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Summary of Contents for Franklin Parker's Wine Guide WNG-2009
- Page 1 ™ Electronic Publishers Cartridge ’ ARKER Wine Guide Based on Robert Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide User’ s Guide WNG-2009...
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Page 2: License Agreement
This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates imme- diately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provi- sion of this license. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! With this Parker’s Wine Guide you can find definitive information on recent vin- tages, prices, and ratings for over 7,500 wines. You can search from nine categories including price, growing Installing Cartridges and Selecting Books ... 4 Using the Color Keys and Changing Settings ... -
Page 4: Key Guide
Function Keys Clears to the Search screen. CLEAR Shows the main menus. MENU Shows the Wines menu. (red) WINES Shows the Glossary. (green) GLOSS Shows the Regions menu. (yellow) RGNS Shows the Maps menu. (blue) MAPS Exits the selected book. CARD Turns BOOKMAN on or off. -
Page 5: Categories Including Price, Growing Installing Cartridges And Selecting Books
Installing Cartridges Warning: Never install or remove a cartridge when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed cartridge 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 car- tridge book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that cartridge. -
Page 7: Viewing A Demonstration
Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using this book, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do. Once you have installed and selected the cartridge, press MENU arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Other menu. Then press view the demonstration. -
Page 8: Finding Wines By Name And Criteria
Finding Wines by Name You can also find wines by name sim- ply by typing its name at the Wines menu. You usually need to type only the first few letters. Try this example. 1. Press (red). WINES Or select Wines from the Topics menu. -
Page 9: Highlighting Search Words
Finding Wines by Criteria 7. Press to view the matches. You can select more criteria now by first pressing . The menu shows the number of wineries with matches. 8. Select a producer and then a wine, if needed. 9. Press to back up. -
Page 10: Viewing Viticultural Info
Viewing Viticultural Info You can read about quality consider- ations, buying strategies, and other subjects regarding various wine-pro- ducing areas around the world. 1. Press (yellow) or select RGNS Viticultural Information from the Topics menu. 2. Select an area (e.g., Alsace). 3. -
Page 11: Rating General Vintages
Rating General Vintages You can find general vintage ratings for selected growing regions. NOTE: Ac- cording to Robert Parker, Jr., these ratings should be regarded as very general with many exceptions. 1. Select General Vintage Guide from the Topics menu. 2. -
Page 12: Viewing Other Topics
Viewing Other Topics You can become a true oenophile (i.e., wine connoisseur) by reading the other topics in this guide. Select them from the Topics menu and then select their menu items. Here are brief descrip- tions. Glossary explains wine tasting terms from acetic to woody . -
Page 13: Cartridge Care
Cartridge Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the cartridges. Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a cartridge or built-in book. • Do not put excessive pressure on the cartridges. -
Page 14: Limited Warranty
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., 122 Burrs Road, Mt. -
Page 15: Index
?* key 10 Arrow keys 6 Asterisks 7 Auto-resume 4 Cartridges caring for 12 installing 4 Changing settings 5 Color keys using 5 Demonstration 6 Deselecting a subtopic 11 FCC notice 13 Finding wines by criteria 7 by name 6 Help, finding 6 Highlighting words 8 Installing a cartridge 4... - Page 16 Electronic Publishers...