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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book and
a slot in the back for more books.
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, you can quickly find any
Bible verse, as well as the occurrences
of any word and phrase in the Bible. You
can also place bookmarks for personalized reference.
To learn how to use other BOOKMAN
books, read their User’s Guides.
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
MENU
MORE
MARK
NOT E
LIST
CARD
ON/OFF
Clears a request.
Shows the main menus.
(red) Expands a search.
(green) Places a bookmark.
(yellow) Shows a footnote.
(blue) Shows bookmark list.
Exits the book you are reading.
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
␣ ➤ Understanding Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the BOOKMAN book described in this User’s
Guide.
Other books have their own color
key functions, which are labelled on
their book cards and listed in their
User’s Guides. For more information, read “Using the Color Keys.”
Other Keys
BACK
CAP
Backs up (e.g., erases letters).
. ‘
Shifts
to type an
apostrophe.
ENTER
Enters a request or
selects a menu item.
HELP
SPACE
?
. ‘
Shows help messages.
Types a space or pages down.
✻
Shows the verse number.
Types a colon or apostrophe.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
UP/DN Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
CARD
✩
+
Sends a word between books.
✩
+ UP Show the next or
or DNprevious chapter or match.
✩
+ Go to start or end of a menu
or
✩
chapter, or help message.
+ Q... Shifts the top row of letters
to type numbers.
✩
+ SShows section titles.
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
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Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries
Your BOOKMAN model NIV-640 uses
four AAA batteries. Here is how to install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from your
BOOKMAN, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed book card will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries as shown
on the diagram in the battery compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
at any screen. When you turn your
BOOKMAN on again, the last
screen that you viewed appears.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that
you entered in its built-in book as well
as in any other installed book cards,
will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book card
with the notches in the slot.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another, information that you entered in the removed
book card will be erased.
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Selecting Books
Using the Color Keys
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select which
book you want to use. Follow these steps.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
the book you want.
4. Press
to select it.
ENTER
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ from what
you see on screen. This does not
mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on the top row of your BOOKMAN
change their functions according to
which book you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
the color keys function as labeled on
the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have
selected a book card, the color keys
function as labeled on that card.
Remember, when you’ve selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
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Changing Settings
Viewing a Demonstration
You can adjust the type size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast. The type size
changes the number of lines of text appearing on screen. The shutoff time is
how long BOOKMAN stays on if you
forget to turn it off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight Set Type Size, SetShutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
6. Press
to select it.
ENTER
➤ A Quick Contrast Change
When the NIV-640 is the selected
book, you can also change the screen
contrast by pressing
repeatedly pressing
CLEAR
or .
and then
Before you start using your BOOKMAN, you can view a brief demonstration of what it can do.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, a demonstration automatically appears once you turn it on. To stop
CLEAR
the demonstration, press
MENU
able it, press
able Demo
re-enable it, select
and then select
from the Other menu. To
Enable Demo
. To dis-
.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, select
View Demo
the Other menu to view the demo.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
. Press or
HELP
it. To exit help, press
SPACE
BACK
to read
.
To read a tutorial about this book,
select
Tutorial
under
Other
.
➤ Just Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move through
menus or view more text.
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Reading the Bible
Reading the Bible
The simplest way to use this Bible is to
select a book from the Old or New
Testament and then read its text.
Each book has sections with titles. You
can view section titles from the Old or
New menu or directly from verses.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to a
book title under Old or New.
(e.g., Romans under New).
3. Hold ✩ and press S to view
its section titles.
4. Highlight a section title.
5.
Press
to view the section.
ENTER
6. Press the direction keys to read.
7. Press
menus or press
to return to the
MENU
CLEAR
to clear
your selection.
➤ Understanding Text Markings
• A ¶ indicates a new paragraph.
• Italics indicate section titles.
• Verse numbers are boldfaced at
the start of verses.
➤ Where in the Bible Am I?
At any Bible verse, you can view its
book, chapter, and verse number by
✻
pressing
.
?
➤ From Verses to Sections
When Bible verses are in view, you
can view a book’s section titles by
✩
holding
and pressing S.
Then highlight the section that you
want and press
ENTER
to view it.
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Finding Bible Verses
Finding Bible Verses
To go directly to a specific Bible verse,
enter its book title, chapter number, and
verse number.
If you enter only a book title and chapter
number, you go to the start of the chapter. If you enter only a book title, you go
to the start of that book.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a book title, chapter
number, and verse number.
To type a number, hold ✩ and press
a numbered key. Type a colon or a
space between the chapter and verse
. ‘
BACK
.
.
number. To type a colon, press
To erase a character, press
3. Press
4.
