Franklin BOOKMAn POCKET LEXICON TMQ-440 User manual

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ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
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Electronic Publishers
BOOKMAN
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USER’S GUIDE
TMQ-440
Pocket Lexicon

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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec-
tronic reference with a built-in book and
the ability to use books in cards. With
your new Franklin
Pocket Lexicon (TMQ-
440), you can find a total of more than
500,000 synonyms, antonyms, Class-
mates
™
, and Confusables
™
. You can also
play three word games at different skill
levels; plus you can view geographical in-
formation about European countries.
Read this User’s Guide to learn how!
Installing Batteries ........................................................ 4
Installing Cards ............................................................. 4
Selecting a Book ........................................................... 5
Using the Colour Keys ................................................... 5
Changing Settings ......................................................... 6
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 6
Finding Synonyms ......................................................... 7
Viewing the Geographical Information List .................... 8
Correcting Misspellings ................................................. 10
Finding Confusables™.................................................... 10
Highlighting Words ........................................................ 11
Sending Words Between Books ..................................... 11
Playing the Games ......................................................... 12
Card Care ..................................................................... 13
Resetting BOOKMAN .................................................... 14
Specifications ............................................................... 15

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Key Guide
➤ Understanding the Colour Keys
The colour keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own colour key functions, which are
labelled on their keyboards or book
cards. To learn more, see “Using the
Colour Keys.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears the word you entered.
MENU
Shows the menu.
GEO
(red) Shows selected geographical
information
.
CONF
(green) Shows Confusables (words
that you may confuse with others).
GAMES
(yellow) Showsgamesyoucanplay.
SKILL
(blue) Shows the game skill levels.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter, shows a previous
screen, or stops a highlight.
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
Scrolls the text, moves the cursor,
or moves the highlight.
DN
UP
Pages 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.

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The BOOKMAN 440 model uses two
CR-2032 lithium 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 entered
in its built-in book as well as in any in-
stalled book card will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries following
the diagram in the case
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: Never install or remove a book
card when your BOOKMAN is on. If you
do, information that you entered in its built-
in book as well as in the book card will be
erased
.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs of the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries
➤ Removing Cards
Warning: When you remove a
BOOKMAN card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed card is erased.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at any
time. When you turn BOOKMAN on
again, the screen that you last
viewed appears.

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Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys
T he red, green, yellow, and blue keys
change functions according to which book
you are using.
When you have selected and are using the
built-in book, the colour keys function as
labelled on the keyboard. When you are
using a BOOKMAN book card, the colour
keys function as labelled on that book
card.
Remember, when you have selected and
are using a BOOKMAN book card, the
colour keys function as labelled on that
card, not as on the keyboard.
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➤ 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
malfunctioning.
Once you have installed a book card 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.

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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 appear on screen. The
shutoff time sets how long your BOOK-
MAN 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 or to highlight a
setting.
To leave the settings as they are,
press
BACK
.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati-
cally appears after you turn it on. 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 card is installed, select
View Demo from the menu to view the
demo.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Changing the Contrast
When you’re using the TMQ-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
DN
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
DN
to read.
5. Hold
✩
and press
DN
repeatedly
to view its next entries, if any.
To view a previous thesaurus
entry, hold
✩
and press
UP
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Finding Synonyms
In addition to the brief definition for each
lexicon entry, you will find the following
word categories which are found in
brackets. (
Note : most lexicon entries will
not have all of these word types):
ANTONYM
a word of opposite meaning
CLASSMATES
words that are related by subject or
class (i.e., “lamp” is a classmate of
the word “light”)
IDIOM
an expression (i.e., “on the same wave-
length” is an idiom of the word “friend”)
SLANG
informal vocabulary (i.e., “copper” is a
slang term for the police)
SYNONYMS
words of similar meaning
US
an “Americanism”– a word which is
characteristic of American English (i.e.,
“baloney” is an Americanism of the
word “nonsense”)

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Viewing the Geographical
Information List
The Geographical Information List has five
different sections that display important
information about Europe.
1. Press
GEO
.
2. Highlight a list item using the
arrow keys.
3. Press
ENTER
to select it.
4. Highlight the desired country,
if necessary.
You can type the first letter of a
desired country or scroll down to
highlight it.
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Use the arrow keys to view
the text.
7. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Finding Synonyms
➤ Understanding Thesaurus Entries
When you see THES flash in the upper
right of the screen, the entered or high-
lighted word has a thesaurus entry. Each
thesaurus entry begins with the word’s
part of speech (noun, verb, adjective,
etc.) and a brief definition.
➤ Selecting Multiple Forms
When you enter a word that has more
than one form, a word list appears.
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 its next
entry by scrolling or paging down at
the end of an entry.

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Largest Cities
The Lexicon also provides a list of
the 30 largest cities within the
European Union countries. The
Largest Cities section details the
population sizes of each of these
cities.
Transport
The Transport section lists informa-
tion about the major ports, motorway
networks, rail networks, and major
airports of Europe.
Viewing the Geographical
Information List
EU Facts
EU Facts gives you geographic
information concerning the European
Union. Use the direction keys to read
the text.
EU Member Countries
The EU Member Countries section
is a list of the 15 countries that are
currently members of the European
Union. To view information about
one of the countries in the European
Union (e.g.,
Greece ), use the
direction keys to highlight the
desired country and press
ENTER
.
Rest of European Countries
The Rest of European Countries
section is a list of 31 European
countries that are not members of
the European Union. To view
information about one of these
countries (e.g.,
Hungary ), use the
direction keys to highlight the
desired country and press
ENTER
.
Viewing the Geographical
Information List
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