Franklin Reader User's Manual Contents Contents .................................................................................................1 License Agreement ...............................................................................2 Introduction ...........................................................................................3 Opening and Closing eBooks ..............................................................5 Deleting eBooks ....................................................................................6 Understanding Franklin Reader Features ..........................................7 Using the Menus .................................................................................10 Setting Preferences ............................................................................14 Moving Around ....................................................................................17 Searching within an eBook ................................................................20 Using Bookmarks ................................................................................29 Using Help ...........................................................................................31 Appendix: Search Abbreviations .......................................................32 Copyrights and Trademarks ...............................................................35 Page 1 License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT. YOUR USE OF THIS PRODUCT DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. The PRODUCT means the FRANKLIN READERTM software product, any related hardware, any content read by this product, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the product remain the property of FRANKLIN and/or the owner of any content read using the FRANKLIN READERTM. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the PRODUCT. You may not make or distribute to others any copies of the PRODUCT or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer the PRODUCT. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the PRODUCT without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The PRODUCT contains Franklin's and/or other content owner's confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. Page 2 Introduction Welcome to the Franklin Reader. To run this version, you must have the necessary software to install the program and database files in your PDA. Please read this User's Manual to learn how to: · open and close eBooks · set preferences · move through an eBook · find specific information within an eBook · use bookmarks · get help Readers of PalmPak® Dictionary Thesaurus Card, Holy Bible King James Version, or 5-Language European Translator sold on a PalmPak® card, MultiMediaCard or Secure Digital (SD) card, please refer to the notes on page 34 for details on how your Franklin Reader works differently than the one described in this User's Manual. System Requirements · A PDA (Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Handspring VisorTM and so forth) running Palm OS® 3.0 or later · 4 MBytes of main memory recommended Note: Some books may require additional memory. Franklin_Reader.prc is the application file for the Franklin Reader program. READER.pdb contains the help and font information. Both files must be installed before you can view the eBooks. The remaining .pdb file or files are the main files that contain your eBook. Install an eBook's .prc file to see an icon for that eBook. Note: Pictures of screens are samples and may appear differently in the actual product. Page 3 Installation Notes Note: If you are using a SpringboardTM Module, slip the module into the external expansion slot of the PDA. The Visor automatically launches both the Franklin Reader and the book. If you are using the Franklin Reader from a PalmPak® card, MultiMediaCard, SD card or Memory Stick®, slip the card into the slot of the PDA. When you download a book, any database .pdb files and other book specific files are placed in their own designated directory unless you specified another location during installation. The number of database .pdb files depends on the book that you download. Please refer to your PDA documentation for instructions on installing software and expansion cards on your PDA, selecting the destination of software during a HotSync and moving software from RAM to an expansion card. After a successful HotSync or inserting an expansion card, the Reader icon and any installed eBook icons should appear. View the contents of the expansion card as instructed in your PDA manual. eBook icon Reader icon Applications screen Tap the Reader icon to access the Franklin Reader Booklist or the last eBook you were viewing. Tap any available eBook icon to begin viewing that eBook. Page 4 Opening and Closing eBooks All installed titles appear in the Franklin Reader Booklist. 1. Tap the Applications icon on your PDA. Note: When the Franklin Reader or content resides on a PalmPak® card, MultiMediaCard, SD card or Memory Stick®, view the contents of the expansion card as instructed in your PDA manual. If you don't see a Reader icon, skip to step 3. 2. Tap the Reader icon to open Franklin Reader. The screen that appears varies based on available content and whether or not eBooks were opened previously. · If no eBooks are available, the message "No books loaded" appears. You must download and install Franklin eBooks in your PDA to use Franklin Reader. Tap the Launcher icon to exit. · If eBooks are available and no eBooks were previously opened, you see the Booklist. The Booklist is an alphabetical list of Franklin eBooks that are installed in your PDA. Sample Franklin Reader Booklist screen Note: If an eBook was opened previously, Franklin Reader displays the last viewed screen of the eBook. To exit the Booklist, tap the Launcher icon. 3. Tap the title in the Franklin Reader Booklist or tap the icon of the eBook you want to open. The default Home screen for the eBook you selected appears. The Home screen is the initial screen you see when you first open an eBook. It can be set to the Outline, Index or Search screen. For more information, see "Understanding Franklin Reader Features" on page 7. For information on how to change the Home screen for an eBook, see "eBook Preferences" on page 16. 