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BOOKMAN
EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
Dizionario Inglese-
Italiano Compatto
Electronic Publishers
GUIDA ALL’USO/USER’S GUIDE
BQL-2066
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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 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 ELECTRONIC 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 Fra
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Contents Introduction .................................................................. 23 Installing Book Cards .................................................... 23 Selecting a Book ........................................................... 24 Using the Color Keys..................................................... 24 Setting the Message Language ...................................... 25 Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 25 Changing the Settings ......
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Key Guide Color Keys Direction Keys CO NIU (red) Displays inflections of a word. Move in indicated direction. LING (green) Switches between English or Accents a typed letter. and Italian entry languages. or Pages up or down. GI OCHI (yellow) Displays the games list. Key Combinations* LISTA (blue) Displays the personal CARD ✩ + Sends a word between books. word list menu. ✩ + Shows the next or previous Function Keys or word or inflection group. BACK Backs up, erases letters, or Q P ✩ + - Types
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Introduction Installing Book Cards Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! Warning: Never install or remove a BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable book card while BOOKMAN is on. If you electronic reference with a built-in book do, information that you entered in its and a slot in the back for more books. built-in book, as well as in an installed With this Dizionario Inglese-Italiano book card, may be erased. Compatto, you can now translate and 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. define more than 34,000 words, correct
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Selecting a Book Using the Color Keys Once you have installed a book card in The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN, you can then select the top row of your BOOKMAN change which book you want to use. functions according to which book is selected. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. If you have selected the built-in book, the CARD 2. Press . colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the color keys function as labeled on that card. These are sam
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Setting the Message Viewing a Demonstration Language When you turn on this product for the first Before you start using your BOOKMAN, time, you must choose the message you can view a brief demonstration of language. The message language is the what it can do. language of the prompts, screen instruc- When no book card is installed in your tions, menu items, and help messages. BOOKMAN, the demonstration will automatically appear after you turn the unit on. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR ME
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Changing the Entry Changing the Settings Language The entry language is the language in which You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. you type search words. In dictionary entries, the entry language always appears The shutoff time is how long your at the beginning of the entry. You can BOOKMAN remains on if you forget to change the entry language at the entry turn it off. The screen contrast is how screen or the main menus. light or dark the screen display a
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Finding Dictionary Entries Finding Dictionary Entries With this dictionary, you can translate ➤ Typing Accents and Diacritical English words to Italian and Italian words to Marks English simply by typing the word. You do not need to type accent and CLEAR 1. Press . diacritical marks when you are entering LING words at the entry screen. They will be 2. Press (green) to change the entry language to English, added automatically. If you type a word if needed. which has two forms (for example, resu
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Finding Dictionary Entries Highlighting a Word Another way to search for words is by ➤ Another Way to Find Words highlighting them in dictionary entries or in Instead of entering words at the entry any word lists. Then you can find their screen, you can also search the definitions, inflections, or add them to your MENU dictionary list. First press . Then personal words list. Note: If you look up a start typing a word at the dictionary word in a language other than your current BACK list. To era
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Finding English Inflections Finding English Inflections CO NIU Inflections show changes in the meaning 6. Press (red) repeatedly to or function of a word. This dictionary view inflections. includes inflections of English nouns, Or you can also hold ✩ and press verbs, modifiers, and other words or to go through the list of inflections. LING 1. Press (green) to change CLEAR 7. Press when finished. the entry language to English, if needed 2. Type an English word. For example, type swim. CO NI
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Finding a Letter in a Word Finding a Series of Letters If you are uncertain how to spell a word, Use the asterisk (✽ ) to find prefixes, type a question mark in place of each suffixes, and other parts of words. Each unknown letter. You can use more than asterisk stands for a series of letters. one question mark per word. However, 1. Type a word with an ✽ . For you will get a longer list of matches. example, type sco✽ . CLEAR 1. Press . 2. Type a word with ?’s. For example type tr??e. CAP To type
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Using Your Personal List Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word in either language, Adding Words this dictionary shows you a list of correc- You can save up to 10 words total, in both tions from which you can choose. English and Italian, in your personal word list for study or review. The personal word 1. Type a misspelled word. For example, dociente. list is saved between sessions, unless the BACK batteries run out of power or your To erase a letter, press . BOOKMAN is reset. ENTER 2. P
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Using Your Personal List Using Your Personal List ENTER ➤ Adding Typed Words 3. Press to view the current word list. You can also add words to your personal 4. Highlight a word on the list. word list directly from the entry screen. 5. To view the dictionary entry Type the word you want to add to your LISTA ENTER personal word list. Press (blue) to for the word, press . go to the personal word list menu, and Deleting a Word ENTER press to add the word. Then press CLEAR to return to the entr
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Changing Game Settings Playing the Games You can change the game settings at any Now that you have selected the settings time. Each setting applies to all of the games. for the game, let’s play them. GI OCHI GI OCHI 1. Press (yellow). 1. Press (yellow). ENTER 2. Press to select Game 2. Highlight a game using the Settings. arrow keys. ENTER 3. Use or to highlight an 3. Press to select it. option, if needed. 4. After the round is over, press SPACE 4. Press or to select the to play another
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Playing the Games Playing the Games Type an anagram and then press Hangman ENTER . Use the arrow keys to view Hangman challenges you to guess a any anagrams you have already mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one CAP ? ✽ entered. Hold and press letter at a time. As you type letters, to shuffle the letters of the given the correct letters appear in place of ? ✽ word. Press to end a round and the question marks, your incorrect reveal the remaining anagrams. letters appear below, and guesses Flashc
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Sending a Word Playing the Games Between Books ™ This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words Conjumania -English to and receive words from certain other Conjumania teaches verb conjuga- BOOKMAN books. tions. It shows you an infinitive English To send a word, you must first install a verb and asks you to enter a book card in your BOOKMAN, and that conjugation. Your conjugation must be book card must be able to send or spelled correctly, including accents. To receive words. To learn if book card can tr
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LBS. Limited Warranty (outside U.S.) Book Card Care This product, excluding batteries, is • Do not touch the metal contacts guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one on the book cards year from the date of purchase. It will be Caution: Touching these electrical repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) contacts with statically charged objects, free of charge for any defect due to faulty including your fingers, could erase workmanship or materials. information entered in a book card or built-i
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ 08016- 4907, within one year of purchase. Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at it
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Resetting Your BOOKMAN Copyrights and Patents If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to Model BQL-2066 respond, or if its screen performs • size: 5.9 x 4.2 0.6 cm CLEAR erratically, first press and then • weight 11.34 g (without batteries) ON/OFF press twice. If nothing happens, © 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, follow the steps below to reset it. Inc., Burlington NJ 08016 USA. All rights reserved Warning: Pressing the reset button © 1996 Zanichelli, editore S.p.A. All with more than very light pr
