DOC-3010
Medical Book System
DRUGS OF CHOICE
FROM
THE MEDICAL LETTER
®
™
Book Card User’s Guide
Quick Reference Guide
T o Start Using a Book Card
1. Install the book card in a slot in
the back of the Medical Book
System platform.
2. Turn the platform on.
CARD
3. If needed, press
use the
or to highlight its
and then
icon.
ENTER
4. Press
to select it.
T o Search for W ords
1. Press
2. Type one or more words.
3. Press
4. Hold ✩ and press DN to see
5. Press
6. To expand a search, press
SEARCH
.
ENTER
.
the locations of matches.
ENTER
MENU
to see a match or
to see the matches listed
on the menus.
MORE
.
T o Use the Menus
1.
2. Highlight an entry by typing its
3. Press
4. Select subitems, if needed, by
5. Use
MENU
Press
and highlight the
Diseases menu or the Drugs menu.
name or pressing
ENTER
or .
.
highlighting them and pressing
ENTER
.
, DN, or
SPACE
to scroll.
T o Use Notes
1. When the text of the book is on
screen, press
2. Press
3. Press
ENTER
ENTER
note title and then press
4. To find a note in the text, press
LIST
, highlight a note title, and
then press
LIST
.
to select
Add Note
or type your own
ENTER
ENTER
.
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.
.
License Agreement
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE MEDICAL BOOK
SYSTEM.
YOUR USE OF THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT
THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE
TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO
THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. The MEDICAL
BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in
this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
LIMITED USE LICENSE
All rights in the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM remain the property of FRANKLIN.
Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to
use 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 applicable copyright laws. Further,
you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works
of, or in any way reverse engineer the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not export or re-export, directly or indirectly , the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM
contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if
you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
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Contents
Introduction
Installing Book Cards................ 4
Selecting a Book........................ 4
Changing the Settings .............. 5
Viewing a Demonstration.......... 5
Using the Diseases Menu ......... 6
Finding Drug References.......... 7
Searching for Words ................. 8
Highlighting Search Words .... 10
Expanding Your Searches ...... 10
Reading Special Markers .........11
Using Notes .............................. 12
Looking Up Words
in Other Books ......................... 13
Resetting the Medical
Book System ............................ 14
Book Card Care........................ 14
Specifications and Patents ...... 15
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) .... 16
➤
For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book
System™ or other products from
Franklin Electronic Publishers, call
800-665-5450 or visit the Franklin
W eb site at www.franklin.com.
With the Drugs of Choice fr om The
Medical Letter
®
book card, you can find
information about drug treatments for 13
common diseases and ailments, including
asthma, hypertension, and psychiatric
disorders. You can also place notes to go
directly to the text you use most often.
To get started, simply install the book card
into the Medical Book System platform.
➤
About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORT ANT! This book card can be
used only with the Medical Book System
platform and will not function in any
other Franklin BOOKMAN
®
platform.
The Medical Book System platform can
use Franklin BOOKMAN book cards as
well as Medical Book System book cards.
However, Franklin BOOKMAN platforms cannot use Medical Book System
book cards.
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Key Guide
Color Keys
MORE
(red) Expands a word search.
SPEC
(green) Displays the outline location of the current text.
SEARCH
(
yellow
) Displays the word search screen.
LIST
(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove
a note.
Function Keys
BACK
Erases typed letters, or backs up to
the previous screen.
CAP
Shifts keys to type capitals or punctuation.
CARD
Exits the currently selected book.
CLEAR
Clears an entry or search and goes
to the default state.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu item,
or starts the highlight in text.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the platform on or off.
SPACE
At entry screens, types a space. At
menus and text, pages down.
✻
At menus, displays the title of a
?
highlighted item. With
an asterisk (✽) to stand for letters in
a word.
CAP
, types
Direction Keys
DN
UP
Pages up or down.
Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.
Key Combinations*
BACK
+
✩
Goes to the top level of
a menu from a lower level.
CARD
+
✩
Transfers a highlighted word
between installed book cards.
ENTER
+
✩
At a highlighted menu item,
displays the related text. At
text, highlights a footnote,
bibliographic reference, crossreference, or note.
+Q-P Types numbers.
✩
DN
or
or
✩
+
UP
CAP
At text, displays the next or previous section or subsection.
+
Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or list. At text, goes to
the next or previous Outline title.
➤
Understanding the Keys
The functions of the keys may vary according to which book card is installed
and selected in the platform. T o learn
how to use a particular book card, read
its user’s guide.
