Franklin BOOKMAN SSA-840 User manual

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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMANisapowerful,portableelec-
tronicreferencewithabuilt-inbook,plus
a slot in the back for more book cards.
Withthis
SpeakingSpellingAce ,youcan
check spellings, hear pronunciations of
lettersandwords,learnhowtowritelet-
ters, and play 11 fun word games. It’s
fun and easy to use. To learn how, read
this User’s Guide.
Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card..............4
Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ..................5
Changing the Settings ...................................................6
Viewing a Demonstration ..............................................6
Hearing Letters and Words ............................................7
Checking Spellings ........................................................7
Finding a Letter in a Word .............................................8
Finding a Series of Letters ............................................9
Learning to Write Letters and Words .............................9
Saving Words for Study...............................................10
It’s Time to Rhyme .......................................................11
Learning Confusable Words.........................................12
Changing Game Settings .............................................12
Playing the Games .......................................................13
Sending a Word Between Books..................................16
Special Features and Specifications............................17
Limited Warranty .........................................................18

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Key Guide
Color Keys
SPELL
(red) Pronounces a letter,
number, or punctuation mark.
SAY
(green) Pronounces a word.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
RHYME
(blue) Shows a list of rhyming
words.
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter or backs up.
CAP
Shiftsthekeystotypecapitalsor
punctuation.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears your entry.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu
item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menu.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
?✽
Shows Confusables, types a ?
to stand for an unknown letter
in a word; with
CAP
, types an
✽to stand for a series of
letters in a word.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Direction Keys
Movesthroughtextormenus,or
moves the cursor or highlight.
DN
UP
Pages down or up.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the book described in
this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own color key functions, which are
labeled on their keyboards or book
cards. To learn more, read “Using the
Color Keys.”
Key Combinations*
✩
+ Q-PTypes numbers.
✩
+
DN
Goes to the next or previ-
ous handwritten letter or
number.
CAP
+ Goes to the top or bottom
of a word list or menu.
* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
or
UP
or

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YourBOOKMANmodel840ispowered
by four AAA batteries. Here is how to
install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
powerorareremovedfromyourBOOK-
MAN,informationthatyouhaveentered
in its built-in book, as well as in any in-
stalled 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 as shown
on the diagram in the bat-
tery compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
turnedon.Ifyoudo,informationthatyou
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.
Installing Batteries Installing a Book Card
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a book
card to install another, information that
you entered into the removed book
card will be erased.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at any
screen. When you turn BOOK-
MAN on again, the screen that you
last viewed appears.

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Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select which
book you want to use. Here’s an ex-
ample.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press CARD .
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Selecting a Book
➤ 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.
Using the Color Keys
Thered, green,yellow,andbluekeyson
the top row of your BOOKMAN change
their functions according to which book
you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
thecolorkeysfunctionaslabeledonthe
BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have se-
lected a book card, the color keys func-
tion 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.
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Youcanadjustthekeyboardecho,shut-
off time, and screen contrast of this
book. You can also change all the let-
ters to capitals.
Turning the keyboard echo off stops the
pronunciationaftereachsymbolistyped
and lets you type letters faster.
TheshutofftimeishowlongyourBOOK-
MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.
Contrast refers to how light or dark the
screen is.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use to highlight Setup.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a setting.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
If you select
Set Contrast , press
or repeatedly to make the
screen darker or lighter.
To leave the settings unchanged,
press
BACK
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Changing the Settings
Before you start using your new
BOOKMAN, you may want to see a
brief demonstration of what it can do.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au-
tomaticallyappearafteryouturntheunit
on. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
. To disable it, press
MENU
, use
tohighlight Setup andpress
ENTER
.High-
light
Disable Demo and press
ENTER
. To
re-enable it, select Enable Demo from
the Setup menu.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, press
MENU
. Then use
to highlight Setup and press
ENTER
to
select it. Then select View Demo .
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any time by pressing
HELP
.
Press or
DN
to read the help.
Press
BACK
to exit the message.
To read about how to use the keys,
select
Tutorial from the Setup menu.

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Hearing Letters and Words
If you misspell a word, your Speaking
SpellingAce
automaticallyprovidesalist
of corrections. If you enter a correctly
spelled word,
Correct appears on the
screen. Try this example.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type jiraph.
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To type capitals and punctuation,
hold
CAP
and press a letter or
punctuation key.
To type numbers, hold
✩
and
press a numbered key.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a correc-
tion, if needed.
Checking Spellings
Youcanhearletters,numbers,andpunc-
tuation marks pronounced as you type
them and words after you enter them.
Here’s how.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type wren.
If the keyboard echo has not been
turned off, you will hear each letter,
number, or punctuation mark as you
type. To learn how to turn the
keyboard echo on or off, read
“Changing the Settings.”
3. Press
SAY
(the green key) to
hear the word pronounced.
4. Press
SPELL
(red) repeatedly to
hear the word spelled aloud.
5. To adjust the volume, turn
the dial on the side of your
BOOKMAN.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.

