A d d d d d v v v v v a a a a a n n n n n c c c c c e e e e e d d d d d D D D D D i i i i i c c c c c t t t t t io io io io io n n n n n ar ar ar ar ar y y y y y &...
  • Page 2 LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and non- exclusive license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRAN- KLIN BOOKMAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Welcome to the world of BOOK- MAN! With this Advanced Dictionary & Thesaurus you can find over 110,000 dictionary words with 300,000 entries, 500,000 synonyms, as well as antonyms, etymologies, Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card ... 4 Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ... 5 Changing the Settings and Viewing a Demonstration ...

  • Page 4: Key Guide

    Function Keys Clears to Enter your word . CLEAR Displays the main menus. MENU Displays a thesaurus entry. (red) THES Displays Classmates (green) CLASS Displays the games list. (yellow) GAMES Displays the User List menu. (blue) LIST Exits the selected book. CARD Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

  • Page 5: Installing Batteries And Installing A Book Card

    Installing Batteries BOOKMAN model ADV-640 uses four AAA batteries. Here is how to install or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from BOOK- MAN, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, may be erased.

  • Page 6: Selecting A Book And Using The Color Keys

    Selecting a Book 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 to highlight the book you want to use. 4.

  • Page 7: Changing The Settings And Viewing A Demonstration

    Changing the Settings You can adjust the font size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. 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 Other menu.

  • Page 8: Finding Definitions

    Finding Definitions It’s easy to find definitions in this dictionary. Simply type a word and then press ENTER 1. Press CLEAR 2. Type a word (e.g., acute). You cannot type capitals. To erase a letter, press 3. Press . Or hold ENTER press D.

  • Page 9: Finding Thesaurus Entries

    Finding Thesaurus Entries Each thesaurus entry contains a thesaurus meaning and synonyms for that meaning. Some thesaurus entries also contain antonyms and etymologies. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Type a word (e.g., splendid). 3. Press (red). THES This is its first thesaurus entry. 4.

  • Page 10: Finding Letters In Words

    Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters or spaces.

  • Page 11: Highlighting Words To Look Up

    Highlighting Words to Look Up Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary defini- tions, thesaurus entries, and word lists. 1. At any text, press start the highlight. You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK 2.

  • Page 12: Finding Confusables And Reviewing Words

    Finding Confusables Confusables are words that sound alike but are spelled differently. If an entry word or a highlighted word has Confusables, CONF will flash once in the upper right of the screen. 1. Type a word (e.g., rein). 2. Hold and press C.

  • Page 13: Saving Words

    Saving Words You can save up to 40 words in the User list for personal study or review. Your User list is saved between ses- sions unless the batteries run out of power or your BOOKMAN is reset. Here is how to save your first word. 1.

  • Page 14: Deleting Saved Words

    Deleting Saved Words You can delete one or all the words in your User list. Here’s how. Deleting One Word 1. Press (blue). LIST 2. Select Delete word. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4. Press to delete it. ENTER 5.

  • Page 15: Playing The Games

    Playing the Games Now that you have the games set, let’s play. 1. Press (yellow). GAMES 2. Press to highlight a game. 3. Press to start playing. ENTER 4. To exit a game and return to the list of games, press Seeing the Score Your score appears after each round of a game.

  • Page 16: Sending Words Between Books

    Playing the Games This will flash on the screen before each game. The number of possible anagrams is shown on the right side of the screen. Type an anagram and then press Use the arrows to view anagrams you’ve already entered. Hold press to shuffle the letters in the selected word.
  • Page 17 Resetting Your BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- spond, or if its screen performs errati- cally, first press CLEAR twice. If nothing happens, follow ON/OFF the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN.

  • Page 18: Copyrights And Patents

    BOOKMAN PRODUCT. This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN, the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with, damaged by accident, abused, misused, or misapplication, or as a result of service or modification by any party, including any dealer, other than FRANKLIN.
  • Page 19 ?* key 9, 14 Anagrams game 14 Arrow keys 3, 6 Asterisks 9 Backing up 9 Book cards installing 4 removing 4 Changing settings 6 CLAS message 10 Color keys understanding 3 using 5 Compare: , using 8 CONF message 10 Confusables 11 Contrast, setting 6 Demonstration 6...
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