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- Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-117 DIGITAL BOOK T H E S A N F O R D GUIDE TO ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY User’ s Manual...
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Page 2: License Agreement
LIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction ... 3 Notice ... 4 Getting Started ... 5 Viewing a Demo ... 7 Using the Outline ... 8 Viewing Text ... 11 Footnotes and References ... 13 Searching for Words ... 14 Searching for Phrases ... 17 Picking Search Words ... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction Congratulations. You now have a powerful and portable way to look up drug information for antimicrobial therapy. The Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy digital book contains all the information in the printed version and presents it in a list format designed for quick reference. -
Page 5: Notice
The final recommendations contained herein are mine. Some of the recommendations in the Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy suggest use of agents for purposes or in dosages other than recommended in product labeling. Such recommendations are made only with due consideration of the concerns by the Food and Drug Administration about recommenda- tions for “non-approved”... -
Page 6: Getting Started
Getting Started You must install a digital book before you can use it. WARNING: Never install a digital book while the Digital Book System is on. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Install the digital book in a slot on the back. 3. -
Page 7: Resuming Where You Left Off
Once the digital book is installed, here is how to select and start using it. 1. Press CARD 2. Press digital book symbol. 3. Press ENTER This is the Search screen. You can always view it by pressing Resuming Where You Left Off While using this digital book, you can turn off the Digital Book System at any time. -
Page 8: Viewing A Demo
Viewing a Demo Before using this digital book, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do. 1. Press MENU 2. Press to highlight View Demo under the Other menu. 3. Press ENTER 4. To stop the demonstration, press Help is at Hand Except during the demonstration, you can view an appropriate help message at any time by... -
Page 9: Using The Outline
Using the Outline You can use the Outline to view any chapter or section of this digital book. Simply scan the Outline for the chapter or section that you want. Here is how. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Press MENU 3. Press to highlight a chapter. - Page 10 7. Press to highlight a subsection. 8. Press ENTER You can return to the Outline now by pressing BACK 9. Press to view more text. For more ways, read “Viewing Text.” Using Outline Shortcuts To. . . zoom to the first or last item of an Outline level return to a higher level...
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Page 11: Understanding The Outline
Understanding the Outline In the printed Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy , information is presented in tables. In this digital book, tabular information has been arranged as outlined text. Generally, the main chapters of the digital book parallel the table titles of the printed book. -
Page 12: Viewing Text
Viewing Text When the text of the book is in view, you can easily scan and read surrounding text. Try this example. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Press ENTER 3. Press the direction keys to view text. To. . . scroll down or up page down or up page down view the next or... - Page 13 Where in the Book Am I? When you’re at text, you can view its location in the Outline by pressing To return to the text, press Understanding Text As discussed in “Understanding the Outline,” the tables in the printed Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy are presented in this digital book as outlined text.
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Page 14: Footnotes And References
Footnotes and References Throughout this digital book you’ll see bibliographic references, footnotes, and cross-references. They are represented by the following markers. bibliographic reference footnote cross-reference When you see a bibliographic reference or a footnote. When you see , you can view the cross-referenced text. 1. -
Page 15: Searching For Words
Searching for Words A quick way to find information in this digital book is to search for words. Simply enter your search word(s) at the Search screen. You can enter up to five words at a time, but you cannot search for common words such as “the” and “and.”... - Page 16 Searching for Words After a search, only those chapters and sections with matches of your search word(s) are listed under the Outline menu. The chapter and section that you last viewed are checkmarked. 6. Press to highlight a chapter. 7. Press ENTER You may need to scroll down to see your search word(s).
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Page 17: If You Misspell A Word
If You Misspell a Word When you enter a misspelled search word, you see “..not in this book” and then a spelling correction list. Press then press Or press BACK Finding Spellings To search for words that you don’t know how to spell, type an To type an , press For example, type thrombo and then press... -
Page 18: Searching For Phrases
Searching for Phrases To find phrases or ordered combinations of words, you should select Ordered Search and a narrow Search Width. Ordered Searches find words in the order in which you enter them. The Search Width sets how far apart your search words can be in matches. 1. - Page 19 Searching for Phrases 7. Highlight Close Together. Then press 8. Type a phrase (e.g., brain abscess). 9. Press ENTER 10. When you’re done, press If No Matches Are Found When no matches are found for your search word(s), you see this menu. To search for similar words (e.g., inflections and synonyms), press search, press...
- Page 20 Searching for Phrases Viewing Your Matches When searching for phrases or combina- tions of words, you first see the matching word at the lowest level of a section. The other words in the match will be boxed at their highest level in the section. For example, if a whole section is about fevers, “fever”...
