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Franklin IC-142 User Manual

Manual is about: Digital Book Organiz-it

Summary of IC-142

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    User’s manual ic-142 f electronic publishers for use with the franklin digital book system ® mt. Holly, nj 08060 electronic publishers digital book organ i z-it organ i z-it ™ ™ s c h e d u l e june 7 9 8 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 x ÷ = 3 12 9 9 6 6 3 12.

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    1 license agreement read this license agreement before using the digital book. Your use of the digital 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 digital book...

  • Page 3: Contents

    2 contents key guide ........................................................ 4 introduction ...................................................... 6 getting started .......................................... 7 installing the organiz-it ................................... 8 selecting topics ...........

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    3 contents world time ................................................. 32 finding locations ........................................... 33 scanning the menu ........................................ 34 entering locations ......................................... 35 changing locations ..................

  • Page 5: Key Guide

    4 key guide function keys clear clears to the main screen of a topic. Menu shows the main menus. Games no function. More shows special characters to type. L i s t locks top row of letters to type numbers (dbs-1 & -2 only). Spec shows special menus. Card exits the organiz-it. Other keys back backs up...

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    5 key guide gold key combinations* + a selects the personal phone book. + b selects the business phone book. + c selects the clock. + d selects the calendar (dates). + f selects world time (foreign). + g selects to do (goals). + m selects the calculator (math). + n shows the next appointment. + s se...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    6 introduction ✓ about screen illustrations some screen illustrations in this user’s manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen. These variations do not mean that the organiz-it or your digital book system is malfunctioning. Your organiz-it ™ is a powerful and portable personal organizer t...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    7 getting started if you’re using the organiz-it for the first time, read this section. It explains basic terms and tasks that you need to know..

  • Page 9: Installing The Organiz-It

    8 installing the organiz-it you must install the organiz-it digital book in the digital book system before you can use it. Warning: never install a digital book when the digital book system is on. If you do, information en- tered in it or any other installed digital book(s) may be permanently erased...

  • Page 10: Selecting Topics

    9 selecting topics before you can use one of the main functions, or top- ics, of the organiz-it, you must select that topic. 1. Press menu to view the main menus. 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a topic on the topics menu. A check marks the currently selected topic. The flashing arrows at the b...

  • Page 11: Tips For Beginners

    10 tips for beginners these tips apply to all or most of the topics in the organiz-it. ✓ using special menus many tasks require you to use special menus. To view a special menu, you press spec . This is a special menu. To select an item on the menu, press the arrow keys to highlight it and then pres...

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    11 tips for beginners ✓ typing and locking numbers if you are using a digital book system without separate number keys, you normally type num- bers by holding and pressing one of the top row of letters. When using an organiz-it in these models, you can lock the top row of letters to type numbers onl...

  • Page 13: Viewing Help

    12 viewing help you can view a tutorial that explains the basic func- tions of the organiz-it. 1. Press menu . 2. Select tutorial from the other menu. 3. Scroll down to read. 4. Press menu to return to the main menus. ✓ help is always at hand to view a help message at virtually any screen, press hel...

  • Page 14: Clock

    13 clock the clock can be set to any time or time zone. You can also set the clock to standard or daylight savings time and display 12- or 24-hour times..

  • Page 15: Setting The Date and Time

    14 setting the date and time you should set the clock the first time that you use the organiz-it. You can reset it at any time. The organiz- it’s built-in battery powers the clock when the organiz- it is removed from the digital book system. 1. Select clock from the topics menu. Or hold and press c ...

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    15 setting the date and time ✓ setting the hour display the clock can display 12- or 24-hour times. To change the display, press spec when the clock is selected. Then select display 24 hour clock or dis- play 12 hour clock . ✓ setting the clock to world times you can also set the clock to the time z...

  • Page 17: Schedule

    16 schedule the schedule is an electronic date book. In it, you can enter meetings, annual events, and notes..

  • Page 18: Making Schedule Entries

    17 making schedule entries you can schedule appointments, meetings, etc. 1. Select schedule from the topics menu. Or hold and press s (schedule). 2. Press menu . 3. Press enter to select new entry . 4. Enter a year, month, day, and time. To type p for p.M ., hold and press p . 5. Enter an event, num...

  • Page 19: Finding Schedule Entries

    18 . Finding schedule entries you can search for schedule entries by date or by words in their event and notes. Read the next page for all your options. 1. Select the schedule topic. 2. Type a date or other schedule search. 3. Press enter to view the first matching entry. 4. Hold and press the dn ke...

