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2. Press
to highlight Settings and then
press
.
ENTRER
3. Message Language is highlighted. Press
to select it.
ENTRER
4. Press
or
to move between French
and English.
5. When the one you want is highlighted,
press
to select it.
ENTRER
2.2 Selecting an Entry Language
The entry language is the language in which
you enter words at the word entry screen.
This determines which dictionary you will
use – French or English. To change the entry
language, press
at the word entry
LANG
screen.
3. Translating Words
3.1 Translating French Words
This dictionary is fully bilingual. Try
translating a French word into English.
1. Press
.
DICT
• Press
to switch to the French word
LANG
entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type étude.
• You can look up accented words without
typing accents. If you want to enter an
accent, type the letter and then press
repeatedly until the accent you want
appears. In this example, press E and then
press
to see é.
• To erase a letter, press
.
ARR
• To type a capital, hold
and press a
MAJ
letter key.
3. Press
to see the English
ENTRER
translation.
• In some entries you might see conf flash
in the top right corner of the screen. This
indicates that the word you looked up
has Confsuables, or words that are often
confused with it. Press
to see them.
?
4. Press
or
to scroll down
ESPACE
through the definition.
5. Press SUIV ( ) or PREC ( ) to view the
next or previous entry.
6. Press
to return to the Word Entry
EFF
screen.
3.2 Translating English Words
You can also use this dictionary to translate
English words into French.
1. Press
.
DICT
• Press
to switch to the English word
LANG
entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type study.
• To erase a letter, press
.
ARR
• To type a capital, hold
and press a
MAJ
letter key.
• You can look up accented words without
typing accents. If you want to enter an
accent, type the letter and then press
repeatedly until the accent you want
appears.
3. Press
to see the French
ENTRER
translation.
• In some entries you might see conf flash
in the top right corner of the screen. This
indicates that the word you looked up
has Confsuables, or words that are often
confused with it. Press
to see them.
?
• When you see syn flash in the top right
corner of the screen, this indicates that the
word you looked up has an entry in the
thesaurus. Press
to see it.
SYN
4. Press
or
to scroll down
ESPACE
through the definition.
5. Press SUIV ( ) or PREC ( ) to view the
next or previous entry.
6. Press
to return to the word entry
EFF
screen.
3.3 Misspelling Words
If you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. Use
/
to move the
highlight to the word you want and press
to see its dictionary entry.
ENTRER
3.4 Choosing Multiple Forms
Some words in this dictionary have more than
one form (for example, resume and résumé).
When the word you are looking up has
multiple forms, the different forms appear in
a list. Highlight the form you want and press
to see its dictionary entry. To return to
ENTRER
the multiple forms list, press
.
ARR
3.5 Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain of 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. Note: If you type an asterisk at the
beginning of a word, it may take a little while
to find the matching words.
1. Press
.
DICT
2. Type a word with ?'s and *'s. For
example, type bib?io*.
• To type an asterisk, hold down
MAJ
press
.
?
3. Press
.
ENTRER
• You see the list of matching words.
4. Press
/
to move the highlight to the
word you want and press
its translation.
5. Press
when done.
EFF
3.6 Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in dictionary entries or
word lists. You can then find the translation of
the highlighted word or add it to My Word List.
1. At any text, press
ENTRER
highlight.
• To turn the highlight off, press
2. Use the direction keys to move the
highlight to the word you want.
To...
view the dictionary entry
view the thesaurus entry
view Confusables®
add the word to
My Word List
3. Press
when done.
EFF
3.7 Understanding Confusables
Confusables are homonyms, homophones
and spelling variants that are easy to confuse
with one another.
1. Press
.
DICT
2. Type a word that might be easily
confused with another.
• For example, in English try board. In
French, try aller.
3. Press
.
ENTRER
• The dictionary entry is displayed. Notice,
however, that conf flashes in the top
right corner of the screen. This flashes to
indicate when a word has Confusables.
4. Press
.
?
• The Confusables screen is displayed.
5. Press
to return to your previous
ARR
location.
4. Using Franklin Thesaurus
Use the Franklin Thesaurus to find English
synonyms, antonyms and other information
about a word.
1. Press
.
DICT
• Press
to switch to the English word
LANG
entry screen, if needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type
and
complete.
• To erase a letter, press
• To type a capital, hold
letter key.
• You can look up accented words without
typing accents. If you want to enter an
to view
ENTRER
accent, type the letter and then press
repeatedly until the accent you want
appears.
3. Press
SYN
entry.
• You can also press
translation and then press
the thesaurus.
4. Press
ESPACE
to start the
through the definition.
5. Press SUIV ( ) or PREC ( ) to view the
.
ARR
next or previous entry.
6. Press
to return to the word entry
EFF
screen.
Press...
ENTRER
5. Advanced Verb Conjugations
SYN
Conjugations show inflections or changes
?
in a word's gender, tense, and so forth. This
LEÇON
dictionary includes extensive inflections of
nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words.
Follow this example.
1. Press
DICT
• Press
LANG
English and French word entry screen, if
needed.
2. Type a word. For example, type jouer.
3. Press
CONJ
• If needed, use /
of speech or translation you want and
press
ENTRER
4. Press
ESPACE
5. Press
CONJ
inflections.
6. Press
when done.
EFF
5.1 From a Dictionary Entry
Some words have different parts of speech
or multiple translations. You can easily find
which part of speech or specific translation
you will need to conjugate by first looking up
the word and then pressing
this example.
1. Press
DICT
• Press
LANG
English and French word entry screen, if
needed.
2. Type a word. For example type écrire.
3. Press
ENTRER
4. Press
CONJ
headword, écrire.
.
ARR
and press a
MAJ
to view the thesaurus
to view the
ENTRER
to go to
SYN
or
to scroll down
.
to switch between the
to view the inflections.
to highlight the part
.
or
to scroll.
repeatedly to view more
. Follow
CONJ
.
to switch between the
to look it up.
to conjugate the
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