Franklin MWD-170 User manual

MWD-170
www.franklin.com
USB Dictionary
& Thesaurus
User’s Guide

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Getting Started
Congratulations on your purchase of the USB Dictionary & Thesaurus! This dictionary provides
access to definitions, thesaurus entries, a guide to English grammar and more. Take this convenient
USB flash drive with you so you can access your dictionary anywhere you’ll have access to a PC
with a USB 2.0 port. Use Mobipocket Reader Desktop to use the dictionary on your PC. Then use
the Mobipocket Reader Desktop to download additional eBooks and eNews at any time.
System Requirements
To use this dictionary on your PC, your computer must meet the following minimum system
requirements.
• Pentium PC or compatible with available USB support
• Processor speed 500 mHz or better
• 128 MB RAM
• Mouse or other pointing device
• Windows®2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher) XP (Service Pack 2 or higher)
• Available USB port, 2.0 or higher
• Internet access

Plugging In Your Dictionary
To open the dictionary on your PC, follow the following instructions:
1. Take off the USB cover on your dictionary.
2. Find an open USB port on your computer.
3. Insert the dictionary into the USB port.

The Mobipocket Reader Desktop initializes and then launches on your PC.

Note: You may be prompted to restart your computer during the initialization. You do not
have to restart to use your device. Click No to continue.

✓Mapping Disk Drives
If your dictionary does not automatically launch, it may be because it could not establish all the
necessary drives on your computer. Double-click My Computer. All the drives your computer
currently registers are listed in various categories: Hard Disk Drives, Devices with Removable
Storage, Network Drives, etc. The drives for your dictionary are listed under Devices with
Removable Storage. Your dictionary requires two drives in order to automatically install. If it finds
the second drive already occupied by a mapped network drive, the dictionary will not
automatically install. Please re-map the network drive, then unplug and re-plug in your dictionary.
To re-map a drive, in My Computer, click the drive you want to re-map, click Tools | Disconnect
Network Drive to disconnect the drive, then click Tools | Map Network Drive to re-map it.
✓About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide are cropped, resized, or may differ slightly from what
you see on your PC. This does not mean that your dictionary is malfunctioning.

Finding Definitions
It’s easy to look up a word in this dictionary. Simply type it in at the word entry screen. This is the
first screen you see on your PC.
Note: All instructions in this User’s Guide refer to your typing or pressing buttons on your PC
keyboard, or using your mouse or other pointing device.
1. Type a word (for example, success).
To erase a letter, press Backspace.
To type a capital, hold Shift and press a letter key.
As you type letters, the first word in the dictionary that matches the letters you type will move
to the top of the word list. You may not have to type the entire word in order to find the one
you want. In this example, note that “success” appears on the screen after you type “suc”
but does not get highlighted until you type “success”.
2. When the word you want is on the screen, press the down arrow until the word you want is
highlighted.
Or you can continue typing letters until the word is complete and the matching word in the
list is automatically highlighted.

3. Press Enter to view the definition.
Or you can use the mouse and click the word you want.

4. Press the right and left arrows to scroll through and read the definition, if necessary.
You can also click and to scroll.
Note: If you press the up and down arrows, you will jump to the previous or next links in the
text. With a link highlighted, press Enter to go to that location in the eBook.
Click to view a grammar topic about the headword’s part of speech.
If a word has a thesaurus entry, is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Click it to view the entry.
If a word has Confusables, is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Click it to view
the Confusables.
5. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.

Finding Thesaurus Entries
Thesaurus entries consist of synonyms, antonyms, classmates and other information about a word.
Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning. Antonyms are words with the opposite
meaning. Classmates are words related in some way to the word you are looking up. They are often
words from a class of similar things, such as being a member of the same class of animals (for
example, giraffe). If a word has a thesaurus entry, will be displayed at the bottom of the
window.
1. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.
2. Click .
3. Type a word (for example, complete).
To erase a letter, press Backspace.
To type a capital, hold Shift and press a letter key.
As you type letters, the first word in the dictionary that matches the letters you type will move
to the top of the word list. You may not have to type the entire word in order to find the one
you want. In this example, note that “complete” appears on the screen after you type “compl”
but does not get highlighted until you type “complete”.
4. When the word you want is on the screen, press the down arrow until the word you want is
highlighted.
Or you can continue typing letters until the word is complete and the matching word in the
list is automatically highlighted.
5. Press Enter to view the thesaurus entry.
Or you can use the mouse and click the word you want.

