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1. i N Frans nni www franklin com Spanish lt gt English Dictionary User s Guide BOOKMANE Ill License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN PRODUCT YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT 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 PRODUCT AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED BOOKMAN PRODUCT means the software 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 Through your purchase FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the BOOKMAN PRODUCT on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT or of the 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 PRODUCT You may not export or reexport directly or indirectly the BOOKMAN PRODUCT without compliance with appropriate governmental regula tions The BOOKMAN PRODUCT contains Franklin s confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from2. Select a conversion e g grams ounces Type a number after one of the units Note Q P will type numbers 0 9 automatically Press or to move between the lines Press BACK to delete a number Press ENTER to convert Press CLEAR to clear the current conversion Using the Currency Converter Press and touch CURR Enter a conversion rate The rate should be in units of the other currency per one unit of the home curren cy n other 1 home Enter an amount for the home or other currency Press or to move between the lines Use BACK to delete a number Press ENTER to convert Press CLEAR to clear the current conversion Transferring Words Between Books This dictionary can transfer words with certain other BOOKMAN book cards To send a word to another book you must first install a book card in your product and that book card must be able to send or receive words To learn if a book card can send or receive words read its User s Guide di w n Highlight a word in this dictionary To highlight a word in a dictionary entry press ENTER to start the highlight and use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want Hold FN and press CARD Highlight the icon of the other book Press ENTER The word you highlighted appears in the other book Press ENTER again if needed to search for that word Resetting Your Product If the keyboard fails to respond or if the screen performs erratically
3. 4 Press to view the Spanish phrases You can also hold and press to go straight to the Phrases menu in the same lan guage as the lookup language Press or to highlight the category you want and press ENTER Press or to highlight a subcategory if needed and press ENTER Press or to highlight the phrase you want to translate and then press ENTER Searching for a Specific Phrase 1 Press CLEAR and then touch LANG to select the look up language if needed 2 Type a keyword for which you d like to find a phrase e g ticket 3 4 Hold FN and press If more than one phrase is found press SPACE or to scroll Using My Word List You can save up to 40 words total in both English and Spanish in My Word List for per sonal study or review My Word List is saved between sessions unless your product is reset Viewing My Word List i Press MENU 2 Highlight and then press ENTER Or you can touch LEARN 3 Touch LANG to switch from the English to the Spanish List if needed English list Empty or Spanish list Empty will be displayed if either is empty English List or Spanish List will be highlighted Press ENTER to view the list This is a user list of one word 5 Highlight a word on the list 6 Press ENTER to view its definition s or touch CONJ to view its inflections Adding Words from the Exercises Menu From My Word List press or to highlight Add a word and press E
4. In the converter goes to its main menu Backs up erases a letter or turns off the highlight at an entry Enters a word selects an item or begins a highlight in an entry Goes to the Organizer clock databank calculator converter and currency converter Displays the main menus for the dictionary At the Word Entry screen types a to stand for a letter ina word At a menu displays a menu item At a dictionary entry displays the headword In games reveals the word and forfeits the game Shifts to type capital letters and punctuation marks Shifts to allow prev next pg up pg dn and to type a hypen or Exits the book you were reading Direction Keys Move in the indicated direction At menus and dictionary entries pages down At the Word Entry screen types a space Installing Batteries Your product is powered by two CR 2032 lithium 3 volt batteries Follow these easy instructions to install or replace them 1 Turn your product over 2 Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up on the catch 3 Install the batteries with the positive side facing up 4 Replace the battery cover Warning If the batteries wear out completely or if you take more than approximately a minute while changing the batteries any information that was entered in the built in book or book card except My Word List will be erased You should always keep written copies of your important info
5. The Spanish Professor conjugates verbs into the following forms present imperfect preterite future conditional present subjunctive imperfect subjunctive imperfect sub junctive 2 present perfect pluperfect preterite anterior future perfect conditional per fect present perfect subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive 2 imperative present progressive and past progressive Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a word type a question mark in place of each unknown letter To find prefixes suffixes and other parts of words type an asterisk in a word Each asterisk stands for a series of letters Note If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word it may take a little while to find the matching words 1 Touch LANG to switch to the Spanish Word Entry screen if needed 2 Type a word with s and s To type an asterisk hold down CAP and press 3 Press ENTER Press to move the highlight to the word you want and press ENTER to view its definition 5 Press CLEAR when done Translating Traveller s Phrases There are two ways in which you can translate several helpful phrases in categories ranging from Emergencies to Business Communication to Time amp Dates Note that the English phrase always appears before the Spanish phrase Browsing Through Phrases 1 Press MENU 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight and then press ENTER to view the English phrases
