Franklin IC-107 manual

 Digital Book System For Use with the Franklin  IC-1 0 7 DIGIT AL BOOK F User ’ s Manual  Electronic Publishers Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 SCHEDULE 3 12 9 6 JU N E 9 7 8 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 = ÷ X FCR-28007-00 A PN 7201665 Printed in China FOLD  Electronic Publishers Pe rsonal OR GAN I Z E R[...]

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 AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL[...]

2 Getting Started ......................................... 5 Install the Digital Book ............................... 6 Select the Organizer .................................. 7 Move Between Topics ............................... 8 Learn About Special Menus ..................... 11 Learn About Searches .............................. 12 Explore the[...]

3 Contents Changing Phone Book Entries ................. 43 World Time .............................................. 45 Finding Locations ..................................... 46 Adding Locations ...................................... 48 Changing Locations .................................. 50 Calculator ...........................................[...]

4 Introduction Congratulations. You now have a powerful, portable new way to be organized. The Franklin Personal Organizer has six main functions, or topics: Clock, Schedule, Calendar, Phone Book, World Time, Calculator. The Organizer can store up to 128 kilobytes of information that you enter. And its built-in, on-card battery protects your entrie[...]

5 If you’re using the Organizer for the first time, read this section. Getting Started[...]

6 Install the Digital Book Line up the book’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap the book in place. ■ Protect Your Information Never install or remove digital books while the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information that you entered in those books may be erased. You must install the Organizer before you can use it. Here’s h[...]

7 Select the Organizer Once it’s installed, you can select and start using the Organizer. 1. Press 2. Press or to outline ORG. 3. Press 4. If you see the above message, press If you’ve never used this Organizer before, the Clock appears. See “Setting the Clock,” p. 17. ■ Resuming Where You Left Off After your first session, you go to the [...]

8 Move Between T opics You can move between main functions, or topics, in the Organizer by selecting them from the Topic menu. Except for the first time, when you select a topic you go to the last screen that you saw in that topic. 1. Press to view the main menus. 2. If needed, press to highlight the Topic menu. The check marks the currently select[...]

9 Move Between Topics ■ Follow the Arrows The blinking arrows at the bottom of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus and other screens. ■ Zooming Between Topics You can move more quickly between topics by pressing these Gold key combinations at any screen except a help message. Simply hold while pressing the other [...]

10 Move Between Topics ■ Viewing Full Menu Items Some menu items are too long to be fully displayed on a menu. In that case, the item is followed by ellipses, like this: To view a full menu item, first press or to highlight the item, as above. Then press . To return to the menu, press . ? * BACK[...]

11 Learn About Special Menus All six topics have special menus. Special menus let you perform special tasks in a topic. You can view a special menu, if available, by pressing . This is a special menu. Later in this User’s Manual, you’ll learn how to use every special menu. But note these general instructions. ● To select an item on a special [...]

12 Learn About Searches All topics except the Clock and Calculator have search screens. At search screens, you can enter searches to find information in a topic. You can go to a search screen, if available, by pressing . This is a search screen. At any search screen, use these keys to enter searches. To. . . Press. . . type letters . . . type capit[...]

13 Learn About Searches ■ Typing Punctuation Marks At search screens and other screens at which you can type characters, press to view special punctuation marks not appearing on the keyboard. Next, press the arrow keys to highlight a punctuation mark. Then press to type it. You can also type these special punctuation marks, with or without pressi[...]

14 Explore the T utorials For convenient instruction, the Organizer has a built- in tutorial for each topic as well as a general tutorial. 1. Press . 2. Press to highlight the Other menu. 3. If needed, press or to highlight Tutorial. 4. With Tutorial highlighted, press . 5. To view a tutorial, press and then . To move down, press or . 6. To view th[...]

15 ■ Help is Always at Hand At any screen, you can view a help message appropriate to your situation. To... Press... view a help message move down the message or exit the message To zoom to the top or bottom of a help message, press plus or . NOTE: To view a help message about all the Gold key combinations in the Organizer, press plus . ■ Viewi[...]

16 Clock This section shows you how to use the Clock. The Clock can be set to any U.S. time zone, standard or daylight savings time, or any time zone used in a World Time location. The Organizer ’ s on-card battery keeps the Clock running when the Organizer is removed from the Digital Book System.[...]

