Franklin IC-166 User Manual
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For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
IC-166
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DIGITAL BOOK
T H E S A N F O R D
GUIDE TO
ANTIMICROBIAL
THERAPY
User’s Manual
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Contents
Notice ........................................................ 4
Key Guide ................................................. 5
Installing the Digital Book ...................... 7
Resuming Where Y ou Left Of f............................... 7
Changing the Settings............................. 8
Viewing a Demonstration ...................................... 8
Following the Arrows ............................................. 8
Using the Outline ..................................... 9
Using the Outline Shortcuts .................................. 10
Help is Always at Hand ......................................... 10
Understanding the Outline .................................... 11
Finding Drug Equivalents ...................................... 11
Finding Abbreviation Meanings ............................. 11
Using the Index ........................................ 12
Viewing Complete Menu Items ............................. 12
Searching for Words ................................ 13
If Y ou Misspell a W ord ........................................... 14
Expanding Y our Searches ..................................... 15
Changing Y our Searches....................................... 15
Searching for Parts of a Word ............................... 15
Highlighting Search Words ..................... 16
Reading the T ables................................... 17
Finding Y our Location ............................................ 18
Going to the Outline from a Table ......................... 18
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Contents
Viewing Abbreviation Meanings ............................ 18
Reading Footnotes and References ...... 19
A Quick W ay to Read Footnotes and References 20
Understanding Cross-References......................... 20
Using Notes .............................................. 21
A Quick Way to Add a Note................................... 21
A Quick Way to Read a Note................................. 22
Saving Your Notes ................................................. 23
Removing All Your Notes ....................................... 23
Looking Up Words in Other Books ........ 24
Using the Digital Book System®............ 25
Specifications........................................... 26
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ................... 27
Index.......................................................... 28
✓ About the Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Manual
may vary slightly from what you see on screen.
These variations don’t mean that this digital book
or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.
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Notice
Acknowledgments: We remain indebted to Carolyn
Wickwire for her outstanding preparation of the manuscript,
which this year you may recognize as totally reformatted to
include dosages in T able 1. W e also thank the staff of Gateway Graphics for prompt, accurate printing and the staff at
Fox Bindery for similarly prompt, accurate binding and delivery.
Guide
Some of the recommendations in the
agents for purposes or in dosages other than recommended in product labeling. Such recommendations are
based upon reports in peer-reviewed publications, usually
more recent, and/or common usage. They are made only
with due consideration of the concerns by the Food and
Drug Administration about recommendations for “off-label”
uses. They are made without direct input from any of the
pharmaceutical manufacturers. We have attempted to identify such as “not FDA-approved for this indication.”
In accordance with American Medical Association guidelines and Food and Drug Administration Regulations, as a
user you need to know that the
any single pharmaceutical company or distributor. In the
United States and Canada it is distributed by multiple pharmaceutical companies and others in the health care field.
Guide
The
publication. Neither Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. nor JPS
receives reimbursement related to the
from sales. Further, JPS is not and has not been a funded
investigator for any antimicrobial agents since 1974.
is not subject to any form of approval prior to
Jay P. Sanford, M.D., Editor-in-Chief
5910 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1955
Dallas, Texas 75206, USA
February 1996
Guide
suggest use of
is not prepared for
Guide
other than
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CARD
CLEAR
GAMES
LIST
MENU
MORE
ON/OFF
SPEC
ACNT
BACK
ENTER
HELP
SAY
SHIFT
SPACE
? *
Key Guide
Function Keys
Exit the digital book.
Clear to the default state.
No effect.
From the table, display your note list.
Display the main menus.
Expand a word search to find more matches.
Turn the Digital Book System on or off.
From a table, go to the nearest Outline level.
Other Keys
No effect. (This key found on DBS-2D.)
Back up (e.g., erase or undo a typed letter, back up
through the menus of the Outline, go to the previous screen, or turn off the highlight in a table, etc.).
Select a menu item, enter a word search,
or start the highlight in a table.
Display a contextual help message.
No effect. (This key found on DBS-2D.)
Shift the keys to type capitals, asterisks, etc.
At the Word Search screen, type a space.
At a menu or table, page down.
At a table, display the current Outline location.
At the Word Search screen, type an asterisk as
a wild card to stand for missing letters. (T o type
an asterisk, hold
SHIFT
and press
? *
.)
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Key Guide
Direction Keys
Scroll down or up.
Move the cursor or the highlight left or right.
DN
Page down or up.
UP
Gold Key Combinations*
BACK
+
At any heading in the Outline, go to the
top level (i.e., table headings). At the Note
Entry screen, exit without adding a note.
CARD
+
Transfer a word to or from certain installed digital books.
ENTER
+
From any heading in the Outline, go
directly to the corresponding table. At
a table, highlight an icon (
, ,
, or ) on screen.
+
N
Add a note to a section of a table.
+ In a menu, highlight the last or first
item. In a table, go to the next or previous row heading.
+ DN UPIn a table, go to the next or previous row
heading or subheading. After entering a
word search, display the Outline location
of the next or previous match. At a menu,
+ DN highlights the next item starting
with the letters you’ve typed.
*To use a key combination, hold the first key while pressing the sec-
represents the gold key at the bottom left of the keyboard.
ond.
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Installing the Digital Book
Y ou must install this digital book before you can use
it in your Digital Book System®.
WARNING: Never install a digital book when your
Digital Book System is turned on. If you do, information entered in other currently installed digital books
may be erased.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System
2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back.
ON/OFF
3. Press
.
4. If needed, adjust the screen contrast of your
Digital Book System.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
5. Press
6. Press
CARD
.
or to highlight the appropriateicon.
®
.
7. Press
ENTER
.
✓ Resuming Where You Left Off
When using this digital book, you can turn off
your Digital Book System at any time. When
you turn it on again, the screen that you last
viewed appears.
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Changing the Settings
Y ou can change the type size, the default state, and
the shutoff time of this digital book.
The default state is the screen that appears whenever
you press
Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press
2. Press
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight
Set Default State
CLEAR
. The shutoff time is how long your
CLEAR
.
MENU
.
Set Type Size
, or
Set Shutoff
on the Setup menu.
,
4. Press
ENTER
to view its settings.
A check marks the current setting.
5. Highlight a new setting and then press
BACK
Or press
to keep the current setting.
✓ Viewing a Demonstration
You can see a brief demonstration of what this
digital book can do by highlighting
on the Setup menu and pressing
the demonstration, press
CLEAR
View Demo
ENTER
.
✓ Following the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the bottom right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can press
to view more text.
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ENTER
.
. To stop
Using the Outline
The tables of the
Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy
are
listed in the Outline. Using the Outline, you can view
any row of any table. Here is how.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Outline.
CLEAR
if
Or press
Outline menu
3. Press or DN to highlight a table (e.g.,
Antibacterial Agents—Adverse Reactions
Or simply type its number (e.g.,
is the default state.
8A:
).
8A
).
The indicates a lower level of the Outline.
4. Press
5. Highlight a row heading (e.g.,
ENTER
.
Quinolones
).
Type its first letters or scroll to it.
6. Press
7. Highlight a subheading (e.g.,
ENTER
.
Ofloxacin
).
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