Franklin Bookman MWD-640 User Manual

Expandable electronic book dictionary & thesaurus

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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
Dictionary
& Thesaurus
USER'S GUIDE
MWD-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 Dictionary & Thesaurus USER’S GUIDE MWD-640...
  • Page 2: License Agreement

    FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive li- cense to use the BOOKMAN PRODUCT on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time.
  • 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 this BOOKMAN Dictionary & The- saurus you can find over 83,000 dic- Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card ... 3 Selecting Books and Using the Color Keys ...
  • Page 4: Key Guide

    Function Keys Clears to Enter your word . CLEAR Shows the main menus. MENU Shows a thesaurus entry. THES (red) Shows Confusables CONF (green) Shows the games list. GAMES (yellow) Shows the User list menu. LIST (blue) Exits the book you are reading. CARD Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.
  • Page 5: Installing Batteries And Installing A Book Card

    Installing Batteries BOOKMAN model 640 uses four AAA batteries. Here is how to install or re- place them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from your BOOKMAN, information that you have entered in its built-in book as well as in any installed book card will be erased.
  • Page 6: Selecting Books And Using The Color Keys

    Selecting Books Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. Follow these steps. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD. These are sample books. 3. Press to highlight the book you want to use.
  • Page 7: Changing Settings

    Changing Settings You can adjust the font size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. Font size changes the number of lines of text that appear on screen. The shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1.
  • Page 8: Finding Definitions

    Finding Definitions It’s easy to look up a word in the dic- tionary. Simply type it at the Entry screen and press ENTER. Try this ex- ample. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type a word (e.g., knowl- edge). 3. Press ENTER. This is a dictionary entry.
  • Page 9: Finding Synonyms

    Finding Synonyms When you see THES flash once in the upper right of the screen, that word has a thesaurus entry. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type a word (e.g., splendid). 3. Press THES. Or hold and press T. This is the first thesaurus entry. 4.
  • Page 10: Finding A Letter

    Finding a Letter If you are uncertain about a letter in a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. 1. Type a word with ?’s. 2. Press ENTER. 3. Highlight a match. 4. Press ENTER to define it. 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 BACK. 2. Press ENTER. 3. Press to highlight a correction. 4. Press ENTER to view its dictionary entry.
  • Page 12: Highlighting Words

    Highlighting Words 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.
  • Page 13: Using The User List

    Using the User List You can create a User list of up to 40 words. 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. Press LIST to view the User list menu.
  • Page 14: Sending Words

    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 ENTER to delete it. Deleting Your User List 1.
  • Page 15: Changing Game Settings

    Changing Game Settings You can change the game settings at any time. Each setting applies to all the games. Word List lets you pick which words you’ll play the games with. If you se- lect Type Them in , you’ll need to type in words after you select a game.
  • 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 right of the #’s. For a hint hold CAP and press Or press to end the round.
  • Page 17 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., One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ 08016-4907, within one...
  • Page 18: Copyrights And Patents

    Model MWD-640 • batteries: 4-AAA, 1.5 volt • size: 14 x 2.5 x 10.3 cm • weight: 6 oz. (without batteries) © 1987-1996 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. © 1989 Merriam-Webster, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 19 ? key 8, 14 key 8, 14 Anagrams game 14 Arrow keys 5 Asterisk key 8, 14 BACK key 7 Backing up 7 Changing Bookman's settings 5 CONF message 9 Confusables, finding 9 Correcting misspellings 9 Disable demo 5 DN key 2, 6, 7 Games changing settings 13 playing 13...

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