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B
OO
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
K
MAN
Macquarie
Dictionary
USER’S GUIDE
DMM-2075
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Contents
Key Guide ............................................................................................. 3
Introduction .......................................................................................... 4
Installing a Book Card .......................................................................... 4
Selecting a Book .................................................................................. 5
Using the Colour Keys .......................................................................... 5
Changing the Settings .......................................................................... 6
Viewing a Demonstration ..................................................................... 6
Finding Dictionary Entries .................................................................... 7
Using the Word List .............................................................................. 8
Highlighting Words ............................................................................... 8
Finding Thesaurus Entries .................................................................... 9
Finding Phrases .................................................................................... 9
Finding Inflections .............................................................................. 10
Finding Confusables® ......................................................................... 10
Finding Parts of Words ....................................................................... 11
Saving Words for Study ...................................................................... 11
Changing Games Settings .................................................................. 12
Playing the Games .............................................................................. 13
Sending a Word Between Books ......................................................... 14
Resetting Your BOOKMAN ................................................................. 15
Book Card Care .................................................................................. 15
Specifications ..................................................................................... 16
Limited Warranty (outside U.S.).......................................................... 16
Index ................................................................................................... 17
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Key Guide
INFL
(red) Displays the inflected forms,
if any, of the selected word.
Colour Keys
THES
(green) Displays synonyms,
antonyms, and Classmates
™
, if
any, of the selected word.
PHRASE
(yellow) Displays phrases, if any,
that contain the selected word.
LIST
(blue)
Displays the personal list
menu.
Direction Keys
Moves in the indicated direction.
DN
Pages down or up.
UP
or Accents a typed letter.
Key Combinations*
C
✩
+
Displays Confusables®, if
any, of the selected word.
M
✩
+
✩
+
or
UP
✩
+ Types a hyphen.
✩
+ Q- PTypes numbers.
CAP
+ Goes to the bottom or top
or
* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
Displays the games menu.
DN
Goes to the next or
previous entry or match.
of an entry or menu.
BACK
Backs up a step, erases a letter,
or turns off the highlight.
Other Keys
CAP
Shifts the keys to type capitals
or punctuation.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears all of your entries.
ENTER
Enters a search, selects a menu
item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
✽
?
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter; with
CAP
types an ✽ to stand for a series
of letters. At a dictionary entry,
displays the headword. At a
menu, displays a full menu title.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
➤
Understanding the Colour Keys
The colour 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
colour key functions, which are labelled on
their keyboards or book cards. To learn
more, read “Using the Colour Keys.”
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Installing a Book CardIntroduction
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®!
With your
Macquarie Dictionary
, you
can find over 95,000 words and
500,000 synonyms, antonyms, and
Classmates
™
.
You can also find phrases, correct misspellings, save words to your personal
list, and play four fun words games.
Read this User’s Guide to learn how.
➤
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.
➤
Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you
can press to move around the screen.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that
you have entered in the built-in book,
as well as in any other installed book
cards, may be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs of 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 in the removed book card
may be erased.
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Selecting a Book
Using the Colour Keys
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
➤
ENTER
to select it.
Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN at
any time. When you turn your
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed reappears.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on the top row of your BOOKMAN
change their functions according to
which book you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
the colour keys function as labelled on
the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have
selected a book card, the colour keys
function as labelled on that card.
Remember, when you have selected a
book card, the colour keys function as
labelled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
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Changing the Settings
Viewing a Demonstration
You can adjust the type size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast of this book.
The shutoff time is how long your
BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn
it off. The screen contrast is how light
or dark the screen display appears.
MENU
1. Press
.
2. Use or to highlight the
Setup menu.
3.
Press to highlight Set Type
Size, Set Shutoff, or Set
Contrast.
4. Press
5.
Use or to change the setting.
ENTER
.
To leave the settings unchanged,
BACK
press
6. Press
.
ENTER
to select it.
Before you start using your new
BOOKMAN, you may want to see a
brief demonstration of what it can do.
When a book card is installed in your
MENU
BOOKMAN, press
. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu
and then select
View Demo
.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, the demonstration will automatically appear after you turn the
unit on. To stop the demonstration,
CLEAR
press
. To disable it, press
and use the arrow keys to highlight the
Setup menu. Highlight
and press
Enable Demo
➤
Help is Always at Hand
ENTER
from the Setup menu.
Disable Demo
. To re-enable it, select
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
SPACE
,
Press
help. Press
, or DN to read the
BACK
to exit the message.
