Franklin BOOKMAN Sidekick SDK-561, User Manual

Page 1: ... EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK BOOKMAN USER S GUIDE SDK 561 SDK 563 SDK 565 ...

Page 2: ...se the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOK MAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer t...

Page 3: ... the World Clock 17 Using the Daily Alarm 17 Changing the Time Date Format 18 Swapping the Clocks 19 Using the Calendar Creating Calendar Entries 21 Duplicating a Calendar Entry 22 Using the Daily View 23 Using the Weekly View 24 Using the Monthly View 25 Editing Calendar Entries 26 Searching for Calendar Entries 26 Trimming the Schedule 27 Using Cardfiles Creating a Cardfile 29 Adding Cards 30 Du...

Page 4: ...Cable 50 Installing the Connectivity Software 51 Starting the Connectivity Software 52 Testing Your Connection 53 Linking Files 54 Merging All Linked Files 57 Advanced Transfers and Merging 60 Recovering Files 62 Backing up and Restoring Files 63 Solutions to Common Problems 64 Doing a Factory Reset 67 Resetting Your BOOKMAN 67 Specifications 68 Copyrights and Patents 68 Limited Warranty 69 Index ...

Page 5: ...in this User s Guide Other BOOKMAN books have their own color key functions which are labeled on their keyboards or book cards To learn more read Using the Color Keys Other Keys BACK Erases a letter or backs up CAP Shifts a key to type capital letters or punctuation marks CARD Exits the book you are reading CLEAR Clears to the main screen of the current topic ENTER Selects a menu item or enters se...

Page 6: ...es a number K In the Calculator calcu lates the square root of a number L In the Calculator calcu lates a reciprocal M Selects the Calculator math N Locks and unlocks the numbered keys Q P Types numbers S Displays the special characters you can type X Selects Expenses At a field or entry screen types a hyphen At a field or entry screen accents a typed letter DN Goes to the next or pre vious entry ...

Page 7: ... with this BOOKMAN model Volume Control The dial located near the headphone jack controls the volume of the headphones Serial Port The serial port allows cer tain BOOKMAN books when Franklin s BOOKMAN PC Connect serial cable is connected to your BOOKMAN to trans fer information to a personal computer PC Warning Using a serial cable other than the one obtained from Franklin may damage your BOOKMAN ...

Page 8: ...tart using your BOOKMAN Sidekick as well as how to perform basic and important operations Installing Batteries 8 Installing Book Cards 8 Selecting a Book 9 Using the Color Keys 9 Viewing the Demonstration 10 Changing the Settings 10 Selecting a Topic 11 Typing Characters 12 Using a Password 13 Gauging the Memory 14 ...

Page 9: ... the battery cover on the back of your BOOKMAN by compressing its tab with your finger and then lifting the cover 3 Install the batteries as shown on the diagram in the battery compartment 4 Replace the battery cover When the Batteries Are Low An on screen warning message will appear when the batteries in your BOOKMAN Sidekick are low on power This message does not mean that any of the information...

Page 10: ...book card About the Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Guide may differ slightly from what you see on screen This does not mean that your BOOK MAN is malfunctioning Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN you can select which book to use 1 Turn your BOOKMAN on 2 Press CARD These are sample books 3 Press or to highlight the book you want to use 4 Press ENTER t...

Page 11: ...me date for mat of the clocks and calendars of your BOOKMAN Sidekick The automatic shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off The help message lan guage is the language of the help mes sages tutorial and demonstration 1 Press MENU until the main menus appear 2 Use the arrow keys to high light Time Date Format Set Language Set Shutoff Set Contrast on the Setup menu ...

Page 12: ...creating an entry a message appears asking if you want to save your changes To save your changes press S To exit the entry without saving press X To go back to the entry press any other key except CLEAR ON OFF CAP or Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can use to view more text and highlight menus and menu items Note At some menus you can also...

Page 13: ... To accent a letter type it and then hold and press until the desired accent appears Typing Characters To Type Numbers At fields that require numbers such as dates and times simply press the num bered keys At other fields that often use numbers such as ZIP codes the number lock is turned on by default At such fields you can type letters from the top row Q W E R T Y etc by holding and pressing the ...

Page 14: ...rd in a separate location not on your BOOKMAN 5 Hold and press ENTER Or hold and press BACK to exit without setting the password 6 Press C to set the password 7 Turn off your BOOKMAN Using a Password 8 Turn on your BOOKMAN 9 Type your password and then press ENTER The password you type must exactly match the password you set To Change or Delete Your Password 1 On the Setup menu highlight Set Passw...

