Franklin Reader User Manual
Franklin
Reader
User ’s Manual
Contents
Contents .................................................................................................1
License Agreement ...............................................................................2
Introduction ...........................................................................................3
Opening and Closing eBooks ..............................................................5
Deleting eBooks ....................................................................................6
Understanding Franklin Reader Features ..........................................7
Using the Menus .................................................................................10
Setting Preferences ............................................................................14
Moving Around ....................................................................................17
Searching within an eBook ................................................................20
Using Bookmarks ................................................................................29
Using Help ...........................................................................................31
Appendix: Search Abbreviations .......................................................32
Copyrights and Trademarks ...............................................................35
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License Agreement
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT.
YOUR USE OF THIS PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE
TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. The PRODUCT means the FRANKLIN
READER™ software product, any related hardware, any content read
by this product, and documentation found in this package and
FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
LIMITED USE LICENSE
All rights in the product remain the property of FRANKLIN and/or the
owner of any content read using the FRANKLIN READER™. Through
your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive
license to use the PRODUCT. You may not make or distribute to others
any copies of the PRODUCT or of the preprogrammed data stored
therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in
violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify,
adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or
in any way reverse engineer the PRODUCT. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the PRODUCT without compliance with
appropriate governmental regulations. The PRODUCT contains
Franklin’s and/or other content owner’s confidential and proprietary
information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from
unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated.
This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if
you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
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Introduction
Welcome to the Franklin Reader. To run this version, you must have the
necessary software to install the program and database files in your
PDA. Please read this User's Manual to learn how to:
• open and close eBooks
• set preferences
• move through an eBook
• find specific information within an eBook
• use bookmarks
• get help
System Requirements
• A PDA (Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Handspring Visor™and so
forth) running Palm OS®3.0 or later
• 4 MBytes of main memory recommended
Note: Some books may require additional memory.
Franklin_Reader.prc is the application file for the
Franklin Reader program. READER.pdb contains the help and font information. Both files
must be installed before you can view the eBooks. The remaining .pdb
file or files are the main files that contain your eBook. Install an eBook’s
.prc file to see an icon for that eBook.
Note: Pictures of screens are samples and may appear differently in the
actual product.
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Readers of PalmPak®Dictionary Thesaurus Card, Holy Bible King
James Version, or 5-Language European Translator sold on a
PalmPak®card, MultiMediaCard or Secure Digital (SD) card, please
refer to the notes on page 34 for details on how your Franklin
Reader works differently than the one described in this User’s
Manual.
Installation Notes
Note: If you are using a Springboard™Module, slip the module into the
external expansion slot of the PDA. The Visor automatically
launches both the Franklin Reader and the book.
If you are using the
Franklin Reader from a PalmPak®card,
MultiMediaCard, SD card or Memory Stick®, slip the card into the
slot of the PDA.
When you download a book, any database .pdb files and other book
specific files are placed in their own designated directory unless you
specified another location during installation. The number of database
.pdb files depends on the book that you download.
Please refer to your PDA documentation for instructions on installing
software and expansion cards on your PDA, selecting the destination of
software during a HotSync and moving software from RAM to an expansion card.
After a successful HotSync or inserting an expansion card, the
Reader
icon and any installed eBook icons should appear. View the contents of
the expansion card as instructed in your PDA manual.
Tap the
Reader icon to access the Franklin Reader Booklist or the last
eBook you were viewing. Tap any available eBook icon to begin viewing
that eBook.
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Reader icon
eBook icon
Applications screen
Opening and Closing eBooks
All installed titles appear in the Franklin Reader Booklist.
1. Tap the Applications icon on your PDA.
Note: When the Franklin Reader or content resides on a PalmPak
®
card, MultiMediaCard, SD card or Memory Stick®, view the
contents of the expansion card as instructed in your PDA
manual. If you don’t see a Reader icon, skip to step 3.
2. Tap the
Reader icon to open Franklin Reader.
The screen that appears varies based on available content and
whether or not eBooks were opened previously.
• If no eBooks are available, the message “No books loaded” appears.
You must download and install Franklin eBooks in your PDA to use
Franklin Reader. Tap the Launcher icon to exit.
• If eBooks are available and no eBooks were previously opened,
you see the Booklist. The Booklist is an alphabetical list of
Franklin eBooks that are installed in your PDA.
Note: If an eBook was opened previously, Franklin Reader displays
the last viewed screen of the eBook.
To exit the Booklist, tap the Launcher icon.
3. Tap the title in the Franklin Reader Booklist or tap the icon of the
eBook you want to open.
The default Home screen for the eBook you selected appears.
The Home screen is the initial screen you see when you first open
an eBook. It can be set to the Outline, Index or Search screen. For
more information, see “Understanding
Franklin Reader Features” on
page 7. For information on how to change the Home screen for an
eBook, see “eBook Preferences” on page 16.
4. Tap in the tool bar of an eBook, to close the eBook and go to the
Booklist from the Search screen or anywhere in the Outline.
You can also return to the Booklist by tapping the Menu icon and
then tapping Go To | Booklist.
Tap the Application icon to close a book and exit the
Franklin Reader.
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Sample Franklin
Reader Booklist
screen
Deleting eBooks
You can only delete an eBook from the Booklist.
Note: You will not be able to delete eBooks stored on an expansion
card.
To delete an eBook, do the following:
1. In the Booklist, tap the Menu icon.
You see the Options menu.
2. Tap Delete a Book.
You see the Delete a Book dialog box, which contains a list of all
available eBooks along with their RAM size.
3. Tap the eBook you want to delete.
4. Tap Delete.
You see a confirmation dialog box.
