Electronic Publishers Springboard™ Module User's Manual www.franklin.
Contents License Agreement ...............................................2 Introduction ...........................................................3 Publisher's Note ....................................................4 Installing PDR2000 ................................................ 5 Setting User Preferences .....................................6 Understanding Icons, Command letters, Quick Commands, and Special Markers ...................8 Using the Menus ..............................................
License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT. YOUR USE OF THIS PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. The PRODUCT means the software product, any related hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the product remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the PRODUCT.
Introduction Welcome to the PDR2000. To run this version, you must meet the necessary system requirements. System Requirements • A Springboard-compatible handheld device, such as Handspring Visor™ running Palm OS® 3.
Publisher's Note This PDR for Palm OS™ contains excerpts of product information provided by drug manufacturers covering indications and usage, contraindications, warnings, adverse reactions, dosage and administration, and how supplied. Ophthalmology drugs are included in this PDR 2000 for Palm OS™. Precautionary material, information on clinical pharmacology, and certain other items are not included.
Installing PDR2000 To install the PDR2000, slide the PDR2000 Springboard Module into the external expansion slot of your PDA. The Visor automatically launches the PDR2000. If the program does not launch, re-insert the module. Once the module is installed, turn your PDA on and tap the PDR2000 icon.
Setting User Preferences You can set the font size, the Home State and the Default Topic. The Home State is the screen you see when you open the PDR2000 application. It is the state you return to when you tap the house icon in the title bar. The Default Topic is the monograph topic you go to when you tap the diagonal arrow to the left of a monograph name in a list. To set your preferences, do the following: 1. Tap the Applications icon then tap the PDR2000 icon. Home State set to the Drugs list 2.
You can come to this screen at any time using the Command letter R (/R). To learn more about the PDR2000 Command letters, please read "Understanding Icons, Command Letters, Quick Commands, and Special Markers" on page 9. The small A is highlighted. The default font is the small font. Tap the large A button to change your preference to a larger font. Tap the arrow under Home State to see the pick list. The Drugs list is the default.
Understanding Icons, Command letters, Quick Commands, and Special Markers Icons Several icons appear in the PDR2000. Each icon has a specific function. Tap this icon to go to the Note pad. Tap this icon to see a note you have entered. Tap this icon in the title bar to return to your Home State. Tap this icon in a title bar to see tips. Tap this icon in the title bar to move forward to a previously visited location. Tap this icon in the title bar to move back to a previously visited location.
/N Goes to a blank Note pad or displays a note if one was previously entered. Goes to the Set Preferences screen. Goes to the top of a monograph. /R /T Quick Commands Quick Commands are Command letters you can use in the text of a monograph to quickly go to the topic you want. /A /D /G /I /M /S /W /X Goes to the Adverse Reactions topic. Goes to the Dosage and Administration topic. Goes to the Generic Name topic. Goes to the Indications and Usage topic. Goes to the Manufacturer topic.
Using the Menus Tap the Menu icon at any time to see the menu bar. The items on the menu bar may differ depending on whether you are in a list, in text, in sub-text or in the Note pad. List Menus Tap the Menu icon in any list to see the View, Enter and Options menus. Almost all the menus have Command letters. You can use these if you prefer. View Menu Tap Drugs List to go to the Drugs list where you can search for the drug name you want in an alphabetized list.
Text Menus Tap the Menu icon when reading the text of a monograph to see the Go To, Edit and Options menus. Go To Menu Tap the title of the monograph topic you want to read. Tap Top of Monograph or Bottom of Monograph to quickly go to the top or bottom of the monograph you are reading. Edit Menu Tap Copy to copy highlighted text to your clipboard. To highlight text, drag your stylus over the text you want to highlight. Tap Note to go to the Note pad.
Sub-text Menu Text that is one layer below monograph text is called sub-text and refers to the Help messages and footnotes. Tap the Menu icon when in subtext to see the Edit menu. You need to highlight the text you want to copy before you tap Copy. Note Menu Tap the Menu icon at the Note pad to see the Edit menu. This menu lists all the edit options and allows you to access the alphabet keyboard and the Graffiti alphabet screen. Tap the menu item you want.
Moving Around Once you understand the structure of your PDR2000 you can quickly move to the location you want and find the information you're looking for. The application has four views: list, text, sub-text and note. List view enables you to tap an item to select it. Text view is the text of the monograph. Subtext view is additional text such as context-sensitive help and footnotes. Note view enables you to enter, read and delete notes.
Moving by Screen In the Home State, you can move up and down one screen at a time in one of two ways: • Press the Up and Down scroll buttons. • Tap the top and bottom scroll arrows. When you see the drug or class that you want, tap it to select it. If you've set a Default Topic (see "Setting User Preferences on page 7) tap the diagonal arrow to the left of the monograph name to take you directly to the text of the monograph.
