Franklin IC-167 User Manual Download

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Index

FCR-28507-00
P/N 7201748

Rev A.

Tables

finding 18
highlighting words in 17
searching for words in 15
understanding formatting

of 18

Text Search 8, 15
Text searches

between digital books 21
changing 16
for parts of words 16
performing 15
too common words 17

Therapeutic classes 12
Trademarks 24
View Demo 7
Viewing

cross-references 18
demonstration 7
footnotes 18
help messages 7
main menus 7
Outline location of drug

monographs 10

tables 18

Warranty 25

Summary of Contents for IC-167

Page 1: ...PHYSICIANS For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System FOLD Electronic Publishers IC 167 F DIGITAL BOOK User s Manual 1997 REFERENCE DESK PDR Electronic Publishers ...

Page 2: ...r in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the DIGITAL BOOK You may not export or re export directly or indirectly the DIGITAL BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations The DIGI TAL BOOK contains Medi...

Page 3: ...for Words 15 Highlighting Search Words 17 Footnotes References Tables 18 Using Notes 19 Looking Up Words in Other Books 21 Using the Digital Book System 22 Product Specifications 24 Limited Warranty 25 Index 26 About the Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen These variations do not mean that this digital book or your Digi...

Page 4: ...hile every effort has been made to assure that this electronic version conforms with the drug manufacturers originals neitherthepublisher MedicalEconomics Company Inc nor the producer of the unit Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc warrantthattheinformationisaccurate thattheunit will perform without interruption or free of errors or that the information contained therein satisfies government regula...

Page 5: ...FF Turns the Digital Book System on or off SHIFT Shifts the keys to types capitals or punctuation SPACE Types a space or pages down SPEC Displays the nearest Outline level from the text Direction Keys Scroll or move in the indicated direction DN or UP Pages down or up At menus zooms to the bottom or top at text go to next or previous monograph topic or table row heading DN UP At the Drugs and Clas...

Page 6: ...ed topic T Goes to Therapeutic Class list W Goes to Warnings topic Other Keys At the menus displays the full name of a menu item at the text shows the current Outline location SHIFT Types an asterisk to stand for unknown letters in a search word BACK Goes to the top level of the Drugs or Class menu from a lower level CARD Transfers a word to or from certain in stalled digital books ENTER At any le...

Page 7: ... Pocket PDR digital book into a slot on the back 3 Press ON OFF 4 If needed turn the wheel on the side of the Digi tal Book System to adjust the screen contrast If the screen is still blank check the batteries 5 Press CARD 6 Press or to highlight the Pocket PDR symbol if needed 7 Press ENTER to select it Resuming Where You Left Off Should you forget to turn off the unit while using the Pocket PDR ...

Page 8: ... stop the demonstration Using the Main Menus The flashing arrows on the right side of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around in the menus or text A slanted arrow to the right of a menu item indicates that submenus exist To see the full text of a menu item highlight the menu item and then press Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at most screens by pressing HEL...

Page 9: ...rent setting 5 Highlight a setting 6 Press ENTER to select it Or press BACK to keep the current setting Understanding the Settings The Default Topic is the topic that appears first when you view a drug monograph The Default State is the screen that appears when you press CLEAR If you select Text Search as the default state the search screen appears If you select Drug Info the Drugs menu appears Th...

Page 10: ...ACK 3 When the drug is highlighted press ENTER If you entered a generic name select one of the brand name drugs that contain the selected drug If you entered a brand name the monograph s top ics appear NOTE You can go directly from the Drugs menu to the default topic of the monograph by holding and pressing ENTER 4 Highlight a topic and press ENTER to view the drug monograph 5 Press the DN key or ...

Page 11: ...t Words starting with to view completions if any or select a drug on the correc tions list to view its monograph What Drug Are You Reading About When a drug monograph or a table is in view you can check its current Outline location by pressing Press BACK to go back to the text NOTE When you press you do not go to the Drugs menu itself but to a snapshot of your current location in the Drugs menu or...

Page 12: ...aragraph hold and press the DN or UP key To go to the next or previous topic hold and press or 3 Use these Quick Keys To Go to Press Indications and Usage I Contraindications C Warnings W Adverse Reactions A Dosage and Administration D How Supplied H or S Manufacturer M Generic Name G 4 Press CLEAR when done Reading Monographs Setting the Default Topic You can set which topic appears first i e the...

Page 13: ...highlighted press ENTER 5 Highlight a drug e g PHENERGAN SYRUP Type its first few letters or scroll to it 6 Press ENTER to view its monograph 7 To go back to select other drugs in the class press BACK 8 Press CLEAR when done A Quick Way to Find Therapeutic Classes When reading a drug monograph you can quickly view the list of therapeutic classes for the drug by pressing T If a drug has only one th...

Page 14: ...pressing the T key when a mono graph or table is in view Try this example 1 Highlight NAPRELAN on the Drugs menu 2 Hold and press ENTER to view its monograph 3 Press the T key These drugs are in the same therapeutic class and subclass as Naprelan You could select a drug to view its monograph 4 Press SPEC repeatedly to back up through the Class menu 5 Press CLEAR when done ...

