Franklin DMQ-2016 User Manual

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DMQ-2016
QUEENS ENGLISH
Dictionary
& Thesaurus
USER’S GUIDE
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License Agreement
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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
Dictionary & Thesaurus
this
you can find
over 83,000 dictionary entries and
Installing Cards ................................................................................... 4
Selecting Books ................................................................................... 4
Using the Colour Keys ......................................................................... 5
Changing Settings ............................................................................... 5
Viewing a Demonstration .................................................................... 6
Finding Definitions .............................................................................. 6
Finding Words in Definitions ............................................................... 7
Correcting Misspellings ....................................................................... 7
Reviewing Words ................................................................................. 8
Finding a Letter ................................................................................... 8
Finding a Series of Letters .................................................................. 9
Finding Synonyms ............................................................................... 9
Finding Confusables™ ......................................................................... 10
Highlighting Words .............................................................................. 11
Using the User List .............................................................................. 11
Sending Words .................................................................................... 13
Changing Game Settings ..................................................................... 13
Playing the Games ............................................................................... 14
Copyrights & Patents ........................................................................... 16
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ............................................................... 17
Index .................................................................................................... 18
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.
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Key Guide
DN
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to
MENU
Shows the main menus.
THES
(red) Shows the synonym list(s).
CONF
(green) Shows Confusables
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
LIST
(blue) Shows the User list menu.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Understanding the Colour Keys
Enter your word
The colour 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 colour key functions, which are labelled on their cards and listed in their User’s Guides. For more information, read “Using the Colour Keys.”
*
Hold ✩ while pressing the other key
Other Keys
BACK
.
Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
list.
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.
Arrow Keys
Move up or down in text or lists; darken or lighten contrast at the Entry screen.
Move left or right.
Star Key Combinations*
CARD
+
+
+
+ Types a hyphen.
.
3
Sends a word between books.
Shows the next match. Shows the previous match.
UP
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Installing Cards

Selecting Books

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. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot.
4. Press the card down until it snaps into place.
Removing Cards
Warning: When you remove a card to install another, information that you entered into the removed card will be erased.
Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you must select which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use.
4. Press
Resuming Where You Left Off
ENTER
to select it.
You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears.
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Using the Colour Keys

Changing Settings

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 colour keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card is selected, the colour keys func­tion as labelled on that card.
Remember, the colour keys for BOOKMAN book cards function as labelled on their cards, not as on the keyboard.
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.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu.
3. Highlight Set Font, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press and if you selected
.
Contrast
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Set
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.
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Viewing a Demonstration

Finding Definitions

Before you begin, you may want to see a brief demonstration of how to use this book. Simply install the book card and then follow these steps.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Use the arrow keys to high­light the Setup menu.
3. Press
to highlight View
Demo.
4. Press
ENTER
to start the
demonstration.
5. To stop the demonstration,
CLEAR
press
.
Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
Press to read it. To exit help, press
BACK
or
HELP
.
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.
You can find definitions by typing a word at the Entry screen and then pressing
1. Press
ENTER
. Try this example.
CLEAR
.
This is the Entry screen.
2. Type a word (e.g., acumen).
3. Press
4. Press or
ENTER
.
SPACE
to move down.
Browsing the Dictionary
While in a definition, hold ✩ and
DN
press
to view the next dictio­nary definition. To view the previous one, hold
. Dictionary entries are not
UP
and press
always in alphabetical order.
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Finding Words in Definitions

Correcting Misspellings

Search for a Word
lets you find all of the definitions in which a specific word appears.
1. Press
2. Press
CLEAR
MENU
.
.
3. Select Search for a word from
the Other menu.
4. Type a word (e.g., legal).
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Hold ✩ and press DN to view
the next definition that includes your word.
To view the previous one, hold
and press UP.
7. Press or
8. Press
SPACE
to move down.
CLEAR
when finished.
If you misspell a word, don’t worry. It will be corrected automatically.
1. Type a misspelled word.
To erase a letter, press
2. Press
ENTER
.
BACK
3. Press to highlight a correction, if needed.
4. Press
ENTER
to view its
dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction list, press
5. Press
.
BACK
CLEAR
when finished.
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Reviewing Words

Finding a Letter

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 View Path list from the Other menu.
This is a sample Path list. If you haven’t looked up any words, you see:
Path is empty
.
2. Press to highlight a word.
3. Press
4. Press
ENTER
to define it.
THES
(red) to view a
thesaurus entry or
CONF
(green) to view its Confusables, if any.
If you are uncertain about a letter in a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter.
1. Type a word with ?’s.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Highlight a match.
4. Press
5. Press
ENTER
to define it.
CLEAR
when finished.
Spelling Finding Tips
You can also use ?’s 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 Finding Synonyms

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 an ✱.
To type an asterisk, hold
ENTER
.
?
.
and press
2. Press
CAP
3. Highlight a match, if needed.
4. Press
5. Press
ENTER
BACK
Or press
to define it.
to go back.
CLEAR
when finished.
When you see flash once in the upper right of the screen, that word has a thesaurus entry.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., splendid).
3. Press
THES
(red).
This is the first synonym list.
4. Press or
SPACE
to move down.
5. Hold ✩ and press to view the next synonym list.
To return to the previous synonym list, hold
6. Press
and press .
CLEAR
when finished.
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Finding Synonyms
Finding Confusables
Understanding Dictionary
Entries
In dictionary entries, the headword appears in bold with hyphenation points followed by its part of speech. NOTE: If the word you are searching for is grouped under a different headword, you’ll go to the middle of the definition.
Understanding Synonym
Lists
Synonym lists start with your search word and then list the synonyms that have similar meanings.
Looking Up a Word from a
List
If you see a word in a synonym or correction list that you want to define, press
ENTER
and then use the arrow keys to highlight the word. Next, press
ENTER
when the word you want is highlighted to find its definition.
Confusables are homonyms and spell­ing variants that are easy to confuse. If a word has Confusables, flash once in the upper right of the screen.
1. Type a word (e.g., rein).
2. Press
3. Press
ENTER
CONF
. (green).
Confusables come with identifying words.
4. Press
ENTER
and then use the arrow keys to highlight a word.
press
ENTER
to define it, or
THES
(red) to view its
5. Press
synonym list(s).
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
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Highlighting Words

