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MWD-450
®
Dictionary
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 THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. YOUR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE 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 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. ELECTRONIC REFERENCE means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publish
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Contents Congratulations on your purchase of the vocabulary with learning exercises, and MWD-450! With this dictionary you can play fun, educational word games. You find over 80,000 entries, correct mis- can also set local and world times using spellings, save words to My Word List, the clocks or store names and numbers sharpen your spelling and increase your using the databank. License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Key Guide Main Keys Function Keys Toggles between the calculator In the dictionary, goes to the and Conversions menu. Entry screen. In the calculator, clears all entries. In the converter Goes to the Confusables® list. and databank, goes to its main At the Entry screen, types a ? to menu. stand for a letter in a word. At a Backs up, erases a letter, or menu, displays a menu item. At turns off the highlight at an entry. a dictionary entry, displays the headword. In games, reveals Shifts to type c
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Key Guide C(M–) Subtracts the number on the Key Combinations* screen from the number stored + At a dictionary entry, goes to the in the memory. top or bottom of an entry. At or V(MR) Recalls the number stored in the menus, goes to the top or bottom memory. of a list. B (MC) Clears the memory. + At the Entry screen, types an aster- isk to stand for a series of letters in ➤ About Screen Illustrations a word. In games, gives a hint or shuffles the letters. Some screen illustrations in this *Hold d
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Installing Batteries Setting the Clock Your MWD-450 is powered by two The clock lets you set a Home Time CR2032, 3-volt batteries. Follow these and view local times around the instructions to install or replace them. world. You must set the Home time before viewing World Times Warning!! If the batteries wear out com- because World Times are based on pletely, or if you take more than approxi- Home Time. mately one minute while changing the bat- teries, any user-entered information will be ➤ Setti
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Setting the Clock Press or to cycle between ➤ Setting World Time DST On or DST Off. Press ENTER 1. Press CLOCK until you see World to select your choice. City. 5. Press to highlight Set Home Press S to enter Setting Mode. Time and press ENTER to select it. Press or until the current hour is displayed. Press to move to minutes, then press or until the current minute is dis- 2. Press ENTER to select Set DST. played. Press or to cycle between Press ENTER to set the time. DST On or DST Off. Press EN
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Viewing a Demonstration Changing the Settings or Tutorial When using this dictionary, you can You can view a tutorial or a demon- adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff stration of this dictionary at any time, and the type size. The shutoff time. time is how long your MWD-450 stays 1. Press SETUP. on if you forget to turn it off. 2. Press to select the About 1. Press SETUP. menu. 2. Press or to highlight 3. Press or to highlight Contrast, Shutoff, or Type Size in either Tutorial or View Demo. t
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Finding Definitions Correcting Misspellings It’s easy to look up a word in this If you misspell a word, don’t worry. dictionary. Simply type it in at the It be corrected automatically. You Entry screen. can even spell it phonetically. 1. Press DICT. 1. Type a misspelled word (for example, chear). 2. Type a word (for example, To erase a letter, press BACK. study). 2. Press ENTER. To erase a letter, press BACK. To type a capital, hold CAP and If there is more than one word in press a letter key. t
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Finding Confusables® Finding a Letter in a Word Confusables are homonyms and If you know how to spell part of a spelling variants that are easy to word, you can use MatchMaker™ to find words containing those letters confuse. If a word has Confusables, by typing a question mark (?) in CONF will flash in the upper right of place of each unknown letter. the screen. 1. Press DICT. 1. Type a word (for example, rain) 2. Type a word with ?’s (for exam- and press ENTER. ple, st??y). 3. Press ENTER. 2. P
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Finding a Series of Letters Highlighting Words You can also use MatchMaker to Another way to look up words is by find prefixes, suffixes and other highlighting them in dictionary parts of words. To do so, type an entries or word lists. Then you can asterisk (*) in a word. Asterisks find their definitions, Confusables ® , stand for a series of letters. or add them to My Word List. 1. At any text, press ENTER to start Note: If you type an asterisk at the the highlight. beginning of a word, it may
