User manual FRANKLIN COL-2010

[. . . ] ® Electronic Publishers CARTRIDGE s ' COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY ® 10TH EDITION User's Guide COL-2010 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! This Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition has over 500, 000 definitions, including biographical and geographical names. The list of tables contains useful information on subjects such as world moneys, chemical elements, and more. You can find a word's inflected forms at the touch of a key and also correct misspellings, save words to your User List, and play five fun, educational word games. A list of the abbreviations used in this dictionary can be found on pages 18-21. See "Installing Cartridges" to learn how. Using BOOKMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Press BACK ENTER . To turn the highlight off, press You can highlight most words. 2. ENTER define the word INFL view its inflections LIST add it to the User list BACK go back a screen To go back to the correction list, press BACK . 5. Press CLEAR when done. Typing Numbers Some definitions include numbers, such as 4WD, 4-F, 4-H, and so on. To type a number, hold while pressing a numbered key. 10 Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about the spelling of a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. Use the asterisk () to find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words. NOTE: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a while to find the matches. 1. Type a word with ?'s or an . Finding Phrases Phrases can be headwords too. Some of these definitions might be missed if the root word is the only word typed at the entry screen. For example, if you are looking for "circumstantial evidence" and you entered only the word circumstantial, you may not know that "circumstantial evidence" has its own dictionary entry. Select the match you want. Finding Inflections Inflections are the changes in a word's form such as case, gender, number, tense, person, mood, or voice. Press INFL . Viewing Tables This dictionary includes tables that contain useful information on topics such as chemical elements, geologic time, world moneys, and more. . If you go to a list of parts of speech, highlight the one you want and press INFL again. 3. If your word is a verb, repeatedly press INFL to move through the other verb forms. 3. Press to highlight a table. Or type the name of the table at the list, if you know it. 4. Press CLEAR when done. To go to a previous verb form, hold and press UP . 5. Press CLEAR when done. Expanding a Menu Item Some menu items are too long to fit onto one line. To select a new game, press GAMES . number of words that can be formed appears to the right of the letters. When there is more than one word, highlight a word, and then press ENTER to see its dictionary definition. To play another round press SPACE . Flashcards Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study. To flash another word, press SPACE . 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. The number of possible anagrams is shown on the right side of the screen. 15 Jumble Jumble shuffles the letters of a mystery word. [. . . ] THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, WRITTEN OR ORAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN'S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY. Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, or limitations on how long a warranty lasts. This warranty gives you specific rights; you may also have additional rights which vary from State to State. [. . . ]