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Checking Spellings
Finding a Letter in a Word
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Press
SAY
(green) to hear the
word pronounced.
7. Press
SPELL
(red) repeatedly to
hear the word spelled aloud.
You can see rhyming words by
pressing
RHYME
. To learn more, read
“It’s Time to Rhyme.”
8. Press
BACK
to go back to the
corrections.
9. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Ifyouareunsurehow tospell aword, type
a question mark in place of each unknown
letter. You can type more than one ques-
tion mark in a word.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word with ?’s. For
example, type p?rt.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a word.
5. Press
SAY
(green) to hear the
highlighted word pronounced.
6. Use
SPELL
(red) to hear the high-
lighted word spelled aloud.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around the
screen.
➤ Crossword Helper
You can also use question marks 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.

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Finding a Series of Letters
You can also find the endings, begin-
nings, and other parts of words by typ-
ing an asterisk (✽). An asterisk stands
for a series of letters.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word with an ✽. For
example, type de
✽ cks.
To type an asterisk, hold
CAP
and
press
?
✻
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a word.
5. Press
SAY
(green) to hear the
highlighted word pronounced.
6. Press
SPELL
(red) repeatedly to
hear the highlighted word
spelled.
7. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Learning to Write
Letters and Words
Your Speaking Spelling Ace can help you
learn how to write manuscript (block print-
ing)andcursiveletters,andcursivewords.
1. Press
MENU
.
2.Press
ENTER
toselectHandwriting.
3. Use to highlight a category
and then press
ENTER
. For ex-
ample, select Cursive Letters.
4.Typealetterornumberandpress
ENTER
. For example, enter g.
Note: You can enter only one hand-
written letter or number at a time.
To type numbers, hold
✩
and press
the numbered keys.
5. Press or
ENTER
to see a
guide about how to write the
letter or number.

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Saving Words for Study
6. Press or
ENTER
again to see the
letter or number written on the
screen.
7. To see the letter or number writ-
tenagain,press or
ENTER
again.
8. Press
SAY
or
SPELL
to hear the
letter or number pronounced.
9. Hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
to
see the next or previous letter
or number.
Learning to Write
Letters and Words
➤ LearningtoWriteCursiveWords
You can learn how to write cursive
words. Simply select Cursive Words
fromtheHandwritingmenuandthenuse
the arrow keys to select a word from
the word list. For example, select
ball .
Press
SAY
(green) to hear the word
pronounced.Press
SPELL
(red)tohear
thewordspelledaloud.Toseetheword
written again, press or
ENTER
.
You can create a User List of up to 20
words for study and review. Words are
listed in the order they are entered. You
can only add words to the User List that
are in
Speaking Spelling Ace’s word list.
Adding and Viewing Words
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
and select User List.
3. Highlight Add to List.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Type a word.
6. Press
ENTER
to add the word to
your User List.
Note: If a word is not in its word list,
Speaking Spelling Ace treats that
word as a misspelling.
7. Highlight View List and press
ENTER
to see the list.
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It’s Time to Rhyme
Saving Words for Study
Deleting One Word
1. Press
MENU
and select User List.
2. Select Delete Word.
3. Highlight a word on the list.
4. Press
ENTER
to delete it.
Or press
BACK
to cancel.
Erasing Your User List
1. Press
MENU
and select User List.
2. Select Erase List.
3. Press Yto erase the entire list.
Or press
N to cancel.
▼
It’s easy to find rhyming words. Rhymes
arewordsthatendwiththesamesound.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type sweet.
3. Press
RHYME
(blue) to see rhym-
ing words.
4. Press to see and hear more
rhyming words.
5. To hear a rhyming word
spelled, use
SPELL
(red).
6. To hear the rhyming word pro-
nouncedagain,press
SAY
(green).
7. Press
BACK
to go back to the
word you typed.
8. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
▼
➤ Other Ways to Add Words
You can also add a word to your User
List by entering it at the Type a word
screen or by highlighting it in text.
To enter a word at the
Type a word
screen, simply type a word and press
MENU
. Select User List . Press and
then press
ENTER
to add the word.
To add a word in text, press
ENTER
to
start the highlight and use the arrow
keys to highlight a word. Then press
MENU
and select User List . Press
and then press
ENTER
to add the word.

