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- Page 1 BOOKMAN E X P A N D A B L E E L E C T R O N I C B O O K Hutchinson Popular Encyclopedia USER’S GUIDE EMQ-640...
- Page 2 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Installing Batteries ... 5 Installing a Book Card ... 5 Selecting a Book ... 6 Using the Colour Keys ... 6 Changing the Settings ... 7 Viewing a Demonstration ... 7 Finding Encyclopedia Articles ... 8 Searching for Words ... 9 Expanding Your Searches ... - Page 4 Introduction Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN With your new EMQ-640 you can carry and read the Hutchinson Popular Ency- clopedia anywhere. Your new elec- tronic encyclopedia has over 17,000 articles, many of which include chro- nologies that highlight historical events related to the subject of the article.
- Page 5 Other Keys Erases a letter, backs up, or BACK turns off the highlight in an article. Shifts the keys to type capitals or punctuation. Exits the book you are reading. CARD Clears all of your entries. CLEAR Selects a menu item, enters ENTER search words, or starts a highlight.
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Page 6: Installing Batteries
Installing Batteries Your BOOKMAN 640 model is pow- ered by four LR03 batteries (AAA bat- teries). Here is how to install or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from your BOOKMAN, information that you en- tered in its built-in book as well as in any installed book card will be erased. -
Page 7: Selecting A Book
Selecting a Book Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD These are sample books. 3. Press to highlight the book you want to use. 4. -
Page 8: Changing The Settings
Changing the Settings You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. The shutoff time is how long your BOOK- MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. The screen contrast is how light or dark the screen display appears. -
Page 9: Finding Encyclopedia Articles
Finding Encyclopedia Articles The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title. Finding an article is as easy as typing the name of its title. 1. Press CLEAR The Articles menu is highlighted. 2. Start typing an article title. For example, type zebra. -
Page 10: Searching For Words
Searching for Words You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles. Each occur- rence that you find is called a match. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Press (the yellow key). SEARCH 3. Type up to four words. For example, type roman empire. -
Page 11: Expanding Your Searches
Searching for Words Understanding Word Searches When you search for words, the en- cyclopedia searches first for matches of the words in the titles of articles. If no matches are found in article titles, it automatically searches for matches in the articles themselves. If no exact matches are found in ar- ticles, the encyclopedia then searches for synonyms and related... -
Page 12: Highlighting Search Words
Expanding Your Searches 6. Press (red) once more to MORE fully expand the search. 7. Use the arrow keys to high- light a title and then press to view its article. ENTER Note: You can also highlight a title by typing its first few letters. 8. -
Page 13: Using Cross-References
Highlighting Search Words 5. Press to search for it. ENTER 6. To search for more articles, press (red). MORE 7. Highlight an article and press to select it. ENTER 8. Hold and press edly to view the next matches. To view a previous match, hold and press 9. -
Page 14: Using Bookmarks
Using Bookmarks Adding a Bookmark You can personalize your encyclopedia by adding up to 10 bookmarks to ar- ticles. Then you can use your book- marks for quick reference. The marker shows the placement of the bookmark. 1. Find an encyclopedia article. To learn how, read “Finding Ency- clopedia Articles.”... -
Page 15: Sending A Word Between Books
Sending a Word Between Books You can look up words from this book in certain other BOOKMAN books, and vice versa. To send or receive a word to or from another book, you must have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN that is able to send or receive words, as well. -
Page 16: Specifications
Patents Pending ISBN 1-56712-338-4 Limited Warranty This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. -
Page 17: Index
?* key 8, 13 Abbreviations, finding 12 Arrow keys 5 Articles finding 8 viewing location 8 Articles menu 8 Asterisk (for finding words) 9 Auto-resume feature 6 Batteries, installing 5 Blue (LIST) key 3, 13 BOOKMAN resetting 14 specifications 15 Bookmarks adding 13 finding 13... - Page 18 Index Selecting books 6 Set Contrast 7 Set Shutoff 7 Set Type Size 7 Setup menu 7 Shutoff time 7 Specifications 15 STAR key with BACK 4 with CARD 14 with ENTER 4 with UP, DN 4, 8, 9, 11 Viewing article locations 8 bookmarks 13...
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