Franklin BOOKMAn POCKET LEXICON TMQ-440 User manual

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

1
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN
PRODUCT.
YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE
TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU
MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER
FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT AND YOUR PUR-
CHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN PRODUCT means the software
product and documentation found in this package and 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. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT or of
the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would
be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt,
disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way re-
verse engineer the BOOKMAN PRODUCT. You may not export or reexport,
directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN PRODUCT without compliance with ap-
propriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN PRODUCT contains
Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate
steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective
until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRAN-
KLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
License Agreement

2
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

3
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.

4
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.