Franklin HAL-3004 User Manual
HAL-3004
Medical 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
5. Press
6. To expand the search, press
7. To clear the search, press
SEARCH
.
ENTER
.
and press DN to see
✩
the locations of the matches.
ENTER
to see a match, or
MENU
press
to see the matches
listed on the menus.
MORE
.
CLEAR
.
To Use the Menus
1. Press
2. Highlight an entry by typing its
3. Press
4. Select subitems, if needed, by
5. Use
MENU
and highlight the
Outline menu or the Index 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
5. To remove a note, find the note in
the text, press
ENTER
press
LIST
.
to select
Add note
, or type your own
ENTER
ENTER
.
LIST
to select
, and then
Remove note
37
.
.
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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 , ada pt,
disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer
the MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM. You may not expor t 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 proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or
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This book card was developed for use by medical professionals. No other use of this
book card can substitute for consultation with your physician.
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Contents
Key Guide..................................... 3
Installing Book Cards .................. 4
Selecting a Book .......................... 4
Changing the Settings ................. 5
Viewing a Demonstration ............ 5
Using the Outline ......................... 6
Using the Index ............................7
Searching for Words....................8
Highlightig Search Words ......... 10
Expanding Your Searches......... 10
Reading Special Markers........... 11
Using Notes................................12
Looking Up Words
in Other Book Cards ..................13
Resetting the Platform............... 14
Book Card Care..........................14
Specifications and Patents ....... 16
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 17
Appendix .................................... 18
Index ........................................... 35
➤
About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORTANT This book card can be
used only with the Medical Book Sys-
™
tem
platform and will not function in
any other Franklin BOOKMAN
form.
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.
➤
For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book
System or other products from Franklin Electronic Publishers, call 800-6655450 or visit the Franklin Web site at
www.franklin.com.
➤
About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide may vary slightly from what you
see on screen. This does not mean that
your Medical Book System platform or
this book card is malfunctioning.
2
®
plat-
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 high-
?
lighted item. With
CAP
asterisk (✽) to stand for letters in a
word. At text, displays the current Outline location of the text.
, types an
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 te xt,
highlights special markers (e.g.,
footnotes, cross-references, etc.).
+Q-P Types numbers.
✩
DN
or
+
✩
UP
At text, displays the next or
previous paragraph, table row,
or search match.
CAP
+
or
Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or list. At text, goes to
the next or previous Outline title.
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.
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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 the installed book card(s) may be erased.
1. Turn 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, user-entered information 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. Turn the platform on.
2. Press
CARD
.
3. Use or to highlight the book
you want to use.
4. Press
➤
Auto-Shutoff and Auto-Resume
ENTER
to select it.
If the platform shuts off automatically
when this book card is selected, you can
return to the last screen that you viewed
simply by turning on the platform.
4
Changing the Settings
V iewing 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 default state
sets the screen that appears when
CLEAR
pressed. The shutoff time sets how long
the Medical Book System platform stays
on if no one turns it off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
Set Type Size, Set Default State,
Set Shutoff
Set Contrast
on the
, or
Setup menu.
3. Press
4. Use
ENTER
.
or to change the setting
and then press
BACK
to leave the setting un-
ENTER
. Or press
changed.
Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration.
1. Press
MENU
until the main menus
appear.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
is
View Demo
3. Press
on the Setup menu.
ENTER
to start the demon-
stration.
4. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
exit help, press
BACK
.
To 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
HELP
. T o
Using the Outline
You can read any chapter, subchapter, or
section of this book by selecting it from
the Outline.
1. Press
2. If needed, press
3. Highlight a chapter
CLEAR
.
MENU
and high-
light the Outline menu.
(e.g., 2
Diagnostic and Therapeutic
Information
), by typing its number
or by using the arrow keys.
Using the Outline
5. Highlight a subchapter (e.g.,
Fibrosis)
and then press
ENTER
Cystic
.
The slanted arrow indicates a submenu.
