Franklin BSI-6300 manual Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary, Using Soft Keys

3.4Merriam-Webster’s Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

1.In the Books menu, press / to select “M-W ALD” and then press OK / .

2.Type a word.

•See 3.17 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.

•When an entry is highlighted for about 3 seconds, a preview will show automatically on the right.

3.Press OK to view the entry.

• See 1.7 Browsing in the Device.

• If there are multiple forms within an entry, press / to select the one you want and then press OK / .

• Press FN + / to go to the

previous or next entry in the dictionary or in a list of multiple

search results.

• Press to hear the headword pronounced.

•Press list to save the current headword in My Word List for further study or review. See 3.16 Adding Words to My Word List and 4.5 My Word List.

4. Type to start a new search.

Using Soft Keys

Press F1 to F5 that correspond to the labels displayed along the bottom of the screen.

•[Conf]: Views the confusables. See 3.12 Confusable Words.

•[DICT]: Goes to word search.

•[Example]: Goes to example search or views usage examples of the current entry. See 3.14 Searching for Idioms, Usage Examples and Collocations.

•[Extras]: Goes to Merriam-Webster’s ALD Supplemental Data. See 3.7 Merriam-Webster’s ALD Supplemental Data.

•[Idiom]: Goes to idiom search or views idioms of the current entry. See 3.14 Searching for Idioms, Usage Examples and Collocations.

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