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    19 finding schedule entries ✓ more ways to search the schedule search by. . . For example. . . Month only jan, feb, mar year only 1995 or 95 month and year jan 1995 generic day today, yesterday, tomorrow generic time period last week, this month, next or previous year words in events lunch, ski trip...

  • Page 21: Changing Schedule Entries

    20 changing schedule entries you can easily change or delete schedule entries. 1. Find any schedule entry. 2. Press spec . 3. Press enter to select change entry . Or select delete entry and go to step 6. 4. Enter your changes. To exit without changing, hold and press back . Or press spec and select ...

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    21 you can view your next appointment without select- ing or searching the schedule. Your next appoint- ment is the schedule entry most closely following the current time on the clock. 1. Select the schedule topic. 2. Press spec . 3. Highlight show next appointment . 4. Press enter to view it. 5. Pr...

  • Page 23: Calendar

    22 calendar the calendar lets you view months and years. You can also go directly from a calendar to the schedule to view schedule entries..

  • Page 24: Viewing Calendars

    23 viewing calendars when you select the calendar, the current month ap- pears. You can then scan other months and years. 1. Select calendar from the topics menu. Or hold and press d (dates). 2. Press the arrow keys to move the highlight. 3. Press the dn or up key to view the next or previous month....

  • Page 25: Viewing Schedule Entries

    24 you can view your schedule entries by selecting their dates from calendars. Dates with schedule en- tries are marked with a dot. 1. Find any calendar. 2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a date marked with a dot. 3. Press enter to view the entry. This is a sample entry. 4. Hold and press the dn ...

  • Page 26: Scheduling From The Calendar

    25 scheduling from the calendar you can also make new schedule entries directly from any calendar. 1. Highlight a date on any calendar. 2. Press spec . 3. Highlight new schedule entry . . . . . 4. Press enter . 5. Enter a schedule entry. To learn how, read “making schedule entries.” you can make an ...

  • Page 27: In The Business and Personal

    26 in the business and personal phone books, you can save names, addresses, phone numbers, and notes. Phone books.

  • Page 28: Making Phone Book Entries

    27 phone book entries are listed by last name, so you must enter a last name in each entry. The other items in the entry are optional. 1. Select business phone or personal phone from the topics menu. Or hold and press a (personal phone) or hold and press b (business phone). 2. Press menu . 3. Press ...

  • Page 29: Finding Phone Book Entries

    28 you can search for phone book entries by names, addresses, numbers, or words in their notes. Read the next page for all your options. 1. Select the business phone or personal phone. 2. Press clear . 3. Type a name or other phone book search. 4. Press enter to view the first matching entry. This i...

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    29 finding phone book entries ✓ more ways to search the phone books search by. . . For example. . . Name bill, smith, brown company xyz co city anytown state pa, wi country us area code 212, 804 full phone number 999-999-9999 words in notes relative, active account, sales rep ✓ understanding searche...

  • Page 31: Using The Locate Menu

    30 using the locate menu you can find phone book entries by selecting one or more categories from the locate menu. 1. Select the business phone or personal phone. 2. Press menu . 3. Highlight a category on the locate menu. 4. Press enter to select it. 5. Select an entry from the category menu. To de...

  • Page 32: Changing Phone Book Entries

    31 you can easily change or delete your phone book entries. 1. Find any business or personal phone book entry. 2. Press spec . 3. Press enter to select change entry . Or select delete entry and go to step 6. 4. Enter your changes. To discard your changes, hold and press back . Or press spec and sele...

  • Page 33: World Time Lists

    32 world time lists the time and day of the week for cities and countries around the world. You can also add your own world time locations. World time.

  • Page 34: Finding Locations

    33 you can find the current time and day in world time locations by searching for cities and countries. Note: the clock must be set to the correct local time and date for the world time times and days to be accurate. 1. Select world time from the topics menu. Or press plus f (foreign). 2. Type a loc...

  • Page 35: Scanning The Menu

    34 scanning the menu you can also find locations by scanning the world time menu. Usually, you need to type only the first few letters to find a location on the menu. 1. Select the world time topic. 2. Press menu . 3. Type a location (e.G., city or country). 4. Press enter at the highlighted locatio...

  • Page 36: Entering Locations

    35 entering locations you can add your own locations to the world time topic. Their times must be set relative to the interna- tional date line. 1. Select the world time topic . 2. Press menu . 3. Press enter to select new entry . 4. Enter a location (e.G., city or country). To move the cursor, pres...

