Franklin IC-142 User Manual

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ORGANiZ-IT ™

User’s Manual

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Contents
Key Guide ........................................................	4
Introduction ......................................................	6
Getting Started ..........................................	7
Installing the Organiz-It ...................................	8
Selecting Topics ...............................................	9
Tips for Beginners ..........................................	10
Viewing Help ..................................................	12
Clock ..........................................................	13
Setting the Date and Time ..............................	14
Schedule ....................................................	16
Making Schedule Entries ...............................	17
Finding Schedule Entries ...............................	18
Changing Schedule Entries ............................	20
Viewing the Next Appointment .......................	21
Calendar .....................................................	22
Viewing Calendars .........................................	23
Viewing Schedule Entries ..............................	24
Scheduling from the Calendar ........................	25
Phone Books .............................................	26
Making Phone Book Entries ...........................	27
Finding Phone Book Entries ...........................	28
Using the Locate Menu ..................................	30
Changing Phone Book Entries .......................	31

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Contents
World Time .................................................	32
Finding Locations ...........................................	33
Scanning the Menu ........................................	34
Entering Locations .........................................	35
Changing Locations .......................................	36
Calculator ...................................................	37
Making Calculations .......................................	38
Using Previous Results ..................................	39
To Do ..........................................................	41
Making a To Do List ........................................	42
Finding & Changing To Do Entries .................	43
$ Expenses ...................................................	44
Making Expense Entries ................................	45
Finding & Changing Expenses .......................	46
Calculating Expenses .....................................	47
Protecting Information ..............................	48
Assigning a Password ....................................	49
Gauging the Memory ......................................	50
Copying an Organiz-It ....................................	51
Copying to and from PCs ...............................	52
Appendix ....................................................	55
Digital Book System® .....................................	56
Limited Warranty ............................................	58
Index ..............................................................	59

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Key Guide

Function Keys

CLEAR MENU GAMES MORE LIST

SPEC CARD

Clears to the main screen of a topic. Shows the main menus.

No function.

Shows special characters to type.

Locks top row of letters to type numbers (DBS-1 & -2 only).

Shows special menus. Exits the Organiz-It.

Other Keys

BACK

ENTER

HELP

ON/OFF

SHIFT

SPACE

? *

Backs up (e.g., erases typed characters). Makes an entry or selects a menu item. Shows a help message.

Turns the Digital Book System on or off. Shifts keys to type punctuation, capitals, etc. Types a space.

Shows a complete menu item.

Direction Keys

Scroll or move the cursor.

DN or UP Page down or up. (In Calculator, scroll.)

+ Jump to the top or bottom of a menu or entry.

+ DN/UP Show the next or previous entry or match.

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Key Guide

+ A

+ B

+ C

+ D

+ F

+ G

+ M

+ N

+ S

+ X

+ BACK

+ CARD

+ ENTER

+ SHIFT

+ H

+ J

+ K

+ L

SHIFT + ,-

Gold Key Combinations*

Selects the Personal Phone Book.

Selects the Business Phone Book.

Selects the Clock.

Selects the Calendar (dates).

Selects World Time (foreign).

Selects To Do (goals).

Selects the Calculator (math).

Shows the next appointment.

Selects the Schedule.

Selects the Expenses.

Exits an entry without saving changes. Sends search word to another digital book. Saves an entry or changes.

Types special characters when pressed with letter keys.

Calculator Only Keys

Calculates a percentage (%). Squares a number (n2). Calculates a square root (√ n). Calculates a reciprocal (1/n). Types a negative number (–n).

* Hold the Gold key while pressing the other key.

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Introduction

Your Organiz-It™ is a powerful and portable personal organizer that works in your Digital Book System® .

This unique organizer has nine main functions, or topics: Business Phone, Schedule, World Time, Clock, Calendar, Calculator, Personal Phone, To Do, and Expenses.

The Organiz-It can also communicate with personal computers via the serial port on certain Digital Book System models. This feature lets you copy information to and from personal computers for backup or editing.

