Franklin IC-156 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
IC-156
F
DIGITAL BOOK
User’s Manual
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Notice
Medicine is an ever-changing science. As new research and
clinical experience broaden our knowledge, changes in
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printed work have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide information that is complete
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the contraindications for administration. This recommendation is of particular importance in connection with new or infrequently used drugs.
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Contents
Key Guide..................................................... 4
Installing the Digital Book ........................... 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............................ 7
Changing Settings ....................................... 8
Using the Outline ......................................... 9
Using the Index ............................................ 11
Searching for Words.................................... 12
Highlighting Search Words ......................... 15
Viewing Figures, Footnotes, etc.................. 16
Finding T ables and Figures......................... 17
Using Notes.................................................. 18
Looking Up Words in Other Books ............. 20
Using the Digital Book System®.................. 21
Limited Warranty.......................................... 23
Index ............................................................. 24
✓ 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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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
MENU
GAMES
MORE
LIST
SPEC
CARD
ON/OFF
DN/UP Page down or up.
1
+ At menus, highlight the first or last item.
1
+ DN/UP
BACK
ENTER
HELP
Clear to the default state.
Display the main menus.
No function in this digital book.
Find more matches after a word search.
Display the note list menu from the text.
From the text, display the Outline and
back up through the Outline levels.
Exit the selected digital book.
Turn the Digital Book System on or off.
Direction Keys
Scroll, or move the cursor or highlight.
At the text, go to the next or previous
section heading.
At the text, go to the next or previous paragraph. After word searches, display the
next or previous Outline location of a match.
Other Keys
Erase a typed letter, display the
previous screen, or turn off the highlight
in the text.
Select a menu item, enter search
word(s), or start the highlight in the text.
Display an appropriate help message.
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Key Guide
Getting Started
Other Keys (cont’d.)
SHIFT
SPACE
? *
SHIFT
+
+
+ DN At menus, highlight the next item that
+
+
+ Q etc. If you’re using the DBS-1 or the DBS-2,
Shift keys to type capitals or punctuation.
Type a space or pages down.
At menus, display a highlighted item.
At the text, display the Outline location.
+
Type an asterisk after letters to search
? *
for word completions.
Gold Key Combinations
BACK
From any Outline level or Index entry,
go to the top level of the Outline or Index
menu.
Transfer a word from one installed digital
CARD
book to look it up in another.
begins with the letter(s) you’ve typed,
if any.
From any Outline level, go directly to the
ENTER
text.
At the text, highlight a note, figure,
or reference marker, if any.
Place a note in the text.
N
type numbers.
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1
The gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.
2
Hold the gold key while pressing the second key.
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Installing the Digital Book
You must install this digital book in your 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 that you
entered in any other installed digital book may be
erased.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System.
2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back.
3. Press
4. If needed, turn the wheel on the side of the Digi-
5. Press
6. Press or to highlight the appropriate icon.
ON/OFF
.
tal Book System to adjust the screen contrast.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
CARD
.
7. Press
ENTER
to select it.
✓ Resuming Where You Left Off
Should you forget to turn off the Digital Book System while using this digital book, the Digital Book
System will shut off automatically after a few minutes. When you turn the Digital Book System on
again, the screen that you last viewed appears.
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Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using this digital book, 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. To stop the demonstration, press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
CLEAR
.
✓ Using the Menus
• The flashing arrows at the bottom right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can press to
highlight menu items or scroll through text.
• Slanted arrows to the right of a menu item indicates that a submenu exists for that item.
• To view 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 an appropriate help message at virtually any screen by pressing
or the DN key to read it. Press
HELP
. Then press
BACK
to exit help.
? *
.
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Changing Settings
You can change the type size, default state, and shutoff time of this digital book.
MENU
1. Press
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight
Default State
.
, or
Set Shutoff
Set Type Size, Set
on the Other menu.
3. Press
ENTER
to view the settings.
A check marks the current setting.
4. Press the arrow keys to highlight a setting.
5. Press
Or press
ENTER
to select it.
BACK
to keep the current setting.
✓ Understanding Settings
•
Set T ype Size
other characters appear on the screen.
•
Set Default State
pears whenever you press
Word Search
Search entry screen appears. If you select
menu
•
Set Shutoff
System stays on if you forget to turn it off.
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determines how large letters and
determines the screen that ap-
CLEAR
. If you select
as the default state, the Word
or
Index menu,
that menu is highlighted.
determines how long the Digital Book
Outline
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