www.franklin.com BIB-1450 HOLY BIBLE User's Guide BOOKMAN® III License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. YOUR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. ELECTRONIC REFERENCE means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Limited Use License All rights in the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive licensed to use this ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. You may not make any copies of the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE or of the 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 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The ELECTRONIC REFERENCE contains Franklin'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. Key Guide Touch Keys Expands a search. Places a bookmark. Goes to the Word Search screen. NOTE Displays a footnote. KJV/NIV Goes to that version of the Bible. CLOCK Goes to the Clock. DATA Goes to the Databank. CALC Goes to the Calculator. CONV Goes to the Converter. CURR Goes to the Currency Converter. MORE MARK FIND goes to its main menu. Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off the highlight in text. Enters a search request, selects an item, or begins a highlight in text. Goes to the Organizer: Clock, Databank, Calculator, and Converter. Displays the main menus. From the Organizer, returns to the Bible. At a menu, displays a menu item. In text, displays the book, chapter and verse. Shifts to type capital letters and punctuation marks. Shifts to allow prev, next, pg up, pg dn, and to type numbers and special symbols. Function Keys Turns the product on or off. Displays a help message. Goes to the Verse Reference screen. Clears the Calculator. In the Converter and Databank, Key Guide Combination Keys* + References the current verse in KJV or NIV the other version of the Bible. + or Pages up or down. Displays the next or previous verse. At a menu, goes to the first or last item. In Bible text, goes to the start or end of the next or previous chapter. Types a hyphen. +_' Types a slash. + At the Word Search screen, types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word. Direction Keys Move in the indicated direction. At menus and dictionary entries, pages down. At the Word Search screen, types a space. + or + or +J +? +M Types an @. Types a comma. *Hold the first key while pressing the second. Getting Started Gently pull the battery insulation tab to remove it. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on the back of the unit. See "Resetting Your Product" for details. Replacing Batteries Your product is powered by two CR-2032 lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow these easy instructions to replace them. Please have the new batteries at hand before you remove the old ones. 1. Turn the product off and turn it over. 2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up on the catch. 3. Remove the old batteries. 4. Install the batteries with the positive side up. 5. Replace the battery cover. Warning: If the batteries wear-out completely, or if you take more than a few seconds while changing the batteries, any information that was entered in a card or built-in book may be erased. You should always keep written copies of your important information. Installing Book Cards 1. Turn your product off and turn it over. 2. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. 3. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your product is on. Any information that was entered in the built-in book or book card will be erased. Selecting a Book Once a book card is installed in the product, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn your product on. 2. Press CARD. Icons appear for each available book. 3. Press or to highlight your selection. 4. Press ENTER to select it. 5. Press CARD to return to the card menu. Viewing a demonstration or tutorial You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this Bible any time you want. 1. Press . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup. 3. Press ENTER to select Tutorial or use to highlight View Demo and press ENTER. To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Verse Reference screen, press CLEAR. To go to the main menu, press . When a book card is installed in your product, select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card. Learn-a-Verse Your Bible comes with a Learn-a-Verse feature. Each time you turn your Bible on, you can see a verse from either the Old or New Testament for you to read or memorize. If you wish to turn this feature on, press . Highlight Setup, use to highlight Learn-a-Verse on and press ENTER. To turn the feature off, highlight Learn-a-Verse off and press ENTER. For Your Information Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus or view more text. Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP. Use the direction keys to read the message. To exit help, press BACK. About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Guide may differ slightly from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your unit is malfunctioning. Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn your electronic Bible off at any passage. When you turn it on again, the last passage that you viewed appears, unless you had previously turned on the LearnA-Verse feature. If Learn-A-Verse is on, you will see a verse for you to memorize. Press BACK or CLEAR to go to the Verse Reference screen. Where in the Bible Am I? At any Bible verse, you can view its book, chapter, and verse number by pressing ?. Changing the Settings When using this Bible, you can activate the Learn-a-Verse feature, adjust the type size, the shutoff time, and the screen contrast. The shutoff time is how long your unit stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1. Press 3. Use 5. Use or or . to move the highlight to Set Contrast, Set Shutoff or Set Type Size. to change the setting. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup. 4. Press ENTER. 6. Press ENTER to store your changes. Press BACK to exit without making a change. Changing the Version When you turn on this product for the first time, choose the version of the Bible you want to read. Press A for King James Version or press B for New International Version. You can change the version after your initial selection. If you are reading the King James Version, touch NIV at any time to go to the New International Version. If you are reading the New International Version, touch KJV at any time to go to the King James Version. Referencing a Verse When you are reading a particular version of the Bible, you can directly reference that same verse in the other version. For example: 1. Go to Romans 12:1. 2. Press FN and touch NIV to reference this verse in the New International Version. If you are already in the New International Version, press FN and touch KJV to reference this verse in the King James Version. Reading the Bible 1. Press 2. Use or select it. . to highlight Old Testament or New Testament, and press ENTER to 3. Use or to highlight a book and press ENTER to select it. For example, select Romans. Note: You can also type the name of a book to highlight it. 4. Use or to highlight a chapter, or type its number and press ENTER to select it. For example, to highlight Chapter 5, type 5. To type numbers, hold FN and press Q-P. 5. Use , FN+ or or SPACE to scroll down. to go to the next or previous chapter. 6. Use FN+ 7. Press CLEAR when done. Using the Index Index contains a list of popular chapters with their titles, arranged in the order that they appear in the Bible. 1. Press 2. Use or . to highlight Index and press ENTER to select it. 3. Use or to highlight a selection, or type the name of the book, chapter and verse that you wish to view, and press ENTER to select it. For example, to highlight Isaiah 25:1, type isaiah251. To type numbers, hold FN and press q-p. 4. Press CLEAR when done. Viewing Devotional Verses Devotional contains a list of inspirational verses. 1. Press 2. Use . to highlight Devotional and press ENTER to select it. 3. Use or to highlight a selection, or type the name of the month (abbreviated) and the day whose selection you wish to view, and press ENTER to select it. For example, to see the Devotional verse for Oct. 7, you must type oct7. There is no need to type the period and space. 4. Press CLEAR when done. Finding Bible Verses 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 will go to the start of the chapter. If you enter only a book title, you will go to the start of that book. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type a book title, chapter number, and verse number. Note:Type the initial letters of a book and the title will be completed for you. For example, type la for Lamentations, le for Leviticus or lu for Luke. To find a book that has more than one volume, you need to type the numeral first. For example, to find II Corinthians, type IIco. To type numbers, hold FN and press q-p. 3. Press ENTER to read. 4. Use , FN+ or SPACE to scroll down. 5. Press CLEAR when done. Searching for Words Just as if you were using a concordance, you can search for almost any word or phrase in this Bible. Simply enter search words to find their occurrences, or matches. 1. Touch FIND. 2. Type your search word(s). For example, type kingdom of god. You can type up to 35 letters. To type a space, press SPACE. Note:You cannot search for common words such as and and the on their own. You do not need to type capitals. 3. Press ENTER to start the search. After a word search, only those books with matches are listed in the Menu. 4. Use or to highlight the menu item you want, and press ENTER to see the name(s) of the book(s) with the matches. For example, select New Testament. You may also hold FN and press ENTER to go directly to the text. You will go to the first match. 5. Use or to highlight the book you want, and press ENTER to see the name(s) of the chapters with the matches. For example, select Luke. 6. Use or to highlight the chapter you want, and press ENTER to see the text. For example, select Chapter 6. Note that the main search words are boxed. 7. Press FN+ or to see the next or previous match (if any). 8. Press CLEAR when done. Correcting Misspellings If you enter a misspelled word, or a word not in this Bible, a list of corrections appears. Highlight the word you want and then press ENTER, or press BACK to change your request. Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a word or if you wish to find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk () in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a little while to find the matching words. 1. Touch FIND. 2. Type a word with s. To type an asterisk, hold down CAP and press ?. 3. Press ENTER. If there is more than one match, a list appears. 4. Press to move the highlight to the word you want and press ENTER to search for it. 5. Press CLEAR when done. Expanding Your Search You can expand your search to find inflections, synonyms and similar words. 1. Touch FIND. 2. Type your search word(s) and press ENTER. For example, type benefit. 3. Touch MORE to expand the search. To learn how to view the matches, please see "Searching for Words." You will find that your matched words include good, profit, sake, serve and so on. Highlighting Words You can also search for a word by highlighting it in a verse. Try this example. 1. Go to Isaiah 12:2. To learn how, see "Finding Bible Verses." 2. Press ENTER to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press BACK. 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight salvation. 4. Press ENTER to search for the highlighted word. To learn how to view the matches, please see "Searching for Words." 5. Press CLEAR when done. Viewing Footnotes Whenever you see a after a word in a ...