BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK Macquarie Dictionary Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE DMM-440
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Contents You can also find phrases, correct misspellings, save words to your personal list, and play four fun words games. Read this User’s Guide to learn how. Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®! With your Macquarie Dictionary, you can find over 95,000 words and 500,000 synonyms, antonyms, and Classmates™. Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card ................ 4 Selecting a Book and Using the Colour Keys .................. 5 Changing the Settings and Viewing a Demonstration ........
Key Guide Colour Keys (red) Displays the inflected forms, INFL THES PHRASE LIST DN UP or BACK if any, of the selected word. Displays synonyms, antonyms, and Classmates™, if any, of the selected word. (yellow) Displays phrases, if any, that contain the selected word. (blue) Displays the personal list menu. CAP (green) CARD CLEAR ENTER HELP MENU Direction Keys Moves in the indicated direction. Pages down or up. Accents a typed letter.
Installing Batteries Installing a Book Card Note: If battery insulation tape is installed, carefully remove it by pulling the battery installation tape out of the battery compartment. Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you have entered in the built-in book, as well as in any other installed book cards, may be erased. BOOKMAN 440 models use two CR2032 3-volt batteries. Here is how to install or replace the batteries. 1.
Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change their functions according to which book you have selected. If you have selected the built-in book, the colour keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labelled on that card. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD .
Changing the Settings Viewing a Demonstration You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. The screen contrast is how light or dark the screen display appears. Before you start using your new BOOKMAN, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, the demonstration will automatically appear after you turn the unit on.
Finding Dictionary Entries Finding Dictionary Entries You can find a dictionary entry simply by typing one or more words at the Enter a word screen and then pressing ENTER . ➤ Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word, do not worry. The dictionary automatically gives you a list of corrections. Simply use the arrow keys to highlight the correction you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. For example, enter nolij at the Enter a word screen.
Using the Word List Highlighting Words You can also find dictionary entries by searching for words on the Entries menu. Another way to look up a word is to highlight it in text. Then you can find that word’s dictionary entry, thesaurus entry, inflections, Confusables, or save it in your personal list. 1. Press MENU . 1. At any text, press ENTER to start the highlight. To turn off the highlight, press BACK . 2. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight. To see a full menu title, press ? 2.
Finding Thesaurus Entries Finding Phrases When you see THES flash once in the upper right of the screen, the selected word has a thesaurus entry. A thesaurus entry can contain a part of speech, a brief meaning, and a list of available synonyms, antonyms, synonymous phrases, and Classmates™ (words related by subject). 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a word. For example, type dry. If you want, press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. 3. Press THES (the green key). You can find phrases containing specific words.
Finding Inflections Finding Confusables® Inflections are the changes in a word’s form such as case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice. Verbs have more inflections than other parts of speech. Confusables are words that are often confused or that sound alike but are spelled differently. Rain, reign, and rein are examples of Confusables. Not every word will have Confusables. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a word. For example, type mean. If you want, press ENTER to see its dictionary entry. 3.
Saving Words for Study If you are uncertain how to spell a word, you can type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽) in a word. Asterisks stand for a series of letters. You can create a personal list of words of up to 10 words for study and review. Note: You can only add words that are in this dictionary to your personal list. ▼ Finding Parts of Words 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a word with ?’s or ✽‘s.
▼ Saving Words for Study Changing Games Settings Erasing Your Personal List Your dictionary has four fun and educational word games you can play. You can select the skill level and choose the word size you will play with. Here’s how. (blue). 1. Press 2. Highlight Erase The List and then press ENTER . 3. Press Y to erase the entire list. Or press N to cancel. LIST 1. Press MENU and select Game Setup from the Topics menu. 2. Use or to highlight Word Size or Skill Level. 3.
Playing the Games Now that you have the game set, let’s play. ▼ Playing the Games Anagrams Anagrams challenges you to find all of the words that can occur within a given word. Each letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the given word. Each anagram must be a specified minimum length, which will flash on the screen before each round. The number of possible anagrams is shown on the right side of the screen. Type an anagram and then press ENTER .
▼ Playing the Games Sending a Word Between Books Word Train™ You can look up words from this book in certain other BOOKMAN books, and vice versa. To send or receive a word to or from another book, you must have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN that is able to send or receive words, as well. To learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide. ▼ All aboard the Word Train spelling game! You and the train take turns typing letters to form a word.
Resetting Your BOOKMAN Specifications 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. 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 any installed book card. Model: DMM-440 Macquarie Dictionary • size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.
Limited Warranty (outside U.S.) This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. Products purchased outside the United States that are returned under warranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault.
Index Font size 6 Game Setup 12 Game words 12 Games skill levels 12 word size 12 Green (THES) key 8, 9, 10, 13 Hangman game 13 HELP key 6 Help messages 6 INFL (red) key 3, 8, 10, 13 Inflections 8, 10, 13 Limited Warranty 16 LIST (blue) key 3, 11, 12, 13 Misspellings, correcting 7 Multiple forms 7 Numbers, typing 3 Personal list adding words 11 deleting a word 11 erasing 12 viewing 11 PHRASE (yellow) key 8, 10, 13 Phrases 9 Red (INFL) key 3, 8, 10, 13 Resetting BOOKMAN 15 Selecting books 5 Set Contrast 6 Set
Index Setup menu 6 Shutoff time 6 Specifications 15 STAR key with C 8, 10, 13 with CARD 14 with M 3, 13 with UP, DN 3 THES (green) key 8, 9, 10, 13 Thesaurus entry 9 Tutorial 6 Viewing help messages 6 demonstration 6 Word Train game 14 Yellow (PHRASE) key 8, 10 FPB-28054-00 P/N 7201154 Rev A.
BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK Macquarie Dictionary Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE DMM-440
