Franklin BOOKMAN NIV-440 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
B OO K 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

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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR Clears a request.
MENU Shows the main menus.
MORE
(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.

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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.

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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
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.
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
MENU
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.

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Reading the Bible
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
MENU
.
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.
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.
➤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.

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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
.
4. Press the direction keys to read.
5. Press
CLEAR
to clear your request.
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
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

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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
MENU
.
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 .