Franklin PDR-3036 User Manual
PDR-3036
Medical Book Card
User’s Guide
License Agreement
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE MEDICAL BOOK
SYSTEM.
YOUR USE OF THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT
THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE
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THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE MEDICAL BOOK SYSTEM AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. The MEDICAL
BOOK SYSTEM means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in
this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
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Contents
Publishers’ Note........................... 3
Key Guide..................................... 4
Installing Book Cards .................. 5
Selecting a Book .......................... 6
Changing the Settings ................. 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............ 7
Finding Drug Information ............ 7
Finding Therapeutic Classes ...... 9
Searching for Words.................. 10
Highlighting Search Words ....... 11
Expanding Y our Searches......... 12
Reading Special Markers........... 13
Using Notes................................ 14
Looking Up Words
in Other Books ........................... 15
Resetting the Medical Book
System........................................ 15
Book Card Care.......................... 16
Specifications and Patents ....... 16
FCC Notice ................................. 17
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 18
Index ...........................................19
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About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORT ANT This book card can be
used only with the Medical Book Sys-
™
platform and will not function in any
tem
other Franklin BOOKMAN
®
The Medical Book System platform
can use Franklin BOOKMAN book
cards as well as Medical Book System
book cards. However, Franklin BOOKMAN platforms cannot use Medical
Book System book cards.
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For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book
System or other products from Franklin Electronic Publishers, call 800-6655450 or visit the Franklin Web site at
www.franklin.com.
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platform.
Publishers’ Note
This Pocket PDR® contains excerpts of
product information provided by drug
manufacturers covering indications and
usage, contraindications, warnings,
adverse reactions, dosage and administration, and how supplied. Ophthalmology
drugs are included in this 2001 Pocket
PDR®. Precautionary material, information on clinical pharmacology, and certain
other items are not included. Be sure to
consult the printed editions of PDR®,
PDR® Supplements, or PDR for
Ophthalmic Medicines® 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 Company, Inc., 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 information contained
therein satisfies government regulations
requiring drug product information
disclosure, nor shall 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 accompanying
Pocket PDR User’s Manual. All use of
this product is subject to the terms and
conditions of the UserLicense. Information in this Data Card is current through
the 2001 editions of PDR® and PDR for
Ophthalmic Medicines®. For later
revisions in prescribing information,
always check the latest PDR®, PDR®
Supplements, or PDR for Ophthalmic
Medicines®.
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Key Guide
Color Keys
MORE
(red) Expands a word search.
SPEC
(green) Displays the Outline location of the current text.
SEARCH
(
yellow
) Displays the word search screen.
LIST
(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove
a note.
Function Keys
BACK
Erases typed letters, or backs up to
the previous screen.
CAP
Shifts keys to type capitals or punctuation.
CARD
Exits the currently selected book.
CLEAR
Clears an entry or search and goes
to the default state.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu item,
or starts the highlight in text.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the platform on or off.
SPACE
At entry screens, types a space. At
menus and text, pages down.
✻
At menus, displays the title of a high-
?
lighted item. With
CAP
asterisk (✽) to stand for letters in a
word. At text, displays the current Outline location of the text.
, types an
Key Combinations*
BACK
+
✩
Goes to the top level of
a menu from a lower level.
CARD
+
✩
+
✩
Transfers a highlighted word
between installed book cards.
ENTER
At a highlighted menu item, displays the related text. At text,
highlights special markers (e.g.,
footnotes, cross-references,
tables, etc.).
+Q-P Types numbers.
✩
DN
or
or
✩
+
UP
CAP
At text, displays the next or
previous paragraph, table row,
or search match.
+
Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or list. At text, goes to
the next or previous Outline title.
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.
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Understanding the Keys
The functions of the keys may vary according to which book card is installed
and selected in the platform. To learn
how to use a particular book card, read
its User’s Guide.
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Key Guide
Installing Book Cards
Direction Keys
DN
UP
Pages up or down.
Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.
Quick Keys*
Goes to Adverse Reactions topic.
A
C
Goes to Contraindications topic.
D
Goes to Dosage and Administration
topic.
Goes to Equivalents menu.
E
Goes to Generics topic.
G
Goes to How Supplied topic.
H
Goes to Indications and Usage topic.
I
Goes to Manufacturer topic.
M
Goes to How Supplied topic.
S
Goes to Therapeutics Class index.
T
Goes to W arnings topic.
W
* Y ou can use the Quick Keys only when the text of a
drug monograph is on the screen.
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Understanding the Quick Keys
When a drug monograph is on the screen,
you can use the quick keys to quickly
view its different parts, its equivalents, or
the Therapeutics Class index.
CAUTION Never install or remove a
book card when the platform is turned on.
If you do, information entered in any
installed book cards may be erased.
1. Turn the platform off.
2. Turn the platform over.
3. Align the book card tabs with the
notches in a card slot.
4. Press the book card until it snaps
into the slot.
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Removing Book Cards
CAUTION When you remove a book
card from a platform, information entered in that book card may be erased.
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Selecting a Book
Changing the Settings
If you have installed two book cards in
the platform, you can select which book
you want to read.
1. Turn the platform on.
2. Press
CARD
.
3. Use or to highlight the book
you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the
type size, default topic, default state, shutoff
time, and screen contrast of this book.
The type size sets how large the characters appear on screen. The shutoff time
sets how long your Medical Book System
stays on if you forget to turn it off.
The default topic sets which topic will appear
first when you hold ✩ and press
ENTER
view a drug monograph. The default state sets
the screen that appears when you press
1. Press
2. Highlight
MENU
.
Set Type Size, Set De-
fault Topic, Set Default State, Set
, or
Shutoff
Set Contrast
on the
Setup menu.
3. Press
4. Use
ENTER
.
or to change the setting.
Or press
BACK
to leave the setting
unchanged.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
6
to
CLEAR
.
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