Page 15: ... first call 1 800 BOOK MAN to obtain a return authoriza tion code Then mail your BOOKMAN Sidekick with your re turn authorization code to Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc One Franklin Plaza Burlington NJ 08016 In the U K send your carefully packaged BOOKMAN Sidekick to Franklin Electronic Publishers Ltd Unit 5 West Surrey Estate Spelthorne Lane Ashford Middlesex TW18 1UH Remember to enclose a no...

Page 16: ...r clock to any time zone around the world and then swap the clocks as you travel You can also set a daily alarm that works even when your BOOKMAN Sidekick is turned off Using the Clocks Setting the Home Clock 16 Setting the World Clock 17 Using the Daily Alarm 17 Changing the Time Date Format 18 Swapping the Clocks 19 ...

Page 17: ...ock of the date and time 7 Press ENTER when finished Or press BACK to exit without changing the date or time Setting the Home Clock Setting the Home Clock by Location or Time Zone You can also set the Home Clock to the time and date of any of dozens of locations around the world or to any of 24 world time zones When the Home Clock is on screen press EDIT blue and then select Set Home Time Zone fro...

Page 18: ...ghlight Set Alarm Time and then press ENTER to select it 4 Select Set Alarm Time again 5 Type an hour minutes and an a or p for a m or p m Using the Daily Alarm Setting the World Clock After you have set the Home Clock you can set the World Clock by select ing a time zone or one of dozens loca tions around the world 1 Hold and press C until the World Clock appears WORLD or a world icon indicates t...

Page 19: ...time zones To manually set ei ther option for the Home or World Clock first press EDIT blue when a clock is on screen Then select Day light Savings or World Daylight Sav ings and either Standard Winter Time or Daylight Summer Time 6 Press ENTER when finished A bell icon on the Home Clock indi cates the daily alarm is enabled and set 7 When the daily alarm sounds press any key except or CAP to turn...

Page 20: ...example if your daily alarm was originally set for 6 30 a m New York time after swapping the clocks it will sound at 6 30 a m in your new Home Clock time zone And if you had an appointment scheduled at 9 00 a m New York time after swapping it will be scheduled at 9 00 a m in the new time zone Resetting the Clock When you remove the batteries from your BOOKMAN Sidekick or if they lose all power you...

Page 21: ...l days such as birthdays and anniversaries You can see your Calendar in Daily Weekly and Monthly views And you can even search your Calendar for entries containing any word s Creating Calendar Entries 21 Duplicating a Calendar Entry 22 Using the Daily View 23 Using the Weekly View 24 Using the Monthly View 25 Editing Calendar Entries 26 Searching for Calendar Entries 26 Trimming the Schedule 27 ...

Page 22: ...alendar Entries Creating Calendar Entries to move the cursor 8 Hold and press ENTER to save your entry Or hold and press BACK to exit without saving Understanding Calendar Entries Appointments can be for a single day can recur once a week or can re cur once a month You can create up to three appointments overlapping any single 15 minute time span But you cannot create a single day appoint ment tha...

Page 23: ...ving Duplicating a Calendar Entry press any key except or CAP to turn it off and clear the display To Do items must have a title and can have a due date To Do items ap pear on the Calendar Daily view on the day they are entered They carry over to subsequent days until you check them off as completed On their due dates To Do items appear bolded on the Daily view To learn how to check off completed ...

Page 24: ...hold and press BACK to exit without saving your changes 6 Press CLEAR to return to the Daily view for the current day Once you have created calendar entries you can view or edit them directly from the Daily view of the Calendar From top to bottom the Daily view lists special days multi day events appoint ments by time To Do items and calls You probably will want to use the Daily view as your basic...

Page 25: ...pointments with up to three overlapping 2 Use the Direction keys To Press see earlier or later or times scroll down or up or page down or up DN or UP go to the end CAP or or start of a week go to the next or DN or UP previous week Using the Weekly View Using the Daily View Understanding Daily View Icons On the Daily view calendar entries are identified by these icons This Icon Means special day mu...

Page 26: ...xt or DN or UP previous month go to the next or DN or UP previous year 3 To create a new calendar entry or search for calendar entries press EDIT blue 4 To go to the Daily view for a date highlight it and then press ENTER Using the Monthly View To Press go to the current CLEAR day on the Weekly view 3 To create a new entry or search for existing calendar entries press EDIT blue 4 To go to the Dail...