6. Type a name and press ENTER Type a phone number and press ENTER Note Q P will type numbers 0 9 automatically To type a letter from this row hold FN and press the letter key To type a hyphen hold FN and press J Type a postal address or e mail address and press ENTER To type an hold FN and press M Viewing or Editing Entries 1 2 3 Press amp and touch DATA Highlight View XX entries XX free and then press ENTER To edit an entry highlight it and press ENTER Type your changes Use to move the cursor use BACK to delete Press ENTER to move to the number field Press ENTER twice to move to the address field Press ENTER again to save your changes or hold down FN and press BACK to can cel your changes Deleting Entries 1 2 3 4 To delete all databank entries highlight Erase the List in the Databank Menu and then Press and touch DATA Highlight Delete an Entry and then press ENTER Highlight the entry you want to delete and press ENTER press ENTER Press Y to erase all databank entries or N to cancel the deletion Using a Password You can use a password to prevent unauthorized access to the databank Warning Always write the password in a safe separate location If you lose or forget the pass word you will be able to use the databank again only by removing the batteries from your BOOKMAN which will permanently erase all the information stored in the databank 1 2 3 Pre
7. perform a system reset by following the steps below 1 Hold CLEAR and press ON OFF If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on your unit The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole to the right of the book card slot Warning Pressing the reset button with more than light pressure may permanently dis able your product In addition resetting product erases settings and informa tion entered in its built in book and in an installed bookcard Copyrights Trademarks and Patents Model DBE 1450 Spanish Professor Profesor de ingl s Batteries two CR 2032 3 volt lithium Copyright 2002 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 USA All rights reserved Copyright 1998 by Merriam Webster Inc FCC Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE U S Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 4 891 775 5 113 340 5 249 965 5 203 705 5 218 536 5 295 070 5 497 474 5 627 726 5 396 606 German Patents M 9409744 5 Euro Pat 0 136 379 PATENTS PENDING ISBN 1 56712 974 9 UPC 0 84793 99356 5 FCC Notice NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed an
8. 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 Key Guide Touch Keys GOD CONJ Conjugates a word LANG Toggles the entry language between Spanish and English CO 5 DICT Goes to the dictionary N LEARN Goes to the Exercises menu for learning exercises G m GAME Goes to the Games menu 9 CLOCK Goes to the Clock is DATA Goes to the Databank menu si CALC Goes to the Calculator CONV Goes to the Converter GO CURR Goes to the Currency Converter Combination Keys GI Ata dictionary entry pages up or Dor down At a dictionary entry displays the O or er or previous entry Cr lt gt Transfers a word between books Types a hyphen Types an N Types an Types an apostrophe Types a slash Goes to the traveller s phrases menu If a word is in the Word Entry screen or is highlighted finds any phrases containing that word At the Word Entry screen types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word In games gives a hint 000 0 Function Keys Turns the product on or off Displays a help message When at an inflection screen displays Grammar Guide section about the inflection you were viewing In the dictionary goes to the Word gt Entry screen Clears the calcula tor
9. NTER Type a word Press ENTER to add the word 4 Press CLEAR when done Adding Words from the Word Entry Screen You can also add words to My Word List directly from the Word Entry screen 1 Press MENU 2 Touch LANG to choose the language of the word you want to add e g Spanish English words will be added to the English List Spanish words will be added to the Spanish List 3 Type the word you want to add to your word list e g elegante ons 4 Touch LEARN Your selection is included in the menu item 5 Press ENTER to add the word 6 Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen V Adding Highlighted Words You can also add words to My Word List from definitions and correction lists First highlight a word and then touch LEARN Add your word will be highlighted Press ENTER to add the word Removing a Word from My Word List 1 From My Word List select Delete a Word and then highlight the word you want to delete 2 Press ENTER to delete that word Erasing My Word List 1 From My Word List select Erase the List 2 Press Y to erase the list or press N to cancel Note When you erase one list the other list is not erased Playing The Games You have seven fun games to choose from Changing Game Settings Before you play you can choose the source of the words the skill level the language and whether or not graphics will be used Press MENU highlight and press ENTER 2 Hold down CAP and
