Franklin WGM-2037 User Manual
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ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
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Word Games
USER’S GUIDE
WGM-2037
MAN
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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
With this
can play eleven fun games to enjoy as
well as help build your vocabulary.
There are over 80,000 words in Word
Game’s word list. You can adjust the
Word Games
book card you
difficulty level from beginner to wizard.
Also, choose which word list you want
to use in the games to keep them challenging. Use your BOOKMAN to read
this card. See “Installing Book Cards”
to learn how.
Installing Book Cards and Selecting Books.................... 4
Using the Color Keys and Changing Settings ................. 5
Viewing a Demonstration and Choosing Game Settings . 6
Anagrams ..................................................................... 7
Jumble .......................................................................... 7
Hangman ....................................................................... 8
Word Blaster ................................................................. 8
Word Train .................................................................... 9
Word Deduction ............................................................ 9
Word Poker ................................................................... 10
Memory Challenge and Word Auction ............................ 12
Word Capture ................................................................ 13
Lotto ............................................................................. 14
Sending Game Words .................................................... 14
Warranty ....................................................................... 17
Index ............................................................................. 20
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to the games list.
Shows the main menus.
MENU
NEW
(red) Starts a new round.
SCORE
(green) Shows the current score for
most games.
HINT
(yellow) Gives a hint or shuffles
Arrow Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Star Key Combinations*
CARD
✩
+
Sends a word between
books.
✩
+
Starts a new round.
letters in most games.
ANSWER
(blue) Ends the game and shows
the answer.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up and erases letters.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
Selects a game or word.
SPACE
Types a space or starts a new
round.
HELP
Shows a help message.
✱
Shows the answers.
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➤ 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 BOOKMAN books have their
own color key functions, which are
labelled on their book cards or on the
keyboard. For more information, read
“Using the Color Keys.”
*
Hold ✩ while pressing the other key
3
.
Installing Book 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
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 book card 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.
Once you have installed a book card
in your BOOKMAN, you must select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
CARD
2. Press
.
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.
4
Using the Color 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
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book
card is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that card.
Remember, the color keys for BOOKMAN books in book cards function as
labelled on their book cards, not as on
the keyboard.
You can adjust the shutoff time and
the screen contrast. The shutoff time
is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you
forget to turn it off.
1. Press
2. Press
CLEAR
MENU
.
.
3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Setup menu.
4. Highlight Set Shutoff or
Set Contrast.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
6. Highlight a setting.
Or press or if you selected
Contrast Adjust
changing settings, press
7. Press
ENTER
. To exit without
BACK
to select it.
5
.
Choosing Game SettingsViewing a Demonstration
Before you start using this book, you can
view a demonstration of what it can do.
Once you have installed and selected
MENU
the book card, press
the arrow keys to highlight
on the Setup menu. Then press
and then
View Demo
ENTER
to view the demonstration.
If you want 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 the arrow keys to read
it. To exit help, press
BACK
.
If you want to read a tutorial about
what the keys do, select
Tutorial
from the Setup menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around the
screen.
You can customize the games to the
settings that suit you. Go back and
change them anytime you want more
or less of a challenge. Here are the
settings and how to use them:
1. Press
2. Press
MENU
.
to highlight the skill
level with which you want to
play the games.
ENTER
3. Press
to select it.
The check marks the selected
setting.
4. Press to go to the Word
Size menu.
5. Select a word size.
•
Random
selects words of
various lengths for game words.
Enter Your Own
•
lets you type in
your own game words.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done to go
to the games list.
7. To select a game, press
and then
ENTER
when the
name of the game you want
is showing.
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