Franklin DMQ-2100 Manual De Usuario

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 

.

•  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.

 to go to the dictionary 

•  See 3.2 Using the dictionaries.

 to start a new search.

Use the following soft keys:
•  DEF: Goes to definition search.
• EXAMPLE: Goes to usage example search.
• IDIOM: Goes to idiom search.

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 

.

2.  Type a word.
•  See 3.6 Hints on Inputting Words.

•  To refine your search, press   /   to select 

Word, Idiom, Example or Definition (if 

available) before you start to type. In the 

Thesaurus, you select Synonym instead of 

Definition. 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.

•  If there are multiple forms within an entry, 

press   /   to select the one you want and 

then press 

.

•  See 1.4 Browsing in the Device.
•  Press

 +   /   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).

 to start a new search.

If the letters you type do not find 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 

.

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 prefixes, suffixes, spaces, symbols,

or any number of letters.

The device is equipped with a smart system

to retrieve results from an inflected 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 

definitions will show.

When inflections are available to a word, the

function label CONJ appears. Press CONJ to 

view the inflections. Some words may have

multiple parts of speech, press   /   to select 

the one you want and then press 

 to view 

the inflections.
For verbs, press CONJ or 

 +   /   to view 

more conjugations.

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

 and press a letter key to type a 

capital letter.

•  To type accents, type a letter (e.g., e) and

then press 

 + 

 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 

 and then press a 

number key.

•  To type other symbols, press

 + 

. 

Use the direction keys to select the symbol 

you want from the pop-up menu and then

press 

.

•  Press

 to delete the letter to the left of 

the cursor.

•  To amend a word, press   /   to move the 

cursor to the desired position, press 

 

to delete or a letter key to add a letter to 

the left of the cursor in a word. 

Soft key functions are represented by the

labels displayed along the bottom of the 

screen. These labels change to reflect the

various functions available in different

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 inflections/conjugations. See

3.5 Inflections/Conjugations.
DEF: Goes to definition 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 

to view the example. If

there are multiple EX  icons in an entry, press 

 /   to select the one you want and then 

press 

.

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:  Refines searches by multiple words.

Press   /   to select an option from the pop-

up menu and then press 

.

All = Look for entries with the search words,

whenever they appear.
Items following specified 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.

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.

•  If the first word on the screen is

highlighted, this feature is supported.

2. Press  ,  ,   or   to select an available 

•  Alternatively, press 

 + 

 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 

.

 to return to the 

 to turn off the highlight.