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BOOKMAN
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
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French Professor/
MINITEL
3615 Franklinfo
1,29 F / minute
Professeur d’Anglais
USER’S GUIDE • MODE D’EMPLOI
Electronic Publishers
www.franklin.com
BQF-2025
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN PRODUCT. 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 PUR- CHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN PRODUCT means the soft- ware product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED
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Contents rect misspellings of both French and En- Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! glish words, view noun, adjective, and verb BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec- inflections, and save words to a Personal tronic reference with a built-in book and a word list for a more enjoyable way to learn. slot in the back for more books. With this To learn how to use other books, read their French Professor, you can now translate User’s Guides. and define more than 250,000 words, cor- Installing Book Cards
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Key Guide Function Keys Other Keys EFFAC ARR Clears to the Ready screen. Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight. MENU Shows Additional Functions menu. MAJ Shifts keys to type punctuation. CONJ (red) Show inflections of a word. ENTRER Enters a search, selects a LANG (green) Switches between English menu item, or starts a highlight. and French entry languages. AIDE Shows help messages. JEUX (yellow) Shows the games list. ESPACE Types a space or pages down. LISTE (blue) Shows Personal list
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Installing Book Cards Selecting Books Warning: Never install or remove a Once you have installed a book card in book card while your BOOKMAN is your BOOKMAN, you must select which turned on. If you do, information that you book you want to use. entered in its built-in book, and in an in- 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. stalled book card, will be erased. CARTE 2. Press . 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. These are sample books. 3. Pres
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Using the Color Keys Changing the Language The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on Message Language your BOOKMAN change functions accord- When you turn on this product for the ing to which book is selected. first time, you must choose the When the built-in book is selected, the message language. The message color keys function as labelled on the language is the language of prompts, BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book help, and other messages. You can card is selected, the color keys function change
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Changing the Language Viewing a Demonstration When no book card is installed in your Entry Language BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati- The entry language is the language in cally appears after you select this book. which you enter words at ready EFFAC To stop the demo, press . To dis- screens. This determines which MENU able it, press and then select Dis- dictionary you will use, French or able Demo. To re-enable it, select En- English. able Demo. 1. If not at the Ready screen, EFFAC When a b
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Translating English Words Translating English Words With the French Professor you are able ➤ Understanding Definitions to translate English words to French sim- When you find a definition, you may see ply by typing English words. that there are several different meanings EFFAC 1. Press . for your word. Here is an example. LANG 2. Press to change the 1. Type man. entry language to English, if ENTRER 2. Press . needed. 3. Type a word (e.g., cat). ARR To erase a letter press . ENTRER 4. Press . T
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Translating French Words Learning Inflections Your French Professor is fully bilingual. Inflections show changes in a word’s Try translating a French word. meaning or function. This dictionary in- cludes extensive inflections of nouns, LANG 1. Press to change the verbs, modifiers, and other words. Entry language from English LANG to French, if needed. 1. Press to switch to the French ready screen. 2. Type a word (e.g., poisson). If you need to type an accent: type 2. Type a French word (e.g.,
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Learning Inflections Finding a Letter If you are uncertain how to spell a word, ➤ Getting Grammar Guidance type a question mark in place of each When viewing inflections, you can unknown letter. You can use more than AIDE press to view detailed descrip- one question mark per word; however, tions of how to use inflections, with you will get a longer list of matches. usage examples. 1. Type a word with ?’s (e.g., ➤ Viewing English Inflections port?). If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it m
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Finding a Prefix Correcting Misspellings To find prefixes type an asterisk in a If you misspell a word in either language, word. Asterisks stand for a series of let- the French Professor shows you a list ters. of suggestions from which to choose from the selected language. 1. Type a word ending with an ✻ (e.g., armo✻ ). 1. Type a misspelled word (e.g., chein). ARR To erase a letter, press . ENTRER 2. Press . MAJ To type an asterisk, hold and ? ✽ press . ENTRER 2. Press . 3. Use the arrow keys t
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Using your Personal List Using Your Personal List Adding Words ➤ Adding Entered Words You can save up to 80 words total, You can also add words to your for both English and French, in your Personal word list directly from the Personal word list for personal study ready screen. Type the word you or review. The Personal word list is want to add to your word list. Press saved between sessions unless the LISTE to go to the Personal list batteries run out of power or your menu, and press A to add
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Using your Personal List Highlighting a Word You can look up most words by highlight- Viewing Your List ing them within dictionary definitions. You LISTE 1. Press . can then find their definitions, translations, LANG and synonyms. NOTE: By searching for a 2. Press to change the highlighted word, the entry language entry language, if needed. changes to the language of the word for V 3. Press to view list. which you searched. 4. Highlight a word on the list. ENTRER 1. At any text, press to EN
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Sending a Word Changing Game Settings You can change the game settings at any This BOOKMAN dictionary can send time. Each setting applies to all of the words to and receive words from cer- games. tain other BOOKMAN books. JEUX 1. Press . To send a word, you must first install a ENTRER A 2. Press or press to book card in your BOOKMAN, and that adjust the settings. book card must be able to send or receive words. To learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide. 1. Highl
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Playing the Games Playing the Games Now that you have selected the settings Hangman for the games, let’s play them. Hangman challenges you to guess a JEUX 1. Press . mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. As you type letters, the 2. Highlight a game using the correct letters appear in place of the arrow keys. question marks, your incorrect letters appear below, and guesses remaining appear to the right. You must guess the word before you run out of tries You can also select a ga
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Playing the Games Playing the Games ™ Flashcards Word Auction In Word Auction, you try to bid for all Flashcards flashes words for you to the letters of a mystery word, before define or study. To view the your cash runs out. The amount of ENTRER definition of the word, press . each bid depends on the frequency of ARR Press to return to Flashcards, the letter. All bids will cost you whether and then press to try another correct or incorrect. If you guess the word. word, your remaining cas
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LBS. Notes Book Card Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards. Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase in- formation entered in a book card or built- in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the book cards. • Do not expose the book cards to heat, cold, or liquids. 16
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Resetting BOOKMAN Optional Features If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- AC adaptor spond, or if its screen performs errati- jack CLEAR cally, first press and then press ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with Headphone jack more than very light pressure may perma- nently disable your BOOKMAN. In addi- AC adaptor jack: Your BOOKMAN tion, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings may be equipped with a standard 3.5 mm and informat
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Limited Warranty (US only) Copyrights & Patents FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free Model: BQF-2025 from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN • size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.2 cm will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic • weight: 0.4 oz. (without batteries) Publishers, Inc., One Frankli
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