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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 Deutsch/Englisch Professor BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG USER’S GUIDE DBD-2015...
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All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRAN- KLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclu- sive license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELEC- TRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in elec- tronic or print format.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! With this German/English Dictionary you can translate more than 200,000 words, view their inflections with ex- amples, correct misspellings, save Key Guide ... 19 Installing Book Cards ... 20 Selecting a Book ... 20 Using the Color Keys ...
Function Keys Clears to an entry screen. CLEAR Shows the main menus. MENU Shows inflections. (red) FLEKT Switches languages. (green) Shows the games menu. (yellow) SPIEL Shows the User list menu. (blue) LISTE Exits the selected book. CARD Turns BOOKMAN on or off. ON/OFF Understanding the Color Keys The color keys (red, green, yellow,...
Installing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a book card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed book card will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3.
Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions ac- cording to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card is selected, the color keys func- tion as labelled on that book card.
Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using this book, you can view a demonstration of what it can do. Once you have installed and selected the book card, press MENÜ and then the arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Other menu. Then press ) to view the EINGABE...
Beginner Tips A Faster Way to Change Languages At the main menus press (green). Pressing changes the message language at the menus and help, or changes the entry language at the entry screen. Understanding Definitions Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of information.
Finding Phrases This product also contains many phrases. You can find phrases simply by entering a single word from a phrase. 1. Select German Phrases from the Topics menu. 2. Type a word in a German phrase (e.g., noch ). 3.
Advanced Tips Viewing Complete Menu Items The words and phrases followed by ellipses are too long to fit onto one line. At any highlighted menu item, press to view the whole item. Umlauting and Capitalizing German Letters You don’t need to type umlauts at entry screens.
Finding Spellings If you’re not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. 1. At the German entry screen type a word with ?’s and a (e.g., sch?ss ).
Using the User List To View the List 1. Press (blue). LISTE 2. Press EINGABE ENTER the list. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4. Press EINGABE ENTER its definition(s) or to view its inflections. To Delete a Word 1.
Playing the Games Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mys- tery word, indicated by ? ’s, one letter at a time. As you type letters, your correct guesses appear in place of the question marks and your wrong guesses appear below ( # ).
Playing the Games NOTE: These two games test your knowledge of German words only. ™ Gender Tutor Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of German nouns. Type m for masculine, f for feminine, or n for neu- ter. But hurry! There is a time limit set by the skill level.
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, could erase information entered in a book card or built-in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the book cards.
FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 122 Burrs Road, Mt.