3
Key Guide
➤
Understanding the Colour Keys
The colour keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own colour key functions, which are
labelled on their keyboards or book
cards. To learn more, see “Using the
Colour Keys.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears the word you entered.
MENU
Shows the menu.
GEO
(red)
Shows selected geographical
information
.
CONF
(green)
Shows Confusables (words
that you mayconfuse with others).
GAMES
(yellow) Shows games you can play.
SKILL
(blue)
Shows the game skill levels.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter, shows a previous
screen, or stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys to type capitals.
ENTER
Looks up a word, selects a
menu item, or highlights a word.
HELP
Shows a help message.
? ✽
Types a
?
to stand for a letter
in a word (shifted, types an
✻
to
stand for a series of letters).
Direction Keys
Scrolls the text, moves the cursor,
or moves the highlight.
DN
UP
Pages down or up.
SPACE
Types a space, or pages down
in thesaurus entries and help.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sends a word between books.
✩
+
DN
Shows the next or previous
or
UP
thesaurus entry.