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. Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off your BOOKMAN at any time. When you turn your BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed reappears. 5 Using the Colour Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change their functions according to which book you have selected. If you have selected the built-in book, the colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that card. . Remember, when you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that card, not as on the keyboard. Changing the Settings You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. The screen contrast is how light or dark the screen display appears. CLEAR 1. Press . 2. Use or to highlight the Setup menu. 3. Press to highlight Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast. A slanted arrow indicates a submenu. ENTER 4. Press . 5. Press or to change the setting. To leave the settings unchanged, press BACK . ENTER 6. Press to select it. 6 Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using your book card, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. Here’s how. CLEAR 1. Press . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu. 3. Use to highlight View Demo. 4. Press ENTER to start the demonstration. 5. To stop the demonstration at any time, press . CLEAR . Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . Press or DN to read the help. Press BACK to exit the message. To read about how to use this encyclopedia and what the keys do, select Tutorialfrom the Setup menu. Finding Encyclopedia Articles The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title. Finding an article is as easy as typing the name of its title. CLEAR 1. Press . The Articles menu is highlighted. 2. Start typing an article title. For example, type zebra. You do not need to type capitals. To erase a letter, press . BACK To display a full menu title, press ? . . You can also find article titles by using the Direction keys at the Articles menu. 3. When the title is highlighted, press ENTER to see its article. 7 Finding Encyclopedia Articles Or select a submenu item, if needed. SPACE 4. Press , to scroll down to read the text. DN , or 5. Hold . and press DN to view the next article in this encyclopedia. To view the previous article in this en cyclopedia, hold . and press UP . 6. To go back to the Articles menu, press BACK . CLEAR 7. Press to clear your request. . What Article Are You Reading? When you are reading an encyclopedia article, you can view its title or Article location by pressing ? . . BACK Press to go back to the article. Searching for Words You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles. Each occurrence that you find is called a match. CLEAR . 1. Press 2. Press SEARCH (the yellow key). 3. Type up to four words. For example, type roman empire. You don’t need to type capitals, but if you want to, hold . and press a letter key. To erase a letter, press . BACK To type a space, press SPACE . 4. Press ENTER to search. 5. Use the Direction keys to highlight a title and then press ENTER to view its article. 8 Searching for Words The matching words are boxed. 6. Hold . and press DN repeatedly to view the next matches. To view a previous match, hold . and press UP . BACK 7. Press to go back to the list of matches. 8. Press SEARCH (yellow) to clear your search and begin a new one. . If You Misspell a Word If you enter a misspelled search word, a list of corrections appears. Highlight a correction and press ENTER to search for it. . Finding Incomplete Words If you are not sure which form of a word to search for, type an asterisk in place of letters in the word (e.g., psych.) and then press ENTER . To type an asterisk, hold CAP and press ? . . Next, highlight a complete word and press ENTER to search for it. Searching for Words . Understanding Word Searches When you search for words, the encyclopedia searches first for matches of the words in the titles of articles. If no matches are found in article titles, it automatically searches for matches in the articles themselves. If no exact matches are found in ar ticles, the encyclopedia then searches for synonyms and related words. Searches of more than one word find matches regardless of the order or proximity of the words. For ex ample, if you search for space travel, you will find articles that have the words traveland spacein their text or titles. 9 Expanding Your Searches When you press MORE (the red key) after a word search, your search can expand up to three times to include matches in the text of articles, if none were already found, synonyms, or related words. CLEAR . 1. Press 2. Press SEARCH (yellow) and type up to four words. For example, type russia. BACK To erase a letter, press . 3....