In Text View There are three ways to move around in text view: by page or line, by specific topic and by location. Moving by Page or Line While reading the text of a monograph, you can move around in one of several ways. 1. Press the Up or Down scroll buttons or tap the grey area above or below the slider in the scroll bar to move up or down one page at a time. 2. Tap the top and bottom arrows on the scroll bar to move up or down one line at a time. 3.
4. Tap the marker to go to the section where the table is crossreferenced. Tap the icon in the title bar to return to the table. In Sub-Text View Sub-text is one layer below text view. When you tap the Done button you return to the text that you were reading. 1. Tap the previous and next arrows to scroll up or down. 2. Tap the Done button to exit. An occasional sub-text screen may have a scroll bar. Use the scroll bar as you would in text view.
Finding Drug Information You can find the drug information you want using the Graffiti writing area, the alphabet keyboard or the Find function. Using the Graffiti Writing Area or Alphabet Keyboard In the Home State you can quickly find the drug information you want by writing the name of the drug or class one letter at a time in the Graffiti writing area or by entering it on the alphabet keyboard. Note: Capitalization, punctuation and spaces are not necessary.
2. When the drug name is highlighted, tap it to select it. When you tap to select a brand name drug, you see the monograph topics list. When you tap to select a generic name, you go to a list of brand names containing the generic drug. Tap the one you want, to see the monograph topics list. 3. Tap the topic you want to select it. For example, tap How Supplied. You can now read this topic, move to a different topic, add a note or return to the Home State.
Using Find In any view, you can use the Find function to find the drug name of your choice. 1. Tap the Find icon. The Find dialog box appears. 2. Write the name of the drug you want to find in the Graffiti writing area or enter it on the alphabet keyboard. Note: You need to write the correct spelling. If there is a spelling error you see the message "No matches for "…" in the Find list box. You may also highlight a drug name in text view and tap the Find icon.
4. Tap the list item of your choice to select it. Tap the Find More button if you want to see more matches. You can continue to tap the Find More button until you see the names of other Applications on the screen. This means that Find can locate no more matches in your PDR2000. Tap to select the list item you want or tap the Cancel button to exit. Result when Prednisolone acetate is selected in the Find list box. 5. Tap the list item of your choice.
Using Notes You can enter a note in any monograph. In the Note pad, you can either paste text that was previously Cut or Copied, or you can enter a personal note. Adding, Cancelling and Deleting Notes To bring up the Note pad in a monograph do the following: • Tap the icon in the title bar at any time. In text view: • Tap the Menu icon and tap Note in the Edit menu. • Use the Command letter /N. Blank Note pad 1.
2. Use the Command letter /C to copy it, or tap the Menu icon and tap Copy in the Edit menu. 3. Tap the icon in the title bar to bring up the Note pad. 4. Use the Command letter /P to paste the note, or tap the Menu icon and tap Paste in the Edit menu. If you want to enter your own note, use the Graffiti writing area or tap the Menu icon, tap Keyboard on the Edit menu and enter your note. 5. Tap the Done button to add the note. • Tap the Cancel button to exit without adding a note.
Using Help Your PDR2000 comes with help, on-line tips, and a tutorial. You can read the Tutorial in any list view. Tap Menu and then tap Tutorial on the Options menu, or use the Command letter /T to read the Tutorial. You can read the Help in any text or list view. Tap Menu and then tap Help on the Options menu, or use the Command letter /H to read the Help.
Specifications Product name: Physicians' Desk Reference ® PDR 2000 Model number: PDR-73HS © 2000 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 U.S.A. All rights reserved. © 2000 Medical Economics Company, Inc. All rights reserved. * FCC Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Physicians' Desk Reference and PDR are registered trademarks of Medical Economics Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
Index I Icons 8 Installing PDR2000 5 A Alphabet keyboard 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19 Applications icon 6 B L License Agreement 2 List view 13 M Files database files 13 Find 17, 19 Find dialog box 19 Find list box 20 Find More 20 Fonts 6, 7 Footnotes 9, 12, 13 Menu commands 13 Menu icon 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22 Menus Edit menu 11 enter 10 Go To menu 11 list menus 10 Note menu 12 Options 6, 10, 11 Sub-text menu 12 Text menus 11 view 10 Moving Around 13 between the Home State lists 13 by Letter 14 by Page or
P Preferences 6 Publisher's Note 4 Q Quick Commands 9 S Special markers 8, 9 TABLE 16 XREF 15 Sub-text 10, 12, 13, 16 Sub-text view 13 System Requirements 3 T Text view 13 Therapeutic Class 7, 8, 10, 13 Tips 8, 23 Tips icon 8 Topics list 18 V Viewing the Complete Title 14 page 26
