Franklin HAR-3008 User manual


HAR-3008
Medical Book Card
User’s Guide

Medical Book System™
MBS
14TH EDITION
COMPANION HANDBOOK
HARRISON’S
PRINCIPLES
OF
INTERNAL
MEDICINE

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Contents
➤ About Book Card Compatibility
IMPORTANT This book card can be
used only with the Medical Book Sys-
tem™platform and will not function in
any other Franklin BOOKMAN®plat-
form.
The Medical Book System platform
can use Franklin BOOKMAN book
cards as well as Medical Book System
book cards. However, Franklin BOOK-
MAN platforms cannot use Medical
Book System book cards.
➤ For More Information
To learn more about the Medical Book
System or other products from Franklin
Electronic Publishers, call 609-239-4333 or
visit the Franklin Web site at
www.franklin.com.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide may vary slightly from what you
see on screen. This does not mean that
your Medical Book System platform or
this book card is malfunctioning.
Key Guide..................................... 3
Installing Book Cards .................. 4
Selecting a Book .......................... 4
Changing the Settings ................. 5
Viewing a Demonstration ............ 5
Using the Outline ......................... 6
Using the Index ............................ 7
Searching for Words.................... 8
Highlightig Search Words ......... 10
Expanding Your Searches ......... 10
Reading Special Markers........... 11
Using Notes................................ 12
Looking Up Words
in Other Book Cards .................. 13
Resetting the Platform............... 14
Book Card Care.......................... 14
Specifications and Patents ....... 15
Limited Warranties................ 15-16
Index ........................................... 17

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Color Keys
MORE
(red)Expands a word search.
SPEC
(green)Displays the Outline loca-
tion of the current text.
SEARCH
( yellow )Displaysthewordsearchscreen.
LIST
(blue) Lets you add, find, or remove
a note.
Function Keys
BACK
Erases typed letters, or backs up to
the previous screen.
CAP
Shiftskeystotypecapitalsorpunctuation.
CARD
Exits the currently selected book.
CLEAR
Clears an entry or search and goes
to the default state.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu item,
or starts the highlight in text.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the platform on or off.
SPACE
At entry screens, types a space. At
menus and text, pages down.
?
✻
At menus, displays the title of a high-
lighted item. With
CAP
, types an
asterisk (✽) to stand for letters in a
word.At text, displays the current Out-
line location of the text.
Direction Keys
Pages up or down.
Moves the cursor, text, or highlight.
Key Combinations*
✩
+
BACK
Goes to the top level of
a menu from a lower level.
✩
+
CARD
Transfers a highlighted word
between installed book cards.
✩
+
ENTER
At a highlighted menu item, dis-
plays the related text.At text,
highlights special markers (e.g.,
footnotes, cross-references, etc.).
✩
+Q-P Types numbers.
✩
+
DN
At text, displays the next or
previous paragraph, table row,
or search match.
CAP
+ Goes to the top or bottom of
a menu or list.At text, goes to
the next or previous Outline title.
Key Guide
UP
DN
or
UP
or
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

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CAUTION Never install or remove a
book card when the platform is turned on.
If you do, information entered in the in-
stalled book card(s) may be erased.
1. Turn the platform off.
2. Turn the platform over.
3. Align the book card tabs with the
notches in a card slot.
4. Press the book card until it snaps
into the slot.
Installing Book Cards
➤ Removing Book Cards
CAUTION When you remove a book
card from a platform, user-entered in-
formation in that book card may be
erased.
If you have installed two book cards in
the platform, you can select which book
you want to read.
1. Turn the platform on.
2. Press
CARD
.
3. Use or to highlight the book
you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Selecting a Book
➤ Auto-Shutoff and Auto-Resume
If the platform shuts off automatically
when this book card is selected, you can
return to the last screen that you viewed
simply by turning on the platform.

