® TM Electronic Publishers French Professor/ Professeur d'Anglais TM Speaking/parlant User's Guide/Mode d'emploi BFS-840 License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin's confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 1 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 French Professor, you can now translate and define more than 250,000 words, correct misspellings of both French and English words, view noun, adjective, and verb inflections, and save words to a Personal word list for a more enjoyable way to learn. To learn how to use other books, read their User's Guides. Installing Batteries & Book Cards................................... 4 Selecting Books & Using the Color Keys ........................ 5 Changing the Language ................................................. 6 Viewing a Demonstration ............................................... 7 Translating English Words .............................................. 7 Translating French Words .............................................. 8 Highlighting a Word ....................................................... 9 Hearing an English Word ................................................ 9 Learning Inflections ....................................................... 10 Finding a Letter ............................................................. 11 Finding a Prefix ............................................................. 11 Correcting Misspellings ................................................. 12 Using your Personal List ................................................ 12 Sending a Word ............................................................. 14 Changing Game Settings ............................................... 14 Playing the Games ......................................................... 15 2 Key Guide Function Keys EFFAC Clears to the Ready screen. Shows Additional Functions menu. (red) Show inflections of a word. (green) Switches between English and French entry languages. (yellow) Shows the games list. (blue) Says an English word. Exits the selected book. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. ARR MENU MAJ CONJ ENTRER LANG AIDE JEUX ESPACE ?V PARLE CARTE ON/OFF Other Keys 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 in text. 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. Star Key Combinations* ® 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." 3 6 6 6 Sends a word between books. + BAS Shows the next word or inflection group. CARTE + + HT L 6+ *Hold 6 Shows the previous word or inflection group. Shows the personal word list. while pressing the other key. Installing Batteries 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 builtin book, and in an installed book card, will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN over. 2. Slide off its battery cover in the direction of the triangle. 3. Install the batteries with their positive sides facing you. 4. Replace the battery cover. Installing Book Cards 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: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is on. Any information that was entered in the built-in book or book card will be 4 erased. Selecting Books Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you must select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARTE . Using the Color Keys On the top row of your BOOKMAN the red, green, yellow, and blue colour keys change functions according to the book card you select. If you are using the built-in book, the colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you select a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that book card. ® These are sample books. or to highlight the 3. Press book you want to use. 4. Press ENTRER to select it. ® About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Guide may differ from what you see on the actual screen. This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning. 5 Remember, when you select a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that book card, not the keyboard. Changing the Message Language w Changing theMessage Language w 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, French or English. 1. If not at the Ready screen, press EFFAC . 2. Press LANG to switch between dictionaries. 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 French. ® Changing the Contrast If you want to change the screen contrast, repeatedly press or the blank ready screen. 6 at Viewing a Demonstration Translating English Words When no book cartridge is installed in your BOOKMAN, a demonstration automatically appears after you select this book. To stop the demo, press EFFAC . To disable it, press MENU and then select Disable Demo. To re-enable it, select Enable Demo. When a book cartridge is installed, select View Demo from the menu to view the demo. ® Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing AIDE . Press the direction keys to read it. To exit help, press ARR . 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. 7 With the French Professor you are able to translate English words to French simply by typing English words. 1. Press EFFAC . 2. Press LANG to change the entry language to English, if needed. 3. Type a word (e.g., cat). To erase a letter press ARR . 4. Press ENTRER . 5. Press EFFAC when finished. ® Explanation of Genders French nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be masculine or feminine. The means that the word listed (e.g., chat) is masculine. Likewise an would show the word to be feminine. Translating English Words Translating French Words Your French Professor is fully bilingual. Try translating a French word. 1. Press LANG to change the Entry language from English to French, if needed. 2. Type a word (e.g., poisson). If you need to type an accent: type rethe letter (e.g., e) and press peatedly until the accent you want appears. 3. Press ENTRER . In addition to "poisson", the French Professor translates words with similar meanings such as "les Poissons", which means the astrological sign Pisces. To view more press . ® 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 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 "pièce" instead of "homme". 4. Press EFFAC when done. 8 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 ENTRER to start the highlight. Hearing an English Word You can hear any English 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. Hearing Words from the Ready Menu w You can turn the highlight off by pressing ARR . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word. 3. Do one of the following: To... Press... ENTRER define the word CONJ view inflections PARLE hear an English word 9 w w 1. Type a word at the Ready screen. 2. Press PARLE . Hearing Words in Text 1. Go to a definition. 2. Press PARLE . The headword is pronounced. 3. Press ENTRER to start the highlight. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word. 5. Press PARLE . The highlighted word is pronounced. 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 PARLE to hear the word. 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 French ready screen. 2. Type a French word (e.g., écrire). 3. Press CONJ . Learning Inflections ® Getting Grammar Guidance When viewing inflections, you can press AIDE 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 CONJ 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 French Professor has the following verb forms: present indicative, imperfect indicative, past definite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive, perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, preterite anterior, future perfect, conditional perfect, perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive, imperative, and the present participle. 4. Highlight the desired word form, and press ENTRER . 4. Use the direction keys to read. 5. Press either CONJ or hold 6 and press BAS 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 EFFAC when done. 10 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; however, you will get a longer list of matches. 1. Type a word with ?'s (e.g., port?). Finding a Prefix To find prefixes type an asterisk in a word. Asterisks stand for a ser ...