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- Page 1 BOOKMAN E X P A N D A B L E E L E C T R O N I C L I B R A R Y French Professor ™ Professeur d’Anglais USER’S GUIDE MODE D’EMPLOI BQF-440...
- Page 2 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 soft- ware product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT remain the property of FRANKLIN.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec- tronic library with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books. With this French Professor , you can now translate and define more than 200,000 words, cor- Installing Batteries &... -
Page 4: Key Guide
Function Keys Clears to the ready screen. EFFAC Shows Additional Functions menu. MENU Show inflections of a word. (red) CONJ Switches between English (green) LANG and French entry languages. Shows the games list. (yellow) JEUX Shows Personal list menu. (blue) LISTE Exits the selected book. -
Page 5: Installing Batteries & Cards
Installing Batteries BOOKMAN model 440 uses two lithium CR-2032 batteries. Here is how to in- stall or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from BOOKMAN, information that you entered in its built- in book, and in an installed card, will be erased. -
Page 6: Selecting A Book
Selecting a Book Once you have installed a card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARTE These are sample books. 3. Press to highlight the book you want to use. 4. -
Page 7: Changing The Language
Changing the Language 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. -
Page 8: Viewing A Demonstration
Viewing a Demonstration When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati- cally appears after you select this book. To stop the demo, press able it, press and then select Dis- MENU able Demo . To re-enable it, select En- able Demo . -
Page 9: Translating French Words
Translating 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. Type man . 2. Press ENTRER This screen shows that “homme” is the most common use of the word. The capitalized words found in brack- ets indicate there's another category that this word could be used with. -
Page 10: Learning Inflections
Learning Inflections Inflections show changes in a word’s meaning or function. This dictionary in- cludes extensive inflections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words. 1. Press to switch to the LANG French ready screen. 2. Type a French word (e.g., écrire). 3. -
Page 11: Finding A Letter
Finding a Letter 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, but you will get a longer list of matches. 1. -
Page 12: Correcting Misspellings
Correcting Misspellings 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 misspelled word (e.g., chein). To erase a letter, press 2. Press ENTRER 3. - Page 13 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 to go to the Personal list LISTE menu, and press to add the...
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Page 14: Highlighting A Word
Highlighting a Word You can look up most words by highlight- ing 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. -
Page 15: Changing Game Settings
Changing Game Settings You can change the game settings at any time. Each setting applies to all of the games. 1. Press JEUX 2. Press or press ENTRER adjust the settings. 3. Use to highlight an option. 4. Press to change settings. Understanding Settings Language: Select the language you want to play the games with. - Page 16 Playing the Games Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. As you type letters, the correct letters appear in place of the question marks, your incorrect letters appear below, and guesses remaining appear to the right.
- Page 17 Playing the Games Flashcards Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study. To view the definition of the word, press Press to return to Flashcards, and then press to try another word. NOTE: These next two games test your knowledge of French words only.
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Page 18: Resetting Bookman
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,... - Page 19 • batteries: 2 CR-2032, 3-volt lithium • size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm • weight: 4 oz. (without batteries) © 1987-1996 Franklin Electronic Publish- ers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. © 1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd.
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