Franklin SDK-763 Manual de usuario

EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOKBOOKMANUSER’S GUIDESDK-763 • SDK-765

9Selecting a Book Using the Color KeysThe red, green, yellow, and blue keyson your BOOKMAN change their func-tions according to which book you areusin

10Viewing the DemonstrationBefore you start using your BOOKMANSidekick, you may want to see a briefdemonstration of what it can do.When a book card is

11Your BOOKMAN Sidekick has sevenmain functions, or topics: Cardfiles,(Home) Clock, World Clock, Ex-penses, Calculator, Calendar, andNotes. Here is ho

12Typing CharactersMany of the topics in your BOOKMANSidekick let you type and save entriesthat consist of fields, or items of infor-mation. For examp

13Using a PasswordTo limit access to your BOOKMAN Side-kick, you can assign a password that willbe required whenever you or anyoneelse turns on your B

14Gauging the MemoryThe amount of memory in your BOOK-MAN Sidekick varies according to themodel. As you enter and transfer informa-tion into your BOOK

15Your BOOKMAN Sidekick has two clocksthat keep time simultaneously:a Home Clock and a World Clock.You can set either clockto any time zone around the

16The first time that you use yourBOOKMAN Sidekick, you should setthe Home Clock to the date and timein your time zone.1. Hold ✩ and press C until the

17The Home Clock has an alarm that youcan set for waking up and other once-a-day uses. This single, daily alarmmakes a series of quick beeps thatstops

18Changing theTime/Date FormatYou may want to change the format ofthe time and date on the clocks and inthe Calendar. The formats you can useare 12- o

1License AgreementREAD THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC-TRONIC BOOK.YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU AC-CEPT

19Swapping the ClocksOnce you have set both the Home andWorld Clocks, you can swap theirtimes and dates. Swapping the clocksis a useful feature if you

20Using the CalendarThe Calendar is a powerful toolto help you organize your activities.You can use the Calendar to scheduleappointments, multiple-day

21Your calendar entries can be appointments(single-day and recurring), To Do items,calls, multi-day events, or special days. Youcan create new calenda

22Creating Calendar EntriesA quick way to create a new calendarentry is to duplicate an existing entry.When you duplicate an entry, a newentry is open

23Using the Daily Viewgo to the top of CLEARthe current Dailyview3. Perform one of these functions: To... Press...view a full title ? ✻chec

24The Weekly view of the Calendar displaysyour appointments as bar charts showingtheir time ranges.1. Press CALEND (green) until aWeekly view appears.

25The Monthly view lets you quickly scan theCalendar for dates and calendar entries.1. Press CALEND (green) until theMonthly view appears. Orpress CAL

26You can search the Calendar for currentor future appointments, multi-day events,To Do items, calls and special days.Note: You can not search for cal

27Trimming the Schedule The Daily view of the first date thathas a match for your word(s) appears.Note: Multiple-word searches findonly entries con

28Using CardfilesThink of your cardfiles as a personalized filing system.You can create cardfiles to organizeyour business and personal addresses, win

2ContentsKey Guide ... 4Special BOOKMAN Features 6Getting StartedInstalling Batteries ... 8Installing Book Card

29Creating a CardfileA cardfile is a collection, or database, ofcards. You can create six types of card-files by choosing one of the followingtemplate

30 ➤ Renaming a CardfileYou can easily change the name ofa cardfile.At the Cardfiles menu, highlight thecardfile that you want to rename.Press EDIT (b

31Viewing Cardfiles and CardsThere are several ways to view and ac-cess your cardfiles and cards.1. Press FILES (red) repeatedly tocycle through your

32Editing CardsAfter you have created a card, you canedit or change it.1. Press FILES (red).2. To highlight a card, scroll to itor type the first few

33 ➤ Deleting and Undeleting a CardYou can delete existing cards. Youcan also restore a deleted card byundeleting it.To delete a card, first use FILES

Searching for Cards6. Highlight a match and pressENTER.7. Hold ✩ and press DN or UPto go to the next or previousmatch.8. To go back to the list ofmatc

35You can use notes and note foldersto create, edit and organize textual informationabout anything from travel directionsto grocery lists to business

36Creating a Note FolderBefore you can create notes, you mustfirst create note folders in which tohold them.Note: BOOKMAN Sidekick can holdonly one no

37Adding NotesOnce you have created a note folder,you can create notes and add them toa folder. Each note consists of a sub-ject field and a note fiel

38There are several ways to view and ac-cess your notes and note folders.1. Press NOTES (yellow) repeat-edly to cycle through yournote folders.To disp

3Duplicating a Note... 38Viewing Note Foldersand Notes... 38Editing Notes... 39Searchin

394. Highlight a note and thenpress ENTER to view it.5. To go to the bottom or top ofa note, hold CAP and press and .Note: When you view a note, only

40 ➤ Deleting and Undeleting a NoteYou can delete existing notes. Youcan also restore a deleted note byundeleting it.To delete a note, first use NOTES

Matching notes appear.6. Highlight a match and pressENTER.7. Hold ✩ and press DN or UPto go to the next or previousmatch.8. To go back to the list ofm

42Using ExpensesThe Expenses topic tracksyour business and personal expenses.You can save expense information such as account and payment type, restau

43You must enter an account and anamount in every expense entry. Youcan enter other information such asthe date and payment type (e.g., cash,check, et

44Editing Expense EntriesOnce you have created expense en-tries, you can edit them. Your changeswill be reflected when you computeyour expenses sums.1