  • Page 37: Changing Locations

    36 you can change or delete any location that you have added to the world time topic. You cannot change or delete pre-entered locations. 1. Find a world time location that you entered. 2. Press spec . 3. Press enter to select change entry . Or select delete entry and go to step 6. 4. Enter your chan...

  • Page 38: Multiplies, Divides, and

    37 the calculator adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, and performs other math operations. You can also save your results and use them in later calculations. Calculator.

  • Page 39: Making Calculations

    38 making calculations 1. Select calculator from the topics menu. Or hold and press m (math). 2. Type a number. To type a negative number, hold shift and press the hyphen key. To type decimals, use the period key. 3. Press a math function key (+, -, x, or ÷ ). 4. Type another number. 5. Press enter ...

  • Page 40: Using Previous Results

    39 using previous results you can save your calculations and use them later. 1. Make a calculation. 2. Press spec . 3. Select save this result . 4. Type a name of up to 10 characters. To exit without saving, press back . 5. Press enter to save the result. 6. Make another calculation. 7. Press spec ....

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    40 using previous results ✓ a quicker way to use previous results rather than selecting a previous result from a menu, you can type its name at the calculator line. For example, if you had saved a result named calc1 , type calc1 at the calculator line. (read the note below to learn how.) then press ...

  • Page 42: The To Do Topic

    41 the to do topic lists your important tasks. You can prioritize, change, and delete your things to do. To do.

  • Page 43: Making A To Do List

    42 making a to do list 1. Select to do from the topics menu. Or hold and press g (goals). 2. Press enter to select new entry . 3. Type a thing to do. You can type up to 300 characters. 4. Press enter to save it. To exit without saving your entry, hold and press back . 5. Press menu to return to the ...

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    43 once you have to do entries, you can find them by scanning the to do menu. Then you can change or delete them. 1. Select the to do topic. 2. Highlight an entry on the to do menu. You can type the entry or scroll to it. 3. Press enter to view the entry. 4. Press spec . 5. Select change entry or de...

  • Page 45: Expenses

    44 expenses the expenses topic keeps track of your expenses for any time period. You can also calculate your expenses by category or by payment method..

  • Page 46: Making Expense Entries

    45 making expense entries you can record expenses by date, item, category, payment method, and amount. 1. Select expenses from the topics menu. Or hold and press x (expenses). 2. Press enter to select new entry . 3. Enter the requested information. To change a line, press and then retype it. 4. Pres...

  • Page 47: Finding & Changing Expenses

    46 your expense entries are listed on the expenses menu in the order that you entered them. Here is how to find, change, or delete them. 1. Select the expenses topic. 2. Highlight an entry on the expenses menu. You can type the entry or scroll down to it. 3. Press enter to view it. 4. Press spec . 5...

  • Page 48: Calculating Expenses

    47 calculating expenses you can calculate your total expenses by category or by payment method. 1. Select an entry from the expenses menu. 2. Press spec . 3. Highlight compute category sums or compute payment method sums. 4. Press enter . This is a sample list. 5. Press back to go back to the entry....

  • Page 49: The Organiz-It Provides

    48 the organiz-it provides password-only access and can copy information to and from other organiz-its and personal computers. It also has a built-in battery to protect your information when the organiz-it is removed from the digital book system. Protecting information.

  • Page 50: Assigning A Password

    49 assigning a password caution: after you assign a password, you cannot start using your organiz-it without it. So write down and save your password in a separate location. 1. Select name this card from the other menu. 2. Enter all the requested information. Your password is case sensitive (e.G., a...

  • Page 51: Gauging The Memory

    50 gauging the memory you can check how much of the organiz-it’s memory is in use. 1. Select memory gauge from the other menu. 2. Press back to go back to the menus. ✓ understanding the memory the organiz-it has 128 kilobytes of random-ac- cess memory (ram). This memory is dynamically allocated, so ...

  • Page 52: Copying An Organiz-It

    51 you can copy information from one installed organiz-it, or the franklin personal organizer (ic- 107), to another organiz-it. Caution: when you copy from an organizer digital book, all the information in the sending organizer is merged with that of the receiving organizer. Exact duplicate records ...

  • Page 53: Copying to and From Pcs

    52 copying to and from pcs you can copy information to and from an organiz-it to a personal computer (pc) using the serial port found on certain digital book system models. Your pc must be ms-dos ® -compatible and have an in- stalled communications program. Note: the steps in this section assume you...

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    53 copying to and from pcs copying to a pc 1. In the organiz-it, select copy data from the other menu. 2. Select copy to pc . 3. Highlight and press space to view the options. Have ascii format and either all topics or cur- rent topic in view. 4. On your pc, select receive text file from the transfe...

