TM Electronic Publishers Cartridge CONCISE COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA User's Guide ENC-2005 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMANTM! With your new ENC-2005 you can carry and read the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia anywhere. You can also search for words, locate articles by category, combine searches and categories, and add your own notes to quickly find the articles you read most often. Read this User's Guide to learn how. Installing Cartridges ...................................................... 3 Selecting Books ............................................................. 3 Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 4 Changing Settings ......................................................... 4 Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 5 Finding Articles ............................................................. 5 Searching for Words ...................................................... 6 Highlighting Search Words ............................................ 8 Using Filters .................................................................. 9 Using Filters With Searches .......................................... 10 Using Notes ................................................................... 11 Sending Words Between Books ..................................... 12 Resetting BOOKMAN .................................................... 12 Cartridge Care ............................................................... 13 Specifications ................................................................ 14 Index .............................................................................. 15 1 Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR Clear search words and filters. Display the main menus. (red) BACK MENU CAP MORE MARK Expand a word search. ENTER (green) Place a note in an article, or select a group of subfilters. (yellow) Display the Locate menu. (blue) HELP ? LOC LIST CARD ON/OFF Display the note list. Exit the selected book. Turn BOOKMAN on or off. SPACE Understanding the Color Keys The color keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the book described in this User's Guide. Other BOOKMAN books have their own color key functions, which are labeled on their keyboards or cartridges. To learn more, read "Using the Color Keys." * Hold while pressing the other key. + + + + + or or 2 Other Keys Erase a letter, back up, or turn off the highlight in an article. Shift the keys to type capitals. Enter search words, select menu items, or start the highlight. Display a help message. Display the article location or the full title (from the menu). Shifted, type an to stand for letters. Direction Keys Scroll through text or menus, or move the cursor or highlight. Page down or up. Type a space, or page down. Star Key Combinations* BACK Back up from article subtitles or from entering a note. CARD Send a word between books. ENTER Highlight cross-references or notes in articles. Go to the next or previous article or word search match. Go to the last or first menu item, or the next or previous table title. Installing Cartridges Warning: Never install or remove a cartridge when your BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you've entered in the built-in book, and in any installed cartridge, will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs of the cartridge with the notches in the slot. Selecting Books Once you have installed a cartridge in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD . These are sample books. 3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use. 4. Press 4. Press the cartridge down until it snaps into place. Removing Cartridges ENTER to select it. Resuming Where You Left Off Warning: When you remove a cartridge to install another, information that you entered in the removed cartridge will be erased. 3 You can turn off your BOOKMAN at any time. When you turn your BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed reappears. Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book you've selected and are using. If you've selected the built-in book, the color keys function as labeled on the keyboard. If you've selected a book in a cartridge, the color keys function as labeled on that cartridge. Changing Settings You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the Other menu. 3. Press to highlight Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast. The slanted arrow indicates a submenu. 4. Press ENTER . or to highlight a 5. Press setting. To leave it unchanged, press 6. Press ENTER BACK . to select it. Remember, when you've selected a book in a cartridge, the color keys function as labeled on that cartridge, not as on the keyboard. 4 Adjusting the Contrast You can also adjust the screen contrast when using the ENC-2005 by selecting Go To Word Search from the Locate menu and then pressing or . Viewing a Demonstration When a cartridge isn't installed , a brief demonstration automatically appears when you turn on your BOOKMAN. To stop the demonstration at any time, press CLEAR . To disable the demonstration, press MENU and then select Disable Demo from the Other menu. Finding Articles The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title. Here is how to find articles on this menu. 1. Press CLEAR . The Articles menu is highlighted. 2. Start typing an article title (e.g., zebra). To re-enable it, select Enable Demo. To view the demonstration when a cartridge is installed, select View Demo from the Other menu. Help is Always at Hand You don't need to type capitals. To undo a letter, press BACK . To display a title, press ? . 3. When the title is highlighted, press ENTER . You can view a help message at virtually any time by pressing or to read HELP . Press the help. Press BACK to exit the message. To read about how to use the keys, select Tutorial from the Other menu. 5 4. Press , , or scroll down. SPACE to to view 5. Hold and press the next encyclopedia article. 6. Press BACK to go back to the menu. 7. Press CLEAR to clear the title. Finding Articles Searching for Words You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles. Each word you find is called a match. 1. Press MENU . 