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Changing Game Settings Learning Confusable Words
Confusables®are words that sound alike
but are spelled differently. When a ques-
tionmarkappearsatthetoprightcornerof
the screen, that word has Confusables.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word and press
ENTER
.
For example, enter air.
The question mark shows that air
has Confusables.
3. Press
?
✽
to see a list of
Confusablesandtheirmeanings.
4. Use to move the highlight
and see more Confusables.
5. Use one of the following keys:
To... Press...
hear a word pronounced
SAY
hear a word spelled
SPELL
see rhyming words
RHYME
SpeakingSpellingAce has11funandedu-
cationalwordgamesyoucanplay.Youcan
selecttheskillleveland choosea wordlist
you will play with. You can also turn off the
game graphics. Here’s how.
1. Press
GAMES
(yellow).
2.Press
ENTER
toselect GameSet-Up.
3. Highlight Skill Level, Word List,
or Turn Off Game Graphics.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
5. Press or to see the differ-
ent settings.
Or press
ENTER
to turn the game
graphics off and then press
GAMES
to
go to the games list.
6. Press
ENTER
to select the new
setting.
Orpress
BACK
toreturntotheGame
Set-Up menu without changing the
setting.
7. Press
GAMES
to go back to the
Games list.

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Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mys-
tery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a
time.Thenumberofguessesyouhaveleft
appears to the right of the #’s. For a hint,
hold
CAP
andpress
?
✽
,orpress
?
✽
to end the round. Note: If you ask for a
hint, you will lose the round. Press
SAY
(green) to hear the word pronounced or
RHYME
(blue) to see its rhyming words, if
any. To start a new round, press
SPACE
. To
select a new game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Keyboard Wizard
KeyboardWizardchallengesyoutotype
the letter that floats across the screen
before it gets to the other side. To end
the round, press
?
✽
. To start a new
round, press
SPACE
. To select a new
game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Anagrams
Anagrams challenges you to find all of the
words that can occur within a given word.
Eachlettercanonlybeusedasmanytimes
as it appears in the given word. Each ana-
Playing the Games
Nowthatyouhavethegameset,let’splay.
1. Press
GAMES
(yellow), if not
already at the Games list.
2.Use or to highlight agame.
3. Press
ENTER
to select it.
4. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Playing the Games
▼▼▼
➤ Selecting the Game Words
You can choose to play the games
with a random word list, your user
list, your own words, or with words
that have from three to 13 letters.
➤ Seeing Your Score
Your score appears after each round
of most games until you change
games or until you exit the games.
➤ Understanding Skill Levels
There are four skill levels to choose
from: Beginner, Intermediate,
Advanced, and Expert. Beginners,
for example, have more chances to
guess mystery words than experts.