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Changing the Settings
Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the
type size, default state, shutoff time, and
screen contrast of this book.
The type size sets how large the charac-
ters appear on screen. The default state
sets the screen that appears when
CLEAR
is
pressed. The shutoff time sets how long
the Medical Book System platform stays
on if no one turns it off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
Set Type Size, Set Default State,
Set Shutoff
, or Set Contrast on the
Setup menu.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use or to change the setting
and then press
ENTER
. Or press
BACK
to leave the setting un-
changed.
Before you start using this book, you may
want to see a brief demonstration.
1. Press
MENU
until the main menus
appear.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
View Demo on the Setup menu.
3. Press
ENTER
to start the demon-
stration.
4. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtu-
ally any screen by pressing
HELP
. To
exit help, press
BACK
.
To read a tutorial about this book, se-
lect Tutorial from the Setup menu.
➤ 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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Using the Outline
You can read any chapter, subchapter, or
section of this book by selecting it from
the Outline.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. If needed, press
MENU
and high-
light the Outline menu.
3. Highlight a chapter
(e.g., 9 Renal
Diseases
), by typing its number or
by using the arrow keys.
The slanted arrow indicates a sub-
menu.
To type a number, hold
✩
and press a
numbered key. To delete a letter, press
BACK
. You can also highlight a menu
item by using or .
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Note: You can go directly to the text
by holding
✩
and pressing
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a subchapter (e.g., 136
Nephrolithiasis)
and then press
ENTER
.
6. Highlight a section and press
ENTER
.
7. Use , DN , or
SPACE
to scroll.
8. To go to the next or previous Out-
line title, hold
✩
and press DN or
UP
.
9. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Using the Outline

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Using the Outline
➤ Where in the Book Am I?
When the text of the book is on the
screen, you can see the Outline loca-
tion of the current text by pressing
SPEC
(green) or
?
✻
.
To display the full title of a highlighted
item, press
?
✻
. This is useful when a
title ends in ellipses.
To go to the text associated with a
highlighted item, press
ENTER
. To go
back to the text that you were reading,
press
BACK
.
You can quickly find a specific topic by
selecting it from the Index.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. If needed, press
MENU
and high-
light the Index menu.
3. Start typing a word or phrase (e.g.,
Hepatic failure ).
You do not need to type spaces. To de-
lete a letter, use
BACK
.You can also use
or to highlight an index entry.
4. When the Index entry is high-
lighted, press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a subentry (e.g., treat-
ment of
), if needed, and then
press
ENTER
.
Using the Index

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6. Use , DN , or
SPACE
to scroll
down.
7. To go to the next or previous Out-
line title, hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
.
8. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
Using the Index
Word searches find all the occurrences, or
matches, of a word or phrase in this book.
You can type up to 39 letters, numbers, or
other characters in a single search. But
you cannot search for short, common
words such as the and is.
1. Press
SEARCH
(yellow).
2. Type your search words (e.g.,
edema ).
You do not need to type capitals or punc-
tuation. To delete a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
to search.
This is the Outline location of the first
match of your search words.
Searching for Words
➤ Viewing Abbreviation Meanings
Abbreviations (e.g., ECG, PO)appear
throughout the text of this book.
To view the meaning of an abbrevia-
tion, first press
ENTER
to start a high-
light and then use the arrow keys to
highlight the abbreviation in the text.
Then press
ENTER
to view its meaning,
if available. To go back to the text,
press
BACK
. To turn off the highlight,
press
BACK
again.

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➤ If You Misspell a Search Word
If you enter a misspelled search word,
a list of corrections appears.
Use to highlight a correction and
then press
ENTER
.
➤ Searching for Parts of Words
If you want to find prefixes, suffixes,
or other parts of words, type an aster-
isk (✽) in place of the missing letters.
For example, type bacter
✽ and then
press
ENTER
. To type an asterisk, hold
CAP
and press
?
✻
.
Use to highlight a match and then
press
ENTER
.
Searching for Words
Searching for Words
4. Press
ENTER
to view the match.
Your search words are boxed.
5. To view other matches, if any, first
hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
to
view the Outline locations of the
matches and then press
ENTER
to
view a match.
6. Press
MENU
to view the matches
listed on the menus.
Aftera word search, onlymenu items with
matches are listed. (Note the numbers).
7. Use the arrow keys to highlight a
menu item and then press
ENTER
.
If needed, select a subitem.
8. Press
SEARCH
(yellow) or
CLEAR
to
clear your search.