Franklin BOOKMAN PDT-440 User manual

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Contents
etymologies, Classmates®,
Confusables®and more. You can
also correct misspellings, save
words to your User list, and play
three challenging word games. Read
this User’s Guide to learn how.
Welcome to the world of BOOK-
MAN! With this
Power Dictionary
with Thesaurus
you can find over
110,000 dictionary words with
300,000 definitions, 500,000
synonyms, as well as antonyms,
Installing Batteries and Installing Book Cards..................... 4
Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ........................ 5
Changing the Settings and Viewing a Demonstration.......... 6
Finding Definitions .............................................................. 7
Finding Words in Definitions................................................ 7
Finding Thesaurus Entries ................................................... 8
Finding Parts of Words ........................................................ 9
Correcting Misspellings....................................................... 9
Highlighting Words ............................................................ 10
Finding Classmates®.......................................................... 10
Finding Confusables®......................................................... 11
Reviewing Words ............................................................... 11
Saving Words for Study..................................................... 12
Changing Game Settings ................................................... 13
Playing the Games ............................................................. 14
Sending Words Between Books......................................... 15
Resetting Your BOOKMAN and Specifications.................. 16

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Key Guide
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Displays 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 unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Moves in indicated direction.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
DN
UP
Pages down or up.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sendsawordbetweenbooks.
✩
+
DN
Displays the next or previous
entry or match.
✩
+
C
DisplaysConfusables®,ifany.
✩
+
D
Displays a definition.
✩
+
P
Displays the Path list.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the BOOK-
MAN 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.”
Function Keys
CLEAR Clears to
Enter your word .
MENU Displays the main menus.
THES
(red) Displays a thesaurus entry.
CLASS
(green)DisplaysClassmates®,ifany.
GAMES
(yellow) Displays the games list.
LIST (blue) Displays the User list menu.
CARD Exits the book you are reading.
ON/OFF Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.
or
UP
* Hold
✩
and press the other key .

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Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries
Your BOOKMAN, model PDT-440,
uses two CR-2032 batteries. Here is
how to install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from your
BOOKMAN, information that you
entered in its built-in book, and in an
installed book card, will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries in the
holes with their plus signs
facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
on. If you do, information that you
entered in its built-in book and in an
installed book card may 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 until it
snaps into place.
➤ Removing a Book Card
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
at any screen. When you turn your
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed appears.

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Using the Color KeysSelecting a Book
Once you have installed a book card
in your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn your 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.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on your BOOKMAN change functions
according 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 card book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on
that book card.
Remember, when you’ve selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labelled on their book cards, not as
on the BOOKMAN keyboard.

➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations may dif-
fer from what you see on your
screen. This does not mean that
yourBOOKMANismalfunctioning.

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Viewing a Demonstration Changing the Settings
You can adjust the font size, shutoff
time, and contrast of this dictionary.
The font size is 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
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Use the arrow keys to high-
light the Setup menu.
4. Highlight Set Font, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Highlight a setting.
To exit without changing settings,
press
BACK
.
7. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right
of the screen show which arrow
keys you can use to see more.
Before you start using this book, you
may want to see a demonstration of
what it can do.
If no book card is installed, the
demonstration appears automatically
when you turn on your BOOKMAN.
To disable the automatic demonstra-
tion, highlight
Disable Demo on the
Setup menu and then press
ENTER
.
To re-enable it, select
Enable Demo .
If a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, press
MENU
and
highlight the Setup menu. Then use
to highlight View Demo and press
ENTER
to see the demonstration.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Use or
SPACE
to read it.
To exit help, press
BACK
.
To read about what the keys do,
select
Tutorial from the Other menu.

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Finding Definitions
It’s easy to find definitions in this
dictionary. Simply type a word and
then press
ENTER
.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., acute).
You cannot type capitals. To erase a
letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
. Or hold
✩
and
press D.
4. Press ,
DN
, or
SPACE
to read
the definition.
5. Hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
to
see the next or previous
definition listed alphabetically.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
You can also search for all the
definitions in which a specific word
occurs.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. On the Other menu, highlight
Search for a word and then
press
ENTER
.
4. Type a word (e.g., legal) and
then press
ENTER
.
Note: You can also search for a word
in definitions by entering a word,
pressing
MENU
, and then selecting
Search for... from the Other menu.
5. Press ,
DN
, or
SPACE
to read.
6. Hold
✩
and press
DN
repeat-
edly to see the next defini-
tions containing your word.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Words in Definitions

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Each thesaurus entry contains a
thesaurus meaning and synonyms
for that meaning. Some thesaurus
entries also contain antonyms and
etymologies.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., splendid).
3. Press
THES
(red).
This is its first thesaurus entry.
4. Press to see its synonyms.
5. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to see
the next thesaurus entry.
To see a previous thesaurus entry,
hold
✩
and press
UP
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ Other Ways to Find
Thesaurus Entries
When you look up a dictionary
definition of a word, THES may
briefly appear at the upper right of
the screen. THES indicates that
the word you entered has one or
more thesaurus entries. Press
THES
(red) to see them.
THES also flashes at the upper
right of the screen when a
highlighted word has thesaurus
information. Again, press
THES
(red) to see that information.
➤ Comparing Synonyms
Some thesaurus entries include
comparisons to dictionary
definitions to help you understand
their meaning. For example, if you
see
COMPARE: promise 1 , read
the first definition of
promise to
learn more.
Finding Thesaurus Entries Finding Thesaurus Entries

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Finding Parts of Words Correcting Misspellings
If you are uncertain about how to
spell a word, type a question mark
(?) in place of each unknown letter.
To find prefixes, suffixes, and other
parts of words, type an asterisk (✽)
in a word. Each asterisk stands for a
series of letters or spaces.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word with ?’s or ✽’s.
To type an asterisk, hold
CAP
and
press
?
✻
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a match and press
ENTER
to find its definition.
To go back to the list of matches,
press
BACK
.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
If you misspell a word, a list of
corrections automatically appears.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a misspelled word
(e.g., nolij).
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a correction and press
ENTER
to find its definition.
To go back to the corrections,
press
BACK
.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Another way to look up a word is to
highlight it in text.
1. At any text, press
ENTER
to
start the highlight.
You can turn off the highlight by
pressing
BACK
.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light a word.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
find its definition
ENTER
see thesaurus entry
THES
(red)
see Classmates
CLASS
(green)
see Confusables
✩
+
C
add word to User list
LIST
(blue)
search for the word
MENU
and
in definitions then select
Search for...
Finding Classmates
®
Classmates are words related by
subject. If an entry word or a highlighted
word has Classmates, CLAS will flash
once in the upper right of the screen.
1. Type a word (e.g., lynx).
2. Press
CLASS
(green).
3. Use to read.
➤ Look for the Flashing Messages
When you enter a word or scroll
down a word list, often messages
such as THES, CLAS, or CONF will
flash at the upper right of the
screen. These messages show that
the word has at least one thesaurus
entry, Classmates, or Confusables.
A word can have more than one
message, so watch closely.
Highlighting Words