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Playing the Games Playing the Games
grammustbeaspecifiedminimumlength,
which will flash on the screen before each
game. The number of possible anagrams
is shown on the right side of the screen.
Type an anagram and then press
ENTER
.
Usethearrowkeystoviewtheanagrams
that you have already entered. Hold
CAP
and press
?
✽
to shuffle the letters of
the given word. Press
?
✽
to end the
roundand reveal the remaining anagrams.
Highlight a word and press
SAY
(green)
to hear the word pronounced or
RHYME
(blue)toseeitsrhymingwords,ifany.Press
SPACE
tostartanewround.Toselectanew
game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Word Train
All aboard the Word Train spelling game!
You and the train take turns typing letters
to form a word. Whoever types the last
letterwins.Toseethelettersyoucantype,
hold
CAP
and press
?
✽
. To end a
round, press
?
✽
. Press
SAY
(green)
to hear the word pronounced, or
RHYME
(blue)toseeitsrhymingwords,ifany.Press
SPACE
tostartanewround.Toselectanew
game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Jumble
Jumble scrambles the letters of a mystery
word. You must unscramble all the letters
to form the word(s). The number of words
that can be formed appears to the right of
theletters.Type your guess and then press
ENTER
.Toshuffletheletters,hold
CAP
and
press
?
✽
. To quit and see the answer,
press
?
✽
. When there is more than one
word,highlightaword,andthenpress
SAY
(green) to hear the word pronounced or
RHYME
(blue)toseeitsrhymingwords,ifany.
Toselectanewgame,press
GAMES
(yellow).
Letter Chase
LetterChasechallengesyoutotypeamys-
tery cursive letter before it is fully written
onthescreen.Toendaround,press
?
✽
.
Press
SPACE
to start a new round. To se-
lect a new game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words for you to de-
fine, pronounce, or study. Press
SAY
(green) to hear the word pronounced, or
RHYME
(blue) to see its rhyming words, if
any. Press
SPACE
to start a new round. To
select a new game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
▼▼▼
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Playing the GamesPlaying the Games
Word Blaster
WordBlasterisaspeedspellinggame.Let-
ters of a mystery word appear one by one.
You must enter the answer before the last
letterisshownandtimerunsout.Whenyou
think you know what word is being spelled,
press
ENTER
, type your guess and press
ENTER
again. To return to the game screen,
press
BACK
. To end the round and reveal
theword,press
?
✽
.Press
SAY
(green)
tohearthewordpronounced,or
RHYME
(blue)
to see its rhyming words, if any. To select a
new game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Word Builder
Word Builder takes letters you have
typedandshufflesthemtomakewords.
Type letters at the
Enter your letters
screen and press
ENTER
. Use the arrow
keys to scroll through the anagrams.
Press
ENTER
to highlight an anagram and
thenpress
SAY
(green)toheartheword
pronounced,or
RHYME
(blue)toseeitsrhym-
ing words, if any. To select a new game,
press
GAMES
(yellow).
▼▼
Memory Challenge
In Memory Challenge, you start with one
word and can go as far as your memory
allows. A word will appear briefly on the
screen and then you will be asked to type
it.Eachwordmustbespelledcorrectlyand
entered in the order in which it appeared.
Watchforawordtoappearandthenenter
it at the Enter word 1 screen. If you are
right,youwin!Ifyou’rewrong,typeanother
guess.Continueaddingasmanywordsto
the challenge that you can. For a hint, hold
CAP
and press
?
✽
. To end the round,
press
?
✽
. Press
SAY
(green) to hear
the word pronounced, or
RHYME
(blue) to
see its rhyming words, if any. To select a
new game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
Word Capture
In Word Capture, a letter will quickly flash
in its position in a word. You must press
that letter key while it is still flashing in or-
dertocapture it. Continue typing the flash-
ing letters until the word is formed. To end
theround,press
?
✽
.Press
SAY
(green)
to hear the word pronounced, or
RHYME
(blue) to see its rhyming words, if any. To
select a new game, press
GAMES
(yellow).
▼▼

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Sending a Word Between Books
You can lookup words from this book in
certain other BOOKMAN books, and
vice versa.
To send or receive a word to or from
anotherbook,youmusthaveaninstalled
book card in your BOOKMAN that is
able to send or receive words, too. To
learn if a book card can send or receive
words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word.
To highlight a word, press
ENTER
and
then press the arrow keys.
2. Hold
✩
and press
CARD
.
3. Highlight the other book.
4. Press
ENTER
.
The word that you highlighted
appears in the other book.
5. If needed, press
ENTER
to look
up the word.
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re-
spond, or if its screen performs erratically,
first press
CLEAR
and then press
ON/OFF
twice.Ifnothinghappens, follow the steps
below to reset it.
Warning: Pressing the reset button with
more than very light pressure may perma-
nently disable your BOOKMAN. In addi-
tion,resettingBOOKMANerasessettings
andinformationenteredintoitsbuilt-inbook,
and in an installed book card.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paperclip to gently press
BOOKMAN’s reset button.
The reset button is recessed in a pin-
sized hole on the back of BOOKMAN.
Resetting BOOKMAN
This unit may change operating modes due to
Electro-staticDischarge.Normaloperationofthis
unit can be re-established by pressing the reset
key,
ON/OFF
, or by removing/replacing batteries.
➤ Troubleshooting BOOKMAN
• Make sure your book card, if any, is
installed correctly.
• Check that the book card’s metal
contacts are dirt- and dust-free.

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AC adaptor jack: Your BOOKMAN
maybeequippedwithastandard3.5mm
jackforusewitha9-volt,200-300milliamp
AC/DC adaptor.
Thissymbolindicatesthattheinnercore
of the plug of an AC adaptor is negative
andthattheouterpartoftheplugisposi-
tive. If your AC/DC adaptor does not
havethis symbol,confirmits compatibil-
ity at its place of purchase.
Headphone jack: Your BOOKMAN
may also have a 3.5 mm stereo head-
phone jack for use with a standard im-
pedance 8 Ohm headset.