Press the direction keys to read.
5.
Press
.
ENTER
to clear your request.
CLEAR
➤ Verse Finding Tips
• Type abbreviations instead of
complete book titles (e.g.,
Psalms
or
EPH
for
Ephesians
• Type an Arabic or Roman numeral
before books of more than one
volume (e.g., 1
II Kings
✩
and press a numbered key.
Samuel
). To type a number, hold
• Some book titles, such as
and
John
bers
, are also valid
search words. When you search
for one of these ambiguous
words, a menu like this appears:
Then select the item that you want.
➤ Searching for Sections
You can search for a section by entering one or more words from a
section title of a book. For example,
enter
beatitudes
and you find the
start of the Sermon on the Mount.
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or
PS
for
).
Num-
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Finding Words
Finding Words
Just as if you were using a concordance,
you can search for almost any word in
this Bible. Simply enter search words to
find their occurrences, or matches.
After
a word search, only those books with
Old
and
matches are listed under
1. Press
CLEAR
.
New
2. Type up to five words.
3. Press
to view the first match.
ENTER
Bullets mark the matches.
4. Hold ✩ and repeatedly press
DN to view the next matches.
To view a previous match, hold
✩
and press the UP key.
5. Press
MENU
.
6. Select a book under Old or
New to view matches in it.
7. Press
to clear your
CLEAR
request.
.
➤ If You Misspell a Word
If you enter a misspelled word, or
enter a word not in this Bible, spelling corrections appear. Select a correction from the list. Or press
to change your request.
BACK
➤ If You Do Not Find Words
If you enter two or more words not
in this Bible, you see this menu:
To expand the search to include inflections and synonyms of your
words, press
ENTER
.
To change your search word(s),
Change Your Request
select
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Finding Phrases
Finding Phrases
You can search for phrases—adjacent
or nearly adjacent words in a particular
order—by selecting an ordered search
and a narrow search width.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Select Ordered Search from
the Search menu.
3. Press
MENU
.
4. Select Set Search Width from
the Search menu.
5. Select Close Together.
6. Enter a phrase (e.g., holyspirit).
7. Hold
✩
and press the DN key
repeatedly to view the next
matches. To view previous
✩
ones, hold
8. Press
CLEAR
and press UP.
when done.
➤ About Ordered Searches
When you select
Ordered Search
you find words only in the order that
you enter them. For example, an ordered search for
spirit holy
not find
holy spirit
.
➤ About Search Widths
The search widths set how far apart
search words can be in matches.
Search Width Distance
Close Together
Not as Close
Far Apart
Very Far Apart
nearly adjacent
a few words apart
many words apart
up to a few verses
➤ Unsearchable Words
These words are too common to
search for, either by entering them
or by highlighting them in verses: a,
an, and, are, as, be, but, by, for,
from, he, her, him, his, I, in, is, it, me,
my, not, O, of, our, out, shall, she,
that, the, their, them, they, to, up,
upon, us, was, we, were, with, you.
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,
does
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MENU
Highlighting Search Words
Expanding Your Searches
You can also search for a word by highlighting it in a verse. Try this example.
1. Go to Romans 3:5.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
2. Press
to start the
ENTER
highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press
3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight righteousness.
4. Press
to search for the
ENTER
highlighted word.
✩
5. Hold
and repeatedly press
the DN key to view the next
matches.
6. Press
to view those
MENU
books with matches.
7. Press
when done.
CLEAR
BACK
You can expand your word searches
up to three times to find inflections,
synonyms, and similar words.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Enter a word (e.g., belief).
.
3. Press
search.
to expand the
MORE
4. Press
twice to fully
MORE
expand the search.
5. Press
to view the
menus.
6. Select a book to view
matches in it.
7. Press
when done.
CLEAR
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Expanding Your Searches
NOTE
Viewing Footnotes
➤ Understanding Expansions
Each time that you expand a search,
similar words are added to your
search and more matches are found.
The first time that you press
, inflections are added (e.g.,
MORE
believe
and
believed
to
belief
The second time that you press
, compound and related
MORE
words are added (e.g.,
unbelief
to
belief
believer
).
The third time that you press
, synonyms are added (e.g.,
MORE
understand
and
surely
to
belief
When you search for a phrase,
words similar to any or all your
search words are found.
Sometimes pressing
MORE
once does not expand a search because your search word(s) have no
inflections in this Bible. In that case,
press
a second and a third
MORE
time to expand your search.
).
).
only
and
Whenever you see a after a word,
that word has a footnote. Try this ex-
ample.
1. Go to 2 Kings 7:3.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
Notice the footnote marker.
2. Press
.