Note: If the word you selected does not have a thesaurus entry, the thesaurus entry for the
first word on the word list will be displayed.
6. Press the right and left arrows to scroll through and read the entry, if necessary.
You can also click and to scroll.
Note: If you press the up and down arrows, you will jump to the previous or next links in the
text. With a link highlighted, press Enter to go to that location in the eBook.
Click to view a grammar topic about the headword’s part of speech.
If a word has a dictionary entry, is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Click it to view the definition.
If a word has Confusables, is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Click it to view
the Confusables.
7. Click and then Search to return to the dictionary word entry screen.

Correcting Misspellings
If you misspell a word, don’t worry. It will be corrected automatically. You can even spell it
phonetically.
1. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.
2. Type a misspelled word (for example, chear).
To erase a letter, press Backspace. Note: If the word you type does not match any word in
the dictionary, nothing in the word list is highlighted.
3. Press Enter.
The spell correction list is displayed.

4. Press the down or up arrows to highlight a correction.
5. Press Enter to view its dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction list and select another word, press Backspace.
Finding Confusables®
Confusables are homonyms and spelling variants that are easy to confuse. If a word has
Confusables, is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
1. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.
2. Type a word (for example, rain) and press Enter.
3. Click .
Confusables are displayed with identifying words.
4. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.

Finding a Letter in a Word
If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown
letter.
1. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.
2. Type a word with ?s (for example, st??y).
3. Press Enter.
The MatchMaker list is displayed.
4. Press the down or up arrows to move the highlight to the word you want.
5. Press Enter to view its dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction list and select another word, press Backspace.
✓Word Finding Tips
You can also use ?s to help solve crossword puzzles. For example, you can search for a five-
letter word in which its second letter is hand its last letter is w. Enter ?h??w to see possible
answers.

Finding a Series of Letters
To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk ( ✽ ) in a word. Each asterisk
stands for a series of letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a
little while to find the matching words.
1. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.
2. Type a word with an asterisk (for example, intra
✽ ).
To type an asterisk, hold Shift and press 8.
3. Press Enter.
The MatchMaker list is displayed.
4. Press the down or up arrows to move the highlight to the word you want.
5. Press Enter to view its dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction list and select another word, press Backspace.

Using the Grammar Guide
Your dictionary includes a helpful guide to English grammar that describes parts of speech and other
grammar topics. Read the grammar guide and test your comprehension by answering quizzes at the
end of most sections.
1. Click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.
2. Click .
Note: If you click from an entry, you will go directly to a topic relating to the
headword’s part of speech.
3. Press the up and down arrows to highlight the topic you want and then press Enter.
Or you can click the topic you want.
Continue selecting subsections, if necessary, until you reach the text of the grammar guide.

Press to see a menu of all the topics available in the grammar guide and then use
the same procedure to select the topic you want.
4. Press the left and right arrows to scroll through the text.
Press or to go to the next or previous topic, if available.
5. Press to return to the main menu.
To return to the dictionary, click Removable Storage in the left pane of the Mobipocket
Reader, click Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, and then click . If
at any time, you return to the dictionary and see only the Merriam-Webster logo on the page,
click and then Search to return to the word entry screen.

Grammar Quizzes
Your grammar guide contains many quizzes to help you learn and understand the rules of grammar you are
reading about. Note: Quizzes are not available for every topic. To take a quiz, click
. During a quiz, to move to the next question, click . Click to exit the quiz and
return to the grammar topic. Click to go to the main menu of the grammar guide.
✓Select the Solution Quizzes
This type of quiz provides you with options. Instructions are displayed at the top of the screen
indicating what the quiz expects you to choose. At each question, press the up or down arrows to
begin and move the highlight. Highlight the option you want and then press Enter to see if you
are correct. Or you can click the option you want.
✓Type the Answer Quizzes
This type of quiz asks you to fill in the blank. Instructions are displayed at the top of the screen
indicating what the quiz expects you to type. Type your answer. To see the expected answer,
press .
✓On Your Honor Quizzes
This type of quiz asks you to say a solution to yourself. Instructions are displayed at the top of the
screen indicating what the quiz expects you to know. Press the down arrow to see the answer.

Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in text. Then you can find their definition, copy
the word to the clipboard, highlight the word in the entry, add a note, or edit the word.
1. At any text, press click a word to highlight it.
If you want to highlight more than one word, click and hold the left mouse button at the
beginning of the text, then move the mouse until all the text you want is highlighted before
letting go.
A pop-up menu is displayed.
2. Click the option you want and then press Enter.
Click Lookup to search for the highlighted text in any available dictionary. A list of possible
entries is displayed. Click the entry you want to view.
Click Copy to copy the highlighted text to the clipboard.
Click Highlight to save a shading over the highlighted text.