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Using My Word List You can save up to 40 words in My ➤ Viewing My Word List Word List for personal study or review. 1. Press LEARN and select My Warning: All the words in My Word Word List. List will be erased if your batteries 2. Highlight Word list: x word(s) run out of power, or your MWD-450 and press ENTER. is reset. You see the word or words you added. ➤ Adding Words ➤ Adding Highlighted Words 1. Press LEARN. At any text, you can highlight a 2. Press ENTER to select My Word word and add it
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Using My Word List ➤ Deleting One Word from My 2. Press or to highlight Word List Erase the List. 1. Press LEARN and highlight My 3. Press ENTER. Word List. 2. Press or to highlight Delete a Word and press ENTER. 4. Press Y to erase the entire list. You can press N to return to the My Word List menu without eras- ing the list. 3. Press or to highlight to the word you want to remove ➤ Adding Words Not Found and press ENTER. in This Dictionary The message “Word deleted” appears When you add a word
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Using Learning Exercises You can test your spelling skills and improve your vocabulary with Learning Exercises. 4. Type in the word you just saw ➤ Spelling Bee and press ENTER to see if you spelled it correctly. 1. Press LEARN. 5. Press ENTER to see the defini- 2. Press or to highlight tion of the word or press SPACE Spelling Bee and press ENTER. for a new word. 6. Press CLEAR when finished. ➤ Flashcards You can use words from My 1. Press LEARN. Word List or words in the SAT* Word List. 2. Press
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Storing Names & Phone Numbers This product has a databank that To Type… Press… can save as many as 100 names a space SPACE and phone numbers. The total a hyphen J amount of names and numbers that a period .’ you can save depends upon the an apostrophe CAP and .’ number of characters in each entry. 4. Use the numbered keys to type a ➤ To Add an Entry to the Phone phone number and then press List ENTER. To type a hyphen between the 1. Press DATA. parts of a phone number, press J. 2.Use to highlig
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Storing Names & Phone Numbers 2. Press or , if needed, to ➤ To Delete an Entry from the see Edit Entry, then press Phone List ENTER. 1. Press DATA. 3. Type the name you want to edit, 2. Press or to highlight or use or to select it, then Delete Entry and then press press ENTER. ENTER. Edit the name field. You can use 3. Press or to highlight the BACK to delete characters. Press entry you want to delete. ENTER to move to the number 4. Press ENTER. field. Edit the Number field and 5. Press Y to d
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Using a Password You can use a password to keep the If the unit does not reset after pressing information in the Phone List private. the reset button, follow the above The password is requested when the instructions for removing the batteries. unit is turned on and the Phone List is ➤ Password Setup accessed. 1. Press DATA. Password Warnings 2. Press or to see Set Warning! After you set the password, Password and press ENTER. you must enter the password to access the phone list for the first ti
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Playing the Games tions by pressing HELP. ➤ Selecting a Game In any game, except Tic Tac Toe, you 1. Press GAMES. can get a hint by holding CAP and 2. Use the arrow keys to move the pressing ?* or reveal the game word or highlight to the game you want. words by pressing ?*. 3. Press ENTER to select it. Note: If you reveal the word or words, you lose the round. ➤ Changing Game Settings Hangman You can choose the skill level for a Dictionary Hangman uses all the words game. in the dictionary fo
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Playing the Games Jumble Type an anagram and then press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to view As in Hangman, the three Jumble anagrams you’ve already entered. Hold games draw from the three different CAP and press ?* to shuffle the letters lists. The rules for all three games are in the selected word. Press ?* to end a the same. round and reveal the word. Press DICT Jumble tests your ability to unscramble to see the definition of the word. Press letters and form words. Jumble shows a BACK to return
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Using the Calculator ➤ Making Calculations ➤ Using the Calculator Memory 1. Press CALC. 1. In the Calculator, make a calcula- tion or type a number. 2. To add the number on the screen to the number stored in memory, 2. Type a number. For example, press X (M+). To subtract the number on the screen from the type 23. number stored in memory, press You can type up to 10 digits. C (M-). 3. Press H(+), J(-), K(X), L(÷) to add, M indicates the number is stored subtract, multiply, or divide. For in mem
