Page 2 - LIMITED USE LICENSE; License Agreement
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMANPRODUCT. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPTTHE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESETERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPTTO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMANPRODUCT AND YOUR PURCHA...
Page 3 - Contents
1 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!BOOKMAN is a powerful, portableelectronic reference with a built-in bookand a slot in the back for more books.With this BOOKMAN Dictionary & The- saurus you can find over 83,000 dic- tionary entries, 41,000 thesaurus en-tries with 496,000 synonyms, corr...
Page 4 - Key Guide; while pressing the other key.; Understanding the Color Keys
2 Function Keys CLEAR Clears to Enter your word. M E N U Shows the main menus. T H E S (red) Shows a thesaurus entry. C O N F (green) Shows Confusables ™ . GAMES (yellow) Shows the games list. LIST (blue) Shows the User list menu. CARD Exits the book you are reading. ON/OFF Turns your BOOKMAN on or ...
Page 5 - When the batteries lose; Installing Batteries; Never install or remove a
3 BOOKMAN model 640 uses four AAAbatteries. Here is how to install or re-place them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from yourBOOKMAN, information that youhave entered in its built-in book aswell as in any installed book card willbe erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN over.2. Slide off its...
Page 6 - These are sample books.
4 Selecting Books Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keyson the top row of your BOOKMANchange their functions according towhich book you have selected. If you have selected the built-in book, thecolor keys function as labeled on theBOOKMAN keyboard. If you haveselected a book card...
Page 7 - Changing Settings; Font size; Set Font; Or press or; Viewing a Demonstration; View Demo from the; Help is Always at Hand; Tutorial from the CMDS menu.; Follow the Arrows
5 Changing Settings You can adjust the font size, shutofftime, and screen contrast. Font size changes the number of lines of textthat appear on screen. The shutoff timeis how long BOOKMAN stays on if youforget to turn it off. 1. Press CLEAR.2. Press MENU.3. Press the arrow keys to highlight the Setu...
Page 8 - Finding Definitions; edge; This is a dictionary entry.; Search for a word; from; legal; and press DN to view; Finding Words in Definitions
6 Finding Definitions It’s easy to look up a word in the dic-tionary. Simply type it at the Entryscreen and press ENTER. Try this ex-ample. 1. Press CLEAR.2. Type a word (e.g., knowl- edge ). 3. Press ENTER. This is a dictionary entry. 4. Press or SPACE to move down. 5. Hold ✩ and press DN to view t...
Page 9 - splendid; Or hold; Finding Synonyms; Understanding Thesaurus
7 Finding Synonyms When you see THES flash once in theupper right of the screen, that wordhas a thesaurus entry. 1. Press CLEAR.2. Type a word (e.g., splendid ). 3. Press THES. Or hold ✩ and press T. This is the first thesaurus entry. 4. Press to view synonyms. 5. Hold ✩ and press DN to view more th...
Page 10 - Type a word with an
8 Finding a Letter If you are uncertain about a letter in aword, type a question mark in place ofeach unknown letter. 1. Type a word with ?’s. 2. Press ENTER. 3. Highlight a match.4. Press ENTER to define it. 5. Press CLEAR when done. Finding a Series of Letters To find prefixes, suffixes, and other...
Page 11 - Correcting Misspellings; rein
9 If you misspell a word, don’t worry. Itwill be corrected automatically. 1. Type a misspelled word. To erase a letter, press BACK. 2. Press ENTER. 3. Press to highlight a correction. 4. Press ENTER to view its dictionary entry. To go back to the correction list,press BACK. 5. Press CLEAR when done....
Page 12 - Press the arrow keys to; Highlighting Words; Path list; from the
10 Another way to look up words is byhighlighting them in dictionary defini-tions, thesaurus entries, or word lists.Then you can find their definitions, the-saurus entries, Confusables, or addthem to your User list. 1. At any text, press ENTER to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press...
Page 13 - Press LIST to view the User; Add word; This is a User list of one word.; Using the User List; Add “your word”; Adding Words Not Found in
11 You can create a User list of up to 40words. You can even add words to yourUser list that are not in this dictionary.Here’s how to add and to view a word. 1. Press LIST to view the User list menu. If you haven’t added words toyour User list, View list: **Empty** appears. 2. Highlight Add word . T...
Page 14 - Sending Words; Press ENTER to look up the; Deleting One Word; Delete word; Deleting Your User List; Erase list; Press Y to erase the entire
12 Sending Words This BOOKMAN dictionary can sendwords to and receive words from cer-tain other BOOKMAN books.To send a word, you must first install abook card in your BOOKMAN, andthat book card must be able to sendor receive words. To learn if a bookcard can send or receive words, readits User’s Gu...
Page 15 - Changing Game Settings; Type Them in, you’ll need to type; Playing the Games; or
13 Changing Game Settings You can change the game settings atany time. Each setting applies to all thegames. Word List lets you pick which wordsyou’ll play the games with. If you se-lect Type Them in, you’ll need to type in words after you select a game. Word Length lets you pick how manyletters wil...
Page 16 - Hangman; Or press; Anagrams; to shuffle the letters in the; Word Train; to
14 Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess amystery word, indicated by ?’s, oneletter at a time. The number of guessesyou can make appears to right of the#’s. For a hint hold CAP and press ? ✱ Or press ? ✱ to end the round. Note: If you ask for a hint, you will lose theround. Press SPACE to start a ...
Page 17 - Limited Warranty
15 FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials andworkmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLINwill repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you...
Page 18 - Copyrights and Patents; Complies with the limits for; Resetting BOOKMAN; Pressing the reset button with; Use a paper clip to; gently; press
16 Copyrights and Patents Model MWD-640 • batteries: 4-AAA, 1.5 volt• size: 14 x 2.5 x 10.3 cm• weight: 6 oz. (without batteries)© 1987-1996 Franklin ElectronicPublishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved.© 1989 Merriam-Webster, Inc.All rights reserved. FCC Notice: Complies wi...
Page 19 - Index; Word Train game 14
Index FDB-28000-00 Printed in U.S. P/N 7201384 Rev. F ? key 8, 14 ✽ key 8, 14 Anagrams game 14Arrow keys 5Asterisk key 8, 14BACK key 7Backing up 7Changing Bookman's settings 5CONF message 9Confusables, finding 9Correcting misspellings 9Disable demo 5DN key 2, 6, 7Games changing settings 13playing 13...