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.
3
Installing Book Cards
Selecting a Book
CAUTION Never install or remove a
book card when the platform is turned on.
If you do, information entered in any installed book cards may be erased.
1. T urn the platform off.
2. Turn the platform over.
3. Align the book card tabs with the
notches in a card slot.
4. Press the book card until it
snaps into the slot.
➤
Removing Book Cards
CAUTION When you remove a book
card from a platform, information entered in that book card will be erased.
If you have installed two book cards in
the platform, you can select which book
you want to read.
1. T urn the platform on.
CARD
2. Press
.
3. Use or to highlight the book
you want to use.
4. Press
➤
Resuming Where You Left Off
ENTER
to select it.
You can turn off the platform at any
screen. When you turn it on again, the
last screen that you viewed appears.
4
Changing the Settings
Viewing a Demonstration
Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the
type size, default state, shutoff time, and
screen contrast of this book.
The type size sets how large the characters appear on screen. The shutoff time
sets how long your Medical Book System
stays on if you forget to turn it off.
The default state sets the screen that ap-
CLEAR
pears when you press
1. Press
2. Highlight
MENU
.
Set Type Size, Set Default State, Set Shutoff
Contrast
3. Press
4. Use
Or press
on the Setup menu.
ENTER
.
or to change the setting.
BACK
to leave the setting un-
.
, or
Set
changed.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration of what it
can do.
MENU
Press
and then use the arrow keys to
highlight V iew Demo on the Setup menu.
ENTER
Press
onstration, press
to select it. To stop the dem-
CLEAR
.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
exit help, press
BACK
HELP
.
T o read a tutorial about this book, select Tutorial 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.
5
. To
Using the Diseases Menu
Using the Diseases Menu
The Diseases menu contains the chapters,
sections, and subsections of the printed book.
1. Press
2. If needed, press
CLEAR
.
MENU
and high-
light the Diseases menu.
3.
Use or to highlight a chapter.
For example, highlight
Hypertension
Y ou can also highlight a menu item by typing its title. T o delete a letter, press
BACK
The slanted arrow indicates that the
menu item has a submenu.
4. When the desired chapter is highlighted, press
ENTER
to select it.
You can also go directly to the text by
holding
✩
and pressing
ENTER
.
5.
Highlight a section and press
For example, select
.
To see the full title of any menu item,
✻
press
.
?
6. Highlight a subsection and
ENTER
press
Loop Diuretics
. For example, select
.
.
7. Use , DN, or
SPACE
8. T o go to the next or previous
subsection, hold
or .
9. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
6
Diuretics
to scroll.
CAP
and use
.
ENTER
.
Using the Diseases Menu
Finding Drug References
➤
Where in the Book Am I?
When you are reading the text of a
chapter or drug reference, you can see
the Outline location of the current text
✻
by pressing
.
?
To scroll up to a higher level of the
Outline, use
.
To display the full title of an item,
✻
press
. This is especially useful
?
when the title ends in ellipses.
BACK
Press
you were reading. Or press
to go back to the text that
ENTER
to the text of the highlighted item.
➤
Understanding Tables
In this book card, tables are displayed
as bulleted text. Row titles are in bold
type and column titles and information
are indented beneath them.
to go
All the drugs in this book are listed alphabetically on the Drugs menu.
1. Press
2. If needed, press
CLEAR
.
MENU
and high-
light the Drugs menu.
3. Start typing the name of a drug.
For example, type
T o delete a letter, use
Ibuprofen
BACK
.
You can also use or to highlight
a drug.
4. When the drug is highlighted,
ENTER
press
.
5. Highlight a reference, if needed,
and press
ENTER
.
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.
Finding Drug References
Searching for Words
6. Use
, DN, or
SPACE
to scroll.
7. To go to the next or previous
subsection, hold
CAP
and use
or .
8. Press
➤
Reviewing the Outline
CLEAR
when finished.
When the text of the book is on the
screen, you can go to the lowest level
of the Outline associated with that text,
SPEC
by pressing
Then you can press
(green).
SPEC
(green) to
go to the higher levels of the Outline.
To go to a section of the Outline, high-
ENTER
light it and press
BACK
press
.
. T o go back,
A checkmark indicates the current section or chapter.
W ord searches find all the occurrences, or
matches, of a word or word phrase in this
book.
You can type up to 34 characters in a single search. But you cannot search for
short, common words such as the and is.