Your information is also protected by a built-in battery, which saves your information when the OrganizIt is not installed in the Digital Book System. A user-designated password provides additional safety.

The Organiz-It also features powerful Schedule and Phone Book searching, multiple-day Schedule entries, Schedule notes, and more World Time locations.

About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this User’s Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen. These variations do not mean that the Organiz-It or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.

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Getting Started

If you’re using the Organiz-It for the first time, read this section.

It explains basic terms and tasks

that you need to know.

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Installing the Organiz-It

You must install the Organiz-It digital book in the Digital Book System before you can use it.

WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information entered in it or any other installed digital book(s) may be permanently erased.

1.Turn off the Digital Book System.

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

3.Press ON/OFF .

4.Adjust the screen contrast, if needed.

If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.

5.Press CARD .

6.Press or to highlight the appropriate digital book symbol.

7.Press ENTER .

Resuming Where You Left Off

While using this digital book, you can turn off the Digital Book System at any time. When you turn the Digital Book System on again, you return to the screen that you last viewed.

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Selecting Topics

Before you can use one of the main functions, or topics, of the Organiz-It, you must select that topic.

1. Press MENU to view the main menus.

2.Press the arrow keys to highlight a topic on the Topics menu.

A check marks the currently selected topic.

The flashing arrows at the bottom of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the screen.

3. Press ENTER to select the topic.

4. To select another topic, repeat these steps.

A Quicker Way to Select Topics

Rather than selecting topics from the Topics menu, you can select them using Gold key combinations. To select the Schedule topic, for example, hold and press S .

Gold key combinations are listed in the Key Guide and on the Quick Reference Card.

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BACK .

Tips for Beginners

These tips apply to all or most of the topics in the Organiz-It.

Using Special Menus

Many tasks require you to use special menus. To view a special menu, you press SPEC .

This is a special menu.

To select an item on the menu, press the arrow keys to highlight it and then press ENTER . To exit without selecting an item, press

Typing Special Characters

Press MORE to view the special characters you can type at entry and search screens.

To type a special character, press the arrow keys highlight it and press ENTER . You can also hold and SHIFT while pressing a letter key to type these characters.

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LIST

LIST

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Tips for Beginners

Typing and Locking Numbers

If you are using a Digital Book System without separate number keys, you normally type numbers by holding and pressing one of the top row of letters. When using an Organiz-It in these models, you can lock the top row of letters to type numbers only by pressing . To unlock the numbers, press again.

At some entry lines, such as those requesting telephone numbers or numeric calculations, the Organiz-It automatically switches the top-row letter keys to type numbers. If you hold and press a top-row letter key in these lines, you can type letters. However, you cannot use to type letters at these lines.

Viewing Complete Menu Items

Menu items too long to fit on one line are followed by ellipses. To view the complete item, highlight it and press ? * .

Then press BACK to back up.

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Viewing Help

You can view a tutorial that explains the basic functions of the Organiz-It.

1.Press MENU .

2.Select Tutorial from the Other menu.

3.Scroll down to read.

4.Press MENU to return to the main menus.

Help is Always at Hand

To view a help message at virtually any screen, press HELP . To exit help, press BACK .

Changing the Shutoff Time

The shutoff time is how long the Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off. To change the shutoff time, select Set Shutoff from the Other menu. Then select a new time or press BACK .

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Clock

The Clock can be set to any time or time zone.

You can also set the Clock to standard or daylight savings time and display 12or 24-hour times.

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Setting the Date and Time

You should set the Clock the first time that you use the Organiz-It. You can reset it at any time. The OrganizIt’s built-in battery powers the Clock when the OrganizIt is removed from the Digital Book System.

1.Select Clock from the Topics menu.

Or hold and press C (Clock).

2.Press SPEC .

3.Press ENTER to select Set Time Zone.

4.Select a time zone.

5.Select Daylight Savings.

6.Select Standard Time or Daylight Time.

7.Select Set Date and Time.

8.Enter a year, month, day, and time.

To type p for p.m., hold and press P .

9. Press ENTER	at the last line to save the entry.
Or hold	and press ENTER at any line. Or press

SPEC and select Save Changes.