17 You should set the Clock before using other topics, following these steps. You can change Clock settings later, in any order, from the Clock special menu. 1. If the Clock is not in view, Select the Clock from the Topic menu. Or press plus (for clock). 2. Press . This is the Clock special menu. 3. If needed, press to highlight Set Time Zone. 4. W[...]

18 Setting the Clock ■ Setting the Clock to World Times You can also set the Clock to any time zone in a World Time location. To learn how, see “ Other Location Changes, ” p. 52. 8. Press or and then to select Summer Time or Standard Time. 9. Press . 10. Press and to select Set Date/Time. 11. Type a month, day, year, and time. To type numbers[...]

19 Schedule This section shows you how to use the Schedule. The Schedule is an electronic date book. Using the Schedule, you can enter and find meetings, things to do, annual events, and more.[...]

20 Making Schedule Entries Schedule entries are events — appointments, meet- ings, things to do — scheduled on a particular day. The first time that you use the Schedule, you must make a Schedule entry. In each Schedule entry, you must type an event description of up to 99 characters. 1. Select the Schedule from the Topic menu. Or press plus (f[...]

21 Making Schedule Entries 6. Type a time. Or press . Type a for a.m. or p for p.m. 7. Type an event description. To change a line, press and then retype it. 8. To add the entry to the Schedule, press at the last line. Or press plus at any line. This is a sample Schedule entry. 9. Press to view the Schedule menu. The Schedule entry is listed by dat[...]

22 Making Schedule Entries ■ Making Annual Entries You can add birthdays, anniversaries, and other annually recurring events to the Schedule. First, with the Schedule selected, press . Next, press . Then press or to highlight New Annual Entry. Press and make your entry. ■ Saving or Discarding Changes At any Schedule entry screen, you can save o[...]

23 Once you ’ ve made Schedule entries, you can find them using the Schedule search screen, the Locate menu in the Schedule, or by scanning the Schedule or Matches menus. Searching for Entries At the Schedule search screen, you can find Schedule entries by date or other searches (see p. 24). 1. With the Schedule selected, press . You go to the Sc[...]

24 Finding Schedule Entries To view a list of all matching entries, press 5. To clear your search, press . ■ Other Schedule Searches Here are the other searches that you can enter at the Schedule search screen. Search By Examples days today, yester- day, tomorrow months jan, feb, mar years 1993 or 93 a next or previous previous week , time period[...]

25 Finding Schedule Entries Locating Entries You can also find Schedule entries by entering a date at the Locate menu in the Schedule. The current date is pre-entered. 1. With the Schedule selected, press . 2. Press to highlight the Locate menu. 3. Press . 4. Type a month, day, and year. Or press . To type numbers, press the numbered keys. 5. At th[...]

26 Finding Schedule Entries Scanning Entries You can scan matching Schedule entries after searching for or locating them. Or you can scan all your Schedule entries by selecting the Schedule, pressing , and then following these steps. 1. With the Schedule selected, press . After searching for or locating entries, the Matches menu appears. Otherwise,[...]

27 Finding Schedule Entries N BACK ENTER BACK ■ Viewing Your Next Appointment You can view your next appointment, the next Schedule entry from the current time, by pressing plus at any screen except a menu or help message. To exit the appointment, press . You can also view your next appointment by pressing at the Schedule search screen. Then pres[...]

28 Changing Schedule Entries SPEC ENTER ENTER Using the Schedule entry special menu, you can change, delete, undelete, or make new Schedule entries. You can also make annual entries or delete a range of old entries. These steps show how to change entries. To learn about your other options, see p. 29. 1. Find any Schedule entry. See “Finding Sched[...]

29 Changing Schedule Entries ■ Other Schedule Changes Here are the other items on the Schedule entry special menu. To select an item, press and then . To exit the menu, press . ● Delete Entry deletes the current entry from the Schedule. If you have only one entry and delete it, you must make a new Schedule entry before continuing. ● Undelete [...]

30 This section shows you how to use the Calendar. The Calendar covers every month from 1990 to 2052. The Calendar also marks the days and months with Schedule entries, so you can instantly view them. Calendar[...]

31 Finding Calendars You can find monthly calendars using the Calendar search screen or the Locate menu in the Calendar. Searching for Calendars At the Calendar search screen, you can find calen- dars by month, year, or other searches (see p. 32). If you search for only a month, you go to the next occurrence of that month. If you search for only a [...]