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12. ght your selection Press ENTER to select it 5 Press CARD to return to the card menu Using the Main Menu When you press MENU you will see ten icons Use these to quickly take you to different parts of your Spanish Professor Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon you want and press ENTER Understanding the Menu Goes to the English to Spanish dictionary Goes to the Spanish to English dictionary Goes to the Exercises menu learning exercises Goes to the Games menu Goes to the English conjugation prompt Goes to the Spanish conjugation prompt Ea Goes to the English traveller s phrases menu ka Goes to the Spanish traveller s phrases menu Goes to My Word List Goes to the Tools menu Viewing a demonstration or tutorial 1 Press MENU 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight IL and press ENTER 3 Press to highlight either Tutorial or View Demo and press ENTER To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Word Entry screen press CLEAR To go to the main menu press MENU When a book card is installed in your product select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card V 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 Changing the Settings When using this dictionary you can adjust the screen contrast the shutoff time the type size and the message language The
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14. nition Press CLEAR when done To translate English words into Spanish change the entry language from Spanish to English V Understanding Definitions Dictionary entries consist of headwords parts of speech the translation and or defini tions Other forms of the word may follow the headword After the translation or defini tion you may see a list of usage examples 1 Type saber 2 Press ENTER V Explanation of Genders Spanish nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be masculine or feminine Each definition of a noun indicates which gender it is with mor f V Misspelling Words If you enter a misspelled word a list of corrections appears Highlight the word you want and then press ENTER to see its dictionary entry V Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form e g si si When the word you are looking up has multiple forms the different forms appear in a list Simply highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry For example enter si at the Word Entry screen Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its dictionary entry To go back to the Multiple Forms list press BACK Using Learning Exercises Using learning exercises you can test your spelling improve your vocabulary browse the TOEFL Test Word List and get grammar guidance Using The Grammar Guide Your Spanish Professor includes a helpful grammar guide that desc
15. press to highlight Game Settings and press ENTER 3 Use or to move P to Words or Skill Words chooses the source of the words All of them the TOEFL Test List My Word List or Enter your own Skill determines how easy or difficult a game is 4 Use or to change the setting s you want 5 Press ENTER when done Selecting a Game In the Games list use or to move the highlight to the game of your choice and press ENTER Getting Help in the Games During any game you can read instructions by pressing HELP You can get a hint by holding CAP and pressing or reveal the game word by pressing Note If you reveal the game word you lose the round Using the Clock The clock displays the current time and date You can save two times Home time and World time 1 Press amp and touch CLOCK Touch CLOCK to toggle between Home time and World time Press ENTER to set the time and date Use and to scroll through the options in the highlighted field Use and to move to another field Press ENTER when done Press CLEAR to exit without saving the settings 6 Set the World time the same way you set the Home time OY eh Using the Databank Adding Entries You can store as many as 100 names and telephone numbers and addresses in the databank The total number of names you can add depends on the size of each entry 1 Press and touch DATA 2 Highlight Add an Entry and then press ENTER 3
16. ribes parts of speech You can view it by selecting from the main menu or by touching LEARN From the Exercises Menu 1 2 Se OW Bi D Press MENU Highlight l and then press ENTER Or you can touch LEARN Press to highlight Grammar Guide and then press ENTER Press to highlight the topic you want to study and then press ENTER Press SPACE or to read Press FN or to view the next or previous topic From an Inflection Screen Press MENU highlight or Ber and then press ENTER Type a word to conjugate and then touch CONJ Press FN 0 or O repeatedly to find the tense you want to read about in the Grammar Guide Press HELP Information about the tense will be displayed along with usage examples Press BACK to return to the inflection screen or press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen Highlighting Words Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary entries or word lists You can then find their definitions phrases or add them to My Word List 1 2 At any text press ENTER to start the highlight To turn the highlight off press BACK Use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want To Press or Touch define the word ENTER find a phrase FN add word to My Word List LEARN 3 Press CLEAR when done Advanced Verb Conjugations Conjugations show inflections or changes in a word s gender tense etc This dictionary incl
17. rmation V Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP Press or G to read To exit help press BACK Changing the Language Message Language When you turn on this product for the first time choose the message language Press A for English or press B for Spanish The message language is the language of prompts help and other messages You can change the message language after your initial decision Entry Language The entry language is the language in which you enter words at the Word Entry screen This determines which dictionary you will use Spanish or English 1 Press MENU 2 Use the direction keys to highlight EE and then press ENTER to access the Spanish to English dictionary Select at the icon menu to go to the English to Spanish dictionary Or you can touch LANG at the Word Entry screen to switch between Spanish and English Installing Book Cards 1 Turn your product off and turn your product over 2 Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot 3 Press the book card down until it snaps into place Warning Never install or remove a book card while your product is on Any information that was entered in the built in book or book card will be erased Selecting a Book Once a book card is installed in the product you can select which book you want to use 1 Turn your product on 2 Press CARD Icons appear for each available book 3 Press or to highli