Headphone
jack
AC adaptor
jack
Special Features
Model: SSA-840
• batteries: 4 AAA, 1.5-volt
• size: 14.6 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm
• weight: 7 oz (without batteries)
©1996FranklinElectronicPublishers,Inc.,
Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 U.S.
All rights reserved.
© 1996 First Byte Inc. All rights reserved.
© 1995 Zaner-Bloser.
FCC Notice: Complies with the limits
for a Class B computing device pursuant
to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause
harmful interference; and (2) This device
must accept any interference received, in-
cludinginterferencethatmaycauseundes-
ired operation.
U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618;
4,891,775; 4,406,626; 4,982,181; 5,113,340;
5,153,831; 5,203,705; 5,218,536; 5,229,936;
5,249,965; 5,295,070; 5,321,609; 5,333,313;
5,396,606; 5,007,019; European Patent 0
136 379; Deutsch Pats. M9409743.7 and
M9409744.5; U.K. Reg. Des. 2043955.
Pat. Pend.
ISBN 1-56712-284-1
Specifications

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Limited Warranty (U.S. only)
FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and
workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT,
FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which
you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ 08016-
4907, within one year of purchase.Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at its option, refund your purchase price.
Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under license to FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN
makesno warranty withrespect to theaccuracy of datain the BOOKMANPRODUCT. No warrantyis made
that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free. You assume all risk of any damage or
loss from your use of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT.
This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN, the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been
tampered with, damaged by accident, abused, misused, or misapplication, or as a result of service or
modificationbyanyparty,includinganydealer,other thanFRANKLIN. Thiswarrantyapplies onlytoproducts
manufactured by or for FRANKLIN. Batteries, corrosion, or battery contacts and any damage caused by
batteries are not covered by this warranty. NO FRANKLIN DEALER, AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE IS
AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY
MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY.
THEFOREGOINGWARRANTYIS EXCLUSIVEANDISINLIEUOFALLOTHEREXPRESSORIMPLIED
WARRANTIES, WRITTEN OR ORAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY SHALLBE FRANKLIN’S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUNDAS SETFORTHABOVE IN
THISWARRANTY.Some Statesdo not allow theexclusion of implied warranties,or limitations on howlong
a warranty lasts. This warranty gives you specific rights; you may also have additional rights which vary
from State to State. This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision
may be prohibited by applicable law.
FRANKLINSHALLINNOEVENTBELIABLETOYOUORTOANYOTHERPERSONFORANYSPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR DAMAGE,
ARISING OUT OFYOUR PURCHASE, THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT,
THIS LICENSE, OR ANY OBLIGATION RESULTING THEREFROM OR THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER BREACH OF CONTRACT,
TORT, STRICTLIABILITY ORANY OTHER CAUSE OFACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHICH DAMAGES
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, DAMAGES TO PROPERTY, OR
PERSONAL INJURY (BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW). FRANKLIN’S ENTIRE
LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM OR LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE FROM ANY SUCH CAUSE SHALL IN
NOEVENTEXCEEDTHEPRICEPAIDFORTHEBOOKMANPRODUCT.THISCLAUSE SHALLSURVIVE
FAILURE OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. This license and warranty is governed by the laws of the United
States and the State of New Jersey.

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Index
*'s, searching with 9
?* key 12
?'s, searching with 8
Anagrams 13
Arrow keys 8
Batteries, installing 4
Blue (RHYME) key 3, 11
Book Cards, installing 4
Books, selecting 5
Capitals 6
CARD key 5, 16
Color keys, understanding 3
Color keys, using 5
Confusables 12
Contrast, adjusting 6
Copyrights and trademarks 17
Crossword helper 8
Cursive letters, writing 9
Demonstration
disabling 6
enabling 6
Direction keys 3
Disable demo 6
Flashcards 14
Game Set-Up 12
Games
graphics 12
keeping score 13
skill levels 12, 13
GAMES (yellow) key 3, 12, 13
Green (SAY) key 3, 7, 8, 10
Handwriting 9
Hangman 13
Hearing
letters 7
words 7
HELP key 6
Help messages 6
Jumble 14
Keeping score 13
Keyboard echo 7
Keyboard Wizard 13
Letter Chase 14
Memory Challenge 15
Misspellings, correcting 7
Numbers, typing 3, 7, 9
Red (SPELL) key 3, 7, 8, 10
Resetting BOOKMAN 16

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P/N 7201279 Rev A
Index
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RHYME (blue) key 3, 11
SAY (green) key 3, 7, 8, 10
Set Shutoff 6
Setup menu 6
Shutoff time, adjusting 6
Size and weight 17
SPELL (red) key 3, 7, 8, 10
STAR key, with CARD 16
User List 10, 11
Viewing, help messages 6
Word Blaster 15
Word Builder 15
Word Capture 15
Word Train 14
Yellow (GAMES) key 3, 12, 13