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Contents Introduction ................................................................... 3 Key Guide ...................................................................... 3 Installing a Book Card ................................................... 5 Selecting a Book ........................................................... 5 Using the Colour Keys ................................................... 6 Changing the Settings ................................................... 6 Viewing a Demonstration .....
Introduction Key Guide Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®! With your new EMQ-2061 book card you can carry and read the Hutchinson Popular Encyclopedia anywhere. Your new electronic encyclopedia has over 17,000 articles, many of which include chronologies that highlight historical events related to the subject of the article. You can also search for words, expand your searches to find more articles, read cross-references, and even add your own bookmarks to quickly find the articles you read most often.
Key Guide Other Keys BACK Erases a letter, backs up, or turns off the highlight in an article. DN CAP Shifts the keys to type capitals or punctuation. CARD Exits the book you are reading. CLEAR Clears all of your entries. ENTER Selects a menu item, enters search words, or starts a highlight. HELP MENU ON/OFF ?✽ SPACE UP Direction Keys Moves in the indicated direction, or moves the cursor or highlight. Pages down or up. Key Combinations* Goes to the main menu from a submenu.
Installing a Book Card Selecting a Book Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you have entered in the built-in book, as well as in any other installed book cards, may be erased. 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 . 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs of the book card with the notches in the slot.
Using the Colour Keys Changing the Settings The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change their functions according to which book you have selected. If you have selected the built-in book, the colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that card. You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book.
Viewing a Demonstration Finding Encyclopedia Articles Before you start using your book card, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. Here’s how. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu. 3. Use to highlight View Demo. 4. Press ENTER to start the demonstration. 5. To stop the demonstration at any time, press CLEAR . The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title.
Finding Encyclopedia Articles Searching for Words Or select a submenu item, if needed. 4. Press , DN , or SPACE to scroll down to read the text. 5. Hold ✩ and press DN to view the next article in this encyclopedia. To view the previous article in this encyclopedia, hold ✩ and press UP . 6. To go back to the Articles menu, press BACK . 7. Press CLEAR to clear your request. You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles. Each occurrence that you find is called a match. 1. Press 2.
Searching for Words Searching for Words ➤ Understanding Word Searches When you search for words, the encyclopedia 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 articles, the encyclopedia then searches for synonyms and related words. Searches of more than one word find matches regardless of the order or proximity of the words.
Expanding Your Searches Expanding Your Searches 6. Press MORE (red) once more to fully expand the search. 7. Use the arrow keys to highlight a title and then press ENTER to view its article. Note: You can also highlight a title by typing its first few letters. 8. Hold ✩ and press DN repeatedly to view the next matches. To view a previous match, hold ✩ and press UP . 9. To go back to the list of matches, press BACK . 10. Press CLEAR to clear your search.
Highlighting Search Words Highlighting Search Words to search for it. You can also search for words by highlighting them in articles. Then you can find their matches in other articles. Try this example. 5. Press 1. Press CLEAR . 2. On the Articles menu, highlight English Channel and then press ENTER . To learn how, read “Finding Encyclopedia Articles.” 6. To search for more articles, press MORE (red). 7. Highlight an article and press ENTER to select it. 8.
Using Cross-References Using Bookmarks Cross-references appear in articles as words in all capital letters. Each crossreference is the title of another encyclopedia article. Note: When you are using the small type size, cross-references are indi). cated by an XREF marker ( Adding a Bookmark 1. Press CLEAR . 2. On the Articles menu, highlight Camelot and then press ENTER . To learn how, read “Finding Encyclopedia Articles.” 3. Press X-REF (the green key). 1. Find an encyclopedia article.
Using Bookmarks 2. Press LIST 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. To learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide. (blue). This is a sample bookmark list. Bookmarks appear in the order they were saved. to highlight a bookmark. 3. Use 4.
Resetting Your BOOKMAN Book Card Care If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs erratically, first press CLEAR and then press ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book and in any installed book card. • Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards.
Specifications Limited Warranty Model: EMQ-2061 Hutchinson Popular Encyclopedia • size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm • weight: 0.4 oz © 1996 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 U.S. All rights reserved. © 1994 Helicon Publishing. FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules.
Index finding 12 using 12 Demonstration disabling 7 enabling 7 viewing 7 Direction keys 4, 7 FCC Notice 15 Finding abbreviations 11 bookmarks 12 encyclopedia articles by title 7, 8 incomplete words 9 words 8 Font size 6 Green (X-REF) key 3, 12 HELP key 7 Help messages 7 Highlight starting 11 turning off 11 Limited Warranty 15 LIST (blue) key 3, 12 Misspellings, correcting 9 MORE (red) key 3, 10 Numbers, typing 4 Red (MORE) key 3, 10 Removing bookmarks 13 Resetting BOOKMAN 14 SEARCH (yellow) key 3, 8, 10 ?*
Index Selecting books 5 Set Contrast 6 Set Shutoff 6 Set Type Size 6 Setup menu 6 Shutoff time 6 Specifications 15 STAR key with BACK 4 with CARD 13 with ENTER 4 with UP, DN 4, 8, 9, 10 Viewing article locations 8 bookmarks 12 cross-references 12 help messages 7 Word searches correcting misspellings 9 entering 8 highlighting words in articles 11 understanding 9 viewing 8 X-REF (green) key 3, 12 XREF marker 12 XREFs, using 12 Yellow (SEARCH) key 3, 8, 10 FRB-28072-00 P/N 7201147 Rev A.
BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD Hu nson uttchi hin Pop ular Popu Encyclo lope dia lope ped Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE www.franklin.