HELP
To read about how to use this dictionary and what the keys do, select
Tutorial
from the Topics menu.
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MENU
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Finding Dictionary Entries
Finding Dictionary Entries
You can find a dictionary entry simply by
typing one or more words at the
word
screen and then pressing
CLEAR
1. Press
.
Enter a
ENTER
.
2. Type a word (e.g., astute).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To accent a typed letter, first type the
letter to be accented and then use
or to find the desired accent mark.
3. Press
ENTER
.
This is a sample dictionary entry.
SPACE
,
4. Press
, or DN to see
more.
5. To see the dictionary entries
of the next or previous word
listed in this dictionary, hold
✩
and press DN or UP.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤
Correcting Misspellings
If you misspell a word, do not worry.
The dictionary automatically gives you a
list of corrections. Simply use the arrow keys to highlight the correction you
ENTER
want and press
to see its dic-
tionary entry. For example, enter
Enter a word
the
screen. Highlight the
correction you want and press
to see its dictionary entry. To go back
to the correction list, press
➤
Understanding Dictionary Entries
BACK
The bold word at the top of the dictionary entry is called the headword.
The headword is followed by its part
of speech and its definition(s). After
the definition(s), you may see other
forms of the word.
➤ Choosing Multiple Forms
Some words in this dictionary have
more than one form. When the word
you are looking up has multiple forms,
the different forms automatically appear
in a list. Highlight the form you want and
ENTER
press
to see its dictionary entry.
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ENTER
.
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Using the Word List
Highlighting Words
You can also find dictionary entries by
searching for words on the Entries menu.
MENU
1. Press
To see a full menu title, press
.
✻
?
2. Start typing a word until it is
highlighted. For example,
type law.
You can also highlight words by us-
or .
ing
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
BACK
ENTER
THES
INFL
PHRASE
✩
.
LIST
+
C
find a dictionary entry
find a thesaurus entry
find inflected forms
find phrases
add word to your list
find Confusables
4. To go back, press
Another way to look up a word is to
highlight it in text. Then you can find
that word’s dictionary entry, thesaurus
entry, inflections, Confusables, or save
it in your personal list.
ENTER
1. At any text, press
to start
the highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press
2.
Use the arrow keys to move
the highlight.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
BACK
ENTER
THES
INFL
PHRASE
LIST
✩
.
find a dictionary entry
find a thesaurus entry
find inflected forms
find phrases
add word to your list
find Confusables
4. To go back, press
8
+
BACK
.
C
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Finding Thesaurus Entries
Finding Phrases
When you see THES flash once in the upper right of the screen, the selected word
has a thesaurus entry. A thesaurus entry
can contain a part of speech, a brief meaning, and a list of available synonyms, antonyms, synonymous phrases, and
Classmates
1. Press
™
(words related by subject).
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type dry.
ENTER
If you want, press
to see its
dictionary entry.
THES
3. Press
(the green key).
4. Use the Direction keys to read.
5. Hold ✩ and press DN to see the
next thesaurus entry, if any.
To see a previous thesaurus entry,
✩
and press UP.
hold
6. Press
7. Press
BACK
to go back.
CLEAR
when finished.
You can find phrases containing specific words.
CLEAR
1. Press
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type house.
If you want, press
ENTER
to see its
dictionary entry.
PHRASE
3. Press
(the yellow key).
4. Use to highlight a phrase
and then press
ENTER
. For ex-
ample, select keep house.
5. Hold ✩ and press DN to see
the next phrase, if any.
To see a previous phrase, hold
and press UP.
6. Press
BACK
to go back to the
list of phrases.
7. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
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Finding Inflections
Finding Confusables
®
Inflections are the changes in a word’s
form such as case, gender, number, tense,
person, mood, or voice. Verbs have more
inflections than other parts of speech.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type mean.
ENTER
If you want, press
to see its
dictionary entry.
INFL
3. Press
4.
Highlight a part of speech, if
needed, and press
(the red key).
ENTER
. For ex-
ample, select mean (verb).
5. Press
INFL
(red) or hold
✩
and press DN to see more inflections, if any.
To see a previous inflection, hold
✩
and press UP.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Confusables are words that are often
confused or that sound alike but are
spelled differently. Rain, reign, and rein
are examples of Confusables. Not every
word will have Confusables.
CLEAR
1. Press
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type air.
If you want, press
ENTER
to see its
dictionary entry.
✩
3. Hold
4. Press
and press C.