Page 27: ...endar Entries Once you have created calendar en tries it s easy to change or edit them 1 Press CALEND green until the Daily view appears 2 Highlight the calendar entry that you want to edit 3 Hold and press EDIT blue Or press EDIT blue and then select Edit 4 Type your changes 5 Hold and press ENTER to save your entry Or hold and press BACK to exit without saving Searching for Calendar Entries Dele...

Page 28: ...ote Special days are trimmed only if they are nonannual Multi day events and recurring appointments are fully trimmed only if all their dates fall be fore the date you specify If they span that date only their earlier dates are trimmed 1 Press MENU 2 From the Setup menu select Trim Schedule 3 Type the date before which you want to delete the completed calendar entries 4 Press ENTER 5 Press D to tr...

Page 29: ...nts or hotels and almost anything else Each card in a cardfile is like an index card holding information such as phone numbers e mail addresses company names birthdays and more And you can search a cardfile to quickly find the cards and information that you need Creating a Cardfile 29 Adding Cards 30 Duplicating a Card 31 Viewing Cardfiles and Cards 31 Editing Cards 32 Searching for Cards 33 ...

Page 30: ...NU to go to the Cardfiles menu 3 Press EDIT blue 4 Press ENTER to select New Cardfile 5 Use the arrow keys to high light a cardfile template Creating a Cardfile 6 Press ENTER 7 Type the name of your new cardfile This is a sample cardfile name To erase a typed character use BACK 8 Press ENTER to create it Deleting a Cardfile Warning When you delete a card file all the cards contained in it are perm...

Page 31: ...d your PC Sidekick User s Guide Then read Using the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity Software in this User s Guide to learn how to transfer or merge them to your BOOKMAN Sidekick Creating a Cardfile Adding Cards Once you have created a cardfile you can create cards and add them to it Cards con sist of fields in which you enter information 1 If needed use FILES red to cycle to the cardfile into which ...

Page 32: ... a Card A quick way to create a new card is to duplicate an existing card When you duplicate a card a new card is opened with the same information as the card you selected To save the new card you must change at least one field in it For example you can use Duplicate to quickly create cards in which fields such as company business address etc are the same but other fields such as name home phone p...

Page 33: ... erase typed characters 5 Hold and press ENTER to save your changes Or hold and press BACK to exit without saving 4 Highlight a card and then press ENTER to view it 5 To go to the bottom or top of a card hold CAP and press and Note When you view a card only the fields in which you typed infor mation are displayed 6 To go to the next or previous card in the cardfile if any hold and press DN or UP 7...

Page 34: ...elected card file first press EDIT blue and then highlight Undelete Card Press ENTER to undelete that card Editing Cards Searching for Cards You can search a cardfile by entering one or more words that occur in the fields of its cards Note You can search only one cardfile at a time 1 If needed use FILES red to find the cardfile you want to search 2 Press EDIT blue and high light Search This Cardfi...

Page 35: ... previous match 8 To go back to the list of matching cards press BACK 9 Press CLEAR to clear your search Searching for Parts of Words You can search for words in cards by typing the endings beginnings and other parts of the word For example searching for par will find entries with park party apartment etc ...

Page 36: ...ion about anything from travel directions to grocery lists to business ideas You can even search through a note folder to quickly find the notes that you need Creating a Note Folder 36 Adding Notes 37 Duplicating a Note 38 Viewing Note Folders and Notes 38 Editing Notes 39 Searching for Notes 40 ...

Page 37: ...ete a note folder all the notes contained in it are permanently deleted At the Notes menu highlight the note folder that you want to delete Then press EDIT blue highlight Delete Folder and press ENTER Finally press D to delete the note folder and Y to confirm Press any other key to cancel Renaming a Note Folder You can easily change the name of an existing note folder At the Notes menu highlight t...

Page 38: ... use NOTES yellow to find the note folder into which you want to add a note 2 Press EDIT blue This is a sample Note Folder Edit menu 3 Press ENTER to select New Note Entry 4 Enter your note information Press ENTER to go to the next field To move the cursor use the arrow keys To quickly go to the top or bottom of a Adding Notes note hold CAP and press or 5 Hold and press ENTER to add a note Or hold...

Page 39: ...n 6 Hold and press ENTER to save your new note Or hold and press BACK to exit without saving Duplicating a Note There are several ways to view and ac cess your notes and note folders 1 Press NOTES yellow repeat edly to cycle through your note folders To display the full title of a note press 2 To see a list of your note folders press MENU to go to the Notes menu To display the full title of a note...

