Franklin MWS-3053 User Manual

MWS-3053

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Merriam-Webster

®

Speaking

Dictionary & Thesaurus

User’s Guide

BOOKMAN® II

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Table of Contents

Welcome to the world of Franklin! The Merriam-Webster®Speaking Dictionary &
Thesaurus 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
and hear thousands of dictionary entries, and thesaurus entries with synonyms.
You can also 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.

Key Guide ........................................................................................................................................3

Installing Book Cards......................................................................................................................4

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

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

Viewing a Demonstration................................................................................................................6

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

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

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

Finding Spellings ............................................................................................................................9

Finding Synonyms ..........................................................................................................................9

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

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

Sending Words ..............................................................................................................................13

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

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

Resetting BOOKMAN ....................................................................................................................16

Cartridge Care................................................................................................................................16

FCC Notice ....................................................................................................................................17

Copyright & Patents......................................................................................................................17

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ........................................................................................................18

Limited Warranty (EU and Switzerland) ......................................................................................19

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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.

SAY

(green) Says a word.

GAMES

(yellow) Shows the games list.

LIST

(blue) Shows the User list
menu.

CARD

Exits the selected book.

ON/OFF

Turns the device on or off.

Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow, and
blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the book described in
this User’s Guide.

Other electronic books have their own
color key functions, which are labelled
on their book cards and listed in their
User’s Guides. For more information,
read “Using the Color Keys” on page

5.

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;
shows Confusables™ in
text;shifted, types an ✻ to
stand for a series of unknown
letters.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

Key Combinations*

FN

+ Shows next entry or match.

FN

+ Shows previous entry or

match.

FN

+ Sends a word between books.

CARD

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* Hold FN while pressing the other key.

Key Guide

Installing Book Cards

When the language or languages in
your card are different from those in
your built-in book, the key references
may also be different. Please refer to
the grid below for help in determining
how a particular key functions.

Deutsch FrançaisEnglish Italiano Español Symbols
hilfe aide help guida ayuda --------

clear effac clear canc borrar -------­zurück arr back indietro retro
eingabe entrer enter invio intro -------­menü menu menu menu menú -------­groß maj cap maiusc mayús
fn fn fn fn fn
karte carte card sched tarjet -------­leer espace space spazio espaciador
auf ht pg up giu abajo

ab bas pg dn su arrib

nächste suiv next seg sig

vorig préc prev prec prev

✩

;

fn+

;

fn+

✩

+ ;

fn+

✩

+ ;

fn+

Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your unit is on. Any
information that was entered in the
built-in book or book card will be
erased.

1. Turn the device off and turn it
over.

2. Remove the blank protector or
any other book card that might
be installed.

3. Align the tabs on 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 will be erased.

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Selecting Books

Using the Color Keys

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

1. Turn on the device.

2. Press CARD.

An icon for each book installed in
the unit appears.

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 BOOKMAN at any
screen. When you turn BOOKMAN
on again, the screen that you last
viewed appears.

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on your unit 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 book
card is selected, the color keys
function as labelled on that book card.

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 the device 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 this book, you
can view a demonstration of what it
can do.

Once you have installed and selected
the book card, press MENU and then
the arrow keys to highlight View Demo
on the Setup menu. Then press
ENTER to view the demonstration.
If you want to stop the demonstration,
press CLEAR.

➤ 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.

If you want to read an overview of this
product and the key functions,
highlight Tutorial on the Other menu
and then press ENTER.

➤ 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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