Franklin IC-151 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
IC-151
DIGITAL BOOK
PDR
1995
PHYSICIANS
DESK
REFERENCE
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User’s Manual
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Contents
Key Guide...................................................... 4
Installing the Pocket PDR™............................. 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............................... 7
Changing Settings.......................................... 8
Finding Drug Information................................ 9
Reading Monographs..................................... 11
Finding Therapeutic Classes .......................... 12
Finding Equivalents........................................ 14
Searching for Words ...................................... 15
Highlighting Search Words ............................. 17
Footnotes, References & Tables..................... 18
Using Notes ................................................... 19
Looking Up Words in Other Books ................. 21
Using the Digital Book System®...................... 22
Product Specifications.................................... 24
Limited Warranty (U.S. only)........................... 25
Index.............................................................. 26
✓ About the 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 this digital book
or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.
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Publishers’ Note
This Pocket PDR
™
contains excerpts of product information provided by drug manufacturers covering indications,
contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage and
administration, and how supplied. Precautionary material,
information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items
are not included. Be sure to consult the printed edition of
PDR® and its supplements in the event of questions.
Product information published in Pocket PDR® has been
prepared by the manufacturers of the drugs. The function of
the publisher is solely the compilation, organization, and
distribution of this information. Drugs listed in Pocket PDR
®
are available only by prescription. Patients should consult a
physician before using any of the medications.
In making manufacturers’ information available, it should
be understood that the publisher is not advocating the use of
any product or dosage described. And, while every effort has
been made to assure that this electronic version conforms
with the drug manufacturers’ originals, neither the publisher,
Medical Economics Data Production Company, nor the
producer of the unit, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.,
warrant that the information is accurate, that the unit will
perform without interruption or free of errors, or that the
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they be liable for any claim arising out of or relating to use of
Pocket PDR™. For additional information on limitations of
liability and warranty disclaimers, consult the License
Agreement and Limited Warranty printed in this User’s
Manual. All use of this product is subject to the terms and
conditions of the User License. Information in this Digital
Book is current through the 1995 edition of PDR. For later
revisions, always check the latest PDR or PDR supplement.
Pocket PDR™.
Copyright © 1995 Medical Economics Data Production
Company.
Copyright © 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
All rights reserved, worldwide.
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CARD
MENU
MORE
LIST
SPEC
ON/OFF
DN/UP Page down or up.
1
+ At menus, go to the bottom or top.
1
+ DN/UP At the
BACK
CLEAR
ENTER
HELP
SHIFT
1
The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.
4
Exit the selected digital book.
Display the main menus.
Expand a text search to find more matches.
Display your note list from text.
Move up through menu levels.
Turn the Digital Book System on or off.
Direction Keys
Scroll, or move the cursor or highlight.
At text, go to the next or previous
monograph topic or table row heading.
Drugs
and
Class
menus, display
the next item matching the letters you’ve
typed ( +DN only). At text, go to
the next or previous paragraph, table
row subheading, or text search match.
Other Keys
Back up (e.g., erase a typed letter or
display the previous screen).At text,
display the Outline location.
Clear to the Default State.
Select a menu item, enter search
word(s), or start the highlight in text.
Display an appropriate help message.
Shift keys to type capitals or punctuation.
Key Guide
+
SHIFT
Type an asterisk to stand for unknown
? *
letters in a search word.
SPACE
? *
Type a space or page down.
At menus, display a highlighted item.
At text, display the Outline location.
Gold Key Combinations
BACK
+
+
+
+
+ Q etc. On the DBS-1 or DBS-2, type numbers.
A
C
D
E
G
H
I
M
S
T
W
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You can use the Quick Keys only when a drug monograph
or table is in view.
Go to the top level of the
menu from a lower level.
Send a word between installed
CARD
digital books in order to look it up.
At any level of the
ENTER
Drugs
go to text. At text, highlight the next icon
appearing on the screen.
Place a note in a monograph or table.
N
Quick Keys
Go to
Adverse Reactions
Go to
Contraindications
Go to
Dosage and Administration
Go to
Equivalents
Go to
Generic Name
Go to
How Supplied
Go to
Indications
Go to
Manufacturer
Go to
How Supplied
Go to Therapeutic
Go to
Warnings
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list.
topic.
topic.
topic.
topic.
topic.
Class
topic.
Drugs
or
Class
menu (Outline),
topic.
topic.
topic.
menu.
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Installing the Pocket PDR
™
You must install the digital book in your Digital Book
System before you can use the Pocket PDR™.
WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information that you
entered in any other installed digital book may be
erased.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System.
2. Install the Pocket PDR
™
digital book into a slot
on the back.
3. Press
ON/OFF
.
4. If needed, 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.
CARD
5. Press
6. Press or to highlight the Pocket PDR
.
™
symbol, if needed.
7. Press
ENTER
to select it.
✓ Resuming Where You Left Off
Should you forget to turn off the unit while using the
Pocket PDR
ter a few minutes. When you turn the unit on again,
the screen that you last viewed appears.
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™
, the unit will automatically shut off af-
Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using the Pocket PDR™, you may
want to view a demonstration of what it can do.
1. Press
2. Press
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight
CLEAR
MENU
View Demo
.
.
on the
Other
menu.
4. Press
5. Press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
CLEAR
to stop the demonstration.
✓ Using the Main Menus
The flashing arrows on the right side of the screen
show which arrow keys you can press to move
around in the menus or text.
Slanted arrows to the right of menu items indicate
that submenus exist.
To see the full text of a menu item that is only partially visible, highlight the item and then press
✓ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at most screens by
pressing
message. Then press
HELP
. Press or the DN key to read the
BACK
to exit it.
? *
.
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Changing Settings
You can change the T ype Size, Default Topic, Default
State, and Shutoff T ime of the Pocket PDR™.
MENU
1. Press
2. Highlight the
3. Highlight
Set Default State
.
Other
menu.
Set Type Size, Set Default Topic
, or
Set Shutoff
.
,
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
A check marks the current setting.
5. Highlight a setting.
ENTER
6. Press
Or press
to select it.
BACK
to keep the current setting.
✓ Understanding the Settings
• The
Default Topic
when you view a drug monograph.
• The
Default State
when you press
as the default state, the search screen appears. If
you select
• The
Shutoff Time
System stays on if you forget to turn it off.
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sets the topic that appears first
sets the screen that appears
CLEAR
. If you select
Drug Info
, the
Drugs
menu appears.
sets how long the Digital Book
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