Page 15: ... its monograph 7 Press BACK to go back to the equivalents 8 Press CLEAR when done A Quick Way to Find Equivalents When reading the drug monograph you can quickly see its equivalents by pressing E Select an equiva lent to display its monograph Finding Generic Names in Monographs The last topic in a drug monograph lists the names of the drug s generic ingredients Once at a mono graph you can go dire...

Page 16: ...he next Outline location of a match if any hold and press the DN key To view the previous match location hold and press the UP key 6 Press ENTER to view a match in text The matching words are boxed If you entered more than one search word you may have to scroll down to see the second matching word in the section of text 7 Press MENU to view all the matches listed on the menus including therapeutic...

Page 17: ...discarded and new matches of synonyms and similar words are found Changing Your Searches After searching for words you can also change your search by selecting Change Search Query from the Search menu Searching for Search Words If you are not sure which form of a search word to use type an asterisk at the text search screen in place of the letters that you re not sure about e g bacter To type an a...

Page 18: ... the highlight by pressing BACK 3 Press the arrow keys to highlight a word e g arthritis 4 Press ENTER to search for it You can expand your search by pressing MORE now see Expanding Your Searches Press MENU to view all the matches listed on the menus 5 Press CLEAR when done Words Too Common to Search Some short words such as articles a the etc and prepositions to in etc occur too often to search f...

Page 19: ...ssing ENTER and then the arrow keys 2 Press ENTER to view the item 3 Use the direction keys to read it 4 Press BACK to go back to the highlighted icon Using and Understanding Tables When highlighted and selected as shown above most cross reference icons take you to a table Once the table is in view you can usually re turn to its cross reference by highlighting and se lecting the table icon Tables ...

Page 20: ...n view press LIST 2 Press ENTER to select Add note 3 Type a note of your own and press ENTER Or press ENTER to add the pre entered note A marks the note s placement Finding and Removing Notes Once notes have been placed you can use them as bookmarks to quickly find information To remove a note you must first find it in a monograph or table 1 With a monograph or table in view press LIST 2 Highlight...

Page 21: ...monograph or table by first holding and pressing N Then press ENTER to place the pre entered note or enter your own note Removing All Your Notes You can remove all your notes at one time by reset ting the Digital Book System when the Pocket PDR is installed To learn how to reset the Digital Book System see Using the Digital Book System WARNING Resetting the Digital Book System erases information t...

Page 22: ...eir User s Manuals 1 Install both books in your Digital Book System 2 Press CARD and select the sending digital book 3 Highlight a word in the sending digital book To learn how read the appropriate section of its User s Manual 4 Hold and press CARD 5 Select the receiving digital book The word that you highlighted appears in the initial screen of the receiving digital book 6 Press ENTER to search f...

Page 23: ...er than resetting the Digital Book System If nothing happens then reset Protecting and Cleaning Do not bring statically charged objects in touch with the metal contacts on the back of digital books or the rubber contacts on the Digital Book System Statical ly charged objects may erase information that you entered in the digital books Do not put excessive weight on digital books or the Digital Book...

Page 24: ...ies with their pluses oriented correctly In the DBS 1 and DBS 2 the pluses should face you 6 Replace the battery cover Battery Precautions When you replace batteries follow these precau tions to avoid erasing information in any installed digital books Replace the batteries before they lose all power Never remove the batteries while the Digital Book System is on Once the batteries have been removed...

Page 25: ...ts Trademarks Patents ISBN 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved 1997 Medical Economics Company Inc All rights reserved Digital Book System is a registered trademark of Franklin Pocket PDR is a registered trademark of Medical Economics Company Inc PDR is a registered trademark used herein under license Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 5 113 340 5 21...

Page 26: ...IS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warran...

Page 27: ... Direction keys 4 Dosage and Administration topic 11 Drug Info 8 Drug names brand 9 correcting misspellings 10 equivalents 14 generic 9 11 14 highlighting in menus 9 viewing from monographs 10 Drugs menu 8 9 Equivalents 14 Finding drug information 9 drug monographs 9 equivalents using GOLD E 14 using menus 14 monograph topics 11 notes 19 therapeutic classes using GOLD T 12 using menus 12 words in ...

Page 28: ...ing using GOLD N 20 using LIST 19 removing all at once 20 individually 19 Other keys 5 Other menu 7 8 Outline location explained 10 of drug monographs 10 of search matches 15 Patents 24 Placing notes using GOLD N 20 using LIST 19 Pocket PDR description of 3 highlighting its symbol 6 installing the digital book 6 resuming use of 6 Quick keys 5 11 Removing notes all at once 20 individually 19 Resett...

Page 29: ...ting of 18 Text Search 8 15 Text searches between digital books 21 changing 16 for parts of words 16 performing 15 too common words 17 Therapeutic classes 12 Trademarks 24 View Demo 7 Viewing cross references 18 demonstration 7 footnotes 18 help messages 7 main menus 7 Outline location of drug monographs 10 tables 18 Warranty 25 ...

Page 30: ...PHYSICIANS For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System FOLD Electronic Publishers IC 167 F DIGITAL BOOK User s Manual 1997 REFERENCE DESK PDR Electronic Publishers ...

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