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BOOKMAN
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
Pocket Lexicon
Electronic Publishers
USER’S GUIDE
TMQ-440
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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 software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED U
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Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! 500,000 synonyms, antonyms, Class- ™ ™ BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec- mates , and Confusables . You can also tronic reference with a built-in book and play three word games at different skill the ability to use books in cards. With levels; plus you can view geographical in- your new Franklin Pocket Lexicon (TMQ- formation about European countries. 440), you can find a total of more than Read this User’s Guide to learn how! Installing Batteries ...
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Key Guide Function Keys Other Keys CLEAR BACK Clears the word you entered. Erases a letter, shows a previous screen, or stops a highlight. MENU Shows the menu. CAP Shifts keys to type capitals. GEO (red) Shows selected geographical ENTER Looks up a word, selects a information. menu item, or highlights a word. CONF (green) Shows Confusables (words HELP Shows a help message. that you may confuse with others). ? ] Types a ? to stand for a letter GAMES (yellow) Shows games you can play. in a word (
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Installing Batteries Installing Book Cards The BOOKMAN 440 model uses two Warning: Never install or remove a book CR-2032 lithium batteries. Here is how card when your BOOKMAN is on. If you to install or replace them. do, information that you entered in its built- in book as well as in the book card will be Warning: When the batteries lose erased. power or are removed from BOOK- MAN, information that you have entered 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. in its built-in book as well as in any in- 2. Turn BOOKMAN
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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 which change functions according to which book book you want to use. you are using. When you have selected and are using the 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. built-in book, the colour keys function as CARD 2. Press . labelled on the keyboard. When you are using a BOOKMAN book card, the colour keys function as labelled on that book card. These are sample books. 3.
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Changing Settings Viewing a Demonstration You can adjust the font size and shutoff When no book card is installed in your time of this book. The font size sets how BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati- large the letters appear on screen. The cally appears after you turn it on. To stop CLEAR shutoff time sets how long your BOOK- the demo, press . To disable it, MENU MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. press and then select Disable Demo. To re-enable it, select Enable CLEAR 1. Press . Demo. M
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Finding Synonyms Finding Synonyms To look up synonyms, simply type a word and In addition to the brief definition for each ENTER then press . Try this example. lexicon entry, you will find the following word categories which are found in CLEAR 1. Press . brackets. (Note: most lexicon entries will 2. Type a word (e.g., happy). not have all of these word types): ANTONYM a word of opposite meaning CLASSMATES CAP To type capitals, hold . words that are related by subject or BACK To erase a letter, p
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Viewing the Geographical Finding Synonyms Information List The Geographical Information List has five Understanding Thesaurus Entries different sections that display important When you see THES flash in the upper information about Europe. right of the screen, the entered or high- GEO 1. Press . lighted word has a thesaurus entry. Each thesaurus entry begins with the word’s 2. Highlight a list item using the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, arrow keys. etc.) and a brief definition. Se
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ss Viewing the Geographical Viewing the Geographical Information List Information List s Largest Cities EU Facts The Lexicon also provides a list of EU Facts gives you geographic the 30 largest cities within the information concerning the European European Union countries. The Union. Use the direction keys to read Largest Cities section details the the text. s population sizes of each of these EU Member Countries cities. s The EU Member Countries section Transport is a list of the 15 countries t
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™ Correcting Misspellings Finding Confusables If you happen to misspell a word that you Confusables are words that sound alike wish to look up, don’t worry. The Pocket or are spelled similarly. When you see Lexicon will automatically give you a list CONF flash in the upper right of the of corrections from which to choose. screen, the entered or highlighted word has Confusables. Try this example. CLEAR 1. Press . 1. Type rein. 2. Type a misspelled word Note: If you know that a word has (e.g., ecs
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Sending Words Highlighting Words Between Books Another way to find synonyms and Con- You can look up words from this book in fusables is by highlighting words in the- certain other BOOKMAN books, and saurus entries. Try this example. vice versa. To send or receive a word to or from an- 1. Type demeanour. other book, you must first install a book ENTER 2. Press . card in your BOOKMAN, and that card ENTER 3. Press again. must be able to send or receive words, Notice the highlight. You can turn it
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Playing the Games Playing the Games s s Selecting Skill Levels and Games Playing Anagrams You can select a skill level before you Anagrams challenges you to find ana- play or during a game. If you select a level grams of a word. (An anagram is a word during a game, the new level does not formed from all or some of the letters of take effect until the next round begins. another word.) SKILL • To select a skill level, first press . To play, type an anagram and then press ENTER ENTER Then highlight
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LBS. Playing the Games Book Card Care s ™ • Do not touch the metal con- Playing Word Train tacts on the book cards. All aboard! You and the Word Train take Caution: Touching these electrical turns typing letters to form a word. Who- contacts with statically charged ever types the last letter wins. objects, including your fingers, could ? ] erase information entered in a book Press to end a round and reveal ENTER card or built-in book. the word. Press to view the the- saurus entry of the word.
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Limited Warranty Resetting BOOKMAN FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN spond, or if its screen performs erratically, will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the vendor from which you made your purchase. Alternatively, CLEAR ON/OFF first press and then press FRANK
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Specifications Your Notes Model: TMQ-440 • batteries: 2 lithium (CR-2032) • size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm • weight: 4 oz. (without batteries) © 1987-1996 Franklin Electronic Publisher, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. Classmates, Confusables, and Word Train are trademarks of Franklin. All rights re- served. FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
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Index ?* key Colour keys using during games 12 understanding 3 using to find spellings and words 10 using 5 Americanisms 7 CONF key 10 Anagrams 12 Confusables 10 Antonyms 7 Correcting misspellings 10 Arrows 6 Cursor, moving 7 Asterisks, searching with 10 Direction keys 3 Auto-resume feature 4 DN key 3 BACK key 3 Erasing typed letters 7 Batteries 4 EU facts 9 Book cards EU member countries 9 care of 13 European Union (EU) 9 installing 4 Font size 6 removing 4 Function keys
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Index finding 10 Geographical Information List 8 STAR key Hangman 12 combinations 3 HELP key 6 with CARD 11 Help messages 6 with DN 7 Hints during games 13 Synonyms Idioms 7 finding by highlighting words 11 Installing finding by typing words 7 batteries 4 Thesaurus entries book cards 4 understanding 8 Largest European cities 9 viewing 7 MENU key 6 Transport 9 Multiple forms, selecting 8 Tutorial 6 Parts of speech 8 Typing Question marks, searching with 10 asterisks 10 Res
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FPB-28036-00 P/N 7201444 Rev A 18
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BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD Pocket Lexicon Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE TMQ-440