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Setting the Date and Time

Setting the Hour Display

The Clock can display 12or 24-hour times. To change the display, press SPEC when the clock is selected. Then select Display 24 hour Clock or Display 12 hour Clock.

Setting the Clock to World Times

You can also set the Clock to the time zone of any World Time location. Read the World Time section of this manual to learn how to find a World Time location.

With a World Time location in view, press SPEC and then select Set Clock To This Time Zone.

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Schedule

The Schedule is an electronic date book.

In it, you can enter meetings, annual events, and notes.

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Making Schedule Entries

You can schedule appointments, meetings, etc.

1. Select Schedule from the Topics menu.

	Or hold		and press S (Schedule).
2.	Press	MENU .
3. Press		ENTER	to select New Entry.
4.	Enter a year, month, day, and time.

To type p for p.m., hold and press P .

5.Enter an event, number of days, and a note.

You must enter an event. The note is optional. If you leave Number of days blank, the entry will be for one day. However, if you enter a number and want to change it to one day, you must type a 1.

6.Press ENTER at the last line to save the entry.

Or hold	and press ENTER	at any line. To exit
without saving the entry, hold		and press BACK .

7.Press MENU to return to the Schedule menu.

Your Schedule entry is listed by date and time.

Scheduling Annual Events

To schedule birthdays, anniversaries, and other annual events, select the Schedule and press CLEAR . Then press SPEC and select New Annual Entry.

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Finding Schedule Entries

You can search for Schedule entries by date or by words in their event and notes. Read the next page for all your options.

1.Select the Schedule topic.

2.Type a date or other Schedule search.

3. Press ENTER to view the first matching entry.

4.Holdand press the DN key to view more matches.

5.Press MENU to view all the matches.

After a search, only matching Schedule entries are listed on the Schedule menu.

6.Highlight a Schedule entry.

Type the entry or scroll to it.

7.Press

8.Press

ENTER

CLEAR

to view the entry.

to clear your search.

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Finding Schedule Entries

More Ways to Search the Schedule

Search by. . .	For Example. . .
month only	jan, feb, mar
year only	1995 or 95
month and year	jan 1995
generic day	today, yesterday,
	tomorrow
generic time period	last week, this month,
	next or previous year
words in events	lunch, ski trip
and notes
dates followed by	feb 95 ski trip
words in events/notes

Understanding Searches

Search words are case insensitive. If you search for john, you will find John.

Incomplete words find whole words. If you search for market, you will find entries containing market, markets, marketing, etc.

Multiple-word searches find only entries containing all the search words. If you search for sales meeting, entries containing only sales or meeting will not be found.

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Changing Schedule Entries

You can easily change or delete Schedule entries.

1.Find any Schedule entry.

2.Press SPEC .

3.Press ENTER to select Change Entry.

Or select Delete Entry and go to Step 6.

4. Enter your changes.

To exit without changing, hold and press BACK . Or press SPEC and select Discard

Changes.

5. Hold

and press ENTER to save the changes.

Or press SPEC and select Save Changes.

6. Press MENU to return to the Schedule menu.

Deleting Entries Older Than a Date

You can delete all your Schedule entries before a specified date rather than deleting them one at a time. First, select the Schedule and press SPEC . Then select Delete All Older Than.

Enter a date and time. Or press CLEAR to exit without deleting entries.

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Viewing the Next Appointment

You can view your next appointment without selecting or searching the Schedule. Your next appointment is the Schedule entry most closely following the current time on the Clock.

1.Select the Schedule topic.

2.Press SPEC .

3.Highlight Show Next Appointment.

4.Press

5.Press

ENTER to view it.

MENU or CLEAR .

A Quicker Way to the Next Appointment

Simply hold and press N at any screen except a menu or help message. Then press BACK to go back to the previous screen.

Other Schedule Options

Press SPEC at a Schedule entry to view these options:

•Undelete Entry restores the entry most recently deleted from the selected topic during your current session.

•New Entry lets you enter a new entry.

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