Franklin MWD-440 User Manual

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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
can find over 83,000 dictionary entries,

Dictionary & Thesaurus

41,000 thesaurus entries with 496,000
synonyms, correct misspellings, save
words to your User list, and play three
fun, educational word games. T o learn

you

how to use other books, read their
User’s Guides.

Installing Batteries and Cartridges ................................ 4

Selecting Books............................................................. 5

Using the Color Keys .....................................................5

Changing Settings ......................................................... 6

Finding Definitions ........................................................ 7

Finding Words in Definitions..........................................7

Finding Synonyms ......................................................... 8

Finding a Letter or a Series of Letters ........................... 9

Correcting Misspellings................................................. 10

Finding Confusables™.................................................... 10

Highlighting Words ........................................................ 11

Reviewing Words ...........................................................11

Using the User List ........................................................ 12

Changing Game Settings ............................................... 14

Playing the Games .........................................................14

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Key Guide

Function Keys

CLEAR

Clears to

MENU

Shows the main menus.

THES

(red) Shows a thesaurus entry.

CONF

(green) Shows Confusables

GAMES

(yellow) Shows the games list.

LIST

(blue) Shows the User list menu.

CARD

Exits the slelected book.

ON/OFF

Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Enter your word

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➤ 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 cartridges and listed in their
User’ s Guides. For more informa­tion, read “Using the Color 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

Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.

HELP

Shows help messages.

✱

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.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

Star Key Combinations*

CARD

✩

+

✩

+ DN Shows next entry or match.

✩

+ UP

✩

+ P Shows the Path list.

✩

+ T Shows a thesaurus entry.

Sends a word between books.

Shows previous entry or match.

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Installing CartridgesInstalling Batteries

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.

1. Turn BOOKMAN over.

2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.

3. Install the batteries with their
plus signs facing you.

4. Replace the battery cover .

➤ Resuming Wher e You Left Off

Y ou 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
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. T urn BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the car­tridge with the notches in
the slot.

4. Press the cartridge down
until it snaps into place.

➤ Removing Cartridges

Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another, informa­tion that you entered into the
removed cartridge will be erased.

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Selecting Books Using the Color Keys

Once you have installed a cartridge in
your BOOKMAN, you must select
which book you want to use.

1. T urn 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.

➤ 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 car­tridge book is selected, the color keys
function as labelled on that cartridge.

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Remember, the color keys for BOOK­MAN books in cartridges function as
labelled on their cartridges, not as on
the keyboard.

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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.

1. Press CLEAR.

2. Press MENU.

3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Setup menu.

4. Highlight Set Font, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Highlight a setting.

Or press or if you selected

Set Contrast

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T o exit without changing settings,
press BACK.

7. Press ENTER to select it.

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. T o stop the demon­stration, press CLEAR. To disable it,
press MENU, highlight the Setup
menu, and then select

Disable Demo

If the book is in a cartridge, select View
Demo from the Setup menu to view
its demonstration.

➤ Help is Always at Hand

Y ou can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing HELP.
Press the direction keys to read it. T o
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.

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