To type a number, hold
✩
and press a
numbered key. To delete a letter, press
BACK
. You can also highlight a menu
item by using
4. Press
ENTER
or .
to select it.
Note: You can go directly to the text
by holding
✩
and pressing
ENTER
6. Highlight a section and press
7. Use , DN, or
SPACE
8. To go to the next or previous Out-
✩
line title, hold
UP
.
9. Press
.
CLEAR
and press DN or
when finished.
6
to scroll.
ENTER
.
Using the Outline
Using the Index
➤
Where in the Book Am I?
When the text of the book is on the
screen, you can see the Outline location of the current text by pressing
SPEC
(green) or
✻
.
?
To display the full title of a highlighted
item, press
✻
. This is useful when a
?
title ends in ellipses.
To go to the text associated with a
highlighted item, press
ENTER
. T o go
back to the text that you were reading,
BACK
press
.
You can quickly find a specific topic by
selecting it from the Index.
1. Press
2. If needed, press
CLEAR
.
MENU
and high-
light the Index menu.
3. Start typing a word or phrase (e.g.,
Asthma
).
You do not need to type spaces. To delete a letter, use
BACK
. Y ou can also use
or to highlight an index entry.
4. When the Index entry is high-
ENTER
lighted, press
.
5. Highlight a subentry (e.g.,
chronic...
press
), if needed, and then
ENTER
.
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Using the Index
6. Use , DN, or
SPACE
to scroll
down.
7. To go to the next or previous Out-
✩
line title, hold
UP
.
8. Press
CLEAR
and press DN or
when finished.
Searching for Words
Word searches find all the occurrences, or
matches, of a word or phrase in this book.
You can type both letters and numbers,
but you cannot search for short, common
words such as the and is.
1. Press
2. Type your search words (e.g.,
SEARCH
diac arrest
(yellow).
car-
).
➤
Viewing Abbreviation Meanings
Abbreviations (e.g., DNA, IU) appear
throughout the text of this book.
To view the expansion of an abbreviation, first press
ENTER
to start a highlight and then use the arrow keys to
highlight the abbreviation in the text.
Then press
ENTER
to view its meaning,
if available. T o go back to the text,
BACK
press
press
. T o turn off the highlight,
BACK
again.
You do not need to type capitals or punctuation. To delete a letter, press
3. Press
ENTER
to search.
This is the Outline location of the first
match of your search words.
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BACK
.
Searching for Words
Searching for Words
4. Press
ENTER
to view the match.
Your search words are boxed.
5. To view other matches, if any, first
✩
hold
and press DN or UP to
view the Outline locations of the
ENTER
matches and then press
to
view a match.
MENU
6. Press
to view the matches
listed on the menus.
After a word search, only menu items with
matches are listed. (Note the numbers).
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
then press
➤
Searching for Parts of Words
ENTER
.
If you want to find prefixes, suffixes,
or other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽) in place of the missing letters.
For example, type bacter
ENTER
press
CAP
. To type an asterisk, hold
and press
✽
and then
✻
.
?
.
Use to highlight a match and then
ENTER
press
.
9
Highlighting Search Words
Expanding Y our Searches
You can also search for a word by highlighting it in the text of this book card.
1. At the text, press
ENTER
to start the
highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press
BACK
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word.
3. Press
4. Press
ENTER
to search for it.
ENTER
again to view the first
match.
✩
5. Hold
and press DN or UP repeatedly to see the locations of the next
or previous matches, if any.
MENU
6. Press
to see the menu items
with matches.
CLEAR
7. Press
when finished.
You can expand a word search up to three
times to find inflections, synonyms, and
similar words.
1. Press
SEARCH
(yellow).
2. Type a word and then press
For example, enter
diabetes
3. Press
MORE
(red) to expand the search.
4. Press
MORE
(red) up to two more
times to find more matches, if any.
✩
5. Hold
and press DN or UP repeatedly to see the locations of
the next or previous matches.
MENU
6. Press
to see the menu items
with matches.
CLEAR
7. Press
when finished.
10
.
ENTER
.
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