Franklin Colins Speaking Reference Library Medical Alarms User Manual


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3. BOOKS menu
3.1 Using Global Search
GlobalSearchallowssearchingforallwords
and phrases saved in the dictionaries. You can
use multiple words for searching.
1. In the Books menu, press / to select
Global Search and then press
enter
.
• Or,press .
2. Type a word.
• See3.6 Hints on Inputting Words.
• Witheachletteryoutype,theresulting
list of potential matching entries is
refreshed. If the letters you typed match
an entry in the word list, it is automatically
highlighted. Or, press / to select
another word entry you see in the word
list.
• Thesource*ofeachentryisindicatedin
the word list.
*BC=Bradford’sCrosswordSolver;BE=BritannicaConcise
Encyclopedia;CD=CollinsDesktopPlus;CE =CollinsDiscovery
Encyclopedia;CT=CollinsConciseThesaurus;CQ = Quotations
(CollinsA-ZThesaurus,unabridged);PB=Phrasebook;TR = 5
LanguageTranslator
• Press PREV.ON to preview the entries
while you are browsing the word list. Press
PREVOFF to cancel this function.
3. Press
enter
to go to the dictionary
containing the selected entry.
• See3.2 Using the dictionaries.
4. Press
clear
to start a new search.
Rening Your Search
Usethefollowingsoftkeys:
• DEF:Goestodenitionsearch.
• EXAMPLE: Goestousageexamplesearch.
• IDIOM: Goes to idiom search.
3.2 Using the Dictionaries
Thefollowinginstructionsapplytothe
following dictionaries in the Books menu.
• CollinsDesktopPlus
• CollinsConciseThesaurus
• Bradford’sCrosswordSolver
• BritannicaConciseEncyclopedia
• CollinsDiscoveryEncyclopedia
• Quotations
Note:Thefunctionsdescribedbelowmaynot
be available to all dictionaries or at all times.
1. In the Books menu, press / to select
a dictionary and then press
enter
.
2. Type a word.
• See3.6 Hints on Inputting Words.
• Toreneyoursearch,press / to select
Word, Idiom, Example or Denition (if
available) before you start to type. In the
Thesaurus,youselectSynonym instead of
Denition. In the dictionary for quotations,
you select between Keywords and Authors.
• Witheachletteryoutype,theresulting
list of potential matching entries is
refreshed. If the letters you typed match
an entry in the word list, it is automatically
highlighted. Or, press / to select
another word entry you see in the word
list.
• Press PREV.ON to preview the entries
while you are browsing the word list. Press
PREVOFF to cancel this function.
3. Press
enter
.
• If there are multiple forms within an entry,
press / to select the one you want and
then press
enter
.
• See1.4 Browsing in the Device.
• Press
FN
+ / to go to the previous
ornextentryinadictionaryorinalistof
multiple search results.
• Press to hear the headword
pronounced (if pronunciation is available).
4. Press
clear
to start a new search.
3.3 Misspelling Words
Ifthelettersyoutypedonotndamatch
in the list, your word is misspelled or not in
the dictionaries, a list of possible spelling
corrections is displayed. Press / to select
the entry you want and then press
enter
.
3.4 Uncertain Spellings
If you are uncertain about how to spell a
word, type the portion of the word you do
know, and type a question mark (?) in place
ofeachunknownletter.Typeanasterisk(*)
to stand for any missing portion of a word,
includingprexes,suxes,spaces,symbols,
or any number of letters.
3.5 Inections/Conjugations
Inected Form Searching
Thedeviceisequippedwithasmartsystem
toretrieveresultsfromaninectedword.
Forexample,whenyoutype“ate”,thedevice
willretrieveresultsfromtheword“eat”.Fora
word with multiple parts of speech (e.g. the
word “record” is both a noun and a verb), both
denitionswillshow.
Looking Up Inections
Wheninectionsareavailabletoaword,the
function label CONJ appears. Press CONJ to
viewtheinections.Somewordsmayhave
multiple parts of speech, press / to select
the one you want and then press to view
theinections.
Forverbs,pressCONJ or
FN
+ / to view
moreconjugations.
3.6 Hints on Inputting Words
Thefollowinginstructionsapplytoallentry
screens where word input is allowed. Note:
Someentryscreensmayallowonlycertain
types of character inputs.
• Hold
cap
and press a letter key to type a
capital letter.
• Totypeaccents,typealetter(e.g.,e)and
then press
FN
+
clear
until the accent
you want appears (e.g., é).
• Totypeanumber,pressanumberkey.
• Totypeaspecialcharactershownona
number key, hold
FN
and then press a
number key.
• Totypeothersymbols,press
FN
+ .
Use the direction keys to select the symbol
youwantfromthepop-upmenuandthen
press
enter
.
• Press
back
to delete the letter to the left of
the cursor.
• Toamendaword,press / to move the
cursor to the desired position, press
back
to delete or a letter key to add a letter to
the left of the cursor in a word.
3.7 Using the Soft Keys
Softkeyfunctionsarerepresentedbythe
labels displayed along the bottom of the
screen.Theselabelschangetoreectthe
variousfunctionsavailableindierent
features of the device. Press
F1
-
F5
that
corresponds to the label.
CLOSE:Closesthecurrentscreen.
CONF: Views the confusables (such as
homonyms, homophones and spelling
variants) related to the current word entry.
CONJ: Showsinections/conjugations.See
3.5 Inections/Conjugations.
DEF: Goestodenitionsearch.
DICT: Goes to word search or the dictionary
containing the current entry.
EXAMPLE: Goestoexamplesearchorviews
usageexamplesinanentry.Whenusage
examplesareavailableinanentry,theicon
EX
appears. Press this soft key to highlight
EX
and then press
enter
toviewtheexample.If
there are multiple
EX
icons in an entry, press
/ to select the one you want and then
press
enter
.
GLOBAL:GoestoGlobalSearch.
IDIOM: Goes to idiom search.
LIST: GoestoMyWordListoraddsthecurrent
entrytoMyWordList.See4.1 My Word List for
details.
NEXT: Goestothenextentry.
PIC: Views picture or diagram in an entry.
PREV: Goes to the previous entry.
PREVOFF:Cancelsthepreviewfunction.
PREV.ON: Previews the current entry.
RANGE: Renessearchesbymultiplewords.
Press / toselectanoptionfromthepop-
up menu and then press
enter
.
All=Lookforentrieswiththesearchwords,
whenever they appear.
Items following specied order=Lookfor
entries with the search words, in the order as
you type.
Input words are in successions =Lookfor
entries with the search words, in the word
successions as you type.
THES: Goes to the thesaurus.
3.8 Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words in the
dictionaries is by highlighting them in an
entry. Note: this feature may not be available
on all screens.
1. At a text screen supporting word
selection, press
enter
.
• Iftherstwordonthescreenis
highlighted, this feature is supported.
2. Press , , or to select an available
word you want to learn and press
enter
to look up the word in your current
dictionary.
• Alternatively, press
FN
+
enter
to look
up the word in all dictionaries. If the
selected word has entries in multiple
dictionaries,apop-upwindowwillshow.
Press / to select the dictionary you
want and press
enter
.
3. When done, press
back
to return to the
original entry or dictionary.
4. Press
back
to turn o the highlight.
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