Franklin Bookman ADVANCED THESAURUS ATH-440 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
User’s Guide
ATH-440
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Electronic Publishers
ADVANCED THESAURUS
™

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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOK-
MAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful,
portable electronic reference with a
built-in book and the ability to use
books in cartridges. With your new
Franklin
Advanced Thesaurus (ATH-
440), you can find a total of more
than 500,000 synonyms, antonyms,
Classmates™, and Confusables™.
You can also play three exciting word
games at different skill levels. Read
this User’s Guide to learn how!
Installing Batteries ........................................................ 4
Installing Cartridges ...................................................... 4
Selecting Books ............................................................. 5
Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 5
Changing Settings ......................................................... 6
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 6
Finding Synonyms ......................................................... 7
Correcting Misspellings ................................................. 8
Finding Confusables ...................................................... 8
Highlighting Words ........................................................ 9
Sending Words .............................................................. 9
Playing the Games ......................................................... 10
Cartridge Care ............................................................... 11
Resetting BOOKMAN .................................................... 12
Index .............................................................................. 14

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Function Keys
CLEAR Clears the word you entered.
MENU Shows the menu.
SKILL
(red) Shows the game skill levels.
CONF
(green) Shows Confusables (words
that you may confuse with others).
GAMES
(yellow) Showsgamesyoucanplay.
HINT
(blue) Provides hints during games.
CARD Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter, shows a previous
screen, or unhighlights a word.
CAP
Shifts keys to type capitals.
ENTER
Looks up a word, selects a
menu item, or highlights a word.
HELP
Shows a help message.
?✱
Types a ? to stand for a letter in
a word (shifted, types an
✻ to
stand for a series of letters).
Direction Keys
Scroll text, or move the cursor or
the highlight.
Page down or up.
SPACE
Types a space, or pages down
in thesaurus entries and help.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sends a word between books.
✩
+
DN
Shows the next or previous
or
UP
thesaurus entry.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book de-
scribed in this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have
their own color key functions,
which are labelled on their key-
boards or cartridges. To learn
more, see “Using the Color Keys.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
UP
DN

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The BOOKMAN 440 model uses
two CR2032, 3-volt batteries. Here
is how to install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from BOOK-
MAN, information that you have en-
tered in its built-in book as well as in
any installed book cartridge will be
erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries with their
plus signs facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: Never install or remove a
BOOKMAN cartridge when your
BOOKMAN is on. If you do, informa-
tion you have entered in the built-in
book as well as in the cartridge will be
erased
.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs of the cartridge
with the notches in the slot.
4. Press the cartridge down
until it snaps into place.
Installing CartridgesInstalling Batteries
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
BOOKMAN cartridge to install an-
other, information that you entered
in the removed cartridge is erased.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at
any time. When you turn BOOK-
MAN on again, the screen that
you last viewed appears.

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Selecting Books Using the Color Keys
T he red, green, yellow, and blue keys
change functions according to which
book you are using.
When you have selected and are us-
ing the built-in book, the color keys
function as labelled on the keyboard.
When you are using a BOOKMAN
cartridge, the color keys function as
labelled on that cartridge.
Remember, when you have selected
and are using a BOOKMAN car-
tridge, the color keys function as la-
belled on that cartridge, not as on
the keyboard.
Once you have installed a cartridge
in your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ from what
you see on screen. This does not
mean that your BOOKMAN is mal-
functioning.
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Changing Settings
You can adjust the font size and
shutoff time of this book. The font
size sets how large the letters ap-
pear on screen. The shutoff time
sets how long your BOOKMAN
stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Press to highlight Set Font
or Set Shutoff.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Press to highlight a setting.
To leave the settings as they are,
press
BACK
.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
When no book cartridge is installed in
your BOOKMAN, a demonstration
automatically appears after you select
this book. To stop the demo, press
CLEAR
. To disable it, press
MENU
and then select Disable Demo . To re-
enable it, select
Enable Demo .
When a book cartridge is installed,
select
View Demo from the menu to
view the demo.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Changing the Contrast
When you’re using the ATH-440, you
can change the BOOKMAN’s screen
contrast by pressing
CLEAR
and
then repeatedly pressing or .
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Press or to read it.
To exit help, press
BACK
.
To read about what the keys do
when you’re using this book, press
MENU
and then select Tutorial .
➤Just Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to view more text.

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Finding Synonyms
To look up synonyms, simply type a word
and then press
ENTER
. Try this example.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., happy).
To type capitals, hold
CAP
.
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To move the cursor, press or .
3. Press
ENTER
to view its first
thesaurus entry.
4. Press or to read.
5. Hold
✩
and press repeatedly
to view its next entries, if any.
To view a previous thesaurus
entry, hold
✩
and press .
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Synonyms
➤ Understanding Thesaurus Entries
When you see THES flash in the up-
per right of the screen, the entered or
highlighted word has a thesaurus en-
try. Each thesaurus entry begins with
the word’s part of speech (noun, verb,
adjective, etc.) and a brief definition.
Then synonyms, Classmates, and
antonyms, if any, are listed. Class-
mates are words related by subject
or class. Special uses, such as
slang, Briticisms, and technical
words, are noted in brackets.
➤ Selecting Multiple Forms
When you enter a word that has
more than one form, a word list ap-
pears. Highlight the form you want
and then press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ Viewing Next Entries
When a word has more than one
thesaurus entry, you can view a next
entry by scrolling or paging down at
the end of an entry.

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Finding Confusables™
Confusables are words that sound
alike or are spelled similarly. When
you see
CONF flash in the upper
right of the screen, the entered or
highlighted word has Confusables.
Try this example.
1. Type rein.
2. Press
ENTER
.
Notice that CONF flashes.
3. Press
CONF
.
Each Confusable is followed by a
word identifying its meaning.
4. Press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
5. Press the arrow keys to high-
light a word.
6. Press
ENTER
to view its
thesaurus entry.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Correcting Misspellings
Don’t worry if you misspell a word.
Corrections automatically appear.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a misspelled word
(e.g., ecskwizzit).
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a correction.
5. Press
ENTER
to view its
thesaurus entry, if any.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ Finding Spellings and Words
If you’re not sure how to spell a
word, or want to find a list of similarly
spelled words, type a question mark
in place of each unknown or variable
letter (e.g.,
conc??ve ). Then press
ENTER
. You can also type an aster-
isk in place of a series of letters
(e.g.,
conc✻ve .) To type an asterisk,
hold
CAP
and press
?✱
.

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Highlighting Words
Another way to find synonyms and
Confusables is by highlighting words
in thesaurus entries. Try this ex-
ample.
1. Type demeanor.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Press
ENTER
again.
Notice the highlight. You can turn
it off by pressing
BACK
.
4. Press the arrow keys to
highlight a word (e.g., air).
5. Press one of these keys:
To View... Press...
its thesaurus entry
ENTER
confusables, if any
CONF
6. Press
BACK
to go back to the
highlighted word.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
You can look up words from this
book in certain other BOOKMAN
books, and vice versa.
To send or receive a word to or from
another book, you must first install a
book cartridge in your BOOKMAN,
and that cartridge must be able to
send or receive words, too. To learn
if a cartridge can send or receive
words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this book.
To highlight a word in a list, press
the arrow keys.
To highlight a word in text, press
ENTER
and then press the arrow
keys.
2. Hold
✩
and press
CARD
.
3. Highlight the other book.
4. Press
ENTER
.
The word that you highlighted ap-
pears in the other book.
5. Press
ENTER
to look up the
word.
Sending Words