Franklin BOOKMAN BCC-640 User manual

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User’s Guide
BCC-640
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COOKBOOK
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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

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Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to the selected default state.
MENU Shows the menus.
MORE (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.
✩
+
DN
Shows the next match.
✩
+
UP
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.

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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.

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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.

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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
MENU
, 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
MENU
.
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
or
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.

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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
MENU
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
to
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
.

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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.

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You go directly to the words you
searched, not necessarily to the title.
5. Press then to read.
6. Hold
✩
and press
DN
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
MENU
, then select Change Search
Words under SRCH and type more
ingredients. Then press
ENTER
to
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 at
the search line. You will find nine
matches.