Franklin BOOKMAN NIV-440 User manual

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Electronic Publishers

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

MAN

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USER’S GUIDE

NIV-440

New International Version

HOLY BIBLE

and Complete Concordance

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Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!

BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec-

tronic reference with a built-in book and

a slot in the back for more books.

With this New International Version of

the

Holy Bible

, you can quickly find any

Bible verse, as well as the occurrences

of any word and phrase in the Bible. You

can also place bookmarks for personal-

ized reference.

To learn how to use other BOOKMAN

books, read their User’s Guides.

Contents

Key Guide ...................................................................................... 3

Installing Batteries ......................................................................... 4

Installing Book Cards ..................................................................... 4

Selecting Books ............................................................................. 5

Using the Color Keys ..................................................................... 5

Changing Settings .......................................................................... 6

Viewing a Demonstration ............................................................... 6

Reading the Bible ........................................................................... 7

Finding Bible Verses ...................................................................... 8

Finding Words ................................................................................ 9

Finding Phrases ........................................................................... 10

Highlighting Search Words ........................................................... 11

Expanding Your Searches ............................................................. 11

Viewing Footnotes ....................................................................... 12

Using Bookmarks ......................................................................... 13

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

Specifications .............................................................................. 15

Index ............................................................................................ 17

Key Guide

Function Keys

CLEAR Clears a request.

MENU Shows the main menus.

(red) Expands a search.

MARK

(green) Places a bookmark.

NOT E

(yellow) Shows a footnote.

LIST

(blue) Shows bookmark list.

CARD Exits the book you are reading.

ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up (e.g., erases letters).

CAP

Shifts . ‘ to type an

apostrophe.

ENTER

Enters a request or

selects a menu item.

HELP

Shows help messages.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

✻

Shows the verse number.

. ‘

Types a colon or apostrophe.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

UP/DN Page up or down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

+CARD

Sends a word between books.

✩

+ UP Show the next or

or DN previous chapter or match.

✩

+ Go to start or end of a menu

or chapter, or help message.

✩

+ Q... Shifts the top row of letters

to type numbers.

✩

+ SShows section titles.

␣➤Understanding Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow,

and blue) perform the functions

listed above only for the BOOK-

MAN book described in this User’s

Guide.

Other books have their own color

key functions, which are labelled on

their book cards and listed in their

User’s Guides. For more informa-

tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”

* Hold

✩

while pressing the other key.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card while your BOOKMAN is

turned on. If you do, information that

you entered in its built-in book as well

as in any other installed book cards,

will be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book card

with the notches in the slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN

at any screen. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again, the last

screen that you viewed appears.

Your BOOKMAN model NIV-640 uses

four AAA batteries. Here is how to in-

stall 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 and in an in-

stalled book card will be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

2. Slide off its battery cover in

the direction of the triangle.

3. Install the batteries as shown

on the diagram in the bat-

tery compartment.

4. Replace the battery cover.

➤ Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another, informa-

tion that you entered in the removed

book card will be erased.

Selecting Books

Once you have installed a book card in

your BOOKMAN, you can select which

book you want to use. Follow these steps.

1. Turn BOOKMAN on.

2. Press

CARD

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight

the book you want.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Using the Color Keys

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 color keys function as labeled on

the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have

selected a book card, the color keys

function as labeled on that card.

Remember, when you’ve selected a

book card, the color keys function as

labeled on that card, not as on the

keyboard.

➤ 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 mal-

functioning.

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Changing Settings

You can adjust the type size, shutoff

time, and screen contrast. The type size

changes the number of lines of text ap-

pearing on screen. The shutoff time is

how long BOOKMAN stays on if you

forget to turn it off.

1. Press

2. Press the arrow keys to

highlight the Other menu.

3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set

Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

4. Press

ENTER

5. Highlight a setting.

6. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Viewing a Demonstration

➤ A Quick Contrast Change

When the NIV-640 is the selected

book, you can also change the screen

contrast by pressing

CLEAR

and then

repeatedly pressing or .

