Contents 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. With this Spanish Master, you can now translate and define more than 250,000 words, correct misspellings of both Spanish and English words, view noun, adjective, and verb inflections, save words to a Personal word list for a more enjoyable way to learn, and hear words in both English and Spanish. To learn how to use other books, read their User's Guides. Installing Batteries ............................................................... 3 Installing Book Cards ........................................................... 3 Selecting Books ................................................................... 4 Using the Color Keys ............................................................ 4 Changing the Language ........................................................ 5 Viewing a Demonstration ..................................................... 6 Translating English Words .................................................... 6 Translating Spanish Words ................................................... 7 Highlighting a Word .............................................................. 8 Hearing a Word .................................................................... 8 Learning Inflections .............................................................. 9 Finding a Letter in a Word .................................................... 10 Finding a Series of Letters ................................................... 10 Correcting Misspellings ....................................................... 11 Using Your Personal List ...................................................... 11 Sending a Word Between Books ........................................... 13 Changing Game Settings ...................................................... 13 Playing the Games ............................................................... 14 Optional Features .................................................................16 1 Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR Other Keys BACK Clears to the Ready screen. Shows Additional Functions menu. (red) Show inflections of a word. (green) Switches between English MENU Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight. Shifts keys to type punctuation. Enters a search, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight. Shows help messages. Types a space or pages down. Types a ? to stand for an unknown letter in a word; shifted, types an V to stand for a series of unknown letters. Direction Keys Move in indicated direction. CAP ENTER INFL LANG and Spanish entry languages. HELP GAMES (yellow) (blue) Shows the games list. SPACE ?V SAY Says a word CARD Exits the selected book. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. ON/OFF ® Understanding the Color Keys The color keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the BOOKMAN book described in this User's Guide. Other books have their own color key functions, which are labelled on their book cards and listed in their User's Guides. For more information, read "Using the Color Keys." Star Key Combinations* 6 6 6 6 6 + + + CARD DN UP +L +N Sends a word between books. Shows the next word or inflection group. Shows the previous word or inflection group. Goes to Personal word list. Types an ñ. *Hold 6 while pressing the other key. 2 Installing Batteries Your BOOKMAN model 840 uses four AAA batteries. Here is how to install 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 cartridge, will be erased. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 2. Slide off its battery cover in the direction of the triangle. 3. Install the batteries as shown in the battery compartment. 4. Replace the battery cover. Installing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a book card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. 4. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. ® Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears. ® Removing Book Cards Warning: When you remove a book card to install another, information that you entered into the removed book card will be erased. 3 Selecting Books Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD . Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that book card. These are sample books. 3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use. ® 4. Press ENTER to select it. ® About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Guide may differ from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning. Remember, the color keys for BOOKMAN books in book cards function as labelled on their book cards, not as on the keyboard. 4 Changing the Language w 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. Note: The examples in the English half of this manual use English as the message language. Entry Language The entry language is the language in which you enter words at ready screens. This determines which dictionary you will use, Spanish or English. 1. Press MENU if you are not at the Message Language screen. 2. Press A to select the Message Language screen. 3. Press B to select English as the message language; press A to select Spanish. ® Typing Numbers To type numbers, hold number key. 6 w 1. If not at a menu screen, press CLEAR . 2. Press LANG to switch between dictionaries. and press a ® Changing the Contrast If you want to change the screen contrast, repeatedly press or at the blank ready screen. 5 Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using this book, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do. If no book card is installed, the demonstration automatically appears the first time that you turn on your BOOKMAN. