Franklin GDS-2026R, GDS-2026 User Manual
B
OO
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
Great Documents
of American History
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USER’S GUIDE
GDS-2026
MAN
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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOK-
®
! With this compilation of great
MAN
documents, you can read over 60 of
the most important documents and
speeches to have shaped America. In
addition, most have background information on topics such as the causes,
provisions, results, dates, and people
related to the documents. You can locate a document from the list or cus-
tomize your searches to find documents by subject, people, year, or the
type of document. You can also find
facts about U.S. presidents at the
touch of a key. There are also two quiz
games that test your knowledge of
America’s history.
Use your BOOKMAN to read this
book card. See “Installing Book
Cards” to learn how.
Installing Book Cards and Selecting Books ........................3
Using the Color Keys and Changing Settings ...................... 4
A Note From the Editors .....................................................5
Viewing a Demonstration ................................................... 5
Finding a Document ...........................................................6
Reading the Document .......................................................6
Viewing the Notes ..............................................................7
Using the Locate Menu .......................................................8
Using the Search Screen ....................................................9
Finding Parts of Words .......................................................10
Reading About Presidents ..................................................11
Playing the Games..............................................................12
Sending a Word Between Books ......................................... 13
Resetting BOOKMAN .........................................................13
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to the main menus.
Shows the main menus.
MENU
(red) Goes to the Facts about
PRES
the presidents list.
(green) Skips background informa-
TEXT
tion and goes directly to the text of
the document.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
LIST
(blue) Key has no function.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns 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
labelled on their book cards or on the
keyboard. For more information, read
“Using the Color Keys.”
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up a step or erases a letter.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation
at the search screen.
ENTER
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
✱
Expands a menu name; shifted,
?
types an
✽
at the search screen.
Direction Keys
Moves down one line; in
games, gives a hint.
Moves up one line; in games,
shows the score.
Move left or right.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Star Key Combinations
CARD
✩
+
Sends a word between books.
ENTER
✩
+
Goes to background text
from the list of documents
or highlights showing icons.
✩
+ DNShows next entry or match.
✩
+ UPShows previous entry or match.
2
Installing Book Cards
Selecting Books
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when BOOKMAN is on. If
you do, information that you entered
in its built-in book and in an installed
book card will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card until it
snaps into place.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.
Once you have installed a book card
in your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
CARD
2. Press
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
ENTER
to select it.
You can turn off BOOKMAN at
any screen. When you turn
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed appears.
3
Using the Color Keys
Changing Settings
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book
card is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that book card.
Remember, the color keys for BOOKMAN books in book cards function as
labelled on their book cards, not as on
the keyboard.
You can adjust the type size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast. The type
size changes the number of lines of
text that appear on screen. The shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays
on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Setup menu.
3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press or if you selected
Set Contrast
6. Press
.
ENTER
to select it.
To exit without changing settings,
BACK
press
.
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