Franklin BOOKMAN MWD-440 User manual

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Contents
WelcometotheworldofBOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable
electronicreferencewithabuilt-inbook
and a slot in the back for more books.
With this
Dictionary & Thesaurus you
canfindover83,000dictionaryentries,
41,000thesaurusentrieswith496,000
synonyms, correct misspellings, save
wordstoyour Userlist,andplaythree
fun,educationalwordgames.To learn
how to use other books, read their
User’s Guides.
Installing Batteries and Cartridges ................................ 4
Selecting Books............................................................. 5
Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 5
Changing Settings ......................................................... 6
Finding Definitions ........................................................ 7
Finding Words in Definitions.......................................... 7
Finding Synonyms ......................................................... 8
Finding a Letter or a Series of Letters ........................... 9
Correcting Misspellings................................................. 10
Finding Confusables™.................................................... 10
Highlighting Words ........................................................ 11
Reviewing Words ........................................................... 11
Using the User List ........................................................ 12
Changing Game Settings ............................................... 14
Playing the Games ......................................................... 14

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Function Keys
CLEAR Clears to
Enter your word .
MENU Shows the main menus.
THES
(red) Shows a thesaurus entry.
CONF
(green) Shows Confusables™.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
LIST (blue) Shows the User list menu.
CARD Exits the slelected book.
ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
?✱
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.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sendsawordbetweenbooks.
✩
+ DN Shows next entry or match.
✩
+ UP Showspreviousentryormatch.
✩
+ PShows the Path list.
✩
+ TShows a thesaurus entry.
➤ 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.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.

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BOOKMAN model 440 uses two
CR2032,3-voltbatteries.Hereishow
to install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from BOOK-
MAN, information that you entered in
itsbuilt-inbook,and inaninstalledcar-
tridge, 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
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 CartridgesInstalling Batteries
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another, informa-
tion that you entered into the
removed cartridge will be erased.
➤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.

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Selecting Books Using the Color Keys
Thered,green,yellow,andbluekeyson
your BOOKMAN change functions ac-
cording to which book is selected.
Whenthebuilt-inbookisselected,the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a car-
tridgebookisselected,thecolorkeys
function as labelled on that cartridge.
Remember,thecolorkeysforBOOK-
MAN books in cartridges function as
labelled on their cartridges, not as on
the keyboard.
Once you have installed a cartridge 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.

➤ 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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Changing Settings
You can adjust the font size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast.
Font size
changes the number of lines of text
thatappearonscreen.Theshutofftime
ishowlongBOOKMANstaysonifyou
forget to turn it off.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press MENU.
3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Setup menu.
4. Highlight Set Font, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
5. Press ENTER.
6. Highlight a setting.
Or press or if you selected
Set Contrast .
To exit without changing settings,
press BACK.
7. Press ENTER to select it.
Before you start using a book, you
should view a demonstration of what
it can do.
If the book is built-in, the demonstra-
tionautomaticallyappearsthefirsttime
that you select it. To stop the demon-
stration, press CLEAR. To disable it,
press MENU, highlight the Setup
menu, and then select
Disable Demo .
Ifthebookisinacartridge,selectView
Demo from the Setup menu to view
its demonstration.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing HELP.
Press the direction keys to read it. To
exit help, press BACK or HELP.
➤ 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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Finding Definitions
It’s easy to look up a word in the dic-
tionary. Simply type it at the Entry
screen and press ENTER. Try this ex-
ample.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a word (e.g., knowl-
edge).
3. Press ENTER.
This is a dictionary entry.
4. Press or SPACE to move
down.
5. Hold
✩
and press DN to view
the next dictionary entry
alphabetically listed.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
FindingWordsinDefinitions
Search for a Word lets you find all of
thedefinitionsinwhichaspecificword
appears.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press MENU.
3. Select Search for a word from
the CMDS menu.
4. Type a word (e.g., legal).
5. Press ENTER.
6. Hold
✩
and press DN to view
the next definition with your
word in it.
To see the previous one, hold
✩
and press UP.
7. Press or SPACE to read.
8. Press CLEAR when done.

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Finding Synonyms
WhenyouseeTHESflashonce inthe
upper right of the screen, that word
has a thesaurus entry.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a word (e.g., splendid).
3. Press THES.
Or hold
✩
and press T.
This is the first thesaurus entry.
4. Press to view synonyms.
5. Hold
✩
and press DN to view
more thesaurus entries.
To return to the previous thesau-
rus entry, hold
✩
and press UP.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
Finding Synonyms
➤ Understanding Thesaurus
Entries
Thesaurus entries consist of
thesaurus meanings and a
synonym list. A thesaurus meaning
is a definition shared by a list of
synonyms.
➤ Two Ways to Back Up
Pressing BACK takes you back to
the previous screen you viewed.
You can continue to back up until
you get to
Enter your word .
Holding
✩
and pressing UP takes
you to the previous screen of
similar information. For example, if
you were viewing a dictionary
definition, you would go to the
previous definition.

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Finding a Letter
If you are uncertain about a letter in a
word,type a question markinplace of
each unknown letter.
1. Type a word with ?’s.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Highlight a match.
4. Press ENTER to define it.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Finding a Series of Letters
To find prefixes, suffixes, and other
parts of words, type an asterisk in a
word. Asterisks stand for a series of
letters. NOTE: If you type an asterisk
atthe beginning of a word, it may take
a while to find the matching words.
1. Type a word with an ✱.
To type an asterisk, hold CAP
and press
?✱
.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Highlight a match.
4. Press ENTER to define it.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
➤ Spelling Finding Tips
You can also use ?’s to help solve
crossword puzzles. For example, if
the second letter of a five-letter word
is
h and its last letter is w . Enter
?h??w to see possible answers.

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If you misspell a word, don’t worry. It
will be corrected automatically.
1. Type a misspelled word.
To erase a letter, press BACK.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press to highlight a
correction.
4. Press ENTER to view its
dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction list,
press BACK.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Correcting Misspellings Finding Confusables™
Confusablesarehomonymsandspell-
ing variants that are easy to confuse.
If a word has Confusables, CONF will
flash once in the upper right of the
screen.
1. Type a word (e.g., rein).
2. Press CONF.
Confusables come with identify-
ing words.
3. Press ENTER and then high-
light a word.
4. Press ENTER to define it, or
press THES to view its thesau-
rus meaning.
5. Press CLEAR when done.