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BOOKMAN
EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
Macquarie
Dictionary
Electronic Publishers
USER’S GUIDE
DMM-440
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC- TRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU AC- CEPT 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 ELEC- TRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means
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Contents ® You can also find phrases, correct mis- Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN ! spellings, save words to your personal With your Macquarie Dictionary, you list, and play four fun words games. can find over 95,000 words and Read this User’s Guide to learn how. 500,000 synonyms, antonyms, and ™ Classmates . Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card................ 4 Selecting a Book and Using the Colour Keys .................. 5 Changing the Settings and Viewing a Demonstration ........
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Key Guide Colour Keys Other Keys INFL BACK (red) Displays the inflected forms, Backs up a step, erases a letter, if any, of the selected word. or turns off the highlight. THES CAP (green) Displays synonyms, Shifts the keys to type capitals ™ antonyms, and Classmates , if or punctuation. CARD any, of the selected word. Exits the book you are reading. PHRASE CLEAR (yellow) Displays phrases, if any, Clears all of your entries. that contain the selected word. ENTER Enters a search, selects a menu LI
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Installing Batteries Installing a Book Card Note: If battery insulation tape is in- Warning: Never install or remove a stalled, carefully remove it by pulling book card while your BOOKMAN is the battery installation tape out of the turned on. If you do, information that battery compartment. you have entered in the built-in book, as well as in any other installed book BOOKMAN 440 models use two cards, may be erased. CR2032 3-volt batteries. Here is how to install or replace the batteries. 1. Turn
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Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys Once you have installed a book card in The red, green, yellow, and blue keys your BOOKMAN, you can select on the top row of your BOOKMAN which book you want to use. change their functions according to which book you have selected. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. If you have selected the built-in book, CARD 2. Press . the colour keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labelled on that card. Th
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Changing the Settings Viewing a Demonstration You can adjust the type size, shutoff Before you start using your new time, and screen contrast of this book. BOOKMAN, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. The shutoff time is how long your When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au- it off. The screen contrast is how light tomatically appear after you turn the or dark the screen display appears. unit on. To
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Finding Dictionary Entries Finding Dictionary Entries You can find a dictionary entry simply by ➤ Correcting Misspellings typing one or more words at the Enter a If you misspell a word, do not worry. ENTER word screen and then pressing . The dictionary automatically gives you a CLEAR 1. Press . list of corrections. Simply use the ar- 2. Type a word (e.g., astute). row keys to highlight the correction you ENTER want and press to see its dic- tionary entry. For example, enter nolij at the Enter
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Using the Word List Highlighting Words You can also find dictionary entries by Another way to look up a word is to searching for words on the Entries menu. highlight it in text. Then you can find that word’s dictionary entry, thesaurus MENU 1. Press . entry, inflections, Confusables, or save it in your personal list. ENTER 1. At any text, press to start the highlight. ✻ To see a full menu title, press ? BACK To turn off the highlight, press . 2. Start typing a word until it is highlighted. Fo
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Finding Thesaurus Entries Finding Phrases When you see THES flash once in the up- You can find phrases containing spe- per right of the screen, the selected word cific words. has a thesaurus entry. A thesaurus entry CLEAR 1. Press . can contain a part of speech, a brief mean- 2. Type a word. For example, ing, and a list of available synonyms, ant- type house. onyms, synonymous phrases, and ENTER If you want, press to see its ™ Classmates (words related by subject). dictionary entry. CLEAR 1. Pr
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® Finding Inflections Finding Confusables Inflections are the changes in a word’s Confusables are words that are often form such as case, gender, number, tense, confused or that sound alike but are person, mood, or voice. Verbs have more spelled differently. Rain, reign, and rein inflections than other parts of speech. are examples of Confusables. Not every word will have Confusables. CLEAR 1. Press . CLEAR 1. Press . 2. Type a word. For example, type mean. 2. Type a word. For example, ENTER If
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Finding Parts of Words Saving Words for Study If you are uncertain how to spell a You can create a personal list of words of word, you can type a question mark up to 10 words for study and review. (?) in place of each unknown letter. Note: You can only add words that are in this dictionary to your personal list. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽ ) in Adding and Viewing Words a word. Asterisks stand for a series of CLEAR 1. Press . letters. LIST 2. Pr
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Saving Words for Study Changing Games Settings Erasing Your Personal List Your dictionary has four fun and educa- tional word games you can play. You can LIST 1. Press (blue). select the skill level and choose the word 2. Highlight Erase The List and size you will play with. Here’s how. ENTER then press . MENU Y 3. Press to erase the entire list. 1. Press and select Game Setup from the Topics menu. Or press N to cancel. 2. Use or to highlight Word Size or Skill Level. ➤ Other Ways to
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Playing the Games Playing the Games Now that you have the game set, let’s play. Anagrams Anagrams challenges you to find all of ✩ M 1. Hold and press . the words that can occur within a given MENU Or press and then select word. Each letter can only be used as Games from the Topics menu. many times as it appears in the given 2. Use or to highlight a game. word. Each anagram must be a speci- ENTER 3. Press to select it. fied minimum length, which will flash CLEAR 4. Press when finished.
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Playing the Games Sending a Word Between Books ™ Word Train You can look up words from this book in certain other BOOKMAN books, All aboard the Word Train spelling and vice versa. game! You and the train take turns typ- To send or receive a word to or from ing letters to form a word. Whoever another book, you must have installed types the last letter wins. To view the a book card in your BOOKMAN that is letters you can type at your turn, hold CAP ✻ ✻ able to send or receive words, as well.
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Resetting Your BOOKMAN Specifications If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- Model: DMM-440 spond, or if its screen performs errati- Macquarie Dictionary CLEAR cally, first press and then press • size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow • weight: 113.4 g the steps below. © 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 Warning: Pressing the reset button U.S.A. All rights reserved. with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOO
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Limited Warranty (outside U.S.) This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s op- tion) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. Prod- ucts purchased outside the United States that are returned under warranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault. Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof o
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Index ?* key 11, 13 Font size 6 Anagrams game 13 Game Setup 12 Arrow keys 4 Game words 12 Auto-resume feature 5 Games Batteries, installing 4 skill levels 12 Blue (LIST) key 3, 11, 13 word size 12 BOOKMAN Green (THES) key 8, 9, 10, 13 resetting 15 Hangman game 13 specifications 15 HELP key 6 CARD key 5, 14 Help messages 6 Changing INFL (red) key 3, 8, 10, 13 font size 6 Inflections 8, 10, 13 screen contrast 6 Limited Warranty 16 shutoff time 6 LIST (blue) key 3, 11, 12,
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Index Setup menu 6 Shutoff time 6 Specifications 15 STAR key with C 8, 10, 13 with CARD 14 with M 3, 13 with UP, DN 3 THES (green) key 8, 9, 10, 13 Thesaurus entry 9 Tutorial 6 Viewing help messages 6 demonstration 6 Word Train game 14 Yellow (PHRASE) key 8, 10 FPB-28054-00 P/N 7201154 Rev A. 18
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BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK Macquarie Dictionary Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE DMM-440
