® BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD ® Great Documents of American History USER'S GUIDE GDS-2026 License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK 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 BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK 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 BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin's confidential and propriety 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. 20 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®! With this compilation of great documents, you can read over 60 of the most important documents and speeches to have shaped America. In addition, most have background information on topics such as the causes, provisions, results, dates, and people related to the documents. You can locate a document from the list or customize your searches to find documents by subject, people, year, or the type of document. You can also find facts about U.S. presidents at the touch of a key. There are also two quiz games that test your knowledge of America's history. Use your BOOKMAN to read this book card. See "Installing Book Cards" to learn how. Installing Book Cards and Selecting Books ........................ 3 Using the Color Keys and Changing Settings ...................... 4 A Note From the Editors .....................................................5 Viewing a Demonstration ................................................... 5 Finding a Document ........................................................... 6 Reading the Document ....................................................... 6 Viewing the Notes .............................................................. 7 Using the Locate Menu ....................................................... 8 Using the Search Screen .................................................... 9 Finding Parts of Words ....................................................... 10 Reading About Presidents .................................................. 11 Playing the Games .............................................................. 12 Sending a Word Between Books ......................................... 13 Resetting BOOKMAN ......................................................... 13 1 Key Guide Function Keys CLEAR MENU PRES TEXT GAMES LIST CARD ON/OFF Clears to the main menus. Shows the main menus. (red) Goes to the Facts about the presidents list. (green) Skips background information and goes directly to the text of the document. (yellow) Shows the games list. (blue) Key has no function. Exits the selected book. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. BACK CAP ENTER HELP ?D Other Keys Backs up a step or erases a letter. Shifts keys to type punctuation at the search screen. Enters a search, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight. Shows help messages. Expands a menu name; shifted, types an V at the search screen. Direction Keys Moves down one line; in games, gives a hint. Moves up one line; in games, shows the score. Move left or right. Types a space or pages down. CARD ® 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 labelled on their book cards or on the keyboard. For more information, read "Using the Color Keys." 2 SPACE Star Key Combinations Sends a word between books. 6 + ENTER Goes to background text from the list of documents or highlights showing icons. 6 + DN Shows next entry or match. 6 + UP Shows previous entry or match. 6+ Installing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a book card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed book card will be erased. 1. Turn BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. Selecting Books Once you have installed a book card 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 book card until it snaps into place. ® Removing Book Cards ENTER to select it. ® Resuming Where You Left Off Warning: When you remove a book card to install another, information that you entered in the removed book card will be erased. You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears. 3 Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that book card. ® Changing Settings You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. The type size changes the number of lines of text that appear on screen. The shutoff time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu. 3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast. 4. Press ENTER . 5. Highlight a setting. Or press or Set Contrast. 6. Press ENTER if you selected to select it. Remember, the color keys for BOOKMAN books in book cards function as labelled on their book cards, not as on the keyboard. 4 To exit without changing settings, press BACK . A Note From the Editors The editors at Franklin Electronic Publishers wish to note that the documents in this book were taken word for word from copies of original documents wherever possible. Archaic spellings and use of uppercase were corrected to their modern versions (for example: "... for all manner of Mynes of Gold, Sylver, and Copper..." was corrected to "...for all mines of gold, silver, and copper..."). However, obsolete words were not changed (for example: "hath" remained as is, and was not changed to "has"). The older documents in particular contain words that are now considered obsolete. Likewise, many of the older documents have no headings, sections, or paragraphs. In order to make them easier to read, we added sections where appropriate for those documents. Brackets were used to show where any word or section heading was added, or any word was edited (except for spelling and case). 