SEARCH
1. Press
(yellow).
2. T ype your search words. For example, type
To delete a letter, use
severe headache
BACK
.
You do not need to type capitals or
punctuation to find matches.
3. Press
ENTER
to search.
This is the Outline location of the first
match of your search words.
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.
Searching for Words
Searching for Words
4. Press
ENTER
to see the match.
Your search words are boxed. You
may have to scroll down to see them.
5. T o see the Outline location of the
next or previous matches, if any,
hold ✩ and press DN or UP.
6. Press
MENU
to see the chapters
with matches.
After a word search, only chapters
with matches are listed on the menus.
7. Use the arrow keys to highlight a
menu item and then press
ENTER
If needed, select a subitem.
8. Press
SEARCH
(yellow) or
CLEAR
to
clear your search.
➤
If You Misspell a Search Word
If you enter a misspelled search word,
a list of corrections appears.
Use to highlight a correction and
ENTER
then press
➤
Searching for Parts of Words
.
If you want to find prefixes, suffixes,
or other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽) in place of the missing letters.
For example, type hypo
ENTER
press
CAP
. T o type an asterisk, hold
and press
✻
?
.
Use to highlight a match and then
ENTER
press
.
9
✽
.
and then
Highlighting Search Words
Expanding Y our Searches
You can also search for a word by highlighting it in text.
1. At the text of any chapter or
drug reference, press
To turn of f the highlight, press
ENTER
.
BACK
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word.
3. Press
4. Press
ENTER
to search for it.
ENTER
again to see the first
match.
5. Hold
✩
and press DN repeatedly
to see the Outline locations of
the next matches, if any .
To see the location of previous
matches, if any, hold
6. Press
MENU
to see the menu
✩
and use UP.
items with matches.
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You can expand a word search up to three
times to find inflections, synonyms, and
similar words.
SEARCH
1. Press
(yellow).
2. T ype a word and then press
ENTER
3. Press
. For example, enter
MORE
(red) to expand the
cancer
search.
4. Hold ✩ and use DN to see the
Outline locations of the next
matches, if any.
To see the location of previous
matches, if any, hold ✩ and use UP.
MENU
5. Press
to see the matches
listed on the menu.
6. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
.
Expanding Your Searches
Reading Special Markers
➤
Understanding Word Searches
and Expansions
When you search for a 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 headings, then the text is searched for exact
matches.
If no exact matches are found, then the
headings are searched for inexact
matches, such as inflections and synonyms. If no inexact matches are found
in the headings, then the text is
searched for them.
A word search stops as soon as
matches are found at a level described
MORE
above. Pressing
(red) continues
the search to the next level and finds
additional matches, if any. Note: The
number of matches found at a given
search level may be less than at the
previous level.
Throughout this book, cross-references (indicated by
’s), footnotes (indicated by
’s), and bibliographic references (indi-
cated by
’s) appear . Cross-references
take you directly to related material in the
book. Footnotes and bibliographic references provide additional information.
1. When you see a
, , or
in the text, hold ✩ and
ENTER
press
.
Notice the highlight. To undo the highlight, press
2. Press
3. Press
BACK
.
ENTER
.
BACK
repeatedly to go
back.
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Reading Special Markers
Using Notes
➤ 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
. T o highlight
subsequent cross-references, footnotes,
or bibliographic references, continue
holding
✩
and press
ENTER
again.
When you have highlighted the special
ENTER
marker that you want, press
read it. Then press
BACK
to return to
to
the highlighted item.
T o Add a Note
You can add up to 10 notes to the text of
this book to quickly find the sections that
you most often use.
1. When text is on screen, press
LIST
(blue).
2. Press
3. Do one of the following:
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ENTER
to select
•
To accept the note title, press
•
To change the note title, type your
Add Note
changes and then press
Note titles can contain up to 24 characters.
•
To cancel, hold ✩ and press
The marker is added to the text
when you add a note.
ENTER
ENTER
.
BACK
.
.
.
Using Notes
Looking Up Words
in Other Books
T o Find a Note
Once you have added notes 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.
T o Remove a Note
1. Find a in the text of this book.
To learn how, read “Finding a Note.”
2. Press
3. T o see the full title of the note to
be removed, press
4.
Press
Or press
ing the note.
➤
Removing All Your Notes
You can remove all your notes at one
time by resetting the Medical Book
System. T o learn how, read “Resetting
the Medical Book System.”
WARNING Resetting the
Book System
tion that you have entered in other installed book cards.