4. Tap in the tool bar of an eBook, to close the eBook and go to the Booklist from the Search screen or anywhere in the Outline. You can also return to the Booklist by tapping the Menu icon and then tapping Go To | Booklist. Tap the Application icon to close a book and exit the Franklin Reader. Page 5 Deleting eBooks You can only delete an eBook from the Booklist. Note: You will not be able to delete eBooks stored on an expansion card. To delete an eBook, do the following: 1. In the Booklist, tap the Menu icon. You see the Options menu. Options menu 2. Tap Delete a Book. You see the Delete a Book dialog box, which contains a list of all available eBooks along with their RAM size. 3. Tap the eBook you want to delete. 4. Tap Delete. You see a confirmation dialog box. Confirmation Dialog box 4. Tap Yes to confirm the deletion. Tap No to exit without deleting. 5. Tap Done to return to the Booklist. Page 6 Understanding Franklin Reader Features Most Franklin Reader screens consist of a title bar, tool bar and a view that represents eBook content. Title bar Tool bar View area Title Bar The title bar displays the name of the eBook, the title of your current location within an eBook or your outline location when viewing search results. Names of eBooks can be abbreviated in the Booklist and in the title bar if they are too long to fit. In addition, section titles are often abbreviated as you move through the outline, and you may lose your place. To see the full name of an eBook or section title, follow these steps. 1. From the Outline, tap the name in the title bar. Expanded Title dialog box The full name is displayed in the Expanded Title dialog box. 2. Tap OK to exit. When searching for a word, you may move around between various search results. It can be easy to lose your place. When you are viewing these matches in text you can determine where you are in the eBook. 1. Tap the title bar. Page 7 Outline Location screen You see your location in the Outline of the book. Each Outline title that is part of your current location appears in the Outline Location dialog box. 2. Tap Done to exit. Tool Bar The tool bar displays icons that enable you to move around in an eBook and access other locations in Franklin Reader. The icons that appear on the tool bar vary by location within the program and by available features within an eBook. The following icons may be available. (Booklist) Goes to the Franklin Reader Booklist. (Home) Goes to the Home screen for the selected eBook. (Outline) Goes to the top level of the Outline. (Search) Goes to the Search screen. After a search, goes to the Search Results screen. From the Search Results screen, returns to the Search screen with the previous query word or words displayed. At the Search screen, clears the selected item or items or query word or words. (Forward) Moves forward to a previously visited location. (Back) Moves back to a previously visited location. (Next) Goes to the Next Match when viewing text after a search. (Previous) Goes to the Previous Match when viewing text after a search. (List) After a search, goes to the Selection List. Note: the Selection List is only available in some eBooks. The Views Franklin Reader uses five views to represent the content of an eBook: List, Text, Sub-text, Search and Bookmark. Page 8 List View List view displays chapters, sections or headwords of an eBook. The content of a list varies. For example, a list in a novel may contain the titles of the chapters. A list in a dictionary may contain headwords, and a list in a medical reference may contain sections of drug types. Note: A section is an item that is listed on the top level of the Outline. The most common lists include the Outline and Index, which are similar to the Table of Contents and Index in a printed book. List example: Outline of Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult List example: Outline of New Testament The diagonal arrow to the left of a list item indicates another list below, similar to a sub-menu. Tap the list item to go to the sub-list. Tap the arrow to bypass all sub-lists and go directly to the corresponding text. Search View Search view enables the user to enter and search for a word or phrase within an eBook. It also displays the results of a search. To access the Search screen, tap . For more information, see "Searching within an eBook" on page 20. Text View Text view displays the main text of an eBook. Read, scroll, highlight text and add bookmarks from text. To change the way text is displayed in Franklin Reader, see "Franklin Reader Preferences" on page 14. For information about highlighting text, see "Edit Menu" on page 11. Sub-text View Sub-text view displays additional text such as context-sensitive help, bibliographic entries, figures, footnotes and tables. Most sub-text is accessed by tapping a special marker or by using a menu item. Bookmark View Bookmark view provides a way to enter, view, edit and remove bookmarks. For information about bookmarks, see "Using Bookmarks" on page 29. Page 9 Using the Menus Franklin Reader includes four menus: Move, Edit, Options and Go To. To access a menu item, follow these steps. 1. Tap the Menu icon to see the available menus. Note: Available menus and menu options vary from eBook to eBook and by location in an eBook. Some menu items have a character in the right column. These are Command letters. To use a Command letter to access a menu item, write the Command stroke at any time and then write the respective Command letter. 2. Tap the name of the menu you want. 3. Tap the menu item you want. Move Menu Use the Move menu to move between different locations in an eBook. You can also use the Move menu to beam permitted eBooks or the Franklin Reader application to another PDA. Move menu Moves back to a previously visited location. Beams, when permitted, the current eBook to another PDA. Beam Franklin Reader Beams the Franklin Reader to another PDA. Moves forward to a previously visited location. Forward or /q> Next Match or /N Moves to the next match when v ...