3. Press the direction keys to
read the footnote.
4. Press
to go back to the
BACK
verse.
➤ Understanding Footnotes
The footnotes in this Bible were
written by the translators of the
NIV. These footnotes provide alternative translations, describe textual
variants, and define obscure words.
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MARK
Viewing Footnotes
Using Bookmarks
➤ When More Than One
Footnote Marker Appears
Sometimes more than one
pears on screen. In that case,
pressing
note of the first
displays the foot-
NOTE
.
To view footnotes of subsequent
markers, press
ENTER
arrow keys to highlight a
Press
Then press
to view its footnote.
ENTER
to go back to
BACK
the verse.
ap-
and then the
.
It’s easy to place up to 30 bookmarks at
verses for quick reference.
1. Press
at any verse
to place a bookmark.
The marks its placement.
2. Press
to view your
LIST
bookmark list.
3. Press to highlight a verse.
This is a sample bookmark list.
4. Press
ENTER
to view it.
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Using Bookmarks
Sending Words Between Books
➤ Deleting a Bookmark
To delete a bookmark, first press
. Then highlight a verse on
LIST
your bookmark list. Then press D to
delete it.
➤ Deleting All Bookmarks
Caution: When you delete all your
bookmarks as described below, the
menus are reset to their original
settings:
Together
contrast,
Minutes
Ordered Search
search width, 9 screen
Medium
shutoff time.
off,
type size, and
To delete all your bookmarks at one
time, first turn off BOOKMAN.
Then hold
ON/OFF
and press
to reset it.
Close
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CLEAR
This BOOKMAN can send words between certain books.
To send a word, you must first install a
book card in your BOOKMAN, and that
book card must be able to send or receive
words. To learn if a book card can send or
receive words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this book.
To highlight a word in text, press
and then press the arrow keys.
ENTER
To highlight a word in a list, press
the arrow keys.
2. Hold ✩ and press
CARD
3. Highlight the other book.
4. Press
ENTER
.
The word that you highlighted appears in the other book.
5. Press
to look up the word.
ENTER
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Resetting BOOKMAN
Specifications
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs errati-
CLEAR
cally, first press
ON/OFF
twice. If nothing happens, follow
and then press
the steps below to reset it.
Warning: Pressing the reset button with
more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting your BOOKMAN unit
erases settings and information entered
into its built-in book, and in any installed
books.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paper clip to gently press
BOOKMAN’s reset button.
The reset button is recessed in a pinsized hole on the back of your
BOOKMAN. Look for it on the battery
cover or near the book card slot.
This unit may change operating modes due to
Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this
unit can be re-established by pressing the reset
ON/OFF
key,
, or by removing/replacing batteries.
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only)
FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and
workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT,
FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which
you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, N.J. 080164907, within one year of purchase. Alternatively , FRANKLIN may, at its option, refund your purchase price.
Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under license to FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN
makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy of data in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT . No warranty is made
that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free. You assume all risk of any damage or
loss from your use of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT .
This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN, the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been
tampered with, damaged by accident, abused, misused, or misapplication, or as a result of service or
modification by any party, including any dealer , other than FRANKLIN. This warranty applies only to products
manufactured by or for FRANKLIN. Batteries, corrosion, or battery contacts and any damage caused by
batteries are not covered by this warranty. NO FRANKLIN DEALER, AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE IS
AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY
MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY.
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care of 15
installing 4
removing 4
selecting in BOOKMAN 5
viewing demonstration in 6
Bookmarks
deleting 14
placing 13
Colons, typing 3, 8
Color keys
functions of 3
general use of 3, 5
Contrast, changing 6, 7
Copyrights 16
Deleting bookmarks 14
Direction keys 3
End of chapter markers 7
Expanding searches
after no matches found 9
levels of 12
FCC notice 16
Footnotes 12
Function keys 3
Help messages, viewing 6
Italics, meaning of 7
Keys
color (red, green, yellow, blue)
3, 5
Direction keys 3
Function keys 3
Star key combinations 3
Misspellings, correcting 9
MORE key 11, 12
New menu 7
Numbers, typing 3
Old menu 7
Ordered search 10
Other menu 6
Patents 16
Phrases, finding 10
Resetting 15
Screen contrast 6, 7
Search widths 10
Searching for
phrases 10
verses 8
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Index
words
by entering them 9
by highlighting them 11
in other books 14
Section titles
searching for words in 8
viewing from menus and verses 7
Sending words 14
Shutoff time, changing 6
Specifications 16
Spelling correction 9
Star key, use of 3
Text markings, understanding 7
Trademarks 16
Troubleshooting tips 15
Type size, changing 6