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User’s Guide

ENC-640

Electronic Publishers

CONCISE COLUMBIA

ENCYCLOPEDIA

Electronic Publishers

Summary of Contents for BOOKMAN ENC-640

Page 1: ... User s Guide ENC 640 CONCISE COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA Electronic Publishers ...

Page 2: ...RTRIDGE on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE or of the data stored therein whether 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 re verse engineer the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE You may not export or ...

Page 3: ... Using the Color Keys 5 Changing Settings 6 Viewing a Demonstration 6 Finding Articles 7 Searching for Words 8 Highlighting Search Words 9 Using Filters 10 Using Filters With Searches 12 Using Notes 12 Sending Words Between Books 13 Resetting BOOKMAN 14 Cartridge Care 14 Index 16 ticles by category combine searches and categories and add your own notes to quickly find the articles you read most of...

Page 4: ...ifted type an to stand for letters Direction Keys Scroll through text or menus or move the cursor or highlight Page down or up SPACE Type a space or page down Star Key Combinations BACK Back up from article subtitles or from entering a note CARD Sendawordbetweenbooks ENTER Highlight cross references or notes in articles Go to the next or previous or article or word search match Go to the last or f...

Page 5: ...rning Never install or remove a cartridge when your BOOKMAN is on If you do information that you ve en tered in the built in book and in any in stalled cartridge will be erased 1 Turn BOOKMAN off 2 Turn BOOKMAN over 3 Align the tabs of the cartridge with the notches in the slot 4 Press the cartridge down until it snaps into place Installing Cartridges Installing Batteries About Screen Illustration...

Page 6: ... as labeled on that cartridge Remember when you ve selected a book in a cartridge the color keys function as labeled on that cartridge not as on the keyboard 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 Once you have installed a cartridge in your BOOKMAN you can select which book you want to use ...

Page 7: ...tically appears when you turn on your BOOKMAN To stop the demonstration at any time press CLEAR To disable the demonstration press MENU and then select Disable Demo from the Other menu To re enable it select Enable Demo To view the demonstration when a cartridge is installed select View Demo from the Other menu Viewing a Demonstration Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually...

Page 8: ...s BACK to go back to the menu 7 Press CLEAR to clear the title Finding Articles Viewing the Next Title When you re typing a title at the Ar ticles menu you can highlight the next title beginning with the same letter s by holding and pressing What Article Are You Reading When you re reading an encyclo pedia article you can view its title or article location by pressing Press BACK to return to the a...

Page 9: ...arching for Words Searching for Words You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles Each word you find is called a match 1 Press MENU 2 Highlight Go To Word Search on the Locate menu 3 Press ENTER 4 Type up to five words e g Russian czars You don t need to type capitals To erase a letter press BACK To move the cursor press or 5 Press ENTER to search 6 Highlight a title and then p...

Page 10: ... Searches To find more matches press MORE up to three times after entering your word search When you press MORE your search expands to include matches in articles or synonyms and related words if they weren t already found Highlighting Search Words Another way you can search for words is to highlight them in articles Then you can view their matches in other articles Try this example 1 On the Artic...

Page 11: ...select Persons A check marks the selected filter You can uncheck it by pressing ENTER 5 Press LOC or BACK to go back to the Locate menu 6 Highlight Location and then press ENTER to select it The arrow indicates subfilters 7 Select Sub Saharan Africa Using Cross References Cross references appear in articles as words in all capital letters Each cross reference is the title of another encyclopedia a...

Page 12: ...under the Article Type category has 9 subfilters To select all its subfilters at once high light a filter and then press MARK To deselect all its subfilters press MARK again Understanding Filters When you select filters from one cat egory your selections are related by or For example if you select Persons and Places fromtheArticleTypecategory all articles about persons or places will be found Howe...

Page 13: ...hese articles are about wars and Latin America 8 Select an article to view 9 Press CLEAR when you re done Using Notes Adding Notes You can place or add your own notes in articles of this encyclopedia Then you can use your notes as bookmarks for quick reference Each note can contain up to 23 char acters The number of notes you can place depends on the length of each 1 When any encyclopedia article ...

Page 14: ...ess ENTER to select Remove Note You can look up words from this book in certain other BOOKMAN books and vice versa To send or receive a word to or from another book you must have in stalled a book cartridge in your BOOKMAN that is able to send or receive words too To learn if a book cartridge can send or receive words read its User s Guide 1 Highlight a word in this book To highlight a word in a l...

Page 15: ...2 2 Use a paper clip to gently press reset button on BOOKMAN The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole on the back of the BOOK MAN Look for it on the battery cover or near the cartridge slot Troubleshooting Tips Check that the cartridge if any is installed correctly Check that the cartridge s metal contacts are dirt and dust free Cartridge Care LBS Do not touch the metal con tacts on the ca...

Page 16: ... warranty lasts This warranty gives you specific rights you may also have additional rights which vary from State to State This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law FRANKLIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ORANY OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR DAMAGE ...

Page 17: ...ches 12 Finding encyclopedia articles 7 incomplete words 8 notes 13 words 8 Font size 6 Function keys 3 HELP key 6 Help messages 6 Installing batteries 4 cartridges 4 Limited Warranty 15 LIST key 13 LOC key 10 11 12 Locate menu 8 10 12 MARK key 11 12 Misspellings 8 MORE key 9 Notes adding placing 12 finding 13 removing 13 Other keys 3 Other menu 6 Removing notes 13 Screen contrast 6 Selecting book...

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