32 5. To view the next or previous month, press or . 6. To view the next or previous year, press plus or . 7. To clear to the Calendar search screen, press . ■ Other Calendar Searches Here are other searches that you can enter at the Calendar search screen. Search By Examples days of the week monday , tuesday a next or previous next monday, day o[...]

33 Finding Calendars Locating Calendars You can also find calendars using the Locate menu in the Calendar. Simply select a month or year. If you select a month, you go to that month in the selected year. If you select a year, you go to that year. 1. With the Calendar selected, press . 2. Press or to highlight Month or Year. 3. Press . The check mar[...]

34 Viewing Schedule Entries ENTER In calendars, days and months that have Schedule entries are marked with a dot. You can view the entries for a marked day by highlighting it and then pressing . If you highlight an unmarked day, you go to the Schedule search screen. 1. Find any calendar. See “Finding Calendars,” p. 31. 2. Press the arrow keys t[...]

35 Viewing Schedule Entries ■ Making Schedule Entries From Calendars At any monthly calendar, you can make new Schedule entries without selecting the Sched- ule. First, highlight any day in a calendar. Next, press to view the Calendar special menu. Then press or to highlight New Schedule Entry. Press . Then make a Schedule entry for the day that [...]

36 Phone Book This section shows you how to use the Phone Book. The Phone Book is an electronic phone and address book. Using the Phone Book, you can save home and business phone numbers and addresses. Then you can find your Phone Book entries by any entered item.[...]

37 Making Phone Book Entries Phone Book entries may contain names, addresses, phone numbers, and notes. The first time that you use the Phone Book you must make a Phone Book entry. In each Phone Book entry, you must type a last name. Your notes can be up to 99 characters. 1. Select Phone Book from the Topic menu. Or press plus (for phone book). If [...]

38 Making Phone Book Entries Or press plus at any line. This is a sample Phone Book entry. 8. To return to the menu, press . The entry is listed alphabetically by last name. ENTER BACK[...]

39 Once you’ve made Phone Book entries, you can find them using the Phone Book search screen, the Locate menu in the Phone Book, or by scanning the Phone or Matches menus. Searching for Entries At the Phone Book search screen, you can find Phone Book entries by first name, last name, or any line in an entry (see p. 40). Your search must exactly m[...]

40 Finding Phone Book Entries ■ Other Phone Book Searches Here are the other searches that you can enter at the Phone Book search screen. Search By Examples company XYZ, Inc. city Anytown state ny , ca country usa area code 212, 804 first words in notes client , relative Whatever your search, it must exactly match the first letters or numbers of [...]

41 Finding Phone Book Entries Locating Entries You can also find Phone Book entries by first name, city, and state by selecting items from the Locate menu in the Phone Book. You can select up to 10 items in each category or items from more than one category. 1. With the Phone Book selected, press . 2. Press to highlight the Locate menu. 3. To selec[...]

42 Finding Phone Book Entries CLEAR MENU Scanning Entries You can scan matching Phone Book entries after searching for or locating them. Or you can scan all your Phone Book entries by selecting the Phone Book, pressing , and then following these steps. 1. With the Phone Book, press . After searching for or locating entries, the Matches menu appears[...]

43 Using the Phone Book entry special menu, you can change, delete, undelete, or make new Phone Book entries. This example shows how to change a Phone Book entry. To learn about the other options, see p. 44. 1. Find any Phone Book entry. See “Finding Phone Book Entries,” p. 39. 2. Press . This is the Phone Book entry special menu. 3. If needed,[...]

44 Changing Phone Book Entries ■ Other Phone Book Changes Here are your other items on the Phone Book entry special menu. To select an item, press and then . To exit the menu, press . ● Delete Entry deletes the current entry in the Phone Book. If you have only one Phone Book entry and delete it, you must make a new entry before continuing in th[...]

45 This section shows you how to use the World Time. The World Time lets you find the current time and date in more than 270 pre-entered locations around the world. You can also add your own locations for customized reference. W orld Time[...]

46 Finding Locations You can find the times and dates of locations using the World Time search screen or scanning the Locations or Matches menus. The Clock must be set for world times and dates to be current (see p. 17). Searching For Locations At the World Time search screen, you can find world- wide times and dates by location. 1. Select World Ti[...]

47 Scanning Locations You can scan matching locations after searching for them. Or you can scan all the locations by selecting World Time, pressing , and following these steps. 1. With World Time selected, press . After searching, the Matches menu appears. Otherwise, the Locations menu does. 2. Start typing a location name (city, country). As you t[...]

