Franklin Bookman MWD-640 User manual

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
B OO K MAN
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USER’S GUIDE
MWD-640
Dictionary
& Thesaurus

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Contents
Welcome tothe worldof BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable
electronicreferencewithabuilt-inbook
and a slot in the back for more books.
Withthis
BOOKMANDictionary&The-
saurus
you can find over 83,000 dic-
tionary entries, 41,000 thesaurus en-
tries with 496,000 synonyms, correct
misspellings,save wordsto yourUser
list, and play three fun, educational
wordgames.Tolearnhowtouseother
book cards, read their User’s Guides.
Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card................ 3
Selecting Books and Using the Color Keys ..................... 4
Changing Settings .......................................................... 5
Viewing a Demonstration ............................................... 5
Finding Definitions ......................................................... 6
Finding Words in Definitions........................................... 6
Finding Synonyms .......................................................... 7
Finding a Letter .............................................................. 8
Finding a Series of Letters.............................................. 8
Correcting Misspellings.................................................. 9
Finding Confusables®..................................................... 9
Highlighting Words ......................................................... 10
Reviewing Words............................................................ 10
Using the User List ......................................................... 11
Sending Words ............................................................... 12
Changing Game Settings ................................................ 13
Playing the Games.......................................................... 13

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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 book you are reading.
ON/OFF Turns your 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 question mark to stand
for an unknown letter in a word.
Shifted, types an asterisk to
stand for a series of letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sendsawordbetweenbooks.
✩
+ DN Shows the next match.
✩
+ UP Shows the previous match.
✩
+ TShows a thesaurus entry.
✩
+ PShows the Path list.
*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 book cards and listed in their
User’s Guides. For more informa-
tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”

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BOOKMANmodel640usesfourAAA
batteries. Here is how to install or re-
place them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from your
BOOKMAN, information that you
have entered in its built-in book as
well as in any installed 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.
Installing Batteries
➤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.
Installing a Book Card
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that
you entered in its built-in book as
well as in any other installed book
cards, will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book card
with the notches in the slot.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.

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Selecting Books Using the Color Keys
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on the top row of your BOOKMAN
change their functions according to
which book you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book, the
color keys function as labeled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have
selected a book card, the color keys
function as labeled on that card.
Remember, when you’ve selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
Once you have installed a book card
in your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use. Follow
these steps.
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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➤ 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.
Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using your BOOK-
MAN, you can view a brief demonstra-
tion of what it can do.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati-
cally appears once you turn it on. To stop
the demonstration, press CLEAR. To dis-
able it, press MENU and then select
Dis-
able Demo
from the CMDS menu. To re-
enable it, select Enable Demo .
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, select
View Demo from the
CMDS menu to view the demo.
➤ 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.
To read a tutorial and key guide de-
scribingthefunctionsofthisbook,se-
lect
Tutorial from the CMDS menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around the
menus or to 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.
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.
FindingWordsinDefinitions

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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 questionmark in placeof
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.