Franklin PDR-3039 User Manual

PDR-3039
Medical Book Card
User’s Guide
License Agreement
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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
Using Notes................................ 13
Looking Up Words
in Other Books ........................... 14
Resetting the Medical Book
System........................................ 14
Book Card Care.......................... 15
Specifications and Patents ....... 15
FCC Notice ................................. 16
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..... 16
Index ...........................................17
About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORTANT This book card can be
only
used tem any other Franklin BOOKMAN form.
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.
For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book System or other products from Franklin Electronic Publishers, call 800-266-5626 or visit the Franklin Web site at www .franklin.com.
with the Medical Book Sys-
platform and will not function in
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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 2002 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 2002 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.
+
At a highlighted menu
ENTER
item, displays the related text. At text, highlights special markers (e.g., footnotes, cross-refer­ences, tables, etc.).
+Q-P Types numbers.
DN
+
or
UP
CAP
or
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.
Understanding the Keys
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.
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
A
C
D
E
G
, Goes to
H
S
or
I
Adverse Reactions
Goes to
Contraindications
Goes to
tration
Goes to Goes to
Dosage and Adminis-
topic.
Equivalents Generics How Supplied
Goes to
Indications and Usage
topic.
topic.
menu.
topic.
topic.
topic. Goes to
M
x
S
Goes to Goes to
T
Goes to
W
* You can use the Quick Keys only when the
text of a drug monograph is on the screen.
Understanding the Quick Keys
Manufacturer
topic.
Drug Interactions
Therapeutics Class
Warnings
topic.
topic.
index.
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.
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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