Franklin IC-132 User Manual

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Electronic Publishers

For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

IC-132

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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

License Agreement and Disclaimer

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PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE
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and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means
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Tradeline is a product of IDD Information Services. IDD believes the
information in this product to be accurate. IDD is not responsible for
any inadvertent errors. IDD obtains information for inclusion in Tradeline
from sources it considers reliable. However, IDD does not guarantee
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contained in it. IDD makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to
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BOOK.

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Contents

Getting Started

Install the Digital Book............................... 5

Select a Search Method ............................. 7

Select Settings............................................ 8

Finding Stock Data

Stock Snapshots ....................................... 10

52 Week Price Charts ................................13

Market Comparison Charts....................... 14

EZ Screening™ ..........................................15

Reference

Digital Book System® ............................... 20

Product Specifications.............................. 22

Limited Warranty ....................................... 23

Glossary ..................................................... 24

Key Guide................................................... 27

Index ........................................................... 28

✓ A Note About Screen Shots

Due to updated information, some screen
shots in this User’s Manual may be different
from what you see when you follow the
numbered steps.

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Introduction

The

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

financial reference covering almost 6,000 NYSE,
American, and NASDAQ common and preferred
stocks. It also covers more than 120 leading market
indices.

For each stock or market index, you can view. . .

• 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, using EZ Screening
stocks by up to 15 investment criteria and then view
a customized stock list.

✓ Help is at Hand

While using this digital book, you can view an
appropriate help message at any time by press-

HELP

ing
To exit it, press

. To read the help, press or DN.

BACK

.

is a powerful

™

, you can screen

3

Getting Started

If you have never used

the

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

read this section.

,

4

Install the Digital Book

You must install a digital book before you can use it.
WARNING: Never install a digital book when the
Digital Book System is on.

1. Turn the Digital Book System off.

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

ON/OFF

3. Press

4. Turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book
System to adjust the screen contrast.

If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.

✓ Protect Your Digital Books

If you install or remove digital books while the
Digital Book System is on, information that you
entered in any installed digital book may be
erased.

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Install the Digital Book

Once the digital book is installed, here is how to
select and start using it.

1. Press

2. Press

CARD

.

or to highlight the

appropriate digital book symbol.

3. Press

ENTER

.

This is the entry line, where you start searching
for stocks. You can always view the entry line by

CLEAR

pressing

.

✓ Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off the Digital Book System at any
time. When you turn the Digital Book System
on again, you’ll return to the display that you
last saw.

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Select a Search Method

You can search for stocks by company name or
ticker symbol. Here’s how to select a search method.

CLEAR

1. If you’re not at the entry line, press

MENU

2. Press

.

A diamond marks the current selection.

3. Press to highlight a search method.

ENTER

4. Press

to select it.

✓ Which Search Method to Select?

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

“Symbol” lets you search by ticker symbol only.
If you enter an incorrect ticker symbol, you see
“Not Found.”

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

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7

Select Settings

Using the Setup menu, you can disable the opening
IDD title and graphic or change the shutoff time. The
shutoff time is how long the Digital Book System
stays on when you forget to turn it off.

1. Press

2. Press

MENU

.

to highlight the Setup menu.

3. Press or to highlight a setup item.

• To disable the title, simply press

ENTER

• To change the shutoff time, first press
Then press or and

ENTER

to select

a time.

✓ About Default Settings

The default (i.e., original) settings for this digital
book are “Title is on” and a shutoff time of one
minute. To reset the default settings, press

CLEAR

8

plus

ON/OFF

.

.

ENTER

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Finding Stock Data

This section shows you

how to find fundamental, pricing-

related, and other stock information.

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