Franklin BOOKMAN NIV-2004 User manual

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HOLY BIBLE
New International Version
AND COMPLETE CONCORDANCE
User’sGuide
NIV-2004
Cartridge

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Contents
can also place bookmarks for personal-
ized reference.
Use your BOOKMAN to read this car-
tridge. See “Installing Cartridges” to
learn how.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
With this New International Version of
the
Holy Bible you can quickly find any
Bible verse, as well as the occurrences
ofanywordandphraseintheBible. You
Installing Cartridges ...................................................... 4
Selecting Books ............................................................ 4
Using the Color Keys..................................................... 5
Changing Settings ......................................................... 5
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 6
Reading the Bible .......................................................... 6
Finding Bible Verses...................................................... 7
Finding Words ............................................................... 8
Finding Phrases ............................................................ 9
Highlighting Search Words ............................................ 10
Expanding Your Searches .............................................. 11
Viewing a Footnote........................................................ 12
Using Bookmarks .......................................................... 13
Sending Words Between Books ..................................... 14
Optional Features.......................................................... 15
Copyrights & Patents..................................................... 16
Index ............................................................................. 17

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Other Keys
BACK
Backs up and erases letters.
CAP
Shifts
. ‘
to type an apostrophe.
ENTER
Enters a request or selects a
menu item.
HELP
Shows help messages.
?✱
Shows the verse number.
. ‘
Types a colon or apostrophe.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
UP/DN Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sendsa wordbetween books.
✩
+
DN
Shows next chapter or match.
✩
+
UP
Shows previous chapter or
match.
✩
+ Q...Shifts the top row of letters
to type numbers.
✩
+ SShows section titles.
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears a request.
MENU Shows the main menus.
MORE
(red) Expands a search.
MARK
(green) Places a bookmark.
NOTE
(yellow) Shows a footnote.
LIST
(blue) Shows your bookmark list.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow, and
blue) perform the functions listed above
only for the book described in this
User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color
key functions, which are labelled on
their cartridges or on the keyboard.
For more information, read “Using
the Color Keys.”
*Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.

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Installing Cartridges
Warning: Never install or remove a
cartridge when BOOKMAN is on. If you
do, information that you entered in its
built-inbook 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 until it
snaps into place.
Selecting Books
Once you have installed a cartridge in
yourBOOKMAN,youmustselectwhich
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.
➤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.
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another, informa-
tion that you entered in the removed
cartridge will be erased.

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Using the Color Keys
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
yourBOOKMANchangefunctionsaccord-
ing to which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMANkeyboard.Whenacartridge
book is selected, the color keys func-
tion as labelled on that cartridge.
Remember, the color keys for BOOK-
MAN books in cartridges function as la-
belled on their cartridges, not as on the
keyboard.
You can adjust the type size, shutoff
time,andscreen contrast.Thetype size
changes the number of lines of text ap-
pearing on screen. The shutoff time is
howlongBOOKMANstaysonifyoufor-
get to turn it off.
1. Press MENU .
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.
To exit without changing settings,
press
BACK
.
6. Press ENTER to select it.
Changing Settings
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➤ A Quick Contrast Change
When the NIV-2004 is the selected
book, you can also change the screen
contrast by pressing
CLEAR
and then
repeatedly pressing or .

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Before you start using this book, you can
view a demonstration of what it can do.
Onceyouhaveinstalledandselectedthe
cartridge, press MENU and then the ar-
row keys to highlight
VIEW DEMO on
the Other menu. Then press ENTER to
view the demonstration.
Tostopthedemonstration,press
CLEAR
.
Reading the Bible
The simplest way to use this Bible is to
select a book from the Old or New Tes-
tament 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 MENU .
2. Pressthearrowkeystohighlight
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.
5. Press
ENTER
to view the section.
6. Press the direction keys to read.
7. Press MENU to return to the
menus or press
CLEAR
to clear
your selection.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ 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 .
To read a tutorial of how to use the
main functions of this cartridge, select
TUTORIAL from the Other menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around
menus or to view more text.

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Finding Bible Verses
To go directly to a specific Bible verse,
enter its book title, chapter number, and
verse number.
Ifyouenter 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 .
4. Press the direction keys to read.
5. Press
CLEAR
to clear your
request.
Reading the Bible
➤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
? ✻
.
➤ Viewing Section Titles
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.

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Finding Bible Verses
➤ Verse Finding Tips
• Type abbreviations instead of
complete book titles (e.g.,
PS for
PSALMS or EPH for EPHESIANS ).
• Type an Arabic or Roman numeral
before books of more than one
volume (e.g.,
1 SAMUEL or II
KINGS
). To type a number, hold
✩
and press a numbered key.
• Some book titles, such as
NUMBERS and JOHN , are also
valid search words. When you
search for one of these ambiguous
words, a menu like this appears:
Select the item that you want.
➤ Searching for Sections
You can search for a section by
entering 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.
Justas if youwere using aconcordance,
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 books with matches
are listed on the Old and New menus.
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
UP
.
5. Press MENU .
Finding Words

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Finding Words
6. Select a book under Old or
New to view matches in it.
7. Press
CLEAR
to clear your
request.
Finding Phrases
You can search for phrases—adjacent
or nearly adjacent words in a particular
order—by selecting an ordered search
and a narrow search width.
1. Press MENU .
2. Select ORDERED SEARCH
from the Search menu.
3. Press MENU .
4. Select SET SEARCH WIDTH
from the Search menu.
5. Select CLOSE TOGETHER.
6. Enter a phrase (e.g., HOLY
SPIRIT).
7. Hold
✩
and press
DN
repeat-
edly to view the next
matches. To view previous
ones, hold
✩
and press
UP
.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ If You Misspell a Word
If you enter a misspelled word, or
enter a word not in this Bible,
spelling corrections appear. Select a
correction 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
inflections and synonyms of your
words, press ENTER .
To change your search word(s),
select
CHANGE YOUR REQUEST .