4. Tap Yes to confirm the deletion.
Tap No to exit without deleting.
5. Tap Done to return to the Booklist.
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Confirmation
Dialog box
Options
menu
Understanding Franklin Reader Features
Most Franklin Reader screens consist of a title bar, tool bar and a view
that represents eBook content.
Title Bar
The title bar displays the name of the eBook, the title of your current
location within an eBook or your outline location when viewing search
results.
Names of eBooks can be abbreviated in the Booklist and in the title bar
if they are too long to fit. In addition, section titles are often abbreviated
as you move through the outline, and you may lose your place. To see
the full name of an eBook or section title, follow these steps.
1. From the Outline, tap the name in the title bar.
The full name is displayed in the Expanded Title dialog box.
2. Tap OK to exit.
When searching for a word, you may move around between various
search results. It can be easy to lose your place. When you are viewing
these matches in text you can determine where you are in the eBook.
1. Tap the title bar.
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Title bar
Expanded Title
dialog box
Tool bar
View area
You see your location in the Outline of the book. Each Outline title that is
part of your current location appears in the Outline Location dialog box.
2. Tap Done to exit.
Tool Bar
The tool bar displays icons that enable you to move around in an eBook
and access other locations in Franklin Reader. The icons that appear on
the tool bar vary by location within the program and by available features within an eBook. The following icons may be available.
(Booklist) Goes to the
Franklin Reader Booklist.
(Home) Goes to the Home screen for the selected eBook.
(Outline) Goes to the top level of the Outline.
(Search) Goes to the Search screen. After a search, goes to
the Search Results screen. From the Search Results screen,
returns to the Search screen with the previous query word or
words displayed. At the Search screen, clears the selected
item or items or query word or words.
(Forward) Moves forward to a previously visited location.
(Back) Moves back to a previously visited location.
(Next) Goes to the Next Match when viewing text after a
search.
(Previous) Goes to the Previous Match when viewing text after
a search.
(List) After a search, goes to the Selection List.
Note:the
Selection List is only available in some eBooks.
The Views
Franklin Reader uses five views to represent the content of an eBook:
List, Text, Sub-text, Search and Bookmark.
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Outline
Location
screen
List View
List view displays chapters, sections or headwords of an eBook. The
content of a list varies. For example, a list in a novel may contain the
titles of the chapters. Alist in a dictionary may contain headwords, and
a list in a medical reference may contain sections of drug types.
Note: A section is an item that is listed on the top level of the Outline.
The most common lists include the Outline and Index, which are similar
to the Table of Contents and Index in a printed book.
The diagonal arrow to the left of a list item indicates another list below,
similar to a sub-menu. Tap the list item to go to the sub-list. Tap the
arrow to bypass all sub-lists and go directly to the corresponding text.
Search View
Search view enables the user to enter and search for a word or phrase within
an eBook. It also displays the results of a search. To access the Search screen,
tap . For more information, see “Searching within an eBook” on page 20.
Text View
Text view displays the main text of an eBook. Read, scroll, highlight text
and add bookmarks from text. To change the way text is displayed in
Franklin Reader, see “Franklin Reader Preferences” on page 14. For
information about highlighting text, see “Edit Menu” on page 11.
Sub-text View
Sub-text view displays additional text such as context-sensitive help,
bibliographic entries, figures, footnotes and tables. Most sub-text is
accessed by tapping a special marker or by using a menu item.
Bookmark View
Bookmark view provides a way to enter, view, edit and remove bookmarks.
For information about bookmarks, see “Using Bookmarks” on page 29.
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List example: Outline
of New Testament
List example: Outline
of Griffith’s 5-Minute
Clinical Consult
Using the Menus
Franklin Reader includes four menus: Move, Edit, Options and Go To.
To access a menu item, follow these steps.
1. Tap the Menu icon to see the available menus.
Note: Available menus and menu options vary from eBook to eBook
and by location in an eBook.
Some menu items have a character in the right column. These are
Command letters. To use a Command letter to access a menu item,
write the Command stroke at any time and then write the respective
Command letter.
2. Tap the name of the menu you want.
3. Tap the menu item you want.
Move Menu
Use the Move menu to move between different locations in an eBook.
You can also use the Move menu to beam permitted eBooks or the
Franklin Reader application to another PDA.
Back or /
●< Moves back to a previously visited location.
Beam This Book Beams, when permitted, the current eBook to
another PDA.
Beam Franklin Reader Beams the
Franklin Reader to another PDA.
Forward or /
●> Moves forward to a previously visited location.
Next Match or /N Moves to the next match when viewing text
after a Search.
Previous Match or /V Moves to the previous match when viewing text
after a Search.
Scroll to Top or /T Moves to the top of the current list or section.
Scroll to End or /E Moves to the bottom of the current list or section.
Note: A section is an item that is listed on the top level of the Outline.
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Move menu
Edit Menu
Use the Edit menu to Cut, Copy and Paste text, access the onscreen
keyboard, view Graffiti Help and add bookmarks.
Note: Before using the Cut, Copy and Paste functions, you must select
text. Tap a word to highlight it. Tap outside the highlight to clear it.
If you are selecting more than one word, drag the stylus over the
text you want to highlight it.
Add Bookmark or /M Enables you to add a bookmark at the current
location in text.
Cut or /X Removes selected text. The text is stored on
the clipboard to Copy to another location.
Copy or /C Copies selected text to the clipboard.
Paste or /P Pastes Copied or Cut text from the clipboard.
Select All or /A Highlights all available text at current location to
select it.
Keyboard or /K Displays the onscreen keyboard.
Graffiti Help or /G Displays the Graffiti alphabet screen.
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Edit menu
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