Franklin BOOKMAN BDS-2023 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
™
User’s Guide
BDS-2023
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Electronic Publishers
Cartridge
Deutsch/Englisch
SPEAKING
Professor
www.franklin.com

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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable
electronic reference with a built-in book
and a slot in the back for more books.
With this
German/English Dictionary
you can translate more than 200,000
words, view their inflections with
Installing Cartridges ........................................................................................... 21
Selecting Books ................................................................................................. 21
Using the Color Keys .......................................................................................... 22
Changing Settings .............................................................................................. 22
Viewing a Demonstration ................................................................................... 23
Changing the Language ...................................................................................... 23
Beginner Tips ..................................................................................................... 24
Finding Words .................................................................................................... 25
Finding Phrases .................................................................................................. 25
Finding Inflections .............................................................................................. 26
Advanced Tips .................................................................................................... 26
Highlighting Words ............................................................................................. 27
Hearing a Word in English .................................................................................. 27
Finding a Letter .................................................................................................. 28
Finding a Series of Letters ................................................................................. 28
Using the User List ............................................................................................. 29
Playing the Games .............................................................................................. 30
Sending Words ................................................................................................... 32
Optional Features ............................................................................................... 33
Limited Warranty (US only) ................................................................................ 34
Copyrights & Patents .......................................................................................... 34
examples, correct misspellings, hear
English words pronounced, save
words to your User list, and play fun,
educational word games that will help
you learn German.
To learn how to use other books, read
their User’s Guides.

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Function Keys
Clears to an entry screen.
Shows the main menus.
(red) Shows inflections.
(green) Switches languages.
(yellow) Shows the games menu.
(blue) Says an English word.
Exits the selected book.
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
Other Keys
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
Shifts keys to type capitals.
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
Shows help messages.
Types a space or pages down.
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter in a word;
shifted, types an
✽ to stand
for a series of unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Accents a German letter.
AUF/AB Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
KARTE
Sendsawordbetweenbooks.
✩
+ AB Shows the next match.
✩
+ AUF Shows the previous match.
MENÜ
TON
SPIEL
KARTE
FLEKT
E/D
CLEAR
AN/AUS
HILFE
ZURÜCK
EINGABE
?✽
*Hold
✩
while pressing the other key .
➤ Differences in Keys
This German/English dictionary
cartridge can be used in any
BOOKMAN unit. Some BOOKMAN
units have German keys while others
have English. Throughout this User’s
Guide we will use both German and
English keys where necessary.

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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. Align the tabs on the car-
tridge with the notches in
the slot.
4. Press the cartridge down
until it snaps into place.
Installing Cartridges
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another, informa-
tion that you entered into the
removed cartridge will be erased.
Selecting Books
Once you have installed a cartridge in
your BOOKMAN, you must select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
KARTE
or CARD .
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
to select it.
The first time you use this dictio-
nary, you will need to choose the
language you want the messages
to appear in.
5. Press B if you speak English or
press A if you speak German.
6. To adjust the screen contrast,
press
CLEAR
and then press
or repeatedly.

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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.
Remember, the color keys for BOOK-
MAN books in cartridges function as
labelled on their cartridges, not as on
the keyboard.
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Changing Settings
You can adjust the font size and shut-
off time to your liking. The 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. Press
MEN Ü
or
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight Select Font or Set
Shutoff.
4. Press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
6. Press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
to select it.
➤Setting Other Cartridges
When you install a BOOKMAN
cartridge, you will not need to
change its settings. It will copy the
settings you have selected for this
book.

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Before you start using this book, you can
view a demonstration of what it can do.
The demonstration automatically ap-
pears the first time that you turn this
dictionary on. If you want to stop the
demonstration, press
CLEAR
. To disable
it, press
MEN Ü
or
MENU
, highlight the
Other menu, and then select
Disable
Demo
.
Viewing a Demonstration
Message Language
The message language is the language
of prompts, help and other messages.
NOTE: For examples in the English half
of this manual, the message language
is English.
1. If not at menus, press
MEN Ü
or
MENU
.
2. Highlight Message Language
from the Other menu.
3. Press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
.
Entry Language
The entry language is the language in
which you enter words at entry
screens. This determines which dictio-
nary you will use, German or English.
1. If not at an entry screen,
press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
E/D
(green) to switch
dictionaries.
▼
Changing the Language
▼
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HILFE
or
HELP
. Press the direction
keys to read it. To exit help, press
ZURÜCK
or
BACK
.
If you want to read a tutorial of what
this product can do and what the
keys do, select
Tutorial from the
Other menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around
menus or view more text.

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Beginner Tips Beginner Tips
➤A Faster Way to Change
Languages
At the main menus press
E/D
(green) for English/Deutsch.
Pressing
E/D
(green) changes
the message language at the
menus and help, or changes the
entry language at the entry screen.
➤Understanding Definitions
Each dictionary entry contains a
wealth of information. Headwords
(i.e., main-words) are in bold type
followed by a part-of-speech label.
Grammatical information is in angle
brackets (< >). Special usages are
noted in regular brackets ([ ]).
➤ If You Misspell a Word
Don’t worry. A list of corrections
automatically appears. Highlight a
correction and then press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
to view its definition(s).
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the BOOKMAN book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color
key functions, which are labelled on
their cartridges and listed in their
User’s Guides. For more informa-
tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at
any screen. When you turn
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed appears.
➤ 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.

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The simplest way to translate or de-
fine a word is to enter it at an entry
screen. You do not need to type ac-
cents or capital letters.
1. At the German entry screen,
type a German word
(e.g., kaufen).
To erase a letter, press
ZURÜCK
or
BACK
.
2. Press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
.
3. Press or the space key to
move down.
4. Hold
✩
and press AB or DN
to view the next dictionary
entry.
Or hold
✩
and press AUF or UP
to view the previous one.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Words
This product also contains many
phrases. You can find phrases simply
by entering a single word from a
phrase.
1. Select German Phrases from
the Topics menu.
2. Type a word in a German
phrase (e.g., noch).
3. Press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
.
4. Hold
✩
and press AB or DN
repeatedly to view the next
items.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Phrases

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This dictionary includes extensive in-
flections of nouns, verbs, modifiers,
and other words.
1. At the German entry screen,
type a German word
(e.g., schwimmen).
2. Press
FLEKT
(red).
These are the principal parts of
the verb
schwimmen .
3. Press or the space key to
move down.
4. Press
FLEKT
(red) repeatedly to
view more inflections.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Inflections Advanced Tips
➤Viewing Complete Menu
Items
The words and phrases followed by
ellipses are too long to fit onto one
line. At any highlighted menu item,
press
? ✻
to view the whole item.
➤Umlauting & Capitalizing
German Letters
You don’t need to type umlauts at
entry screens. However, if you
want to umlaut a letter, first type
the letter and then press
repeatedly until the correct
umlaut, or accent, appears. To
capitalize a letter, do the same
until the letter is capitalized.
➤Another Way to Find Words
Instead of entering words only at
entry screens, try searching the
dictionary menus. First, press
MEN Ü
or
MENU
. Then start typing a
word. When the word you want is
highlighted, press
EINGABE
or
ENTER
to view its definition(s).
➤Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can
press
HILFE or HELP to view
detailed descriptions of how to
use inflections, with usage
examples.