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
ter
, you can now translate and define more
than 250,000 words, correct misspellings of
Spanish Mas-
both Spanish and English words, view noun,
adjective, and verb inflections, save words to
a Personal word list for a more enjoyable way
to learn, and hear words in both English and
Spanish. To learn how to use other books,
read their User’ s Guides.
Installing Batteries ...............................................................3
Installing Book Cards ...........................................................3
Selecting Books ...................................................................4
Using the Color Keys............................................................4
Changing the Language ........................................................5
Viewing a Demonstration .....................................................6
T ranslating English Words ....................................................6
T ranslating Spanish Words ...................................................7
Highlighting a Word..............................................................8
Hearing a Word ....................................................................8
Learning Inflections..............................................................9
Finding a Letter in a Word ....................................................10
Finding a Series of Letters ...................................................10
Correcting Misspellings .......................................................11
Using Your Personal List ......................................................11
Sending a Word Between Books...........................................13
Changing Game Settings ......................................................13
Playing the Games ...............................................................14
Optional Features.................................................................16
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Key Guide
DN
UP
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to the Ready screen.
MENU
Shows Additional Functions menu.
INFL
(red) Show inflections of a word.
LANG
(green) Switches between English
and Spanish entry languages.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
SAY
(blue) Says a word
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
➤
Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow, and
blue) perform the functions listed above
only for the BOOKMAN book described in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color key
functions, which are labelled on their book
cards and listed in their User’ s Guides. For
more information, read “Using the Color
Keys.”
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
? ✽
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter in a word;
shifted, types an ✽ to stand
for a series of unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Star Key Combinations*
CARD
✩
+
✩
+
Sends a word between books.
Shows the next word or
inflection group.
✩
+
Shows the previous word
or inflection group.
✩
+ L Goes to Personal word list.
✩
+ N Types an ñ.
*Hold ✩ while pressing the other key.
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Installing Batteries
Installing Book Cards
Your BOOKMAN model 840 uses four
AAA 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.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries as shown in
the battery compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover .
➤
Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at any
screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on
again, the screen that you last viewed
appears.
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.
1. T urn 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.
➤
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.
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Selecting Books
Using the Color Keys
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select which
book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
CARD
2. Press
.
These are sample books.
3. Press
or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
➤
ENTER
to select it.
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.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card
book is selected, the color keys function
as labelled on that book card.
Remember, the color keys for BOOKMAN
books in book cards function as labelled
on their book cards, not as on the keyboard.
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Changing the Language
Message Language
▼
When you turn on this product for the first
time, you must choose the message language. The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. Y ou can change the message language after your initial decision.
Note: The examples in the English half of
this manual use English as the message
language.
1. Press
2. Press A to select the Message
3. Press B to select English as the
MENU
if you are not at the
Message Language screen.
Language screen.
message language; press A to
select Spanish.
Changing the Language
Entry Language
▼
The entry language is the language in
which you enter words at ready screens.
This determines which dictionary you will
use, Spanish or English.
1. If not at a menu screen, press
CLEAR
.
Press
LANG
to switch between
2.
dictionaries.
➤
Typing Numbers
✩
To type numbers, hold
and press a
number key.
➤
Changing the Contrast
If you want to change the screen contrast,
repeatedly press
or at the blank
ready screen.
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Viewing a Demonstration
T ranslating English Words
Before you start using this book, you may
want to view a demonstration of what it
can do.
If no book card is installed, the demonstration
automatically appears the first time that you
turn on your BOOKMAN. To stop the demonstration, press
MENU
and then select
CLEAR
. T o disable it, pr ess
Disable Demo
.
If a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, select
View Demo
from the Additional Functions menu to view the demonstration.
➤
Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
Press the direction keys to read it. To
exit help, press
BACK
.
To read a tutorial of how to use the main
functions and keys of this book, select
Tutorial
from the Additional Functions
menu.
➤
Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move around menus or view
more text.
With this
Spanish Master
, you are able to
translate English words to Spanish simply
by typing English words.
1. Press
2. Press
CLEAR
.
LANG
to change the entry
language to English, if needed.
3. Type a word (e.g., cat).
To erase a letter press
ENTER
4. Press
5. Press
.
CLEAR
when finished.
BACK
.
➤
Explanation of Genders
Spanish nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be
masculine or feminine. The <m> means
that the word listed (e.g.,
hombre
masculine. Likewise an <f> shows the
word to be feminine.
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.
) is
T ranslating English W ords
➤
Understanding Definitions
When you find a definition, you may see
that there are several different meanings for your word. Here is an example.
1. Type man.
ENTER
2. Press
.
This screen shows that “hombre” is
the most common use of the word.
The capitalized words found in brackets
indicate there's another category that
this word could be used with. For example, if you are talking about a chess
man, you would use the word “pieza”
instead of “hombre.”
T ranslating Spanish Words
Your
Spanish Master
translating a Spanish word.
1. Press
LANG
language from English to
Spanish, if needed.
2. Type a word (e.g., mensaje).
If you need to type an accent, type the
letter (e.g., e) and press repeatedly
until the accent you want appears. If
you want to type a
press
N
.
3. Press
ENTER
In addition to "mensaje," the
Master
translates words with similar
meanings such as “verse.” To view
more, press
is fully bilingual. Try
to change the Entry
ñ,
then hold ✩ and
.
Spanish
.
4. Press
7
CLEAR
when done.