2. Highlight Go To Word Search on the Locate menu. Viewing the Next Title When you're typing a title at the Articles menu, you can highlight the next title beginning with the same letter(s) by holding and pressing . What Article Are You Reading? When you're reading an encyclopedia article, you can view its title, or article location, by pressing ? * . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Type up to five words (e.g., Russian czars). Press BACK to return to the article. You don't need to type capitals. To erase a letter, press BACK . To move the cursor, press or . 5. Press ENTER Understanding Abbreviations To learn the meaning of an abbreviation used in this encyclopedia, first press CLEAR . Then hold and press . Then press ENTER . Next, type an abbreviation (e.g., Deut.) and press ENTER to view its meaning. To back up, press BACK repeatedly. 6 to search. 6. Highlight a title and then press ENTER to view its article. Searching for Words repeat7. Hold and press edly to view the next matches. Searching for Words Understanding Searches The matching words are boxed. You may have to scroll down to see them. 8. Press 9. Press MENU CLEAR to go to the menus. to clear your search. If You Misspell a Word When you search for words, the encyclopedia searches first for matches of the words in the titles of articles. If no matches are found in titles, it automatically searches for matches in the articles themselves. If no exact matches are found in articles, then it searches for synonyms and related words. Searches of more than one word find matches regardless of the order or proximity of the words. For example, if you search for space travel, you'll find travels through space, etc. Expanding Your Searches If you enter a misspelled search word, a list of corrections appears automatically. Highlight a correction and press ENTER to view it. Finding Incomplete Words If you're not sure which form of a word to search for, type an asterisk in place of letters in the word (e.g., psych ). (To type an asterisk, hold CAP and press ? * ). Then press ENTER . Next, highlight a complete word and press ENTER to search for it. 7 To find more matches, press MORE (red) up to three times after entering your word search. When you press MORE (red), your word search expands to include matches in articles or synonyms and related words, if they weren't already found. Highlighting Search Words Another way you can search for words is to highlight them in articles. Then you can view their matches in other articles. Try this example. 1. On the Articles menu, highlight Irrawaddy. Highlighting Search Words To view a previous match, hold and press . 8. Press MENU to go to the menus. 9. Press CLEAR to clear your search. Using Cross-References To learn how, read "Finding Articles." 2. Press 3. Press ENTER ENTER . again. Cross-references appear in articles as words in all capital letters. Notice the highlight. You can turn it off by pressing BACK . 4. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word (e.g., Asia). Each cross-reference is the title of another encyclopedia article. To use a cross-reference, first highlight it by pressing ENTER and then the arrow keys. Or hold and press ENTER until the cross-reference you want is highlighted. You can press BACK to turn off the highlight. Next, press ENTER to go to the cross-referenced article. To go back to the original article, press BACK . 8 5. Press ENTER to search. 6. Press ENTER to select the first matching article. 7. Hold and press repeatedly to view the next matches. Using Filters Filters help you locate encyclopedia articles by category. The categories are Article Type (people, places, and things), Location, Subject , and Time Period. You can use more than one filter at a time to locate articles, as shown in the example below. 1. Press 2. Press 3. Press 4. Press LOC Using Filters 8. Press LOC (yellow). 9. Select Subject. 10. Select Social Sciences. 11. Select Politics. (yellow). The Locate menu is highlighted. to highlight Article Type. ENTER to select it. ENTER to select Persons. 12. Press to view the matches. 13. Highlight a title (e.g., Mandela, Nelson...). A check marks the selected filter. You can uncheck it by pressing ENTER . 5. Press LOC (yellow) to go to the Locate menu. 6. Highlight Location and then press ENTER to select it. Type the title or scroll down to it. 14. Press 15. Press ENTER CLEAR to view its article. to clear the filters. Or select Clear All Filters from the Locate menu. The arrow indicates subfilters. 7. Select Sub-Saharan Africa. 9 Using Filters MARKing Filters Using Filters With Searches To fine-tune your searches, you can select filters after entering your search words. Or you can select filters and then search for words. Try this example. 1. Select Go To Word Search from the Locate menu. 2. Type war and then press ENTER . Many filters have subfilters, indicated by a slanted arrow. For example, the Places filter under the Article Type category has 9 subfilters. To select all its subfilters at once, highlight a filter and then press MARK (green). To deselect all its subfilters, press MARK (green) again. Understanding Filters When you select filters from one category, your selections are related by or. For example, if you select Persons and Places from the Article Type category, all the articles about persons or places will be found. However, when you select filters from more than one category, your selections are related by and. For example, if you select Persons from the Article Type category and 1980s from the Time Period category, only articles about persons and the 1980s will be found. 10 3. Press LOC (yellow). 4. Select Location under Locate. 5. Press ENTER to select Americas. 6. Select Latin America. 7. Press to view the matches. These articles are about wars and Latin America. 8. Select an article to view. 9. Press CLEAR when you're done. Using Notes Adding Notes You can place, or add, your own notes in articles of this encyclopedia. Then you can use your notes as bookmarks for quick reference. Each note can contain up to 23 characters. The number of notes you can place depends on the length of each note. 1. When any encyclopedia article is on screen, press MARK (green). Using Notes Finding & Removing Notes Once you've added notes, it's easy to find or remove them. Just select a note from your note list. 1. When ...