ENTER
to start a highlight.
5. Highlight a Confusable or its
meaning and do one of the
following:
To... Press...
find a dictionary entry
find a thesaurus entry
find inflected forms
find phrases
PHRASE
add word to your list
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ENTER
THES
INFL
LIST
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Saving Words for StudyFinding Parts of Words
If you are uncertain how to spell a
word, you can 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.
CLEAR
1. Press
.
2. Type a word with ?’s or ✽‘s.
To type an asterisk, hold
✻
press
3. Press
4.
Highlight a match and press
ENTER
.
?
ENTER
.
to find its dictionary entry.
CAP
and
To go back to the list of matches,
BACK
press
5. Press
.
CLEAR
when finished.
You can create a personal list of words of
up to 10 words for study and review.
Note: You can only add words that are in
this dictionary to your personal list.
Adding and Viewing Words
▼
CLEAR
1. Press
2. Press
.
LIST
(the blue key).
3. Highlight Add A Word.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Type a word.
6. Press
ENTER
to add the word to
your personal list.
7. Highlight View List... and press
ENTER
to view your personal list.
Deleting One Word
▼
1. Press
LIST
(blue).
2. Highlight Delete A Word and
ENTER
then press
.
3. Highlight a word on the list.
Or press
ENTER
to delete it.
BACK
to cancel.
4. Press
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Saving Words for Study
Changing Games Settings
Erasing Your Personal List
▼
1. Press
LIST
(blue).
2. Highlight Erase The List and
then press
ENTER
.
3. Press Y to erase the entire list.
Or press N to cancel.
➤
Other Ways to Add Words
You can also add a word to your
personal list by typing it at the
screen or by highlighting it in
a word
Enter
text or in a list.
To enter a word at the
Enter a word
screen, first type a word and then
press
LIST
(blue). Press
ENTER
to
add the word.
To add a word in text, press
ENTER
to start the highlight and then use
the arrow keys to highlight a word.
LIST
Then press
ENTER
to add the word.
(blue). Press
To add a word in a list, use the arrow keys to highlight a word and
then press
LIST
(blue). Press
ENTER
to add the word.
Your dictionary has four fun and educational word games you can play. You can
select the skill level and choose the word
size you will play with. Here’s how.
MENU
1. Press
and select Game
Setup from the Topics menu.
2. Use or to highlight Word
Size or Skill Level.
3. Use or to highlight a setting and press
ENTER
.
The tick marks your current setting.
To leave the settings unchanged,
BACK
press
➤
Understanding Game Skill Levels
.
There are five skill levels to choose
from: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, and Wizard. Beginners,
for example, have more chances to
guess mystery words than Wizards.
➤
Selecting the Game Word Size
You can choose to play the games
with a random word list, your personal
list, your own words, or with words
that have from three to 14 letters.
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Playing the Games
Playing the Games
Now that you have the game set, let’s play.
✩
1. Hold
Or press
Games
2. Use
3. Press
4. Press
➤
After a Round...
and press M.
MENU
and then select
from the Topics menu.
or to highlight a game.
ENTER
to select it.
CLEAR
when finished.
When you finish a round, you can
find the dictionary entry or thesaurus entry of a mystery word, and
see its Confusables, phrases, or inflected forms. You may have to
highlight a word first. After a round,
do one of the following:
To... Press...
start a new round
find a dictionary entry
find a thesaurus entry
find inflected forms
find phrases
add word to your list
find Confusables
SPACE
ENTER
THES
INFL
PHRASE
LIST
✩
+
C
Anagrams
▼
Anagrams challenges you to find all of
the words that can occur within a given
word. Each letter can only be used as
many times as it appears in the given
word. Each anagram must be a specified minimum length, which will flash
on the screen before each round. The
number of possible anagrams is shown
on the right side of the screen. Type an
anagram and then press
ENTER
.
Use the arrow keys to view the anagrams that you have already entered.
Hold
CAP
and press
✻
to shuffle
?
the letters of the given word. To end
the round and reveal the remaining
✻
anagrams, press
Hangman
▼
.
?
Hangman challenges you to guess a
mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. The number of guesses
you have left appears to the right of the
#’s. For a hint, hold
✻
. Note: If you ask for a hint, you will
?
CAP
and press
lose the round. To end the round and
reveal the mystery word, press
13
✻
.
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Playing the Games
Sending a Word Between Books
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 letter wins. To view the
letters you can type at your turn, hold
CAP
and press
✻
. Or press
?