Highlighting a Word
Hearing a Word
You can look up most words by highlighting
them within dictionary definitions. You can
then find their definitions, translations, and
synonyms. Note: By searching for a highlighted word, the entry language changes to
the language of the word for which you
searched.
1. At any text, press
ENTER
to start
the highlight.
You can turn the highlight off by press-
BACK
ing
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
a word.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
define the word
view inflections
hear a word pronounced
ENTER
INFL
SAY
You can hear a word pronounced at the
Ready screen, in text, or in a list. Note:
You can only hear words if you have a
speaking BOOKMAN unit.
Hearing Words at the Ready screen
▼
1.
T ype a word at the Ready screen.
2. Press
▼
Hearing Words in Text
SAY
.
1. Go to a definition.
SAY
2. Press
.
The headword is pronounced.
3. Press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight a
word.
5. Press
SAY
.
The highlighted word is pronounced.
Hearing Words in a List
▼
1. Go to your User’s or Path list.
2. Press
or to highlight a
word on the list.
SAY
3. Press
to hear the word.
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Learning Inflections
DN
Learning Inflections
Inflections show changes in a word’s
meaning or function. This dictionary includes extensive inflections of nouns,
verbs, modifiers, and other words.
1. Press
LANG
to switch to the
Spanish ready screen.
2. T ype a Spanish wor d (e.g., beber).
3. Press
INFL
.
These are the principal forms of the
verb
beber
.
4. Use the direction keys to read.
INFL
5. Press
or hold ✩ and press
repeatedly to view more
inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or
another modifier, then there won’t be
any other inflections.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤
Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can press
HELP
to view detailed descriptions of how
to use inflections, with usage examples.
➤
Viewing English Inflections
If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may
be helpful to look at some inflected forms
of English verbs. Switch the entry language back to English, type
INFL
to see the different forms of the
be
English verb “to be.” This will give you a
good idea of each inflection form.
➤
Verb Inflection Forms
Y our Spanish Master has the following
verb forms: present indicative, imperfect indicative, preterite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, imperfect
subjunctive 1, imperfect subjunctive 2,
perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative,
preterite anterior, future per fect, conditional perfect, perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, and imperative.
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, and press
Finding a Letter in a Wor d
Finding a Series of Letters
If you are uncertain how to spell a word,
type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. You can use more than one
question mark per word, however , you will
get a longer list of matches.
1. Type a word with ?’s (e.g.,
persona?e).
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Highlight a match.
ENTER
4. Press
to see the word’s
translation.
➤
Deeper Correction
If you select
Deeper correction
from a correction list, you will get a longer list of more
detailed corrections than the previous list.
To find words that begin with the same letters, type an asterisk after the letters. An
asterisk stands for a series of letters.
1. Type a word ending with an ✻
(e.g., manz
✻
).
To type an asterisk, hold
? ✽
press
2. Press
ENTER
.
.
3. Highlight a match.
ENTER
4. Press
to see the Spanish
translation.
CLEAR
5. Press
when done.
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CAP
and
Correcting Misspellings
Using Your Personal List
If you misspell a word in either language,
the
Spanish Master
shows you a list of
suggestions from which to choose.
1. Type a misspelled word (e.g.,
yabe).
To erase a letter, press
ENTER
2. Press
.
BACK
.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight
a correction.
ENTER
4. Press
5. Press
➤
Accenting Letters
to select the word.
CLEAR
when done.
If you enter a word without an accent
when it is required, the Spanish Master
will treat it as a misspelled word. You
will then have to choose the correct
word from a correction list. Remember,
if you want to enter an accent yourself,
type the letter and press
until the ap-
propriate accent appears. You can also
✩
hold
and press N to get a ñ.
Adding Words
▼
You can save up to 80 words total, in
both English and Spanish, in your Personal word list for personal study or review. The Personal word list is saved
between sessions unless the batteries
run out of power or your BOOKMAN is
reset.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Select D: Word List.
3. Press N to select N: Add new
word.
4. Type a word in the current
entry language.
5. Press
ENTER
to add the word.
6. Add another word if desired.
CLEAR
7. Press
when done.
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Using Y our Personal List
➤
Personal Word List Shortcut
An easier way to access your Personal
✩
word list is to hold
and press L.
This will take you directly to the Word
List menu.
➤
Adding Entered Words
You can also add words to your Personal Word List directly from the ready
screen. Type the word you want to add
to your word list. Press
lect
Personal Word List
Personal List menu. Press
word. Then press
MENU
to go to the
CLEAR
to return to the
and se-
A
to add the
Ready screen.
➤
Adding Highlighted Words
You can also add words to your personal word lists from definitions, and
correction lists. First highlight a word.
Then press
Word List
MENU
and select
Personal
. The word you highlighted will
appear as it did when you added an entered word.
Using Your Personal List
Viewing Your List
▼
1. Press
2. Press
MENU
, and then press A.
LANG
to change the entry
language, if needed.
3. Press V to view list.
4. Highlight a word on the list.
ENTER
5. Press
definition(s) or
to view its
INFL
to view its
inflections.
Removing a Word
▼
1. Press
MENU
, and then press A.
2. Press V to view the list.
3. Highlight the word you want
to delete.
4. Press R to remove that word.
Erasing Y our List
▼
1. Press
MENU
, and then press A.
2. Press V to view the list.
3. Press E to erase the list.
4. Press Y for yes.
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