Franklin BOOKMAN COL-2010 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
User’s Guide
COL-2010
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Electronic Publishers
CARTRIDGE
10THEDITION
COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY
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Contents
also correct misspellings, save words to
your User List, and play five fun, educa-
tional word games.
A list of the abbreviations used in this
dictionary can be found on pages 18-21.
Use your BOOKMAN to read this
cartridge. See “Installing Cartridges”
to learn how.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
This Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dic-
tionary, Tenth Edition has over 500,000
definitions, including biographical and
geographical names. The list of tables
contains useful information on subjects
such as world moneys, chemical ele-
ments, and more. You can find a word’s
inflected forms at the touch of a key and
Using BOOKMAN .......................................................... 3
Using this Dictionary ..................................................... 7
Appendices ................................................................... 17

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Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
UP
DN
Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sends a word between books.
✩
+
DN
Shows the next headword.
✩
+
UP
Shows the previous
headword.
✩
+ Q... Shifts the top row of
letters to type numbers.
Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR Clears to
Enter a word .
MENU Shows the dictionary’s word
list and Setup menu.
INFL (red) Shows inflected forms.
TABLES
(green) Shows the Tables list.
GAMES (yellow) Shows the Games menu.
LIST (blue) Shows the User list menu.
CARD Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys.
ENTER
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Shows a help message.
SPACE
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.
*
Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
➤ 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.”

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Using BOOKMAN
Once this dictionary cartridge is in-
stalled, you’re ready to start using
BOOKMAN. This section shows you
how to install a cartridge and how to
select which book you want to use. It
explains how to adjust the screen con-
trast, type size, and the automatic shut-
off time.
You can watch an automatic demon-
stration of the main features of this dic-
tionary and learn how to get help at
the touch of a key.
Installing Batteries ........................................................ 4
Installing Cartridges ...................................................... 4
Selecting Books ............................................................ 5
Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 5
Changing Settings ......................................................... 6
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 6

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Installing Cartridges
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 book
cartridge with the notches in
the slot.
4. Press the cartridge until it
snaps into place.
Selecting Books
Once you have installed a book car-
tridge in your BOOKMAN, you must
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.
➤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.
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
book cartridge to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed cartridge will be erased.

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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 book
cartridge 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, shutoff
time, and screen contrast. The font
size changes the number of lines of
text that appear on screen. The shut-
off time is how long BOOKMAN stays
on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press or to highlight the
Setup menu.
3. Highlight Change Font, Set
Shutoff or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press or if you selected
Set Contrast .
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
To exit without changing settings,
press
BACK
.

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Before you start using this book, you
can view a demonstration of its fea-
tures and functionality.
Once you have installed and selected
this cartridge, follow these steps:
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press or to highlight the
Setup menu.
3. Press to highlight View
Demo.
4. Press
ENTER
to view the
demonstration.
If you want to stop the demon-
stration, press
CLEAR
at any time.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Use the direction keys to
read it. To exit help, press
BACK
.
If you’d like to read an overview of
how this dictionary works and
what the keys do, highlight
Tutorial
under the Setup menu, and press
ENTER
. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ 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.
Tips for Beginners

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Using this Dictionary
Looking Up Words ......................................................... 8
Searching the Word List ................................................ 9
Choosing Multiple Forms ............................................... 9
Highlighting Words ........................................................ 10
Correcting Misspellings ................................................. 10
Finding Letters in Words and Finding Phrases ............... 11
Finding Inflections ......................................................... 12
Viewing Tables .............................................................. 12
Using the User List ........................................................ 13
Changing Game Settings and Playing the Games ........... 14
Sending Words .............................................................. 16
With this electronic dictionary, you can
look up words by typing them at the en-
try screen, the word list, or by highlight-
ing a word within a definition. You can
also learn how to correct misspellings and
how to find phrases or words when you
only know how to spell part of it.
You can use the Inflection Guide and
go to a list of the tables at the touch of
a key.
You can add words to your User list
and play five educational word games
using your choice of settings to help
build your vocabulary. If your cartridge
is installed in a BOOKMAN book that
can send and receive words, you can
send words between this dictionary
and the other book. Read on to learn
how.

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Looking Up Words Looking Up Words
Looking up a word in this dictionary is
easy. Simply type it at the entry screen
and press
ENTER
. Try this example.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., keen).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
to look it up.
This is a dictionary entry.
4. Press ,
DN
, or
SPACE
to move
through the definitions.
5. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to view
the next dictionary entry.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤Understanding Definitions
The main word at the top of the
dictionary entry is called the
headword. The headword is
followed by the part of speech,
the approximate date of its origin,
and then its definition. After the
definition, you may see usage
examples and other forms of the
word.
The asterisk (✱) in a geographical
definition denotes that location is
the capital city.
For the list of abbreviations in
definitions, see “Abbreviations in
This Work” on pages 18-21 in this
User’s Guide.
➤Browsing Definitions
While in a definition, you can go to
the next or previous dictionary
entry by holding
✩
and pressing
DN
or
UP
.

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Searching the Word List
Another way to find a word is by pick-
ing one from the dictionary’s word list.
By typing the word you seek at the
word list, you will zoom directly to the
word(s) that begin with the letters you
typed. Try this.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Start typing a word (e.g.,
quick).
To go back a letter, press
BACK
.
To scroll down the list, press .
4. Press
ENTER
to go to the high-
lighted word’s definition.
5. Press
BACK
to go back to the
word list.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Choosing Multiple Forms
There are so many definitions in this
dictionary, it is not uncommon for a
word to have more than one form.
When the word you are looking up has
multiple forms, the different forms ap-
pear listed on the screen. Simply se-
lect the form you want.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type dutch.
3. Highlight the word you want.
4. Press
ENTER
view its definition.
5. Press
BACK
to go back to the
multiple forms list.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.