Franklin ENC-2005 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
Cartridge
CONCISE COLUMBIA
ENCYCLOPEDIA
User’s Guide
ENC-2005
™
Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOK-
™
MAN
! With your new ENC-2005
you can carry and read the
Columbia Encyclopedia
You can also search for words, lo-
Concise
anywhere.
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
1
Key Guide
ENTER
HELP
SPACE
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clear search words and filters.
MENU
Display the main menus.
(red)
MORE
MARK
Expand a word search.
(green) Place a note in an article,
or select a group of subfilters.
(yellow) Display the Locate menu.
LOC
(blue) Display the note list.
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.”
* Hold ✩ while pressing the other key.
Other Keys
Erase a letter, back up, or turn off
BACK
the highlight in an article.
CAP
Shift the keys to type capitals.
Enter search words, select
menu items, or start the highlight.
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.
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.
✩
+
Highlight cross-references
ENTER
or notes in articles.
✩
+ Go to the next or previous
or article or word search match.
✩
+
or
Go to the last or first menu item,
or the next or previous table title.
2
Installing Cartridges Selecting Books
CARD
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
.
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another, information that you entered in the
removed cartridge will be erased.
Once you have installed a cartridge
in your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
to select it.
ENTER
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
at any time. When you turn your
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed reappears.
3
Using the Color Keys
T
he 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.
Changing Settings
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
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
5. Press
setting.
To leave it unchanged, press
6. Press
.
CLEAR
.
ENTER
or to highlight a
to select it.
ENTER
BACK
.
Remember, when you’ve selected a
book in a cartridge, the color keys
function as labeled on that cartridge,
not as on the keyboard.
➤ Adjusting the Contrast
You can also adjust the screen contrast
when using the ENC-2005 by selecting
Go To Word Search
menu and then pressing
4
from the Locate
or .
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
and then select
MENU
Disable Demo
from the Other menu.
To re-enable it, select
Enable Demo
To view the demonstration when a
cartridge is installed, select
from the Other menu.
Demo
View
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any time by pressing
. Press or to read
HELP
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
To display a title, press
BACK
✻
?
3. When the title is highlighted,
press
4. Press , , or
ENTER
.
to
SPACE
scroll down.
✩
5. Hold
and press to view
the next encyclopedia article.
6. Press
7. Press
BACK
to go back to the menu.
to clear the title.
CLEAR
5
.
.
Finding Articles
MENU
Searching for Words
➤ 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
Press
to return to the article.
BACK
➤ Understanding Abbreviations
To learn the meaning of an abbreviation used in this encyclopedia,
first press
and press . Then press
CLEAR
. Then hold
ENTER
Next, type an abbreviation (e.g.,
Deut.
) and press
ENTER
to view
its meaning. To back up, press
BACK
repeatedly.
You can search for words occurring
in articles and their titles. Each word
you find is called a match.
1. Press
.
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
To move the cursor, press
5. Press
✩
ENTER
to search.
.
6. Highlight a title and then press
to view its article.
ENTER
6
BACK
.
or .
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