User manual FRANKLIN GDS-2026R

[. . . ] ® 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. [. . . ] 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. 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. Press repeatedly to highlight Mayflower Compact (1620). Using the Alpha-search 1. 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 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. Go to a document with a , , or icon. To zoom back to the previous topic heading, hold CAP and press . 6. 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 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 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. 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. Highlight a document and press TEXT to go directly to the text, or press ENTER to go to its submenus. Press ENTER . The check shows that Franklin, Benjamin is selected as a filter. 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. 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. [. . . ] Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at its option, refund your purchase price. Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under license to FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy of data in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT. No warranty is made that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free. [. . . ]