Before you start using your BOOK-

MAN, you can view a brief demonstra-

tion of what it can do.

When no book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, a demonstration automati-

cally appears once you turn it on. To stop

the demonstration, press

CLEAR

. To dis-

able it, press

and then select

Dis-

able Demo

from the Other menu. To

re-enable it, select

Enable Demo

When a book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, select

View Demo

from

the Other menu to view the demo.

➤Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at vir-

tually any screen by pressing

HELP

. Press or

SPACE

to read

it. To exit help, press

BACK

To read a tutorial about this book,

select

Tutorial

under

Other

➤ Just Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the right of

the screen show which arrow keys

you can press to move through

menus or view more text.

Reading the Bible

The simplest way to use this Bible is to

select a book from the Old or New

Testament and then read its text.

Each book has sections with titles. You

can view section titles from the Old or

New menu or directly from verses.

1. Press

2. Press the arrow keys to a

book title under Old or New.

(e.g., Romans under New).

3. Hold

✩

and press S to view

its section titles.

4. Highlight a section title.

Press

ENTER

to view the section.

6. Press the direction keys to read.

7. Press

to return to the

menus or press

CLEAR

to clear

your selection.

➤Understanding Text Markings

• A ¶ indicates a new paragraph.

• Italics indicate section titles.

• Verse numbers are boldfaced at

the start of verses.

➤ Where in the Bible Am I?

At any Bible verse, you can view its

book, chapter, and verse number by

pressing

✻

➤ From Verses to Sections

When Bible verses are in view, you

can view a book’s section titles by

holding

✩

and pressing S.

Then highlight the section that you

want and press

ENTER

to view it.

To go directly to a specific Bible verse,

enter its book title, chapter number, and

verse number.

If you enter only a book title and chapter

number, you go to the start of the chap-

ter. If you enter only a book title, you go

to the start of that book.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a book title, chapter

number, and verse number.

To type a number, hold

✩

and press

a numbered key. Type a colon or a

space between the chapter and verse

number. To type a colon, press . ‘ .

To erase a character, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

Press the direction keys to read.

Press

CLEAR

to clear your request.

Finding Bible Verses

➤Verse Finding Tips

• Type abbreviations instead of

complete book titles (e.g.,

for

Psalms

EPH

for

Ephesians

• Type an Arabic or Roman numeral

before books of more than one

volume (e.g., 1

Samuel

II Kings

). To type a number, hold

✩

and press a numbered key.

• Some book titles, such as

Num-

bers

and

John

, are also valid

search words. When you search

for one of these ambiguous

words, a menu like this appears:

Then select the item that you want.

➤ Searching for Sections

You can search for a section by en-

tering one or more words from a

section title of a book. For example,

enter

beatitudes

and you find the

start of the Sermon on the Mount.

Finding Bible Verses

Finding Words

Just as if you were using a concordance,

you can search for almost any word in

this Bible. Simply enter search words to

find their occurrences, or matches.

After

a word search, only those books with

matches are listed under

Old

and

New

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type up to five words.

3. Press

ENTER

to view the first match.

Bullets mark the matches.

4. Hold

✩

and repeatedly press

DN to view the next matches.

To view a previous match, hold

✩

and press the UP key.

5. Press

Finding Words

6. Select a book under Old or

New to view matches in it.

7. Press

CLEAR

to clear your

request.

➤ If You Misspell a Word

If you enter a misspelled word, or

enter a word not in this Bible, spell-

ing corrections appear. Select a cor-

rection from the list. Or press

BACK

to change your request.

➤ If You Do Not Find Words

If you enter two or more words not

in this Bible, you see this menu:

To expand the search to include in-

flections and synonyms of your

words, press

ENTER

To change your search word(s),

select

Change Your Request

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