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 Dictionary & Thesaurus you can find over 83,000 dictionary entries,

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.

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

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Selecting Books .............................................................

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

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Changing Settings .........................................................

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Finding Definitions ........................................................

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

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Finding Synonyms .........................................................

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

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Correcting Misspellings .................................................

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Finding Confusables....................................................

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Highlighting Words ........................................................

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Reviewing Words ...........................................................

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

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

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

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Key Guide

 

Function Keys

CLEAR

Clears to Enter your word.

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.

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 Sends a word between books.

+ DN Shows next entry or match.

+ UP Showspreviousentryormatch.

+ P Shows the Path list.

+ T Shows a thesaurus entry.

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Installing Batteries

 

Installing Cartridges

 

 

 

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 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 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.Turn 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

Once you have installed a cartridge 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 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.

Using the Color Keys

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.

To 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. To 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

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 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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