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Franklin BOOKMAN ENC-640 User Manual

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  • Page 1 ™ Electronic Publishers CONCISE COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA User’ s Guide ENC-640...
  • Page 2 FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive li- cense to use the BOOKMAN CARTRIDGE on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Welcome to the world of BOOK- ™ ! With your new ENC-640 you can carry and read the Concise Co- lumbia Encyclopedia anywhere. You can also search for words, locate ar- Installing Batteries ... 4 Installing Cartridges ... 4 Selecting Books ... 5 Using the Color Keys ...

  • Page 4: Key Guide

    Function Keys Clear search words and filters. CLEAR Display the main menus. MENU Expand a word search. (red) MORE Place a note in an article, (green) M A R K or select a group of subfilters. Display the Locate menu. (yellow) Display the note list.

  • Page 5: Installing Batteries

    Installing Batteries Your BOOKMAN model ENC-640 requires four AAA batteries. Here is how to install or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose all power or are removed from your BOOKMAN, information that you en- tered in its built-in book, and in any installed cartridge, will be erased.

  • Page 6: Selecting Books

    Selecting Books Once you have installed a cartridge in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD These are sample books. 3. Press to highlight the book you want to use. 4.

  • Page 7: Changing Settings

    ENTER Adjusting the Contrast You can also adjust the screen con- trast of the ENC-640 by selecting Go To Word Search from the Locate menu and then pressing Viewing a Demonstration When a cartridge isn’t installed , a brief demonstration automatically appears when you turn on your BOOKMAN.

  • Page 8: Finding Articles

    Finding Articles The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title. Here is how to find articles on this menu. 1. Press CLEAR The Articles menu is highlighted. 2. Start typing an article title (e.g., zebra). You don’t need to type capitals.

  • Page 9: Searching For Words

    Searching for Words You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles. Each word you find is called a match. 1. Press MENU 2. Highlight Go To Word Search on the Locate menu. 3. Press ENTER 4. Type up to five words (e.g., Russian czars).

  • Page 10: Highlighting Search Words

    Searching for Words Understanding Searches When you search for words, the en- cyclopedia searches matches of the words in the titles of articles. If no matches are found in titles, it automatically searches for matches in the articles themselves. If no exact matches are found in ar- ticles, then searches...

  • Page 11: Using Filters

    Highlighting Search Words To view a previous match, hold and press 8. Press to go to the menus. MENU 9. Press to clear your CLEAR search. Using Cross-References Cross-references appear in articles as words in all capital letters. Each cross-reference is the title of another encyclopedia article.
  • Page 12 Using Filters 8. Press BACK 9. Select Subject. 10. Select Social Sciences. 11. Select Politics. 12. Press to view the matches. 13. Highlight a title (e.g., Mandela, Nelson...). Type the title or scroll down to it. 14. Press to view its article. ENTER 15.

  • Page 13: Using Filters With Searches

    Using Filters With Searches To fine-tune your searches, you can select filters after entering your search words. Or you can select fil- ters and then search for words. Try this example. 1. Select Go To Word Search from the Locate menu. 2.

  • Page 14: Sending Words Between Books

    Using Notes Finding & Removing Notes Once you’ve added notes, it’s easy to find or remove them. Just select a note from your note list. 1. When any encyclopedia article is on screen, press This is a sample note list. 2.

  • Page 15: Resetting Bookman

    Resetting BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- spond, or if its screen performs errati- cally, first press CLEAR twice. If nothing happens, follow ON/OFF the steps below. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more then very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN.

  • Page 16: Specifications

    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.

  • Page 17: Index

    ?* key 7, 8 Abbreviations 7 Articles abbreviations in 7 finding 7 viewing location 7 viewing next and previous 7 Articles menu 7, 9 Asterisk 8 Auto-resume feature 5 Batteries 4 BOOKMAN resetting 14 specifications 15 CAP key 8 CARD key 5, 13 Cartridges installing 4 removing 4...

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