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- Page 1 BOOKMAN E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D Great Documents of American History USER’S GUIDE GDS-2026...
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Page 2: License Agreement
ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety 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 with- out notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOK- ® ! With this compilation of great documents, you can read over 60 of the most important documents and speeches to have shaped America. In addition, most have background infor- mation on topics such as the causes, provisions, results, dates, and people related to the documents. -
Page 4: Key Guide
Function Keys Clears to the main menus. CLEAR Shows the main menus. MENU Goes to the Facts about (red) P R E S the presidents list. Skips background informa- (green) TEXT tion and goes directly to the text of the document. Shows the games list. -
Page 5: Installing Book Cards And Selecting Books
Installing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a book card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed book card will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3. -
Page 6: Using The Color Keys And Changing Settings
Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions ac- cording to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card is selected, the color keys func- tion as labelled on that book card. -
Page 7: A Note From The Editors
A Note From the Editors The editors at Franklin Electronic Pub- lishers wish to note that the documents in this book were taken word for word from copies of original documents wher- ever possible. Archaic spellings and use of uppercase were corrected to their modern versions (for example: “... -
Page 8: Finding A Document
Finding a Document There are two ways to find a document from the Documents list. You can scroll to the document, or you can type the name at the Documents list. Docu- ments are listed by date from oldest to newest. Some documents have background information while others have only the document’s text. -
Page 9: Viewing The Notes
Reading a Document 5. Hold and press zoom to the next topic heading. To zoom back to the previous topic heading, hold 6. Press repeatedly to back BACK 7. Press when done. CLEAR Text Viewing Tips To... Go directly to the text of a document from the Documents list Zoom to the next... -
Page 10: Using The Locate Menu
People as a filter. 4. Start typing Franklin, Benjamin. 5. Press ENTER The check shows that Franklin, Benjamin is selected as a filter. To deselect a filter, press Press now to go the list of matches for Benjamin Franklin, or go on to add another filter. -
Page 11: Using The Search Screen
Using the Search Screen Another way to search for names or specific words is by using the word search screen. You can type any word you think is relevant to the document you seek and go to every document in this book that has the matching word you entered. -
Page 12: Finding Parts Of Words
Using the Search Screen Filter Relationships When you search for a document using the filters, here is how they are found: If two items are selected from two different filters, such as one from People and one from Subject ... then the list of matches includes the documents related to both the person and the subject. -
Page 13: Reading About Presidents
Finding Parts of Words The search word is boxed. 9. Continue pressing to see the other matches. 10. Press when done. CLEAR Highlighting Words to Search If you see a word in the text of a document that you want to look up, press to start the ENTER... -
Page 14: Playing The Games
Playing the Games Guess That Document and Guess That President are quiz games that challenge you to guess a mystery document or president using as few hints as possible. The number of hints given varies in each round. Your score is set by the number of hints you receive, not the number of hints left. -
Page 15: Sending A Word Between Books
Sending a Word Between Books This BOOKMAN book can send words to and receive words from cer- tain other BOOKMAN books. To send a word, you must first install this book card in your BOOKMAN, and your BOOKMAN must be able to re- ceive words. -
Page 16: Book Card Care
Book Card Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards. Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a book card or built-in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the book cards. - Page 17 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, NJ 08016, within one...
- Page 18 AC adaptor jack 14 Alpha-searching the documents list 6 Arrow keys 5 Asterisks 10 Auto resume 3 BIB, viewing 7 Book cards caring for 14 installing 3 Changing settings 4 Clearing filters 8 Color keys understanding 2 using 4 Contrast, setting 4 Disable demo 5 Documents finding 6...