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Franklin BOOKMAN MWS-2018 User Manual

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  • Page 1 ™ Electronic Publishers Cartridge Dictionary & Thesaurus User’ s Guide MWS-2018...
  • Page 2 This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates imme- diately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provi- sion of this license.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec- tronic reference with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books. With this Dictionary & Thesaurus you can find and hear over 83,000 dictionary entries, Installing Cartridges and Selecting Books ...

  • Page 4: Key Guide

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

  • Page 5: Installing Cartridges And Selecting Books

    Installing Cartridges Warning: Never install or remove a cartridge when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed cartridge, will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3.

  • Page 6: Using The Color Keys

    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 car- tridge book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that cartridge.

  • 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 And Finding Words In 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 ample. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Type a word (e.g., knowl- edge). To erase a letter, press 3. Press ENTER This is a dictionary entry.

  • Page 9: Correcting Misspellings

    Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word, don’t worry. It will be corrected automatically. 1. Type a misspelled word (e.g., nolij). To erase a letter, press 2. Press ENTER 3. Press to highlight a correction, if needed. 4. Press to view its dictio- ENTER nary entry.

  • Page 10: Finding Spellings

    Finding Synonyms Understanding Thesaurus Entries Thesaurus entries consist of thesaurus meanings and a synonym list. A thesaurus meaning is a definition shared by a list of synonyms. Two Ways to Back Up Pressing takes you back to BACK the previous screen you viewed. You can continue to back up until you get to Enter your word .

  • Page 11: 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 start the highlight.

  • Page 12: Hearing And Reviewing Words

    Hearing Words You can hear a word pronounced at the Entry screen, in text, or in a list. NOTE: You can only hear words if you have a speaking BOOKMAN unit. At the Entry screen 1. Type a word at the Entry screen. 2.

  • 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 (blue) to view the LIST 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 (blue). 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. 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: Word Train

    Playing the Games Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. The number of wrong guesses you can make appears to the right of the #’s. For a hint hold press Or press round.

  • Page 17: Resetting Bookman

    Cartridge Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the cartridges. Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged ob- jects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a car- tridge or built-in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the cartridges.

  • Page 18: Limited Warranty

    You assume all risk of any damage or loss from your use of the 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 3, 9, 15 Anagrams game 15 Asterisk key 3, 15 Asterisks 9 Auto-resume feature 4 Backing up 9 Changing Bookman's settings 6 Color keys understanding 3 using 5 Confusables, finding 10 Correcting misspellings 8 Demonstration 6 Erasing a letter 7 Flashing messages ? 10 THES 8...

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