48 Adding Locations You can add your own locations to the World Time. Times at new locations must be set relative to Green- wich Mean Time (GMT). The names of your locations (city, country, etc.) can be up to 99 characters. 1. With World Time selected, press . 2. If needed, press plus to highlight New Entry. 3. With New Entry highlighted, press . T[...]

49 Adding Locations ■ Understanding GMT Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the time at Greenwich, England, the site of the prime meridian (0 o longitude). By convention, the 24 world time zones are calculated from Greenwich Mean Time. To find how many hours a time zone is from GMT, see an atlas, almanac, or encyclopedia. ■ Selecting U.S. Time Zones A[...]

50 Changing Locations Using the Location special menu, you can change, delete, undelete, and add new locations. You can also set the Clock to any World Time Zone. This example shows you how change World Time locations. To learn about your other options, see p. 52. 1. Find a World Time location. See “Finding Locations,” p. 46. This is a sample l[...]

51 Changing Locations 5. Type your changes. See “Adding Locations,” p. 48. 6. To update the location, press at the last line. Or press plus at any line. Or press or , highlight Save Changes , and press . 7. To return to the main menus, press . ENTER ENTER CLEAR SPEC ENTER MENU ■ Saving or Discarding Changes At any Location entry screen, you c[...]

52 Changing Locations ENTER ■ Other Location Changes Here are the other items on the Location special menu. To select an item, press and then . To exit the menu, press . ● Delete Entry deletes the current location from the World Time list. ● Undelete Entry restores the most recently deleted location, even if you deleted it during a previous s[...]

53 This section shows you how to use the Calculator. The Calculator performs basic math operations, squares, square roots, and reciprocals. You can also save your results and use them in later calculations. Calculator[...]

54 Making Calculations M Using the Calculator, you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers of up to 10 digits. You can also calculate squares, square roots, and reciprocals. 1. Select the Calculator from the Topic menu. Or press plus (for math). This is the Calculator screen. 2. To type numbers, press the numbered keys. To type a negative n[...]

55 Making Calculations 6. To repeat a previous operation, press . Or type more numbers and do more calculations. 7. To clear the current calculations, press . ■ Squares, Square Roots, Reciprocals To. . . Press. . . square a number find a square root find a reciprocal ■ Scanning Calculations To. . . Press. . . scroll up or down page up or down o[...]

56 Saving Results SPEC Using the Calculator special menu, you can save the result of any calculation and use it in later calculations. You should name each result before you save it. 1. Make a calculation. See “ Making Calculations, ” p. 54. 2. Press . 3. If necessary, press to highlight Save this Result. This is the Calculator special menu. 4.[...]

57 Using Previous Results Using the Calculator special menu, you can use previously saved results in your current calculations. 1. At the Calculator screen, press . 2. Press to highlight Use Previous Result. 3. Press . 4. Press to highlight a result. 5. To use the result, press . The result appears on the Calculator screen. SPEC ■ Deleting Saved [...]

58 Using Previous Results ■ A Quick Way to Use Saved Results Simply type the name of a saved result directly at the Calculator screen. For example, if you had saved a result named “ subtotal, ” you would type subtotal at the Calculator screen. Then press to use it in your calculations. NOTE: To type Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, or P at the Calc[...]

59 Other Functions This section shows you how to use the functions under the Other menu. Using the Other menu, You can gauge the memory, name and copy your Organizer, set the shutoff timing, and reset the Organizer.[...]

60 Gauging Memory Using the Memory Gauge, you can check how much of the Organizer ’ s 128 kilobytes of memory is available for more entries. 1. Press . 2. Press to highlight the Other menu. 3. Press or to highlight Memory Gauge. 4. Press . 5. To return to menus, press . ■ About the Organizer’s Memory The Organizer ’ s memory is dynamically [...]

61 Naming Cards You must name an Organizer digital book, or card, before copying to or from it. To learn how to copy Organizer cards, see p. 62. 1. Press . 2. Press to highlight the Other menu. 3. Press or to highlight Name this Card. 4. Press . 5. Type a name of up to 8 characters. To erase characters, press . 6. To save the name, press . MENU ENT[...]

62 Copying Cards To share information or provide extra protection, you can copy all the entries from one Organizer card to another. Before you copy, you must have two named Organizers installed in your Digital Book System (see p. 61). WARNING: When you copy to an Organizer card, all previous entries on that card are overwritten. 1. Press . 2. Press[...]

