Franklin ENC-2005 User Manual

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CONCISE COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA

User’s Guide

ENC-2005

Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN™! With your new ENC-2005 you can carry and read the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia anywhere. You can also search for words, lo-

cate articles by category, combine searches and categories, and add your own notes to quickly find the articles you read most often. Read this User’s Guide to learn how.

Installing Cartridges ......................................................	3
Selecting Books .............................................................	3
Using the Color Keys .....................................................	4
Changing Settings .........................................................	4
Viewing a Demonstration ..............................................	5
Finding Articles .............................................................	5
Searching for Words ......................................................	6
Highlighting Search Words ............................................	8
Using Filters ..................................................................	9
Using Filters With Searches ..........................................	10
Using Notes ...................................................................	11
Sending Words Between Books .....................................	12
Resetting BOOKMAN ....................................................	12
Cartridge Care ...............................................................	13
Specifications ................................................................	14
Index ..............................................................................	15

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Key Guide

	Function Keys
CLEAR	Clear search words and filters.
MENU	Display the main menus.
MORE	(red) Expand a word search.
MARK	(green) Place a note in an article,
	or select a group of subfilters.
LOC	(yellow) Display the Locate menu.
LIST	(blue) Display the note list.
CARD	Exit the selected book.
ON/OFF	Turn BOOKMAN on or off.

Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the book described in this User’s Guide.

Other BOOKMAN books have their own color key functions, which are labeled on their keyboards or cartridges. To learn more, read “Using the Color Keys.”

	Other Keys
BACK	Erase a letter, back up, or turn off
	the highlight in an article.
CAP	Shift the keys to type capitals.
ENTER	Enter search words, select
	menu items, or start the highlight.
HELP	Display a help message.
?	Display the article location or the
	full title (from the menu). Shifted,
	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		Send a word between books.

+ 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 first menu item,
or	or the next or previous table title.

* Hold while pressing the other key.

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Installing Cartridges		Selecting Books

Warning: Never install or remove a cartridge when your BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you’ve entered in the built-in book, and in any installed 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.

Removing Cartridges

Once you have installed a cartridge in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use.

1.Turn BOOKMAN on.

2.Press CARD .

These are sample books.

3.Press or to highlight the book you want to use.

4. Press ENTER to select it.

Resuming Where You Left Off

Warning: When you remove a cartridge to install another, information that you entered in the removed cartridge will be erased.

You can turn off your BOOKMAN at any time. When you turn your BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed reappears.

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Using the Color Keys		Changing Settings

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book you’ve selected and are using.

If you’ve selected the built-in book, the color keys function as labeled on the keyboard. If you’ve selected a book in a cartridge, the color keys function 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.

You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.

1.Press CLEAR .

2.Press the arrow keys to highlight the Other menu.

3.Press to highlight Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

The slanted arrow indicates a submenu.

4.Press ENTER .

5.Press or to highlight a setting.

To leave it unchanged, press BACK .

6. Press ENTER to select it.

Adjusting the Contrast

You can also adjust the screen contrast when using the ENC-2005 by selecting

Go To Word Search from the Locate menu and then pressing or .

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Viewing a Demonstration		Finding Articles

When a cartridge isn’t installed , a brief demonstration automatically 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.

Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at virtually any time by pressing

HELP . Press	or	to read
the help. Press	BACK	to exit the
message.

To read about how to use the keys, select Tutorial from the Other menu.

The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title. Here is how to find articles on this menu.

1.Press CLEAR .

The Articles menu is highlighted.

2.Start typing an article title (e.g., zebra).

You don’t need to type capitals. To undo a letter, press BACK . To display a title, press ? .

3.When the title is highlighted, press ENTER .

4.Press , , or SPACE to scroll down.

5. Hold and press		to view
the next encyclopedia article.
6. Press	BACK to go back to the menu.
7. Press	CLEAR to clear the title.

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Finding Articles

Viewing the Next Title

When you’re typing a title at the Articles 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 encyclopedia article, you can view its title, or article location, by pressing ? * .

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).

Press BACK to return to the article.

Understanding Abbreviations

To learn the meaning of an abbreviation used in this encyclopedia,

first press	CLEAR . Then hold
and press	. Then press ENTER .

Next, type an abbreviation (e.g., Deut.) and press ENTER to view its meaning. To back up, press

BACK repeatedly.

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 press ENTER to view its article.

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