Franklin IC-142 User manual

User’s Manual
IC-142 F
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Electronic Publishers
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System®
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
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Contents
Key Guide ........................................................ 4
Introduction ...................................................... 6
Getting Started.......................................... 7
Installing the Organiz-It ................................... 8
Selecting Topics ............................................... 9
Tips for Beginners .......................................... 10
Viewing Help .................................................. 12
Clock .......................................................... 13
Setting the Date and Time.............................. 14
Schedule .................................................... 16
Making Schedule Entries ............................... 17
Finding Schedule Entries ............................... 18
Changing Schedule Entries............................ 20
Viewing the NextAppointment ....................... 21
Calendar..................................................... 22
Viewing Calendars ......................................... 23
Viewing Schedule Entries .............................. 24
Scheduling from the Calendar........................ 25
Phone Books ............................................. 26
Making Phone Book Entries........................... 27
Finding Phone Book Entries........................... 28
Using the Locate Menu .................................. 30
Changing Phone Book Entries ....................... 31

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Contents
World Time................................................. 32
Finding Locations ........................................... 33
Scanning the Menu ........................................ 34
Entering Locations ......................................... 35
Changing Locations ....................................... 36
Calculator................................................... 37
Making Calculations ....................................... 38
Using Previous Results .................................. 39
To Do .......................................................... 41
Making a To Do List........................................ 42
Finding & Changing To Do Entries ................. 43
Expenses ................................................... 44
Making Expense Entries ................................ 45
Finding & Changing Expenses....................... 46
Calculating Expenses..................................... 47
Protecting Information.............................. 48
Assigning a Password.................................... 49
Gauging the Memory...................................... 50
Copying an Organiz-It .................................... 51
Copying to and from PCs ............................... 52
Appendix.................................................... 55
Digital Book System®..................................... 56
Limited Warranty ............................................ 58
Index .............................................................. 59
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to the main screen of a topic.
MENU
Shows the main menus.
GAMES
No function.
MORE
Shows special characters to type.
LIST
Locks top row of letters to type numbers
(DBS-1 & -2 only).
SPEC
Shows special menus.
CARD
Exits the Organiz-It.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up (e.g., erases typed characters).
ENTER
Makes an entry or selects a menu item.
HELP
Shows a help message.
ON/OFF
Turns the Digital Book System on or off.
SHIFT
Shifts keys to type punctuation, capitals, etc.
SPACE
Types a space.
? *
Shows a complete menu item.
Direction Keys
Scroll or move the cursor.
DN or UP Page down or up. (In Calculator, scroll.)
+ Jump to the top or bottom of a menu or
entry.
+ DN/UP Show the next or previous entry or
match.

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Key Guide
Gold Key Combinations*
+
A
Selects the Personal Phone Book.
+
B
Selects the Business Phone Book.
+
C
Selects the Clock.
+
D
Selects the Calendar (dates).
+
F
Selects World Time (foreign).
+
G
Selects To Do (goals).
+
M
Selects the Calculator (math).
+
N
Shows the next appointment.
+
S
Selects the Schedule.
+
X
Selects the Expenses.
+
BACK
Exits an entry without saving changes.
+
CARD
Sends search word to another digital book.
+
ENTER
Saves an entry or changes.
+
SHIFT
Types special characters when pressed
with letter keys.
Calculator Only Keys
+
H
Calculates a percentage (%).
+
J
Squares a number (n2).
+
K
Calculates a square root (√n).
+
L
Calculates a reciprocal (1/n).
SHIFT
+
,-
Types a negative number (–n).
* Hold the Gold key while pressing the other key.

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Introduction
✓About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Manual may
vary slightly from what you see on screen. These
variations do not mean that the Organiz-It or your
Digital Book System is malfunctioning.
Your Organiz-It™is a powerful and portable personal
organizer that works in your Digital Book System®.
This unique organizer has nine main functions, or
topics: Business Phone, Schedule, World Time,
Clock, Calendar, Calculator, Personal Phone, To Do,
and Expenses.
The Organiz-It can also communicate with personal
computers via the serial port on certain Digital Book
System models. This feature lets you copy informa-
tion to and from personal computers for backup or
editing.
Your information is also protected by a built-in bat-
tery, which saves your information when the Organiz-
It is not installed in the Digital Book System. A
user-designated password provides additional safety.
The Organiz-It also features powerful Schedule and
Phone Book searching, multiple-day Schedule en-
tries, Schedule notes, and more World Time loca-
tions.

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Getting Started
If you’re using the
Organiz-It for the first time,
read this section.
It explains basic
terms and tasks
that you need to know.

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Installing the Organiz-It
You must install the Organiz-It digital book in the
Digital Book System before you can use it.
WARNING: Never install a digital book when the
Digital Book System is on. If you do, information en-
tered in it or any other installed digital book(s) may
be permanently erased.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System.
2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back.
3. Press
ON/OFF
.
4. Adjust the screen contrast, if needed.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
5. Press
CARD
.
6. Press or to highlight the appropriate digi-
tal book symbol.
7. Press
ENTER
.
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
While using this digital book, you can turn off the
Digital Book System at any time. When you turn
the Digital Book System on again, you return to
the screen that you last viewed.

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Selecting Topics
Before you can use one of the main functions, or top-
ics, of the Organiz-It, you must select that topic.
1. Press
MENU
to view the main menus.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a topic
on the Topics menu.
A check marks the currently selected topic.
The flashing arrows at the bottom of the screen
show which arrow keys you can press to move
around the screen.
3. Press
ENTER
to select the topic.
4. To select another topic, repeat these steps.
✓A Quicker Way to Select Topics
Rather than selecting topics from the Topics
menu, you can select them using Gold key combi-
nations. To select the Schedule topic, for example,
hold and press
S
.
Gold key combinations are listed in the Key Guide
and on the Quick Reference Card.