Franklin IC-116 User Manual

Electronic Publishers

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For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

IC-116

DIGITAL BOOK

AD VANCED

DICTIONARY

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User’s Manual

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Contents

Getting Started ............................................... 4

Install the Digital Book .............................. 5

Select the Dictionary ................................. 6

Select Other Options ................................. 7

Learn the Keys ........................................... 8

Looking Up Words ........................................ 10

Correcting Spellings................................. 11

Finding Spellings...................................... 12

Finding Definitions ................................... 15

Finding Thesaurus Entries ...................... 18

Finding Classmates

Finding Confusable Words ...................... 22

Reviewing Words...................................... 23

Words From Other Books ........................ 24

Using Grammar Guide..................................26

Finding Topics .......................................... 27

Grammar Exercises .................................. 29

Digital Book System .....................................32

Index .......................................................... 39

TM

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Introduction

You now have a powerful electronic reference with
the features of a dictionary and a thesaurus.

Using the

Dictionary

• check and correct spellings,

• find unknown letters and fragments of words,

• find extensive definitions, word histories, and
confusable word lists,

• find thesaurus meanings, synonyms,
antonyms, and more,

• pick and look up words on screen,

• review words that you’ve already looked up,

• look up words from other digital books.

This User’s Manual shows you how. You can
follow its numbered instructions using the
examples shown or using words that interest you.

Throughout this User’s Manual, notes like this
provide tips and explain advanced uses of

Merriam-Webster

for them.

Merriam-Webster ®Advanced

, you can:

About User Notes

®

Advanced Dictionary

the

. Look

3

Getting Started

If you’re using

The

Merriam-Webster

®

Advanced Dictionary

for the first time,

read this section.

4

Install the Digital Book

You must install the

Dictionary

before you can use it.

Merriam-Webster® Advanced

1. Make sure the Digital Book System is off.

2. Insert the

Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches
in the slot. Then snap the digital book in place.

3. Press

digital book in a slot on the back.

ON/OFF .

4. To adjust screen contrast, turn the contrast
wheel on the side of the Digital Book System.

5. If the screen is blank, check the batteries.

Protect Your Digital Books

Never install or remove a digital book while the
Digital Book System is on. If you do, information
that you entered in the other installed digital
book may be erased.

5

Select the Dictionary

Once the
installed, here’s how to select and start using it.

1. Press

Merriam-Webster® Advanced Dictionary

CARD .

2. Press or to highlight the

Merriam-Webster® Advanced Dictionary

symbol.

3. Press

This is the entry line. You can always return to it
by pressing

ENTER .

CLEAR .

Resuming Where You Left Off

If the Digital Book System is turned off while
you’re using the

Dictionary

previous screen.

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Merriam-Webster® Advanced

, simply press to return to the

ON/OFF

is

Select Other Options

Using the Other menu, you can select fonts, set
shutoff times, and see a demonstration.

1. Press Then press .

MENU .

2. Press to highlight an option.

3. Press to see the settings, if any.

ENTER

4. Press to highlight a setting.

5. Press to select it.

ENTER

Understanding the Other Options

Run Demo shows you a brief demonstration.

To stop the demo, press
Select Font lets you decide how you want the

letters to appear on screen. For easier reading,
select a medium or large typeface.

Set Shutoff lets you set how long the Digital Book
System stays on when you forget to turn it off.

CLEAR .

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Learn the Keys

Here are some of the keys you’ll often use in the

Merriam-Webster® Advanced Dictionary

Function Keys

CLEAR
MENU
MORE

GAMES

LIST

CARD

ENTER

BACK

HELP

Clear to the entry line.
See the main menu.
Cycle through references.
See grammar exercises.
Show the path list.
Switch to another digital book.
See a definition or pick a word.

Back up or erase letters.

See a help message.

Direction Keys

Move the cursor left or right.
Move up or down.

DN

UP

+

Page up or down.
Zoom to the top or bottom of

an entry.

+

DN

UP

Go to next or previous entry.

.

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Gold Key Combinations

Learn the Keys

+ See Classmates.

+ Show dictionary definitions.
+ See thesaurus meanings.

C
D

T

+

?*
G

+

Show Confusables.
Go to the Grammar Guide.

MatchMaker™ Key

? *

Letter Detective™, find letters in
words.

+ Fragment Finder™, find

SHIFT ? *

fragments of words.

Help is Always at Hand

To... Press...

See a help message
at any time

Move down the message
Exit the message

HELP

BACK

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Looking Up Words

This section shows

you how to find

definitions, thesaurus entries,

and other information

about words.

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Correcting Spellings

To check or correct spellings, simply type a word and

ENTER .

press If you misspell a word, you’ll see a
correction list.

1. Press

CLEAR .

2. Type a misspelled word.

To erase letters, press

3. Press to see a correction list.

ENTER

BACK .

4. To define a word, press to highlight it.
Then press

To go back to the correction list, press

5. Press when you’re finshed.

ENTER .

BACK .

CLEAR

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Finding Spellings

You can find unknown letters, prefixes, suffixes, or
fragments of words by using the MatchMaker
characters—the question mark and the asterisk.

Letter Detective

The question mark is the letter detective. It finds
unknown letters in words.

™

™

1. At the entry line, type a word with a ?
standing for each unknown letter.

2. Press

ENTER .

3. To define a word, press to highlight it.
Then press

4. Press when you’re finished.

ENTER .

CLEAR

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