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MWD-1440
dictionary
& thesaurus
USER’S GUIDE / MANUAL DEL USUARIO
Electronic Publishers
®
BOOKMAN II
www.franklin.com
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License Agreement ® READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN PROD- UCT. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN PRODUCT means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED
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Table of Contents Installing Batteries ...................................................................................................... 5 Installing Book Cards ................................................................................................. 6 Selecting a Book ........................................................................................................ 6 Book Card Color Keys .........................................................................................
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Introduction Welcome to the world of Franklin. This Franklin model is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book, plus one slot in the back for a book card. With Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus, you can: • find over 100,000 words with complete definitions, most of which contain parts of speech and usage examples; • see a word’s synonyms, antonyms, and other related words using the built-in thesaurus; • let state-of-the-art spell correction help you find the word yo
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Key Guide Key Guide Color Keys Shifts to type capital letters and cap punctuation marks. dict Goes to the dictionary. card Exits the book you were thes Goes to the thesaurus. reading. games Goes to the Games menu. Toggles between the calculator learn Goes to the Exercises menu (for and converter. Learning Exercises). Direction Keys Function Keys Moves in the indicated direction. Turns the unit on or off. help Displays a help message. menu Displays the main menus for the At menus and dictionary e
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Key Guide Installing Batteries + Your unit is powered by two CR-2032 fn At a dictionary entry, lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow these displays the next or previous or entry. easy instructions to install or replace them. fn +j Types a hyphen. 1. Turn your unit over. + At the Word Entry screen, cap * ? types an asterisk to stand for 2. Lift the battery cover on the back a series of letters in a word. In of your unit by pushing on the games, gives a hint. catch. 3. Install the batteries with the
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Installing Book Cards Selecting a Book 1. Turn your unit off. Once a book card is installed in the unit, you can select which book you want to use. 2. Turn your unit over. 1. Turn your unit on. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. 2. Press card . These are sample books. 3. Press or to highlight your selection. 4. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. Removing Book Cards For information on available Franklin Warning: Never install or remove a BO
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Book Card Color Keys Using the Dictionary Menu The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on When you press menu , you will see six your unit change functions according to the icons. Use these to quickly take you to book card you select. Their functions are different parts of the dictionary. labelled on individual cards. dict RED Understanding the Menu thes GREEN games Goes to the dictionary Word Entry YELLOW BLUE learn screen. Goes to the thesaurus Word Entry screen. When in your book card:
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Viewing a Demonstration or Changing the Settings Tutorial You can view a demonstration or tutorial of When using this dictionary, you can this dictionary any time you want. activate the Learn a Word feature, adjust the type size, the shutoff time, and the 1. Press . menu screen contrast. The shutoff time is how 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight long your unit stays on if you forget to and press enter . turn it off. 3. Use to highlight either Tutorial or 1. Press menu in the dictionary, thesa
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Finding Dictionary Entries Finding Dictionary Entries It’s easy to look up a word in this dictionary. Using MatchMaker Simply type it in at the dictionary Word MatchMaker is a useful tool for finding Entry screen. words and groups of words. If you are 1. Press dict . uncertain about how to spell a word, 2. Type a word (e.g., elicit). type a question mark (?), in place of each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk (S ), in a word. Each aste
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Finding Dictionary Entries Finding Dictionary Entries 4. Press to move the highlight to Correcting Misspellings the word you want and press enter The dictionary has a spell corrector to view its definition. that helps you if you misspell a word. 5. Press clear when done. If you enter a misspelled word, you will see a list of possible corrections. For example, enter noledge at the Word Entry screen. Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form (e.g. resume,
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Using the Thesaurus Using the Thesaurus Thesaurus entries consist of synonyms, Understanding Thesaurus Entries antonyms, classmates and words to A thesaurus meaning is a definition compare. Many words have more than one shared by a group of synonyms. thesaurus entry. Synonyms are words that have similar 1. Press . thes meanings, e.g. happy/joyous. 2. Type a word (e.g., splendid). Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of the word being back To erase a letter, press . defined, e.g.
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Viewing Confusables Highlighting Words Confusables are homonyms, homo- Another way to look up words is by phones and spelling variants that are highlighting them in dictionary entries, easy to confuse. If the word you looked thesaurus entries, or word lists. You can up is a confusable, CONF will flash once then find their definitions, thesaurus in the upper right of the screen. To view entries or add them to My Word List. confusables, do the following: 1. At any text, press enter to start the 1.
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Saving and Deleting Words Saving and Deleting Words s YOU can save up to 40 words in My Adding Highlighted Words Word List for personal study or review. At any text, you can highlight a word and This list is saved unless the batteries run add it to My Word List. out of power or your unit is reset. To add words, do the following: 1. At text, press enter to start a highlight. 1. Press learn . menu 2. Move the highlight to the word you Or you can press , highlight enter want and press enter . ,
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Saving and Deleting Words Saving and Deleting Words s s Viewing Saved Words Deleting One Word from My Word List 1. Press learn . You can delete one or all the words in You can also press menu , highlight My Word List. To delete one word: , press enter , and skip to step 3. 1. Press learn . 2. Press enter to select My Word List. You can also press menu , highlight View List …. is highlighted. enter , press , and skip to step 3. 3. Press enter again to view the list 2. Press enter to select
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Using Learning Exercises Using Learning Exercises Using Learning Exercises, you can test your spelling and improve your vocabu- lary. You can also view a list of words that commonly appear on the Scholastic Assessment Test. A word will flash on the screen for you s to spell. Spelling Bee 1. Press learn or if you are in the Main menu, highlight and press enter . 2. Use to highlight Spelling Bee 4. Type in the word you just saw and and press enter to select it. enter press to see if you
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Using Learning Exercises Using Learning Exercises s s Flashcards SAT Word List 1. Press learn or if you are in the learn 1. Press . Main menu, highlight and 2. Use to highlight SAT Word List and press enter . press enter to view the list. 2. Use to highlight Flashcards and press enter to select it. Press or to scroll through the SAT Word List. You can also type a letter to go to the first word beginning with that My Flashcards uses words on My Word letter. For example, type
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Playing the Games Playing the Games You have nine fun games to choose Selecting a Game from. In the Games list, use or to move Changing Game Settings the highlight to the game of your You can choose the source and size choice and press enter . of the words, the skill level, and whether or not to have win/lose graphics. games 1. Press or if you are in the Main menu, highlight and press enter . 2. Use to highlight Game Settings and press enter . Getting Help in the Games You can als
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Playing the Games Playing the Games Hangman Word Train™ In Word Train, you and the train take Hangman selects a mystery word and turns typing letters to form a word. challenges you to guess it letter by letter. Whoever types the last letter of the word The letters of the mystery word are hidden by question marks. The number wins. To view the letters you can type at your turn, hold cap and press ? * . Press of guesses remaining is indicated by #’s. * to end a round and reveal the word.
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Playing the Games Playing the Games Link Four use or to move the highlight to the anagram you want and press enter or thes . Press back to return to Word Builder. Jumble Link Four challenges you to connect four game pieces in any direction. You can play alone or with a friend. Use or to move your game piece to the position you want, then press enter . The game Jumble tests your ability to unscramble letters pieces are displayed to the right of the and form words. Before you play, s