Page 40: ... To edit a note that you are viewing hold and press EDIT blue Viewing Note Folders and Notes Editing Notes After you have created a note you can edit or change it 1 Press NOTES yellow 2 To highlight a note scroll to it or type the first few letters of its title 3 Hold and press EDIT blue Or press EDIT blue and then select Edit This Note 4 Enter your note information Use BACK to erase typed charact...

Page 41: ...lected note folder first press EDIT blue and then highlight Undelete Note Press ENTER to undelete that note Editing a Note Searching for Notes You can search a note folder by entering one or more words that occur in the fields of its notes Note You can search only one note folder at a time 1 If needed use NOTES yel low to find the note folder you want to search 2 Press EDIT blue and high light Sea...

Page 42: ...8 To go back to the list of matches press BACK 9 Press CLEAR to clear your search Searching for Notes Searching for Parts of Words You can search for words in notes by typing the endings beginnings and other parts of a word For ex ample searching for par will find en tries with park party apartment etc ...

Page 43: ...e information such as account and payment type restaurant airline vendor currency remarks and more Then you can quickly calculate your total expenses according to their account and payment type Creating Expense Entries 43 Viewing Expense Entries 44 Editing Expense Entries 44 Computing Expense Sums 45 ...

Page 44: ...ote You do not need to type a dollar sign or other currency symbol in the Amount field To erase char acters use BACK 5 Press ENTER to go to the next line Or use the arrow keys to move the cursor 6 To save the entry hold and press ENTER or press ENTER at the last field Or hold and press BACK to exit without saving Creating Expense Entries Creating Expense Entries Merging and Transferring Expense En...

Page 45: ... press ENTER or press ENTER at the last field Or hold and press BACK to exit without saving Viewing Expense Entries You can easily view an expense entry to see the information entered in its fields 1 Hold and press X to go to the Expenses menu 2 Highlight an expense entry and then press ENTER to view it To highlight an expense entry use the arrow keys to scroll to it or start typing its title Acco...

Page 46: ... use or DN 4 Press BACK to go back to the Expenses menu Editing Expense Entries Deleting and Undeleting an Expense Entry You can delete any expense entry You can also restore the most re cently deleted expense entry by undeleting it To delete an expense entry high light it and press EDIT blue when the Expenses menu is on screen Then highlight Delete This Expense and press ENTER Press D to delete i...

Page 47: ...divide and perform other math functions such as percentages and square roots You can also save and retrieve the results of your calculations for use in subsequent calculations Using the Calculator Making Calculations 47 Saving and Retrieving Calculations 48 ...

Page 48: ...4 Type another number e g 13 5 Press ENTER to calculate Making Calculations Using Other Math Functions You can perform the following math functions by typing a number in the Calculator and then using these key combinations To Use convert to a percentage H square a number J calculate a square root K calculate a reciprocal L 6 To repeat the calculation press ENTER again 7 Press the UP or DN key to v...

Page 49: ...the next calculation A Quick Way to Retrieve a Result You can quickly retrieve a result by typing its name at the Calculator main screen and pressing ENTER For example you could retrieve the result in the previous example by entering this at the Calculator To type the top row of letters in the Calculator hold and press the numbered keys Note If you type a number first at the Calculator main screen...

Page 50: ...nced Transfer option If you make a mistake when transferring or merging files you can easily recover your most recently transferred or merged PC Sidekick files In addition for storage and safety you can back up and restore all the files from your BOOKMAN Sidekick to your computer even if you do not have PC Sidekick The Equipment You Need 50 Connecting the Serial Cable 50 Installing the Connectivit...

Page 51: ...other questions call 1 800 953 9995 Or visit the Starfish Software web site at http www starfishsoftware com BeforeyoucanstartusingtheBOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity software you must first connect the Franklin BOOKMAN PC connect serial cable between your BOOK MAN Sidekick and your computer Warning Using a different serial cable may damage your BOOKMAN Sidekick files as well as your BOOK MAN Sidekic...

Page 52: ... letter of your 3 5 floppy drive Installing the Connectivity Software Connecting the Serial Cable 6 Firmly insert the 3 5 mm plug completely into the serial port on the right side of your BOOKMAN Sidekick and turn on your BOOKMAN Read Special BOOKMAN Features foradiagramoftheserialport slocation Caution Make sure the serial cable plug is pushed all the way into the serial port on your BOOKMAN Side...