✻
to
?
end a round and reveal the word.
ENTER
Press
to view the dictionary defi-
nition of the word.
Flashcards
▼
Flashcards flashes words for you to
ENTER
define or study. Press
to see the
word’s dictionary entry. Then press
BACK
to go back to Flashcards.
You can look up words from this book
in certain other BOOKMAN books,
and vice versa.
To send or receive a word your
BOOKMAN built-in book must be able
to send or receive words, too. To learn
if a BOOKMAN book, either a built-in
book or in a book card, can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in text.
To highlight a word in text, press
ENTER
and then use 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.
ENTER
5. If needed, press
to search
for the word.
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Resetting Your BOOKMAN
Book Card Care
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs errati-
CLEAR
cally, first press
ON/OFF
twice. If nothing happens, follow
and then press
the steps below.
Warning: Pressing the reset button
with more than very light pressure may
permanently disable your BOOKMAN.
In addition, resetting BOOKMAN
erases settings and information entered into its built-in book and in any installed book card.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paper clip to gently press
reset button on BOOKMAN.
To learn where the reset button is
located on your BOOKMAN, read
its User’s Guide.
This unit may change operating modes
due to Electro-static Discharge. Normal
operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing the reset key,
ON/OFF
or by removing/replacing batteries.
• Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards.
Caution: Touching these electrical
contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could
erase information entered in a book
card or built-in book.
• Do not put excessive pressure
on the book cards.
L
B
S
.
Do not expose the book cards
•
to heat, cold, or liquids.
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Specifications
Limited Warranty
(outside U.S.)
Model: DMM-2075
Macquarie Dictionary
• size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm
• weight: 11.3 g
© 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers,
Inc., Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 U.S.A.
All rights reserved.
© 1990 The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved.
FCC Notice: This device complies
with part 15 of the 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, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,891,775;
5,113,340; 5,321,609; 4,830,618;
5,218,536; 5,396,606; 5,203,705;
5,333,313; 5,007,019.
German Patents M 9409743.7 and
M 9409744.5; European Patent 0 136 379.
Patents Pending
ISBN 1-56712-387-2
This product, excluding batteries, is
guaranteed by Franklin for a period of
one year from the date of purchase. It
will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or
materials. Products purchased outside
the United States that are returned under warranty should be returned to the
original vendor with proof of purchase
and description of fault. Charges will
be made for all repairs unless valid
proof of purchase is provided.
This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse, accidental damage, or wear and tear. This guarantee
does not affect the consumer’s statutory rights.
No provision of the Warranty shall operate to restrict or modify the rights of
the Owner conferred by the Trade
Practices Act 1974 or similar provisions in legislation of the States and
Territories of Australia which it is prohibited by law to restrict or modify.
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Index
?* key 11, 13
Anagrams game 13
Arrow keys 4
Auto-resume feature 5
Blue (LIST) key 3, 11, 13
BOOKMAN, resetting 15
CARD key 5, 14
Changing
font size 6
screen contrast 6
shutoff time 6
Classmates 9
CLEAR key 7
Colour keys
understanding 3
using 5
Confusables 8, 10, 13
Demonstration
disabling 6
enabling 6
viewing 6
Dictionary entries
finding 7
understanding 7
Direction keys 3
FCC Notice 16
Flashcards game 14
Font size 6
Game words 12
Games
skill levels 12
word size 12
Green (THES) key 8, 9, 10, 13
Hangman game 13
HELP key 6
Help messages 6
INFL (red) key 3, 8, 10, 13
Inflections 8, 10, 13
Limited Warranty 16
LIST (blue) key 3, 11, 12, 13
Misspellings, correcting 7
Multiple forms 7
Numbers, typing 3
Personal list
adding words 1 1
deleting a word 11
erasing 12
viewing 11
PHRASE (yellow) key 8, 10, 13
Phrases 9
Red (INFL) key 3, 8, 10, 13
Resetting BOOKMAN 15
Selecting books 5
Set Contrast 6
Set Shutoff 6
Set Type Size 6
Setup menu 6
Shutoff time 6
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Index
STAR key
with C 8, 10, 13
with CARD 14
with M 3, 13
with UP, DN 3
THES (green) key 8, 9, 10, 13
Thesaurus entry 9
Tutorial 6
Viewing
demonstration 6
help messages 6
Word Train game 14
Yellow (PHRASE) key 8, 10
FRB-28082-00
P/N 7201155 Rev A.
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