18. shutoff time is how long your product stays on if you forget to turn it off Press MENU in the dictionary databank calculator or converter uni dl PF ON 6 Use the arrow keys to highlight and press ENTER Settings will be highlighted Press ENTER to select it Press or to move P to Learn a Word Contrast Shutoff Type Size or Mensajes Message language Press or to change the setting Your changes are automatically saved Press ENTER when done Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen V Learn a New Word Your dictionary comes with a Learn a Word feature to help you increase your Spanish or English vocabulary Each time you turn your dictionary on you can see a random headword Translating Words Your Spanish Professor is fully bilingual Try translating a Spanish word 1 2 oe Touch LANG to change the entry language from English to Spanish if needed Type a word e g estudiar To erase a letter press BACK Note You do not need to type accents To type accents type the letter e g E and press repeatedly until the accent you want appears e g E If you want to type an then hold FN and press n To type a capital hold CAP and press a letter key To type a number hold FN and press Q P To type a hyphen hold FN and press J Press ENTER to view the English translation Press SPACE or to scroll Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous defi
19. ss and touch DATA Highlight Set password and then press ENTER Type a password of up to eight characters and press ENTER Use to move the cursor use BACK to delete Press C to confirm or CLEAR to cancel the password The password you set will be requested the first time that the databank is used during a session To change the password repeat Steps 1 5 To remove a password press ENTER at the blank password screen Using the Calculator Press and touch CALC 2 Type a number Note Q P will type numbers 0 9 automatically You can type up to 10 digits To type a decimal press G To change the sign of a number press Z 3 Press a math function key 4 Type another number 5 Press ENTER To repeat the calculation press ENTER again To Calculate Press reciprocals FN A squares FN D percentages FN F square roots FN S negative numbers FN Z 6 Press CLEAR to clear the current calculations Using the Calculator Memory 1 In the Calculator make a calculation or type a number e Pon a To add the number on the screen to the number stored in memory press X M To subtract the number on the screen from the number stored in memory press C M M indicates the number is stored in memory To retrieve the number from memory press V MR To clear the memory press B MC Using the Metric Converter Press amp and touch CONV Use to select a conversion category e g Weights
20. t and press ENTER These are the principal forms of the Spanish verb conocer The English transla tions are below each Spanish inflection Press SPACE or to scroll Press to display the root word Touch CONJ or hold FN and press O repeatedly to view more inflections If the word is a noun an adjective or another modifier then there won t be any other inflections Press CLEAR when done V Accenting Letters You can look up accented words without typing accents If there are no Multiple Forms the Spanish Professor will take you directly to the word If there are Multiple Forms you will have to choose the correct word from a Multiple Forms list See Choosing Multiple Forms for more information Remember if you want to enter an accent yourself type the letter and press Q until the appropriate accent appears You can also hold FN and press n to get an V Getting Grammar Guidance When viewing inflections you can press HELP to go directly to the Grammar Guide and view detailed descriptions of how to use the inflections you were viewing along with usage examples y 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 write and touch CONJ to see the different forms of the English verb to write This will give you a good idea of each inflection form y Verb Conjugations
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22. udes extensive inflections of nouns verb modifiers and other words From the Icon Menu 1 For example press MENU use the arrow keys to highlight EA Spanish Conjugation and then press ENTER To choose English conjugation highlight EA You can also touch CONJ and then LANG to choose the language Type a word e g leer Touch CONJ If needed highlight the part of speech or translation you want and press ENTER These are the principal forms of the Spanish verb leer The English translations are below each Spanish inflection Press SPACE or to scroll Press to display the root word Touch CONJ or hold FN and press repeatedly to view more inflections If the word is a noun an adjective or another modifier then there won t be any other inflections Press CLEAR when done From a Dictionary Entry Some words have different parts of speech or multiple translations You can easily find which part of speech or specific translation you will need to conjugate by first looking up the word and then touching CONJ Follow this example 1 Press MENU use the arrow keys to highlight EE and then press ENTER To choose English press LE You can also touch CONJ and then LANG to choose the language Type a word e g conocer Press ENTER to look it up Read the definition to find the verb you want e g to meet Touch CONJ to conjugate the headword conocer Highlight the translation you want e g mee
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