Page 53: ...ll down menu to match the communications port to which you connected the serial cable 4 At the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity Software Installation screen click OK 5 Select the version of PC Side kick that is installed on your computer and then click OK If you do not have a version of PC Sidekick installed on your computer select Sidekick not installed on PC This will allow you to only backup and r...

Page 54: ...d to select a COM port on the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connec tivity main window before you click Test 1 At the main window of the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectiv ity software click Test The BOOKMAN Sidekick Port Finder window appears 2 Click Start If the Status box says that your BOOK MAN Sidekick is not detected on any communications port make sure that the serial cable is fully inserted in the serial port a...

Page 55: ... Sidekick File This option links an existing BOOKMAN Sidekick file to a new PC Sidekick file Note You can only link expenses in the Sidekick 95 version or later not in the Sidekick 2 0 version Caution If your BOOKMAN Side kick and your computer are not prop erly connected you will not be able to link files Read Testing Your Connec tion for more information To Link Two Existing Files 1 On the BOOKM...

Page 56: ... not actually created until you transfer or merge the file from your computer to your BOOKMAN Sidekick Linking Files Linking Files 1 On the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity main window click Link 2 Select Cards as the Database Type 3 Click New BOOKMAN File 4 Type the name of the new BOOKMAN Sidekick cardfile to be created 5 Click Link 6 Highlight a PC Sidekick file Or you can click Cancel to return t...

Page 57: ... linked BOOK MAN Sidekick cardfiles merge in the order that they appear in the Link Databases dialog box Updating Your Links If you add delete or rename the card files on your BOOKMAN Sidekick while using the connectivity software and these changes do not appear on the Link Databases dialog box you should update your links From the main window select Update Links from the File menu This checks you...

Page 58: ...es Merging all your linked files saves all their nonidentical entries on both your BOOK MAN Sidekick and your PC Sidekick Identical entries in your linked files remain unchanged The result is linked files that are identical on both your BOOKMAN Sidekick and PC Sidekick Caution When you merge files the previously existing linked files on your BOOKMAN Sidekick and computer are overwritten If Two ent...

Page 59: ...l Linked Files Cancel stops these two files from merging 5 If you are merging Calendars the Date Range dialog box will appear If needed change the start and end dates and then click OK Or click Ignore to merge all of the entries from both Calendars Warning If you select a date range all the entries on your BOOKMAN Sidekick outside the selected range will be permanently erased To learn more about m...

Page 60: ...ture Oc currences automatically applies the current selection to all future dupli cate records in this current file Merging New Files It is also possible to merge an exist ing file either a PC Sidekick or BOOKMAN Sidekick file to a newly created file For example if you linked an existing PC Sidekick card file to a new BOOKMAN cardfile you can still click Merge All Merge All adds all of the entries...

Page 61: ...es from your computer to your BOOK MAN Sidekick you may want to check the memory gauge on your BOOK MAN Sidekick to make sure that it has enough memory available to hold the new files Read Gauging the Memory for more information Note To recover the PC Sidekick files that you most recently transferred read Recovering Files 1 On the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity main window click Advanced Transfer T...

Page 62: ...you can transfer or merge one or more cal endar entry types appointments To Do items calls multi day events and special days To select a calendar entry type first change the Database Type to Calen dars Then highlight one or more cal endar entry types to select it To deselect an entry type highlight it again You can now transfer or merge the calendar entries When you merge calendar entries between ...

Page 63: ...led Recovery located in the same directory as the BOOK MAN Sidekick Connectivity software All recovery files retain their original names and extensions You can re trieve recovery files in PC Sidekick by opening the Recovery subdirectory and selecting a recovery file Caution If you attempt to transfer or merge a recovery file you risk losing the information which was saved in the recovery file Adva...

Page 64: ... The time it takes to back up or restore your BOOKMAN Sidekick files can vary from five minutes to forty five minutes or longer depending on the amount of information To Back up Your Files 1 From the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity main window select Backup from the File menu to back up all your BOOKMAN Sidekick files 2 When your backup is com pleted click OK To Restore Your Files Warning When you r...

Page 65: ...N Sidekick is turned on and PC Connect is selected from the Setup menu on your BOOKMAN Sidekick I do not have the BOOKMAN PC connect serial cable or the BOOK MAN Sidekick Connectivity software disk To order one or both contact Franklin Electronic Publishers While installing the BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity software I realize that I do not want to reboot Windows Click Cancel This will return you t...

