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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 find over 83,000 dictionary entries, 41,000 thesaurus entries with 496,000 synonyms, 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 Cartridges ................................
Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR Clears to Enter your word. MENU Shows the main menus. THES CONF GAMES LIST CARD ON/OFF (red) BACK CAP Shows a thesaurus entry. ENTER (green) Shows Confusables™ . (yellow) (blue) HELP Shows the games list. ? ✱ Shows the User list menu. Exits the slelected book. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. Direction Keys Move in indicated direction.
Installing Batteries Installing Cartridges BOOKMAN model 440 uses two CR2032, 3-volt batteries. Here is how to install or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from BOOKMAN, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed cartridge, will be erased. Warning: Never install or remove a cartridge when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed cartridge, will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2.
Selecting Books Using the Color Keys Once you have installed a cartridge in your BOOKMAN, you must select which book you want to use. The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a cartridge book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that cartridge. These are sample books. 3.
Changing Settings Viewing a Demonstration You can adjust the font size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. 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. Before you start using a book, you should view a demonstration of what it can do. If the book is built-in, the demonstration automatically appears the first time that you select it. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR.
Finding Definitions Finding Words in Definitions It’s easy to look up a word in the dictionary. Simply type it at the Entry screen and press ENTER. Try this example. Search for a Word lets you find all of the definitions in which a specific word appears. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Press MENU. 3. Select Search for a word from the CMDS menu. 4. Type a word (e.g., legal). 5. Press ENTER. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type a word (e.g., knowledge). 3. Press ENTER. 6.
Finding Synonyms Finding Synonyms When you see THES flash once in the upper right of the screen, that word has a thesaurus entry. ➤ Understanding Thesaurus Entries Thesaurus entries consist of thesaurus meanings and a synonym list. A thesaurus meaning is a definition shared by a list of synonyms. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type a word (e.g., splendid). 3. Press THES. Or hold ✩ and press T. ➤ Two Ways to Back Up Pressing BACK takes you back to the previous screen you viewed.
Finding a Letter Finding a Series of Letters If you are uncertain about a letter in a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk in a word. Asterisks stand for a series of letters. NOTE: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a while to find the matching words. 1. Type a word with ?’s. 1. Type a word with an ✱. 2. Press ENTER. To type an asterisk, hold CAP and press ? ✱ . 2. Press ENTER.
Correcting Misspellings Finding Confusables™ If you misspell a word, don’t worry. It will be corrected automatically. Confusables are homonyms and spelling variants that are easy to confuse. If a word has Confusables, CONF will flash once in the upper right of the screen. 1. Type a misspelled word. 1. Type a word (e.g., rein). 2. Press CONF. To erase a letter, press BACK. 2. Press ENTER. Confusables come with identifying words. 3. Press ENTER and then highlight a word. 3.
Highlighting Words Reviewing Words Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary definitions, thesaurus entries, or word lists. Then you can find their definitions, thesaurus entries, Confusables, or add them to your User list. 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 Path list from the CMDS menu. 1. At any text, press ENTER to start the highlight.
Using the User List Using the User List ▼ You can create a User list of up to 40 words. You can even add words to your User list that are not in this dictionary. Here’s how to add and to view a word. Adding Highlighted Words At any text, you can highlight a word and add it to your User list. 1. At text, press ENTER to start the highlight. 2. Highlight a word. 3. Press LIST. 4. Select Add “your word”. 1. Press LIST to view the User list menu.
Sending Words You can delete one or all the words in your User list. Here’s how. This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words to and receive words from certain other BOOKMAN books. To send a word, you must first install a cartridge in your BOOKMAN, and that cartridge must be able to send or receive words. To learn if a cartridge can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide. ▼ Using the User List Deleting One Word ▼ 1. Press LIST. 2. Select Delete word. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4.
Changing Game Settings Playing the Games You can change the game settings at any time. Each setting applies to all the games. Now that you have the games set, let’s play. 1. Press GAMES. Word List lets you pick which words you’ll play the games with. If you select Type Them in, you’ll need to type in words after you select a game. 2. Press or to highlight a game. 3. Press ENTER to start it. Word Length lets you pick how many letters will be in the words (3-13).
Playing the Games Playing the Games Type an anagram and then press ENTER. Use the arrows to view anagrams you’ve already entered. Hold CAP and press ? ✱ to shuffle the letters in the selected word. Press ? ✱ to end a round and reveal the remaining anagrams. Highlight a word, and then press ENTER to see its dictionary definition. Press BACK to exit Anagrams. Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time.
Resetting BOOKMAN Cartridge Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the cartridges. If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs erratically, first press CLEAR and then press ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more then very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book, and in an installed cartridge.
Limited Warranty (US only) Copyrights & Patents 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., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. Holly, NJ 08060, within one year of purchase.
Index Index type them in 14 view list: empty 12 Misspellings, correcting 10 Path list 11 Reviewing words 11 Searching for words 7 Shutoff changing 6 setting 6 Spelling finding tips 9 STAR key combinations 3 with CARD 13 with DN 7 with P 11 THES message 8 Thesaurus entries 8 UP key 3, 8 User List adding words not in dictionary 12 viewing list 12 ? key 9, 15 ✽ key 3, 9, 15 Arrow keys 6 BACK key 8 Backing up 8 Changing Bookman's settings 6 CONF message 10 Confusables, finding 10 Correcting misspellings 10 D