User manual FRANKLIN IC-163

[. . . ] For Use with the Franklin Electronic Publishers IC-163 Digital Book System DIGITAL BOOK PDR 1996 F PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE User's Manual 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 BOOK means the software product and documentation found in this package. [. . . ] Press CLEAR when done. 9 Finding Drug Information If You Misspell a Drug Name When you type letters that do not match a drug on the Drugs menu, the correction mode entry screen appears. Or you can enter the misspelled drug name to view corrections. You can select Words starting with. to view completions, if any, or select a drug on the corrections list to view its monograph. What Drug Are You Reading About? When a drug monograph or a table is in view, you can check its Outline location by pressing ? . Press BACK to go back to the text. , you do not go to the Drugs menu itself but to a snapshot of your current location in the Drugs menu, or Outline. To go from the text to the Drugs menu, press SPEC until the menu appears. 10 Reading Monographs Once a drug monograph is in view, you can read it in a number of ways. In particular, you can move quickly between its main sections, or topics, using the Quick Keys. To go to the next or previous paragraph, hold and press the DN or UP key. Indications and Usage I Contraindications C Warnings W Adverse Reactions A Dosage and Administration D How Supplied H or S Manufacturer M Generic Name G 4. Then you can highlight an ingredient and search for it (see "Highlighting Search Words"). 14 Searching for Words You can search for the occurrences, or matches, of words appearing in drug monographs, tables, and therapeutic classes. After searching, only drugs and classes containing matches of your search word(s) are listed on the Drugs and Class menus. Hold and press the DN key to view the next Outline location of a match, if any. If you entered more than one search word, you may have to scroll down to see the second matching word in the section of text. Press MENU to view all the matches listed on the menus, including therapeutic classes. The numbers on the menus indicate the number of matches, not the number of menu items. Press CLEAR to clear your search when done. 15 Searching for Words If You Misspell a Search Word Don't worry. Highlight a correction and press ENTER to search for it. Finding More Matches After searching for words, you can find additional matches by pressing MORE up to five times (or until No more appears). Each time that you press MORE , the previous matches are discarded and new matches of synonyms and similar words are found. Changing Your Searches After searching for words, you can also change your search by selecting Change Search Query from the Search menu. Searching for Search Words If you are not sure which form of a search word to use, type an asterisk at the text search screen in place of the letters that you're not sure about (e. g. , bacter ). They will not work at the correction mode screen. 16 Highlighting Search Words You can also search for words by highlighting them in drug monographs and tables. Press ENTER to start the highlight. You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK . You can expand your search by pressing MORE now (see "Expanding Your Searches"). Press CLEAR when done. Words Too Common to Search Some short words such as articles (a, the, etc. ) and prepositions (to, in, etc. ) occur too often to search for, either by entering them or by highlighting. 17 Footnotes, References & Tables Throughout the text of the Pocket PDR®, you will see icons for footnotes , cross-references , tables , and bibliographic references . When an icon is in view, hold and press ENTER . The icon is highlighted. [. . . ] · Never mix old and new batteries. 23 Product Specifications Pocket PDR® (model IC-163) · Size: 2-1/4" x 1-1/4" x 1/4" · Weight: 0. 3 oz. Customer Service If you have a problem with this digital book, refer to the limited warranty information. If you purchased this digital book outside the United States, contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information. Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, ISBN © 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Pocket PDR® is a registered trademark of Medical Economics Data Productions Company. [. . . ]