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Page 21: Picking Search Words
Picking Search Words You can also search for a word by highlighting, or picking, it in text. You can pick any word except very common ones such as “the” and “and.” In this example, we’ll pick and search for a word from Chapter 1A, “Empirical Antibacterial Therapy on Clinical Grounds.”... - Page 22 Picking Search Words 7. Press MENU Remember, only chapters and sections with matches are listed in the Outline after a search. 8. Select a chapter and section from the Outline to view. 9. When you’re done, press Words Too Common to Search Some words, such as articles and conjunc- tions, occur too frequently in English to search.
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Page 23: Expanding Your Searches
Expanding Your Searches To find more matches, you can expand your searches by pressing search word(s). When you expand a search, inflections, synonyms, and similar words are added to it. Just follow these steps. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Type your search word(s) (e.g., kidney disease). -
Page 24: Taking Notes
Taking Notes You can add eight or more notes to the text of this digital book. Then you can use your notes as bookmarks to find important information quickly. Your notes will be indicated by a the beginning of a chapter or section. You can place only one note in each section of text. -
Page 25: Saving Your Notes
4. Place the note. • To use the Outline location as your note, press ENTER • To write your own note, type words and then press characters. Saving Your Notes WARNING: Your notes are saved only as long as the Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy digital book remains installed in the Digital Book System. -
Page 26: Viewing Notes
Viewing Notes You can view any placed note by pressing and then selecting it from your note list. To view a single note in text, follow these steps. 1. At any text, press 2. Highlight a 3. Press ENTER 4. When you’re done, press Taking Notes to start the highlight. -
Page 27: Removing Notes
Removing Notes Your placed notes cannot be edited, but you can remove them. Here is how. 1. At any text, press 2. Highlight a 3. Press L I S T 4. With Remove note highlighted, press Deleting All Your Notes Remember, you can delete all your notes in the G uide to Antimicrobial Therapy digital book by removing the digital book from the Digital... -
Page 28: Changing Settings
Changing Settings You can change the Type Size and the Shutoff time by using the Other menu. The Type Size is how large the letters appear on screen. If you normally read large-print books, pick a Large or Very Large type size. The Shutoff time is how long the Digital Book System stays on when you forget to turn it off. - Page 29 6. Press ENTER 7. Press MENU 8. Under the Other menu, highlight Set Shutoff. 9. Press ENTER 10. Press 11. Press ENTER Changing Settings to select it. to highlight a time. to select it.
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Page 30: Sending Words
Sending Words This digital book can send and receive words to and from other digital books. For example, you could look up a drug from the Guide to Antimicrobial Ther- apy in the Physicians Desk Reference digital book. Of course, more than one digital book must be installed in your Digital Book System. -
Page 31: Digital Book System
Digital Book System Resetting If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen per- forms erratically, press If nothing happens, hold . If still nothing happens, press the recessed ON/OFF reset button on the back of the Digital Book System using a paper clip. -
Page 32: Specifications
• Adjustable type size and shutoff time • Size: 2-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/4” Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents © 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Mt. Holly, N.J., 08060 U.S.A. All rights reserved. © 1993 Antimicrobial Therapy Inc. Published under a license from Antimicrobial Therapy Inc. -
Page 33: Limited Warranty
Limited Warranty (USA only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, 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., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. -
Page 34: Key Guide
Function Keys Back up; erase letters; turn off text highlight. BACK Exit the digital book. CARD Clear a search. CLEAR Enter a search; select items; start highlight. ENTER View a help message. HELP View your note list. L I S T View menus. -
Page 35: Index
?* key 10, 16 Adding notes using GOLD+N 24 using LIST 23 [Index to come][ Arrows direction keys 11 in menus 8 BACK key 7, 20 BIB marker 13 Bibliographic references 13 Brand drugs, finding 15 Capital letters, typing 14 CARD key 6, 29 Check marks in the Outline 15... - Page 36 MENU key 7 Menus viewing 7, 8 zooming to top or bottom 9 Misspellings, correcting 16 Multiple-word searches 17 No Matches Found menu 18 Not in this book message 16 Note Entry line 23, 24 NOTE marker 23, 25, 26 Notes adding using GOLD+N 24...
- Page 37 for similar words 18 for words 14, 15, 16 ordered searches 17 picking search words 20 too common words 14, 20, 21 Sending words between digital books 29 Settings changing 27, 28 Shutoff time 27 SPACE key 11 SPEC key 14 Spelling correction 16 Trademarks 31 Type size, changing 27...
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