63 More Functions MENU Using the Other menu, you can also set the auto- matic shutoff timing, view the copyright, do a factory reset, and verify the Phone Book. First, press and then to highlight the Other menu. Next, press and then to select an item. ● Set Shutoff Time lets you adjust how long the Digital Book System stays on when you forget to [...]

64 More Functions ■ About the On-Card Battery The Organizer has its own built-in, 3-volt, CR1220 lithium battery. This means that you can remove an Organizer from the Digital Book System without fear of losing any information that you entered in it. This on-card battery uses little power, so you rarely, if ever, need to change it. When the batter[...]

65 This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System and the Organizer. Appendixes[...]

66 Digital Book System Installing & Removing Digital Books To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital Book System. Then align the digital book ’ s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back and snap the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it doesn ’ t matter which slot you use. But make sure that the boo[...]

67 Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press . 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing or . Then press To return to the first book, repeat these steps. Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books. 1. Highlight a word in a digital book. Read its User's Manual to l[...]

68 WARNING: To prevent deleting information from installed digital books: • Always replace the batteries before they lose all power, and never remove the batteries while the Digital Book System is on. • Never mix old and new batteries. And, once batteries have been removed, install new ones within two minutes. Replacing the Batteries Your Digit[...]

69 Digital Book System Protecting the Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION: Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase informa- tion that you entered in your installed [...]

70 Specifications Product Features • Topics: Phone Book, Schedule, Calendar, Calculator, World Time, Clock • Entries: Times and dates; Schedule entries, or appointments; Phone Book entries; World Time locations; calculations • Word Searches: in the Schedule — by date or event description; in the Phone Book — by name, city, state, or words[...]

71 Limited W arranty (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 the dealer from which you made your purchase or F[...]

72 Key Guide Function Keys Start a search. Or clear current calculations. Go to main menus. At search and entry screens, type special punctuation marks. At some help messages, view more help. Exit the Organizer. Select an item. Search. Or calculate. View a special menu. Back up. Or erase typed characters. View a help message. Direction Keys Move in[...]

73 Key Guide + ENTER + B + Go to the Phone Book. Go to the Clock. Go to the Calendar ( dates). Go to World Time ( foreign). Go to the Calculator ( math). View the next appointment. Go to the Schedule. Save an entry or changes. Type special punctuation marks. In the Calculator Square a number (n 2 ). Make a square root ( √ n). Make a reciprocal (1[...]

74 Index Annual Schedule entries 22, 29 Arrow keys, using 9 Auto-resume feature 7 Batteries replacing Digital Book Sys- tem 68 Organizer cards 64 Calculator clearing calculations 55 deleting results 57 making calculations 54 reciprocals 55 saving results 56 scanning calcula- tions 55 squares/square roots 55 typing decimals 54 math symbols 54 negati[...]

75 Index Finding calendars 31 Phone Book entries 39 Schedule entries 23 world times by loca- tion 46 Gold key combinations making calcula- tions 55, 58 typing numbers at search screens 12 typing special punctua- tion 13 zooming between topics 9 Help messages 15 Installing digital books 6 Key Guide 72 Locate menu in Calendar 33 in Phone Book 41 in S[...]

76 Index locating entries 41 making entries 37, 44 saving changes 38 scanning entries 42 searching by last name 39 by other items 40 selecting 37 verifying entries 63 Product specifica- tions 70 Punctuation marks 13 Reciprocals 55 Resetting Organizer cards 63 Schedule annual entries 22, 29 changing entries 28 deleting/undeleting entries 29 discardi[...]

77 Time zones in Clock 17 Topic menu 8 Topics moving between 8 overview 4 zooming between 9 Tutorials 14 Typing decimals 54 letters at search screens 12 in the Calculator negative numbers 54 numbers at search screens 12 in the Calculator 58 punctuation 13 Verifying Phone Book 63 Viewing full menu items 10 help messages 15 main menus 8 more help 15 [...]

 Digital Book System For Use with the Franklin  IC-1 0 7 DIGIT AL BOOK F User ’ s Manual  Electronic Publishers Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 SCHEDULE 3 12 9 6 JU N E 9 7 8 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 = ÷ X FCR-28007-00 A PN 7201665 Printed in China FOLD  Electronic Publishers Pe rsonal OR GAN I Z E R[...]