Franklin BOOKMAN BCC-640 User manual

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User’s Guide

BCC-640

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Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!

BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable

electronic reference with a built-in book

and a slot in the back for more books.

With this

Betty Crocker’s Cookbook

you can search for over 1,200 recipes

by name, ingredient, or category; find

nutrition information on each recipe;

place your own notes as bookmarks;

highlight words in text to search; and

go directly to a cross-referenced topic

and back.

To learn how to use other books, read

their User’s Guides.

Installing Batteries and Cartridges ................................ 4

Selecting Books and Using the Color Keys ................... 5

Changing Settings and Viewing a Demonstration .......... 6

Searching by Name ....................................................... 7

Searching by Ingredients ............................................... 8

Searching by Category .................................................. 9

Using the Index .............................................................. 10

Finding Nutrition Info .................................................... 11

Viewing Special Helps ................................................... 11

Highlighting Search Words ............................................ 12

Footnotes & X-References ............................................. 12

Using Notes ................................................................... 13

Sending Words .............................................................. 14

Resetting BOOKMAN .................................................... 15

Function Keys

CLEAR

Clears to the selected default state.

MENU Shows the menus.

(red) Searches for more matches.

NUTR

(green) Shows nutrition info.

INGR

(yellow) Shows the entry screen.

LIST (blue) Shows the note list.

CARD Exits the selected book.

ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Key Guide

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up, erases letters, or

stops a highlight.

CAP

Shifts keys to type punctuation.

ENTER

Selects a menu item, makes an

entry, or starts a highlight.

HELP

Shows a help message.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

?✱

In lists, shows a full menu item;

in text, shows location of recipe.

Shifted, types an

✽

to stand for a

series of unknown letters.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

UP DN

Page up or down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

CARD

Sends a word between books.

✩

Shows the next match.

✩

Shows the previous match.

✩

+ Q... Shifts the top row of

letters to type numbers.

➤ Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow, and

blue) perform the functions listed

above only for the BOOKMAN book

described in this User’s Guide.

Other books have their own color key

functions, which are labelled on their

cartridges and listed in their User’s

Guides. For more information, read

“Using the Color Keys.”

Hold

✩

while pressing the other key.

BOOKMAN model 640 uses four AAA

batteries. Here is how to install or re-

place them.

Warning: When the batteries lose

power or are removed from BOOK-

MAN, information that you entered in

its built-in book, and in an installed car-

tridge, will be erased.

1. Turn BOOKMAN over.

2. Slide off its battery cover in

the direction of the triangle.

3. Install the batteries following

the diagram on the case.

Make sure their pluses are

oriented correctly.

4. Replace the battery cover.

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. Align the tabs on the car-

tridge with the notches in

the slot.

4. Press the cartridge down

until it snaps into place.

Installing CartridgesInstalling Batteries

➤ Removing Cartridges

Warning: When you remove a

cartridge to install another, informa-

tion that you entered into the

removed cartridge will be erased.

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off BOOKMAN at any

screen. When you turn BOOKMAN

on again, the screen that you last

viewed appears.

Selecting Books 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.

Remember, the color keys for BOOK-

MAN books in cartridges function as

labelled on their cartridges, not as on

the keyboard.

Once you have installed a cartridge in

your BOOKMAN, you must select

which book you want to use.

1. Turn BOOKMAN on.

2. Press CARD .

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

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➤ About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ from what

you see on screen. This does not

mean that your BOOKMAN is

malfunctioning.

Changing Settings

Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using a book, you can

view a demonstration of what it can do.

If the book is built-in, the demonstra-

tion automatically appears the first time

that you select it. To stop the demon-

stration, press

CLEAR

. To disable it,

press

, highlight the Other menu,

and then select

Disable Demo

If the book is in a cartridge, select

View

Demo

from the Other menu to view

its demonstration.

You can adjust the font size, shutoff

time, and the default state.

Set Type

Size

changes the number of lines of

text that appear on screen. The shut-

off time is how long BOOKMAN stays

on if you forget to turn it off.

Set De-

fault State

lets you set which screen

you will go to when you press

CLEAR

1. Press

2. Press the arrow keys to

highlight the Other menu.

3. Highlight Set Type Size,Set

Default State, Set Shutoff, or

Set Contrast.

The indicates subtopics.

4. Press

ENTER

5. Highlight a setting.

6. Press

ENTER

to select it.

➤Typing Numbers

To type numbers in your BOOK-

MAN, hold

✩

while pressing a

numbered key.

➤ Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HELP

Press the direction keys to read it. To

exit help, press

BACK

HELP

➤ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of

the screen show which arrow keys

you can press to move around

menus or view more text.

Searching by Name

To find a recipe, simply type its name

at the entry screen. Some names are

common ones such as

roast beef

, but

others are more specific and you will

need to remember at least part of the

title to find the recipe.

1. Press

INGR

2. Type the name of a recipe

(e.g., chili con carne).

To erase a letter, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

The matches appear.

4. Press

ENTER

to select a high-

lighted match.

Boxes mark your search words.

5. Press a Direction key to read.

6. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Tips for Beginners

➤Remaining Matches Are in

Index

When you come to the end of a list

of matches, you will often see the

words

Remaining matches are in

Index

. To view these matches, press

and highlight the Index menu.

The Index now lists only the topics

that include your search words.

Press

ENTER

to select a highlighted

topic.

➤If You Misspell a Word

Don’t worry. A list of corrections

appears.

Highlight a correction, and then

press

ENTER

. Or press

BACK

change your search.

If you don’t know how to spell a

word, type the letters you do know

and then type and asterisk at the

end. Then press

ENTER

This electronic cookbook has a feature

that will help you tailor recipes to the

ingredients you have on hand. For in-

stance, if you have eggs, cheese, and

almonds, enter them to find recipes

including all three ingredients.

1. Press

INGR

2. Type up to three ingredients

(e.g., eggs cheese almonds).

NOTE: You don’t have to type

capitals or punctuation.

3. Press

ENTER

4. Press

ENTER

to view the recipe.

Searching by Ingredients

Tips for Beginners

➤Viewing Full Menu Items

Some recipe names and other menu

items are followed by ellipses

because they are too long to fit on

one line.

At any highlighted menu item, press

? ✻

to view the complete item.

➤Where In the Book Am I?

To find out where you are in the

cookbook outline, press

? ✻

while

in text.

When you press

? ✻

in text, you do

not go to the outline itself, but rather

to a snapshot of your outline

location. Press

BACK

to return to

text.

You go directly to the words you

searched, not necessarily to the title.

5. Press then to read.

6. Hold

✩

and press

repeat-

edly to view the next

matches.

7. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Searching by Ingredients Searching by Category

Another way to find recipes is to use

the Contents menu. You’ll find catego-

ries of foods such as

Appetizers

Cook-

ies

Meats

, and

Sauces

, to name a few.

1. Highlight Recipe Categories

on the Contents menu.

2. Press

ENTER

to select it.

3. Select a category (e.g., pasta).

You can type the category or

scroll down to highlight it.

4. Select a recipe (e.g., spaetzle).

5. Press a Direction key to read.

6. Press

BACK

to go back.

➤Adding More Ingredients

If you want to add ingredients to those

you have already entered, first press

, then select

Change Search

Words

under

SRCH

and type more

ingredients. Then press

ENTER

search for the new ingredients.

➤Choosing Search Words

You can search for almost any word in

this cookbook. It need not be an

ingredient. If you want to find a recipe

that is cooked in a wok, enter

wok

the search line. You will find nine

matches.

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