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    54 copying to and from pcs ✓ about intellilink ® intellilink is a windows ® -based program that cop- ies information between hand-held organizers and pc-installed organizers such as lotus organizer ® . If you use intellilink, you must select intellilink format as an option when copying to or from th...

  • Page 56: Appendix

    55 appendix these pages review how to use the digital book system..

  • Page 57: Digital Book System

    56 digital book system ® resetting the digital book system to reset the digital book system, hold clear while pressing on/off . Or press the recessed reset button on the back of the digital book system. (read its basic operating guide for details.) warning: resetting the digital book system may perm...

  • Page 58: Replacing The Batteries

    57 digital book system replacing the batteries the dbs-1 and dbs-2 use four 3-volt, cr2032 lithium bat- teries. The dbs-2d uses four 1.5-volt, aa batteries. You should replace the batteries before they lose all power. Have new batteries ready before you start. Then turn off the digital book system. ...

  • Page 59: Limited Warranty

    58 limited warranty (u.S. Only) franklin warrants to you that the digital book will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your digital book, franklin will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to ...

  • Page 60: Index

    59 index ? Key 11 12 or 24 hour clock 15 annual events 17 arrow keys 9 ascii format 53 auto-resume feature 8 batteries digital book system 57 organiz-it 14, 54 baud rate setting 52 calculating expense totals 47 math equations 38 calculator clearing calculations 38 deleting previous results 39 typing...

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    60 index digital book system protecting and cleaning 56 resetting 56 resuming 8 digital books installing 8 direction keys 4, 34 ellipses in menus 11 ellipses, in menus 11 entering calculations 38 expense entries 45 phone book entries 27 schedule entries 17 to do entries 42 world time locations 35 ex...

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    61 viewing complete items 11 multiple-day schedule entries 17 multiple-word searches 19, 29 negative numbers 38 new appointment 21 number of days 17 organiz-it copying to and from personal computers 52, 53 to other organiz-its 51 resetting 50 p.M., typing 14, 17 parity setting 52 passwords assigning...

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    62 index multiple words 19, 29 schedule entries 18 selecting topics using gold key combina- tions 9 using menus 9 serial port 52 setting clock to world time zones 15 hour display 15 time and date 14 shutoff time 12 special characters 10 special menus 10 square of numbers 38 square roots 38 terminal ...

  • Page 64: Organ

    User’s manual ic-142 f electronic publishers for use with the franklin digital book system ® mt. Holly, nj 08060 electronic publishers digital book organ i z-it organ i z-it ™ ™ s c h e d u l e june 7 9 8 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 x ÷ = 3 12 9 9 6 6 3 12.

  • Page 65: Important Update

    Important update ▼ connecting the cable to your digital book system (dbs) when connecting the intellilink cable, make sure the plug is oriented with the wider metal edge on top and the narrower metal edge on the bottom, as shown below. = top bottom if the cable is not plugged in properly, when you a...

  • Page 66: Important Update

    Important update ▼ getting on-line help there are two ways to get to intellilink’s help informa- tion. First open the intellilink program and then either: double-click the yellow question mark icon. -or- click the yellow help button on the toolbar. On-line help includes sections on getting started ,...

  • Page 67: Important Update

    Important update ▼ important information about importing updated data an entry revised in your pc file (for instance, a changed phone number) will be recorded as a separate new entry when you transfer the file to the organiz-it! Card in your digital book system and will be listed along with the olde...

  • Page 68: Important Update

    Important update copying data from your digital book system to your pc (export) each export/import operation transfers only one organiz-it! Topic from your digital book system to your pc–the last topic selected. To transfer additional topics properly, you must completely close and then reopen intell...

  • Page 69: Important Update

    Important update 8. Click the options tab. On this screen, the option category space should show the target application. 9. Click the export button. Step two (digital book system): 1. Press menu . 2. Select the other menu and then press enter . 3. Select copy data and then press enter . 4. Select co...

  • Page 70: Important Update

    Important update ▼ copying data from your pc to your digital book system (import) each export/import operation transfers only one organiz-it! Topic from your pc to your digital book system–the last topic selected. To transfer additional topics properly, you must completely close and then reopen inte...

  • Page 71: Important Update

    Important update then import and then the source application ( wordperfect , lotus organizer , etc.). 4. Click ok . 5. On the general screen, select the data to be transferred. 6. In the from franklin organizer blank, select the topic to which the data should be transferred. 7. Click the options tab...

  • Page 72: Important Update

    Important update -8- fep-28916-00 p/n 7202769 rev a.