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ENTER 4. Press . 5. Press or to highlight a setting. To leave the settings as they are, press . BACK ENTER 6. Press to select it. a Changing the Contrast When you’re using the TMQ-440, you can change the BOOKMAN’s screen contrast by pressing CLEAR and then repeatedly pressing or . Viewing a Demonstration When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, a demonstration automatically appears after you turn it on. To stop the demo, press CLEAR . To disable it, press MENU and then select Disable Demo. To re-enable it, select Enable Demo. When a book card is installed, select View Demofrom the menu to view the demo. a Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . Press or DN to read it. To exit help, press . BACK To read about what the keys do when you’re using this book, press MENU and then select Tutorial. a Just Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more text. 6 Finding Synonyms Finding Synonyms To look up synonyms, simply type a word and then press . Try this example. ENTER CLEAR 1. Press . 2. Type a word (e.g., happy). CAP To type capitals, hold . BACK To erase a letter, press . To move the cursor, press or . ENTER 3. Press to view its first thesaurus entry. 4. Press or DN to read. 5. Hold I and press DN repeatedly to view its next entries, if any. To view a previous thesaurus entry, hold I and press UP . CLEAR 6. Press when finished. In addition to the brief definition for each lexicon entry, you will find the following word categories which are found in brackets. (Note: most lexicon entries will not have all of these word types): ANTONYM a word of opposite meaning CLASSMATES words that are related by subject or class (i.e., “lamp” is a classmate of the word “light”) IDIOM an expression (i.e., “on the same wavelength” is an idiom of the word “friend”) SLANG informal vocabulary (i.e., “copper” is a slang term for the police) SYNONYMS words of similar meaning US an “Americanism”– a word which is characteristic of American English (i.e., “baloney” is an Americanism of the word “nonsense”) 7 Viewing the Geographical Finding Synonyms Information List a Understanding Thesaurus Entries When you see THESflash in the upper right of the screen, the entered or highlighted word has a thesaurus entry. Each thesaurus entry begins with the word’s part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) and a brief definition. a Selecting Multiple Forms When you enter a word that has more than one form, a word list appears. Highlight the form you want and then press ENTER to select it. a Viewing Next Entries When a word has more than one thesaurus entry, you can view its next entry by scrolling or paging down at the end of an entry. The Geographical Information List has five different sections that display important information about Europe. GEO 1. Press . 2. Highlight a list item using the arrow keys. ENTER 3. Press to select it. 4. Highlight the desired country, if necessary. You can type the first letter of a desired country or scroll down to highlight it. ENTER 5. Press . 6. Use the arrow keys to view the text. CLEAR 7. Press when finished. 8 Viewing the Geographical Viewing the Geographical Information List Information List EU Facts EU Factsgives you geographic information concerning the European Union. Use the direction keys to read the text. EU Member Countries The EU Member Countriessection is a list of the 15 countries that are currently members of the European Union. To view information about one of the countries in the European Union (e.g., Greece), use the direction keys to highlight the desired country and press . ENTER Rest of European Countries The Rest of European Countries section is a list of 31 European countries that are not members of the European Union. To view information about one of these countries (e.g., Hungary), use the direction keys to highlight the desired country and press . ENTER ss Largest Cities The Lexicon also provides a list of the 30 largest cities within the European Union countries. The Largest Citiessection details the population sizes of each of these cities. Transport The Transportsection lists information about the major ports, motorway ss networks, rail networks, and major airports of Europe. ^ 9 Correcting Misspellings If you happen to misspell a word that you wish to look up, don’t worry. The Pocket Lexicon will automatically give you a list of corrections from which to choose. CLEAR 1. Press . 2. Type a misspelled word (e.g., ecskwizzit). ENTER 3. Press . Finding Confusables™ Confusables are words that sound alike or are spelled similarly. When you see CONF flash in the upper right of the screen, the entered or highlighted word has Confusables. Try this example. 1. Type rein. Note: If you know that a word has Confusables, you can press CONF to go directly to the Confusables list. 4. Highlight a correction. ENTER 5. Press to view its thesaurus entry, if any. CLEAR 6. Pre...