Franklin DMQ-440N User manual

DMQ-440N
www.franklin.com/uk
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Queen’s English
Dictionary
& Thesaurus
USER’S GUIDE

Warning! Gently pull the battery
insulation sheet to remove it.Use a thin
pointed object to press the reset button
on the back of the device.

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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
Dictionary & Thesaurus you
can look up thousands of dictionary en-
tries, thesaurus entries and synonyms.
You can also correct misspellings, save
words to your User list, and play three
fun, educational word games. To learn
how to use other books, read their
User’s Guides.
Installing Batteries and Cards ........................................ 4
Selecting Books and Using the Colour Keys .................. 5
Changing Settings and Viewing a Demonstration ........... 6
Finding Definitions ......................................................... 7
Finding Words in Definitions........................................... 7
Correcting Misspellings .................................................. 8
Reviewing Words ............................................................ 8
Finding a Letter and a Series of Letters.......................... 9
Finding Synonyms ........................................................ 10
Finding Confusables™ .................................................. 11
Highlighting Words ....................................................... 11
Using the User List ....................................................... 12
Sending Words ............................................................. 13
Changing Game Settings .............................................. 14
Playing the Games ........................................................ 14

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Function Keys
Clears to Enter your word .
Shows the main menus.
(red) Shows the synonym list(s).
(green) Shows Confusables™list.
(yellow) Shows the games list.
(blue) Shows the User list menu.
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 punctuation.
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.
Arrow Keys
Move up or down in text or
lists; darken or lighten contrast
at the Entry screen.
Move left or right.
Star Key Combinations*
+ Sends a word between books.
+ Shows the next match.
+ Shows the previous match.
+ Types a hyphen.
➤ Understanding the Colour Keys
The colour 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 colour
key functions, which are labelled on
their cards and listed in their User’s
Guides. For more information, read
“Using the Colour Keys.”
* Hold while pressing the other key .

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BOOKMAN model 440 uses two
CR2032 batteries. Here is how to in-
stall or replace them. Warning: When
the batteries lose power or are re-
moved from BOOKMAN, information
that you entered in its built-in book, and
in an 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 with
their plus signs facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when BOOKMAN is on. If
you do, information that you entered
in its built-in book, and in an installed
book card, will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the card down until it
snaps into place.
Installing CardsInstalling Batteries
➤ Battery Information
1. Different types of batteries
or new and used batteries
are not to be mixed.
2. Only batteries of the same or
equivalent type as recom-
mended are to be used.
3. Batteries are to be inserted
with the correct polarity.
4. Exhausted batteries should
be removed.
5. Supply terminals are not to
be short-circuited.
➤ Removing Cards
Warning: When you remove a
card to install another, information
that you entered into the removed
card will be erased.

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Selecting Books Using the Colour 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
colour keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book
card is selected, the colour keys func-
tion as labelled on that card.
Remember, the colour keys for
BOOKMAN book cards function as
labelled on their cards, not as on the
keyboard.
Once you have installed a book card
in your BOOKMAN, you must select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press .
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press 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
Before you start using a book, you can
view a demonstration of what it can
do.
If the book is built-in, the demonstra-
tion automatically appears the first time
that you select the book. To stop the
demonstration, press . To disable
it, press , highlight the Setup
menu, and then select
Disable Demo .
If the book is in a card, select
View
Demo
from the Setup menu to view
its demonstration.
Viewing a Demonstration
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 .
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Setup menu.
3. Highlight Set Font, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press .
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press and if you selected
Set Contrast .
6. Press 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.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
Press to read it. To exit help, press
or .
➤ 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
You can find definitions by typing a
word at the Entry screen and then
pressing . Try this example.
1. Press .
This is the Entry screen.
2. Type a word (e.g., acumen).
3. Press .
4. Press or to move down.
Search for a Word lets you find all of
the definitions in which a specific word
appears.
1. Press .
2. Press .
3. Select Search for a word from
the Other menu.
4. Type a word (e.g., legal).
5. Press .
6. Hold and press to view
the next definition that
includes your word.
To view the previous one, hold
and press .
7. Press or to move down.
8. Press when finished.
Finding Words in Definitions
➤Browsing the Dictionary
While in a definition, hold and
press to view the next dictio-
nary definition. To view the
previous one, hold and press
. Dictionary entries are not
always in alphabetical order.

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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 .
2. Press .
3. Press to highlight a correc-
tion, if needed.
4. Press to view its
dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction list,
press .
5. Press when finished.
Correcting Misspellings Reviewing Words
The Path list lets you review the last
15 words you looked up. Your Path
list is automatically saved between
sessions until the batteries lose
power.
1. Select View Path list from the
Other menu.
This is a sample Path list. If you
haven’t looked up any words, you
see:
Path is empty .
2. Press to highlight a word.
3. Press to define it.
4. Press to view a thesau-
rus entry or to view its
Confusables, if any.