Using the User List

Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary defini­tions, synonym or correction lists. Then you can find their definitions, the­saurus entries, Confusables, or add them to your User list.
1. At any text or list, press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press
BACK
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
define the word view a synonym list view Confusables add word to User list
ENTER
THES
CONF
LIST
(red) (green) (blue)
You can create a User list of approxi­mately 35 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.
1. Press
LIST
(blue) to view the
User list menu.
If you haven’t added words to
.
your User list,
View list: **Empty**
appears.
2. Select Add word.
3. Type a word (e.g., restive).
4. Press
ENTER
to add the word.
5. Select View list: 1 word.
This is a User list of one word.
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Using the User List
Using the User List
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
(blue).
4. Select Add “your word”.
Adding Words Not Found in
This Dictionary
When you add a word not in this dictionary, you’re given three options:
Correction candidate(s)
Cancel, Add anyway
. Select an
, or
option. Caution: Adding words not in this dictionary uses consid­erably more memory than adding words that are. If you add only words that are not in the dictio­nary, your User list may hold as few as 10 words.
You can delete one or all the words in your User list. Here’s how.
Deleting One Word
1. Press
LIST
(blue).
2. Select Delete word.
3. Highlight a word on the list.
4. Press
5. Press
Deleting Your User List
1. Press
ENTER
to delete it.
CLEAR
when finished.
LIST
(blue).
2. Select Erase list.
3. Press Y to erase the entire list. Or press N to cancel.
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Sending Words

Changing Game Settings

This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words to and receive words from cer­tain other BOOKMAN books.
To send a word, you must first install a card in your BOOKMAN, and that card must be able to send or receive words. To learn if a card can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this book.
To highlight a word in a list, press the arrow keys. To highlight a word in text, 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. Press
ENTER
to look up the
word.
You can change the game settings at any time. Each setting applies to all the games.
1. Press
2. Press
MENU
.
to highlight the
Game menu.
3. Highlight a setting.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
About Game Settings
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.
Word Length
lets you pick how many letters will be in the words (3-13).
Skill Level
lets you select the level
of difficulty.
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Playing the Games

Playing the Games
Now that you have the games set, let’s play.
1. Press
2. Press
GAMES
(yellow).
or to highlight a
game.
ENTER
3. Press
4. Press
to start it.
SPACE
to start a new
round.
Keeping Score
Your score automatically appears after each round of Hangman and Word Train until you exit the game.
Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. The number of guesses you can make appears to the right of
the #’s. For a hint hold
Or press
?
CAP
to end the round.
?
and press
NOTE: If you ask for a hint, you will
SPACE
lose the round. Press new round. Press
ENTER
to start a
to view the
definition of the word. Press exit a game and view the games list.
Anagrams
Anagrams challenges you to find all of the words that can occur within a se­lected word. Each letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the selected word. Each anagram must be a specified minimum length. This will flash on the screen before each game. The number of possible ana­grams is shown on the right side of the screen.
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Playing the Games
Card Care
Type an anagram and then press
ENTER
.
Use the arrow keys to view anagrams
?
CAP
to end
you’ve already entered. Hold and press
to shuffle the letters in
?
the selected word. Press a round and reveal the remaining ana­grams. Highlight a word, and then
ENTER
press nition. Press
to see its dictionary defi-
BACK
to exit Anagrams.
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.
This unit may change operating modes due to Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing the reset
ON/OFF
key,
, or by removing/replacing batteries.
• Do not touch the metal contacts on the 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 cards.
L
B
S
.
• Do not expose the cards to heat, cold, or liquids.
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Resetting BOOKMAN

Copyrights & Patents

If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re­spond, or if its screen performs errati­cally, first press
ON/OFF
twice. If nothing happens, follow
CLEAR
and then press
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 BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book, and in an installed 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.
Troubleshooting BOOKMAN
• Make sure your book card, if
any, is installed correctly.
• Check that the card’s metal
contacts are dirt-and dust-free.
Model: DMQ-2016
• size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm
• weight: 0.4 oz.
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only)

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Index

?* key 8, 14 Anagrams game 14 Arrow keys 6 Changing Bookman's settings 5 CONF message 10 Confusables, finding 10 Correcting misspellings 7 Games
changing settings 13 playing 13
Hangman game 14 Help, finding 6 Highlighting words 11 Messages
add anyway 12 cancel 12 correction list 12 path is empty 8 type them in 13 view list: empty 1 1
FRB-28016-00 P/N 7201189 Rev B
Misspellings, correcting 7 Path list 8 Reviewing words 8 Searching for words 7 Shutoff
changing 5 setting 5
Spelling finding tips 8 ST AR key
combinations 3 with CARD 13 with DN 3, 7, 9 with UP 3, 7, 9
Synonym lists, understanding
10 THES message 9 User List
adding words not in dictionary 12 viewing list 11
Word T rain game 15
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