Franklin IC-116 User manual

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Digital Book System
For Use with the Franklin
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IC-116
DIGITAL BOOK
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User’s Manual
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Electronic Publishers
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
FCR-28016-00 A PN 7201750 Printed in China
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Electronic Publishers
ADVANCED
DICTIONARY

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Contents
Getting Started ............................................... 4
Install the Digital Book .............................. 5
Select the Dictionary ................................. 6
Select Other Options ................................. 7
Learn the Keys ........................................... 8
Looking Up Words ........................................10
Correcting Spellings................................. 11
Finding Spellings...................................... 12
Finding Definitions ................................... 15
Finding Thesaurus Entries ......................18
Finding ClassmatesTM ............................... 21
Finding Confusable Words ...................... 22
Reviewing Words...................................... 23
Words From Other Books ........................ 24
Using Grammar Guide.................................. 26
Finding Topics .......................................... 27
Grammar Exercises .................................. 29
Digital Book System ..................................... 32
Index .......................................................... 39

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Introduction
You now have a powerful electronic reference with
the features of a dictionary and a thesaurus.
Using the
Merriam-Webster
®
Advanced
Dictionary
, you can:
• check and correct spellings,
• find unknown letters and fragments of words,
• find extensive definitions, word histories, and
confusable word lists,
• find thesaurus meanings, synonyms,
antonyms, and more,
• pick and look up words on screen,
• review words that you’ve already looked up,
• look up words from other digital books.
This User’s Manual shows you how. You can
follow its numbered instructions using the
examples shown or using words that interest you.
About User Notes
Throughout this User’s Manual, notes like this
provide tips and explain advanced uses of
the
Merriam-Webster®Advanced Dictionary
. Look
for them.

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Getting Started
If you’re using
The Merriam-Webster®
Advanced Dictionary
for the first time,
read this section.

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Protect Your Digital Books
Never install or remove a digital book while the
Digital Book System is on. If you do, information
that you entered in the other installed digital
book may be erased.
Install the Digital Book
You must install the Merriam-Webster® Advanced
Dictionary
before you can use it.
1. Make sure the Digital Book System is off.
2. Insert the
digital book in a slot on the back.
3. Press
4. To adjust screen contrast, turn the contrast
wheel on the side of the Digital Book System.
5. If the screen is blank, check the batteries.
Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches
in the slot. Then snap the digital book in place.
ON/OFF .

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Select the Dictionary
Once the Merriam-Webster®Advanced Dictionary is
installed, here’s how to select and start using it.
1. Press
2. Press or to highlight the
Merriam-Webster
®
Advanced Dictionary
symbol.
3. Press
This is the entry line. You can always return to it
by pressing
Resuming Where You Left Off
If the Digital Book System is turned off while
you’re using the
Merriam-Webster®Advanced
Dictionary
, simply press to return to the
previous screen. ON/OFF
CARD .
CLEAR .
ENTER .

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Select Other Options
Using the Other menu, you can select fonts, set
shutoff times, and see a demonstration.
1. Press Then press .
2. Press to highlight an option.
3. Press to see the settings, if any.
4. Press to highlight a setting.
5. Press to select it.
Understanding the Other Options
Run Demo shows you a brief demonstration.
To stop the demo, press
Select Font lets you decide how you want the
letters to appear on screen. For easier reading,
select a medium or large typeface.
Set Shutoff lets you set how long the Digital Book
System stays on when you forget to turn it off.
CLEAR .
ENTER
MENU .
ENTER

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Here are some of the keys you’ll often use in the
Merriam-Webster®Advanced Dictionary .
Function Keys
Clear to the entry line.
See the main menu.
Cycle through references.
See grammar exercises.
Show the path list.
Switch to another digital book.
See a definition or pick a word.
Back up or erase letters.
See a help message.
Direction Keys
Move the cursor left or right.
Move up or down.
Page up or down.
Zoom to the top or bottom of
an entry.
Go to next or previous entry.
Learn the Keys
DN
UP
HELP
+
DN
UP
+
CLEAR
MENU
MORE
LIST
CARD
ENTER
BACK
GAMES

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Gold Key Combinations
+ See Classmates.
+ Show dictionary definitions.
+ See thesaurus meanings.
Show Confusables.
Go to the Grammar Guide.
MatchMaker™Key
Letter Detective™, find letters in
words.
+ Fragment Finder™, find
fragments of words.
Help is Always at Hand
To... Press...
See a help message
at any time
Move down the message
Exit the message
+
Learn the Keys
BACK
SHIFT ? *
? *
C
D
T
?*
G
+
HELP

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This section shows
you how to find
definitions, thesaurus entries,
and other information
about words.
Looking Up Words

