BOOKMAN PRODUI FO French Professor / Professeur d’Anglais ™ TS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD MINITEL G AR E 3615 Franklinfo 1,29 F / minute DU ANT IE ETEN Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE • MODE D’EMPLOI www.franklin.
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Contents rect misspellings of both French and English words, view noun, adjective, and verb inflections, and save words to a Personal word list for a more enjoyable way to learn. To learn how to use other books, read their User’s Guides. Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books.
Key Guide Function Keys EFFAC Clears to the Ready screen. MENU Shows Additional Functions menu. CONJ (red) Show inflections of a word. Other Keys Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight. ARR Shifts keys to type punctuation. MAJ ENTRER LANG (green) Switches between English and French entry languages. JEUX LISTE CARTE ON/OFF (yellow) Shows help messages. AIDE Shows the games list. ESPACE (blue) Shows Personal list menu. Enters a search, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight.
Installing Book Cards Selecting Books Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased. Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you must select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARTE . 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.
Using the Color Keys Changing the Language ▼ The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected. Message Language When you turn on this product for the first time, you must choose the message language. The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. You can change the message language after your initial decision. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard.
▼ Changing the Language Viewing a Demonstration When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, a demonstration automatically appears after you select this book. To stop the demo, press EFFAC . To disable it, press MENU and then select Disable Demo. To re-enable it, select Enable Demo. Entry Language The entry language is the language in which you enter words at ready screens. This determines which dictionary you will use, French or English. 1. If not at the Ready screen, press EFFAC . 2.
Translating English Words Translating English Words With the French Professor you are able to translate English words to French simply by typing English words. ➤ Understanding Definitions When you find a definition, you may see that there are several different meanings for your word. Here is an example. 1. Press EFFAC . 2. Press LANG to change the entry language to English, if needed. 3. Type a word (e.g., cat). To erase a letter press ARR . 4. Press ENTRER . 1. Type man. 2. Press ENTRER .
Translating French Words Learning Inflections Your French Professor is fully bilingual. Try translating a French word. Inflections show changes in a word’s meaning or function. This dictionary includes extensive inflections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words. 1. Press LANG to change the Entry language from English to French, if needed. 2. Type a word (e.g., poisson). If you need to type an accent: type rethe letter (e.g., e) and press peatedly until the accent you want appears.
Learning Inflections Finding a Letter ➤ Getting Grammar Guidance When viewing inflections, you can press AIDE to view detailed descriptions of how to use inflections, with usage examples. If you are uncertain how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. You can use more than one question mark per word; however, you will get a longer list of matches.
Finding a Prefix Correcting Misspellings To find prefixes type an asterisk in a word. Asterisks stand for a series of letters. If you misspell a word in either language, the French Professor shows you a list of suggestions from which to choose from the selected language. 1. Type a word ending with an ✻ (e.g., armo✻). To type an asterisk, hold press ? ✽ . 2. Press ENTRER . MAJ and 1. Type a misspelled word (e.g., chein). To erase a letter, press ARR . 2. Press ENTRER . 3.
Using your Personal List ▼ Using Your Personal List ➤ Adding Entered Words You can also add words to your Personal word list directly from the ready screen. Type the word you want to add to your word list. Press LISTE to go to the Personal list menu, and press A to add the word. Press EFFAC to return to the ready screen. Adding Words You can save up to 80 words total, for both English and French, in your Personal word list for personal study or review.
▼ Using your Personal List Highlighting a Word You can look up most words by highlighting them within dictionary definitions. You can then find their definitions, translations, and synonyms. NOTE: By searching for a highlighted word, the entry language changes to the language of the word for which you searched. Viewing Your List ▼ 1. Press LISTE . 2. Press LANG to change the entry language, if needed. 3. Press V to view list. 4. Highlight a word on the list. 5.
Sending a Word Changing Game Settings This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words to and receive words from certain other BOOKMAN books. To send a word, you must first install a book card in your BOOKMAN, and that 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. You can change the game settings at any time. Each setting applies to all of the games. 1. Press JEUX . 2. Press ENTRER or press A to adjust the settings. 1.
Playing the Games You can also select a game by typing the letter in front of its name. 3. Press ENTRER to select it. 4. Press ESPACE to play another round. ➤ Selecting Game Difficulty When you select either Hangman or Word Auction™, you then must choose certain options for those games. In Hangman, you must use the direction keys to choose the number of guesses allowed. In Word Auction you must use the direction keys to determine how much your bankroll will be.
Playing the Games Word Auction™ Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study. To view the definition of the word, press ENTRER . Press ARR to return to Flashcards, and then press to try another word. In Word Auction, you try to bid for all the letters of a mystery word, before your cash runs out. The amount of each bid depends on the frequency of the letter. All bids will cost you whether correct or incorrect. If you guess the word, your remaining cash is added to the next round.
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 information entered in a book card or builtin book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the book cards. LBS. • Do not expose the book cards to heat, cold, or liquids.
Resetting BOOKMAN Optional Features If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs erratically, first press CLEAR and then press ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book, and in an installed book card.
Limited Warranty (US only) Copyrights & Patents 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, within one year of purchase.
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BOOKMAN PRODUI FO French Professor / Professeur d’Anglais ™ TS IN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD MINITEL G AR E 3615 Franklinfo 1,29 F / minute DU ANT IE ETEN Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE • MODE D’EMPLOI www.franklin.