5 Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using your new BOOKMAN, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. When a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, simply select View Demo from the Setup menu to view the demo. When a book card is not installed in your BOOKMAN, the demonstration will automatically appear after you turn the unit on. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR . To disable it, press MENU and then select Disable Demo from the Setup menu. To re-enable it, select Enable ® Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . Press the direction keys to read it. To exit help, press BACK . If you want to read a tutorial, select Tutorial from the Setup menu. ® Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus or to view more text. Finding a Document There are two ways to find a document from the Documents list. You can scroll to the document, or you can type the name at the Documents list. Documents are listed by date from oldest to newest. Some documents have background information while others have only the document's text. v v Reading the Document Here is how to read a document and its background information. Background information consists of the causes, provisions, results, signatories, dates, and source of the document. Go to the Mayflower Compact and follow these steps. 1. Press ENTER to go to its submenu. Scrolling to a Document 1. Press CLEAR to go to the Documents list. 2. Press repeatedly to highlight Mayflower Compact (1620). Using the Alpha-search 1. Press CLEAR to go to the Documents list. 2. Start typing MA to highlight Mayflower Compact (1620). To bypass the submenu and go directly to the Mayflower Compact's text, press TEXT instead. 2. Press ENTER to go to the background information. 3. Press ENTER again to select Causes. 4. Press repeatedly to scroll down line by line or press or SPACE to scroll down screen by screen. 6 The slanted arrow at the right of the line means that there are submenus below. Reading a Document 5. Hold CAP and press to zoom to the next topic heading. Viewing the Notes Throughout this book, you will see bibliography, cross-reference, and footnote icons. They have added information on the document you are reading. Here's how to view them. 1. Go to a document with a , , or icon. To zoom back to the previous topic heading, hold CAP and press . 6. Press up. 7. Press BACK repeatedly to back when done. 2. Hold 6 and press ENTER to highlight the first icon. CLEAR To highlight another icon on screen, press 6 plus ENTER again. ® Text Viewing Tips To... Press... 3. Press ENTER to go to the note. Go directly to the text of a document from the Documents list Zoom to the next topic heading Zoom to the previous topic heading TEXT CAP + + 7 CAP 4. Press BACK to go back to the document. 5. Press BACK again to turn off the highlight. 6. Press CLEAR when done. Using the Locate Menu With Great Documents you have the option of searching for a document by using these filters: Subject, People, Year, and Document type. This makes finding documents by topic quick and easy. Try this example. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press or to highlight the Locate menu. Using the Locate Menu matches for Benjamin Franklin, or go on to add another filter. 6. Press BACK twice to go back to the Locate menu. The check shows that a person is currently selected as a filter. 7. Press and then ENTER to select Subject as a filter. 8. Select a subject (e.g., Constitution and its Precursors). 9. Press to go to the new list of matches. 3. Press and then ENTER to select People as a filter. 4. Start typing Franklin, Benjamin. 10. Highlight a document and press TEXT to go directly to the text, or press ENTER to go to its submenus. ® Clearing All Filters 5. Press ENTER . The check shows that Franklin, Benjamin is selected as a filter. To deselect a filter, press ENTER again. Press now to go the list of 8 If you want to clear the filters you've chosen and don't want to go back and deselect each one, select Clear all filters from the Locate menu. Using the Search Screen Another way to search for names or specific words is by using the word search screen. You can type any word you think is relevant to the document you seek and go to every document in this book that has the matching word you entered. Try this example. 1. Select Go to Word Search from the Locate menu. Using the Search Screen The matching word is boxed. To understand how the search works, read the following note, "Filter Relationships." To see a previous match, hold 6 and press UP . 6. Press ? T to see where the match is located. 2. Type one or more search words (e.g., kennedy). To erase a letter, press BACK . You do not have to type capital letters. 3. Press ENTER To see a full line, press BACK ?T again. to search. In this example there are 38 matches for the word kennedy in 7 documents. 4. Press TEXT to go directly to the text. 5. Hold 6 and press to see the next match. 9 7. Press to go back to the match. 8. Press CLEAR when done. ® Searching for Numbers You can also search for a specific year or number in the documents. For example, there are 6 matches for 1492. To type a number, hold 6 and press a numbered key ...