Franklin IC-111 User Manual

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Electronic Publishers

For Use with the Franklin

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

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User’s Manual

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BOOK.

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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

2

Introduction

The

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

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.

is a powerful

3

Getting Started

If you’re using

the

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

for the first time,

read this section.

4

Install the Digital Book

You must install the

before you can use it.

Guide

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

Tradeline® Pocket Stock

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.

5

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 .

This is the entry line. In the
can always return to it by pressing .

ENTER

Stock Guide

CLEAR

, you

Resuming Where You Left Off

If the Digital Book System is turned off while
you’re using the

, simply press to return to the

Guide

previous screen.

Tradeline® Pocket Stock

ON/OFF

6

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
. To move down the help message,

HELP

press or . To exit it, press .

DN

BACK

7

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 to select it.

ENTER

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.

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Not Found .

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

ENTER

Change the Press to highlight
shutoff timing

Set Shutoff and

press .

ENTER

Then highlight a time
and press .

Reset default options +

CLEAR

ENTER

ON/OFF

About Default Options

The default Setup options are Title is

on and 1 minute shutoff.

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Learn the Keys

Function Keys

CLEAR

MENU

MORE

LIST
SPEC

CARD

BACK

ENTER
SPACE

HELP

Direction Keys

DN

UP

+

UP

*

Hold while pressing the other key.

Clear to the entry line.
See menus.
See more data about a stock.
See a list of stocks.
Use EZ Screening
Exit the

Stock Guide

Back up, or erase.
Enter a stock, or see more data.
In EZ Screening
See a help message.

Move the cursor.
Scroll up or down.
Page up or down. At stock data,

go to the next or previous screen.

DN

*

At stock lists, go to the top or
bottom. At stock data, go to the
next or previous listed stock,
if any.

™

or Name Search.

.

™

, select criteria.

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