Franklin IC-111 User Manual

	For Use with the Franklin


	Digital Book System
Electronic Publishers	Digital Book System

IC-111
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DIGITAL BOOK

J F M A M J J A S O N D

The Tradeline

Pocket Stock Guide

User’s Manual

License Agreement and Disclaimer

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Contents
Getting Started ..............................................	4
Install the Digital Book .............................	5
Select the Stock Guide .............................	6
Adjust the Contrast ..................................	7
Select a Search Method ...........................	8
Select Setup Options ................................	9
Learn the Keys .........................................	10
Finding Stock Data ......................................	11
Stock Snapshots ......................................	12
52 Week Price Charts ..............................	15
Market Comparison Charts .....................	16
EZ Screening™ ........................................	17
Reference ......................................................	21
Glossary ...................................................	22
Digital Book System ................................	25
Specifications ..........................................	29
Limited Warranty .....................................	30
Index .........................................................	31

Introduction

The Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide is a powerful financial reference covering almost 6,000 NYSE, American, and NASDAQ stocks. It also covers more than 120 leading market indices.

For each stock or market index, you can see:

•a “Stock Snapshot” of earnings per share, price/earnings ratio, and other fundamental data;

•a second Stock Snapshot of 52 Week high and low prices, 1 and 5 percent price changes, and other pricing-related data;

•a 52 Week Price Chart of closing prices, and;

•a Market Comparison Chart versus the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

In addition, by using EZ Screening™ you can screen stocks by up to 15 investment criteria and see a customized stock list.

This User’s Manual shows you how. Follow its numbered instructions using the examples shown or using stocks and investment criteria that interest you.

Getting Started

If you’re using

the Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide for the first time,

read this section.

Install the Digital Book

You must install the Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide before you can use it.

1.Turn the Digital Book System off.

2.Insert the digital book in a slot on the back.

Line up its tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap it in place.

3. Press ON/OFF .

Protect Your Digital Books

Never install a digital book while the Digital Book System is on. If you do, you may erase information that you entered in the other installed digital book.

Select the Stock Guide

Once the Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide is installed, here’s how to start using it.

1. Press CARD .

2.Press or to highlight Stock Guide .

3.Press ENTER .

This is the entry line. In the Stock Guide, you can always return to it by pressing CLEAR .

Resuming Where You Left Off

If the Digital Book System is turned off while you’re using the Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide, simply press ON/OFF to return to the previous screen.

Adjust the Contrast

If the screen contrast is not to your liking, here’s how to adjust it.

1. Turn the contrast wheel.

contrast wheel

2.If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.

See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference.

Help is Always at Hand

To see a help message at any time, press

HELP . To move down the help message, press or DN . To exit it, press BACK .

Not Found

Select a Search Method

At the Search menu, you can customize the entry line to search for company names, ticker symbols, or both. These are called Name Searches.

1. Press MENU .

2. Press	to highlight a search method.
3. Press	ENTER to select it.

Which Search Method to Select

Name lets you search by full or partial company names. If you enter a partial name, you see a list of stocks.

Symbol lets you search by ticker symbols only. If you enter an incorrect ticker symbol, you see .

Both , the default search method, lets you search by company names or ticker symbols. If you enter a partial name or an incorrect ticker symbol, you see a list of stocks.

Select Setup Options

At the Setup menu, you can turn off the title display or change the automatic shutoff timing. The shutoff timing is how long the Digital Book System stays on when you forget to turn it off.

1. Press	MENU .
2. Press	to highlight Setup.

To. . . Press. . .

Turn off the title

Change the shutoff timing

Reset default options

ENTER

Press to highlight

Set Shutoff and press ENTER .

Then highlight a time and press ENTER .

CLEAR + ON/OFF

About Default Options

The default Setup options are Title is on and 1 minute shutoff.

Learn the Keys

Function Keys

CLEAR

LIST

SPEC

CARD

BACK

ENTER

SPACE

HELP

Clear to the entry line.

See menus.

See more data about a stock.

See a list of stocks.

Use EZ Screening™ or Name Search.

Exit the Stock Guide.

Back up, or erase.

Enter a stock, or see more data.

In EZ Screening™ , select criteria.

See a help message.

Direction Keys

Move the cursor.

Scroll up or down.

Page up or down. At stock data, go to the next or previous screen.

+ UP DN * At stock lists, go to the top or bottom. At stock data, go to the next or previous listed stock,

if any.

*Hold while pressing the other key.

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