LIST
(blue).
ENTER
to select
BACK
Remove Note...
to exit without remov-
may erase other informa-
✻
?
.
Medical
The Medical Book System platform enables you to look up a word from one installed book card in the other installed
book card.
This book card can send words to and receive words from other book cards. Some
book cards are not able to transfer words. T o
learn if a book card can send or receive
words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Install two book cards in the
platform.
2. Select a book to read.
3. Highlight a word in that book .
You can highlight words in menus,
lists, entries, and other text. To learn
how to highlight a word in this book,
read “Highlighting Search Words.”
4. Hold
✩
and press
CARD
.
5. Highlight the icon of the other
book card and then press
The word that you highlighted appears
in the other book.
6. Press
ENTER
again, if needed, to
search for the word in the other
book.
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ENTER
.
L
B
S
.
Resetting the Medical
Book System
Book Card Care
If due to electrostatic discharge or other
cause, the keyboard fails to respond or the
screen performs erratically, try the steps
below to reset the platform. Perform only
as many steps as required to restore normal operation.
CAUTION Resetting the platform when
book cards are installed may erase settings and information entered in those
book cards. Remove all book cards before
resetting.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
twice.
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use the end of an opened paper
clip to gently press the reset button on the back of the platform.
The reset button is recessed in a pin-sized
hole located near the book card slots.
CAUTION Pressing the reset button
with more than light pressure may permanently disable it.
If nothing happens, try Step 3.
3. Remove and reinstall the batteries.
To learn how, read the Medical Book
System platform’s User’s Guide.
• Do not touch the metal contacts
on the book cards.
CAUTION T ouching the electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase
information entered in a book card.
• Do not put excessive pressure
on the book cards.
• Do not expose the book cards to
heat, cold, or liquids.
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Specifications and Patents
Limited Warranty (outside U.S.)
Model DOC-3010
• size: 13.6 x 9.2 x 2 cm
• weight: 0.4 oz
© 1998 Franklin Electronic Publishers,
Inc. All rights reserved.
© 1997 The Medical Letter.
Medical Book System and BOOKMAN
are trademarks of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class
B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part
15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference; and (2) This device
must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618;
5,113,340; 5,218,536; 5,321,609;
5,396,606; 5,627,726;
Euro. Patent 0 136 379.
German Pats. M9409743.7, M9409744.5.
PATENTS PENDING.
ISBN 1-56712-445-3
This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one
year from the date of purchase. It will be
repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option)
free of charge for any defect due to faulty
workmanship or materials.
Products purchased outside the United
States 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 provided.
This warranty explicitly excludes defects
due to misuse, accidental damage, or
wear and tear. This guarantee does not affect the consumer’s statutory rights.
This unit may change operating modes due to Electrostatic Discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be reestablished by pressing the reset key,
removing/replacing batteries.
ON/OFF
, or by
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only)
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the end user that this product will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the
date of original retail purchase, as evidenced by sales receipt.
On discovery of a defect, the end user must return this product (transportation charges prepaid) either to the dealer from
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Index
?* key 3, 6, 7, 9, 13
Arrow keys 3, 5
Auto-resume feature 4
Automatic shutoff 5
BIB marker 11
Book cards
installing 4
platform compatibility 2
removing 4
selecting 4
Changing
screen contrast 5
shutoff time 5
type size 5
Color keys
key guide 3
understanding 3
Default state
changing 5
defined 5
Demonstration 5
Direction keys 3
Diseases menu 6
Drug references, finding 7
Drugs menu 7
FCC notice 15
FOOT marker 11
Function keys 3
Green (SPEC) key 8
Help messages 5
Highlighting
bibliographic references 11
cross-references 11
footnotes 11
words 10
Key combinations 3
Misspellings, correcting 9
MORE (red) key 10
NOTE marker 13
Notes
deleting 13
deleting all at once 13
finding 13
Red (MORE) key 10
Reset button 14
Screen contrast 5
SEARCH (yellow) key 8, 10
Shutoff time 5
SPEC (green) key 8
Special markers, reading 11, 12
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Index
Tutorial 5
Type size 5
Viewing
bibliographic references 11
cross-references 11, 12
demonstration 5
footnotes 12
help messages 5
Word searches, understanding 11
Words, highlighting 10
XREF marker 11
Yellow (SEARCH) key 8, 10
FRB-28096-00
P/N 7201573 Rev. A
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Medical Book System
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