BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK Deutsch/Englisch Professor Electronic Publishers BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG USER’S GUIDE DBD-2015
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Contents words to your User list, and play fun, educational word games that will help you learn German. Use your BOOKMAN to read this book card. See “Installing Book Cards” to learn how. Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! With this German/English Dictionary you can translate more than 200,000 words, view their inflections with examples, correct misspellings, save Key Guide ..................................................................... 19 Installing Book Cards .........................................
Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR Other Keys Clears to an entry screen. MENU Shows the main menus. FLEKT (red) CAP Shifts keys to type capitals. ENTER Enters a search, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight. Switches languages. (green) SPIEL (yellow) Shows the games menu. LISTE Shows the User list menu. ON/OFF Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight. Shows inflections. E/D CARD BACK (blue) Exits the selected book. HELP Shows help messages.
Installing Book Cards Selecting a Book 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. Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press KARTE (or CARD ). 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. These are sample books. 3.
Using the Color Keys Changing Settings The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected. 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 shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard.
▼ Viewing a Demonstration Changing the Language Before you start using this book, you can view a demonstration of what it can do. Message Language The message language is the language of prompts, help and other messages. Once you have installed and selected the book card, press MENÜ (or MENU ) and then the arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Other menu. Then press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view the demonstration.If you want to stop the demonstration, press CLEAR .
Beginner Tips Finding Words The simplest way to translate or define a word is to enter it at an entry screen. You do not need to type accents or capital letters. ➤ A Faster Way to Change Languages At the main menus press E/D (green). Pressing E/D (green) changes the message language at the menus and help, or changes the entry language at the entry screen. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., geld). ➤ Understanding Definitions Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of information.
Finding Phrases Finding Inflections This product also contains many phrases. You can find phrases simply by entering a single word from a phrase. This dictionary includes extensive inflections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., schwimmen). 2. Press FLEKT (red). 1. Select German Phrases from the Topics menu. 2. Type a word in a German phrase (e.g., noch ). 3.
Advanced Tips Highlighting Words ➤ Viewing Complete Menu Items To learn more about a word appearing in a definition, you can highlight the word and find its definition(s) and inflections. The words and phrases followed by ellipses are too long to fit onto one line. At any highlighted menu item, press ? ✻ to view the whole item. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., frei). 2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ). 3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) again to start the highlight.
Using the User List ▼ Finding Spellings If you’re not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. 1. At the German entry screen type a word with ?’s and a ✽ (e.g., sch?ss✽). To type an ✽, hold (or CAP ) and press 2. Press ? EINGABE ✻ . (or ENTER To Add Words For study or fun, you can add words to the personal word lists. Your words are saved as long as the batteries have power or you reset your BOOKMAN.
▼ Using the User List To View the List ▼ 1. Press LISTE (blue). 2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view the list. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view its definition(s) or FLEKT (red) to view its inflections. To set the difficulty of the games, first press SPIEL (yellow), and then select Game Settings from the games menu. Next select a word list, skill level, inflections or no inflections, and a language. To Delete a Word 1. Press LISTE (blue). 2.
Playing the Games Playing the Games Hangman Flashcards Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. As you type letters, your correct guesses appear in place of the question marks and your wrong guesses appear below (#). You must guess the word before you run out of tries and your man hangs. Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study. To view the definitions of the word, press EINGABE (or ENTER ).
Looking up Words in Other Books Playing the Games This book card can send words to and receive words from certain other BOOKMAN books. To send a word, you must first install a book card in your BOOKMAN, and that book card must be able to send or receive words. To learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide. NOTE: These two games test your knowledge of German words only. Gender Tutor™ Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of German nouns.
Resetting Your BOOKMAN Book Card Care If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs erratically, first press CLEAR and then press AN/AUS (or ON/OFF ) twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting your BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book, and in any installed book card.
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