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Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration.

Press 

MENU

 and then use the arrow keys to

highlight View Demo on the Setup menu.

Press 

ENTER

 to select it. To stop the dem-

onstration, press 

CLEAR

.

Viewing a Demonstration

Finding Drug Information

The simplest way to find drug informa-
tion is to type a brand or generic drug
name at the Drugs menu. Brand names
are capitalized on the Drugs menu, but
you do not need to type capitals.

1. Press 

CLEAR

.

2. If needed, press 

MENU

 and high-

light the Drugs menu.

3. Type a drug name. For example,

type 

Marinol

.

To delete a letter, press 

BACK

.

You can also highlight a menu item by
using 

 or 

.

The slanted arrow indicates that the
menu item has a submenu.

4. When the drug is highlighted, press

ENTER

 to select it.

If you entered a generic name, select
one of the brand name drugs that
contain the selected generic name.

 

 Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at virtu-
ally any screen by pressing 

HELP

. To

exit help, press 

BACK

.

To read a tutorial about this book, se-
lect Tutorial  from the Setup menu.
For more information about the Pocket
PDR®, select About PDR from the
Setup menu.

 

 Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move through menus or view
more text.

Summary of Contents for Pocket PDR PDR-3036

Page 1: ...PDR 3036 Medical Book Card User s Guide MBS Medical Book System...

Page 2: ...e the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM You may not make any copies of the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of...

Page 3: ...Medical Book System or other products from Frank lin Electronic Publishers call 800 665 5450 or visit the Franklin Web site at www franklin com Publishers Note 3 Key Guide 4 Installing Book Cards 5 Se...

Page 4: ...uld be understood that the publisher is not advocating the use of any product or dosage described And while every effort has been made to assure that this electronic version conforms with the drug man...

Page 5: ...e of a high lighted item With CAP types an asterisk to stand for letters in a word At text displays the current Out line location of the text Key Combinations BACK Goes to the top level of a menu from...

Page 6: ...s to How Supplied topic T Goes to Therapeutics Class index W Goes to Warnings topic CAUTION Never install or remove a book card when the platform is turned on If you do information entered in any inst...

Page 7: ...The type size sets how large the charac ters appear on screen The shutoff time sets how long your Medical Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off The default topic sets which topic will appe...

Page 8: ...ame For example type Marinol To delete a letter press BACK You can also highlight a menu item by using or The slanted arrow indicates that the menu item has a submenu 4 When the drug is highlighted pr...

Page 9: ...se or 9 Press CLEAR when finished Finding Drug Equivalents and Therapeutic Classes When reading a drug monograph you can quickly find its equivalents or a list of drugs in its therapeutic class To fin...

Page 10: ...R 7 To go quickly to another topic use the Quick Keys To learn more about the Quick Keys read the Key Guide 8 Use DN or SPACE to scroll 9 To go to the next or previous topic hold CAP and use or 10 Pre...

Page 11: ...ess ENTER to search This is the Outline location of the first match of your search words 4 Press ENTER to see the match Your search words are boxed 5 To go quickly to another topic use the Quick Keys...

Page 12: ...and press Use to highlight a match and then press ENTER Searching for Words You can also search for a word by high lighting it in text 1 At the text press ENTER To turn off the highlight press BACK 2...

Page 13: ...word either by entering it at the word search screen or by highlighting it in text headings and subheadings in bold type are searched first for exact matches If no exact matches are found in the head...

Page 14: ...nt product Reading Multiple Special Markers Sometimes more than one special marker appears on screen at one time To highlight the first special marker hold and press ENTER To highlight subsequent cros...

Page 15: ...tes to this book you can easily find them 1 Press LIST blue 2 Use to highlight a note title Your notes are listed by recency 3 Press ENTER to go to that note To Remove a Note 1 Find a in the text of t...

Page 16: ...word in the other book Looking Up Words in Other Books If due to electrostatic discharge or other cause the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically try the steps below to reset th...

Page 17: ...weight 0 4 oz 2001 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved 2001 Medical Economics Company Inc All rights reserved Physicians Desk Reference is a registe...

Page 18: ...radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient o...

Page 19: ...MITED WARRANTY DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED REMEDY A LIMITEDWARRANTY FRANKLINWARRANTS TO THE ORIGINALEND USER THAT FORAPERIOD OF ONE 1 YEAR FROM THE ORIGINALDATE OF PURCHASEAS EVIDENCED BYACOP...

Page 20: ...that are returned under warranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof of purchase is pro v...

Page 21: ...e 14 finding 14 Pocket PDR description of 3 Quick Keys 5 8 9 understanding 5 Red MORE key 4 12 Reset button 15 Screen contrast 6 SEARCH yellow key 4 10 12 Shutoff time 6 SPEC green key 4 9 Special mar...

Page 22: ...es 1 When the text of the book is on screen press LIST 2 Press ENTER to select Add note 3 Press ENTER or type your own note title and then press ENTER 4 To find a note in the text press LIST highlight...

Page 23: ...PDR 3036 Medical Book Card User s Guide MBS Medical Book System...

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