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR . To disable it, press MENU and then select Disable Demo. If a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, select View Demo from the Additional Functions menu to view the demonstration. ® Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . Press the direction keys to read it. To exit help, press BACK . To read a tutorial of how to use the main functions and keys of this book, select Tutorial from the Additional Functions menu. ® Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus or view more text. Translating English Words With this Spanish Master, you are able to translate English words to Spanish simply by typing English words. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press LANG to change the entry language to English, if needed. 3. Type a word (e.g., cat). To erase a letter press BACK . 4. Press ENTER . 5. Press CLEAR when finished. ® Explanation of Genders Spanish nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be masculine or feminine. The means that the word listed (e.g., hombre) is masculine. Likewise an shows the word to be feminine. 6 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 ENTER . Translating Spanish Words Your Spanish Master is fully bilingual. Try translating a Spanish word. 1. Press LANG to change the Entry language from English to Spanish, if needed. 2. Type a word (e.g., mensaje). If you need to type an accent, type the letter (e.g., e) and press repeatedly until the accent you want appears. If you want to type a ñ, then hold 6 and press N. 3. Press ENTER . In addition to "mensaje," the Spanish Master translates words with similar meanings such as "verse." To view more, press . This screen shows that "hombre" is the most common use of the word. The capitalized words found in brackets indicate there's another category that this word could be used with. For example, if you are talking about a chess man, you would use the word "pieza" instead of "hombre." 4. Press CLEAR when done. 7 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. 1. At any text, press the highlight. ENTER Hearing a Word You can hear a word pronounced at the Ready screen, in text, or in a list. Note: You can only hear words if you have a speaking BOOKMAN unit. w w w Hearing Words at the Ready screen to start 1. Type a word at the Ready screen. 2. Press SAY . Hearing Words in Text You can turn the highlight off by pressing BACK . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word. 1. Go to a definition. 2. Press SAY . The headword is pronounced. 3. Press ENTER to start the highlight. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word. 5. Press SAY . The highlighted word is pronounced. 3. Do one of the following: To... Press... ENTER define the word view inflections hear a word pronounced INFL SAY Hearing Words in a List 1. Go to your User's or Path list. or to highlight a 2. Press word on the list. 3. Press SAY to hear the word. 8 Learning Inflections 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 switch to the Spanish ready screen. 2. Type a Spanish word (e.g., beber). 3. Press INFL . Learning Inflections ® Getting Grammar Guidance When viewing inflections, you can press HELP to view detailed descriptions of how to use inflections, with usage examples. ® Viewing English Inflections If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may be helpful to look at some inflected forms of English verbs. Switch the entry language back to English, type be, and press INFL to see the different forms of the English verb "to be." This will give you a good idea of each inflection form. ® Verb Inflection Forms Your Spanish Master has the following verb forms: present indicative, imperfect indicative, preterite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive 1, imperfect subjunctive 2, perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, preterite anterior, future perfect, conditional perfect, perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, and imperative. These are the principal forms of the verb beber. 4. Use the direction keys to read. 5. Press INFL or hold 6 and press DN repeatedly to view more inflections. If the word is a noun, an adjective, or another modifier, then there won't be any other inflections. 6. Press CLEAR when done. 9 Finding a Letter in a Word 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. 1. Type a word with ?'s (e.g., persona?e). Finding a Series of Letters To find words that begin with the same letters, type an asterisk after the letters. An asterisk stands for a series of letters. 1. Type a word ending with an T (e.g., manzT). 2. Press ENTER . To type an asterisk, hold press ? V . 2. Press ENTER . CAP and 3. Highlight a match. 4. Press ENTER to see the word's translation. 3. Highlight a match. 4. Press ENTER to see the Spanish translation. 5. Press CLEAR when done. ® Deeper Correction If you select Deeper correction from a correction list, you will get a longer list of more detailed corrections than the previous list. 10 Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word in either language, the Spanish Master shows you a list of suggestions from which to choose. 1. Type a misspelled word (e.g., yabe). To erase a letter, press BACK . 2. Press ENTER . Using Your Personal List w Adding Words You can save up to 80 words total, in both English and Spanish, in your Personal word list for personal study or review. The Personal word list is saved between sessions unless the batteries run out of power or your BOOKMAN is reset. 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight a correction. 4. Press ENTER to se ...