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Correcting Spellings
To check or correct spellings, simply type a word and
press If you misspell a word, you’ll see a
correction list.
1. Press
2. Type a misspelled word.
To erase letters, press
3. Press to see a correction list.
4. To define a word, press to highlight it.
Then press
To go back to the correction list, press
5. Press when you’re finshed.
ENTER .
CLEAR .
BACK .
ENTER .
BACK .
CLEAR
ENTER

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Finding Spellings
You can find unknown letters, prefixes, suffixes, or
fragments of words by using the MatchMaker™
characters—the question mark and the asterisk.
Letter Detective™
The question mark is the letter detective. It finds
unknown letters in words.
1. At the entry line, type a word with a ?
standing for each unknown letter.
2. Press
3. To define a word, press to highlight it.
Then press
4. Press when you’re finished.
ENTER .
ENTER .
CLEAR

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Fragment Finder™
The asterisk is the fragment finder. It finds prefixes,
suffixes, and fragments of words. Each asterisk can
stand for any number of letters.
1. Type a word with an ✽standing for a series
of unknown letters.
To type the asterisk, press plus
2. Press
3. To define a word, press to highlight it.
Then press
4. Press when you’re finished.
Finding Spellings
SHIFT
ENTER .
? * .
ENTER .
CLEAR

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Spelling Finder Tips
● You can enter ?’s and ✽‘s in the same word.
For example, pers?ver* . But don’t place a ?
next to an ✽. Remember, ✽‘s can stand for any
number of letters, including one or none.
● You can use ?’s and ✽’s to find unusual
words. For example, to find two-letter words
beginning with an O, enter o? . To find all words
beginning with O, enter o✽.
●You can 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.
Follow the Arrows
Blinking arrows on screen show which
keys you can press to see more. Look
for them.
Finding Spellings

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Finding Definitions
You can find definitions in two ways: (1) by entering a
word at the entry line, or (2) by picking a word from
definitions or word lists.
By Entering Words
The simplest way to define words is to enter them at
the entry line.
1. Type a word.
2. Press
This is a dictionary entry. For information about
understanding an entry see p. 17.
3. To move down the entry, press or .
Read the next section for another way to find
definitions.
DN
ENTER .

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By Picking Words
You can define words by picking them from definition
or word lists. Word lists are always in pick mode.
1. At a definition, thesaurus meaning or
grammar guide text, press
Or, under Commands , select Pick Mode .
Then press To turn off the highlight,
press
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word.
3. Press
Finding Definitions
ENTER .
BACK .
ENTER .
ENTER .

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Seeing MORE Information
By pressing , you can instantly cycle from
definitions to thesaurus entries to confusable
words (if any) to Classmates (if any) and then
back to definitions. You can start at any point in
the cycle.
Understanding Dictionary Entries
In dictionary entries, the entry word (in bold)
appears first with hyphenation points and part(s)
of speech (in parentheses). One or more
definitions of the entry word follow.
Some dictionary entries also contain derivative
words (in bold), examples of usage (in brackets),
synonyms (in SMALL CAPS) or an etymology (in
brackets).
Browsing Dictionary Entries
You can browse through dictionary entries as
you would in a book. At a definition, press
plus to see the next dictionary entry. Press
plus to see the previous one.
Dictionary entries aren’t always in alphabetical
order.
4. Press when you’re finished.
Finding Definitions
MORE
CLEAR

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Finding Thesaurus Entries
You can find thesaurus entries 1) by typing a word
or, 2) by picking a word.
1. Type a word or pick one using pick mode.
2. Press plus
This is a thesaurus entry. For more information,
see “Understanding Thesaurus Entries” on p. 19.
3. Press to see synonyms, antonyms
(if any), and ComparesTM (if any).
T .

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Understanding Thesaurus Entries
Thesaurus entries consist of thesaurus meanings,
synonyms, antonyms, or ComparesTM.
Athesaurus meaning is a definition shared by a
group of synonyms.
Synonyms are words which have similar mean-
ings to the word being defined.
Antonyms are words which have the opposite
meaning of the word being defined.
ComparesTM are words which are close in
meaning to the word you looked up, but not close
enough to be considered synonyms. They will
often have a number after them, like “admire 1 ”
on the previous page. This number stands for the
thesaurus entry of “admire ”that is relevant to its
usage as a Compare in the thesaurus meaning of
“appreciate ”.
Using Pick Mode in Thesaurus
Don’t forget that you can always use pick mode.
Press to turn it on. Then highlight a word
and press to see it thesaurus
meaning or to see is dictionary definition.
Finding Thesaurus Entries
+
ENTER
ENTER T