Page 66: ...k there may be a short delay before progress is shown When transferring or merging files I realized that I did not intend to overwrite a PC Sidekick file Every time that a BOOKMAN Side kick file is transferred to your com puter and every time a pair of Sidekick files are merged a PC Sidekick recovery file is created To learn how to recover the file read Recovering Files Note Only the information t...

Page 67: ...You may not modify adapt translate rent lease loan resell for profit distribute network or create derivative works based upon the Software or any part thereof Limitations of liability IN NO EVENT SHALL STARFISH OR FRANKLIN BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR YOUR USE MISUSE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR RELATED DOCUMENTATION SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE E...

Page 68: ... keyboard fails to re spond or if its screen performs errati cally first press CLEAR and then press ON OFF twice If nothing happens fol low the steps below to reset it Warning Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN Sidekick In addition resetting your BOOKMAN Sidekick restores certain settings to their defaults and may erase user entered in...

Page 69: ...urlington NJ 08016 4907 U S All rights reserved 1995 Starfish Software All rights reserved Sidekick is a registered trademark of Starfish Software FCC Notice Complies with the lim its for a Class B computing device pur suant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fol lowing two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any i...

Page 70: ... MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow...

Page 71: ...MAN Sidekick port finder 53 BOOKMAN Sidekick Connectivity software backing up and restoring riles 63 BOOKMAN window 52 equipment needed 50 copyrights 66 help text 51 icon 52 installing 64 if PC Sidekick is installed 51 if PC Sidekick is not installed 52 linking files 54 merging all linked files 57 merging individual files 60 recovering files 62 starting using icon or menus 52 testing the connectio...

Page 72: ...9 30 viewing 31 32 Cardfiles Edit menu 30 Cardfiles menu 30 31 Cards adding to cardfiles 30 deleting 33 described 30 duplicating 31 editing 32 searching for 33 34 searching for parts of words 34 undeleting 33 viewing 31 32 Changing automatic shutoff time 10 help message language 10 password 13 time date format 10 18 topics 11 Clock Edit menu 16 19 Clock swapping 19 Clocks changing the time date fo...

Page 73: ...m changing setting 17 disabling 18 Data Error 65 Database Type 54 55 61 Day month year format 18 Daylight Savings time 18 Decimals 47 Deleting Calculator results 48 cardfiles 29 cards 33 expense entries 45 note folders 36 notes 40 password 13 Demonstration disabling enabling 10 viewing 10 Direction keys 4 Directory selecting to install 52 Duplicate Record Assignment 59 Duplicate records 57 59 Dupl...

Page 74: ...nu items 31 38 Gauging the memory 60 Headphone jack 6 Help messages in BOOKMAN Sidekick 10 in connectivity software 51 language 10 tutorial 10 Home clock setting by changing time 16 by location or time zone 16 swapping with World clock 19 Home icon 16 Hyphens typing 5 Icons bell 18 calendar entries 24 Daily Calendar view 24 Home Clock 16 World Clock 17 Image file 63 Index fields 59 Installing batt...

Page 75: ...k 95 notes 62 Monetary symbols 12 Month day year format 18 Monthly Calendar view 25 Multi day events 21 23 26 27 Negative numbers typing in Calcu lator 47 Note Folder Edit menu 37 Note folders creating 36 deleting 36 described 35 renaming 36 searching 41 viewing 38 39 Notes adding to a note folder 37 deleting 40 described 35 duplicating 38 editing 39 merging 58 merging and transferring 62 searchin...

Page 76: ...imming 27 Screen contrast 10 Searching cardfiles 33 for cards 33 34 for notes 40 41 for parts of words 27 34 41 note folders 40 41 Selecting books 9 communications COM port 52 database type for transferring or merging 54 daylight or standard time 18 destination drive 52 PC Connect 52 topics 11 Serial cable 6 52 64 65 Serial cable connecting 50 Serial port location of 6 using with BOOKMAN PC Connec...

Page 77: ...ls in Calculator 47 hyphens 5 letters 12 letters in Calculator 48 math symbols 47 monetary symbols 12 negative numbers in Calculator 47 numbers 12 47 punctuation marks 12 special characters 12 Undeleting cards 33 expense entries 45 notes 40 Unlinking files 56 Updating links 56 Upgrading to Sidekick 95 51 Viewing cardfiles cards 31 32 connectivity help messages 51 demonstration 10 full titles of me...

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