45Editing Expense Entries ➤ Deleting and Undeleting anExpense EntryYou can delete any expense entry.You can also restore the most re-cently deleted ex

46You can use the Calculatorto add, subtract, multiply, divide,and perform other math functionssuch as percentages and square roots.You can also save

47Making Calculations1. Hold ✩ and press M. Orselect Calculator from theTopics menu.2. Type a number (e.g., 721) bypressing the numbered keys.To erase

48You can save the results of your calcu-lations and the retrieve them for use inother calculations.1. Make a calculation.To learn how, read “MakingCa

4Key GuideColor KeysFILES(red) Cycles through thecardfiles.CALEND(green) Cycles through thecalendar views.NOTES(yellow) Cycles through thenote folders

49The BOOKMAN® Sidekick® Connectivity software is a powerful toolfor sending information between your BOOKMAN Sidekickand your personal computer. Befo

50To use the BOOKMAN Sidekick Con-nectivity software, you need:• The BOOKMAN PC-connect serialcable and the BOOKMAN SidekickConnectivity software disk

51Here is how to install the connectivitysoftware for Windows version 3.1 orlater, or Windows 95. This section as-sumes a basic understanding of theWi

52Once you have connected the serialcable and installed the BOOKMANSidekick Connectivity software onyour computer, you can start using theconnectivity

53Once you have selected a communi-cations port, you do not need to se-lect it again, unless you change theport you are using.3. On your BOOKMAN Sidek

54Linking FilesBefore you can merge or transfer files,you must first link them in pairs. Whenyou link a pair of files, you create a con-nection betwee

55later version, your screen may vary.3. Click the BOOKMAN Sidekickfile to highlight it.4. Click Link To PC File.You can also select a BOOKMANSidekick

562. Select a Database Type.3. Highlight a BOOKMANSidekick file.4. Click Link To PC File.5. Type the name of the new PCSidekick file to be created.You

57Merging All Linked Files1. On the BOOKMAN SidekickConnectivity main window,click Merge All.Before you merge all your files, youmust first link them.

58Merging All Linked FilesTo learn more, read “UnderstandingDuplicate Records.”4. If the Merge Options dialogbox appears, click one of thefour buttons

5Key GuideKey Combinations*✩ + BACKExits a new or editedentry without saving.✩ + CToggles between theHome and World clock.✩ + EDITOpens an entry to ed

59Merging All Linked FilesMerging All Linked Filesin their other fields. When the Dupli-cate Record dialog box appears youmust choose one of these opt

60Once you have linked files, you cantransfer or merge individual linked filesbetween the computer and yourBOOKMAN Sidekick using the Ad-vanced Transf

61merged to or from both files.2. Select a Database Type.3. Click the linked pair that youwant to transfer or merge.An X in the check box to the left

62Recovering FilesEvery time you transfer a file from yourBOOKMAN Sidekick to your computer, aswell as every time that you merge a pair oflinked files

63Backing up and Restoring FilesEven if you do not have PC Sidekick,you can back up all the information onyour BOOKMAN Sidekick into one fileon your c

64I clicked Test to discover whichcommunications port is beingused, and the screen says thatBOOKMAN Sidekick is notfound on my system.Do the following

65Solutions to Common ProblemsSolutions to Common ProblemsA Data Error dialog box ap-pears, saying Unable to receivedata from the BOOKMAN.The Data Err

Copy and use restrictions for BOOKMAN SidekickConnectivity softwareAlthough you are encouraged to make a backup copy of the Soft-ware for your own use

Doing a Factory ResetWarning: Doing a factory reset per-manently erases all the records savedin your BOOKMAN Sidekick. Unlessyou want to erase all you

68Copyrights and Patents© 1996 Franklin Electronic Publishers,Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 U.S.All rights reserved.© 1995 Starfish Software. All ri

PCSerial PortHeadphone JackVolume ControlYour BOOKMAN 770 is equipped withseveral special features that many, butnot all, BOOKMAN books use. Tolearn i

69Limited Warranty (U.S. only)FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials andworkmanship for one year fro

70Index?* key 31, 38Accenting letters 12, 26Addingcards to cardfiles 30notes to note folders 37Advanced Transfer 60, 61Alarmsappointments 21dail

71IndexCalendarDaily view 23merging files 58Monthly view 25transferring files 61Weekly view 24Calendar entriescreating 21, 22deleting 26duplica

Index72Communications (COM) portfinding 50, 53selecting 52troubleshooting 64, 65Computing expense sums 45Connectivity software. See BOOK-MAN Sidek

73Indexamount 43computing sums 45creating 43deleting 45merging and transferring to a PC 43payment type 43, 45undeleting 45Expenses menu 43, 45

74Indexmaintaining and removing links 56multiple BOOKMAN cardfiles 56options 54updating links 56Locationssetting Home clock by 16setting World cl

75IndexPort Finder window 53Problems with the connectivitysoftware 64Punctuation marks 12Rebooting Windows 51, 52, 64Reciprocals 47Recover subdir

76IndexUndeletingcards 33expense entries 45notes 40Unlinking files 56Updating links 56Upgrading to Sidekick 95 51Viewingcardfiles, cards 31, 32

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7If you are using your BOOKMAN Sidekickfor the first time, read this section.It explains how to start using yourBOOKMAN Sidekick, as well as howto per

8Warning: Never install or remove abook card when your BOOKMAN isturned on. If you do, information thatyou entered in any installed book cardsmay be e