Franklin Springboard PDR 2000, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual www franklin com Springboard Module Electronic Publishers ...

Page 2: ...lisher s Note 4 Installing PDR2000 5 Setting User Preferences 6 Understanding Icons Command letters Quick Commands and Special Markers 8 Using the Menus 10 Moving Around 13 Finding Drug Information 17 Using Notes 21 Using Help 23 Specifications 24 Index 25 ...

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Page 4: ...rements System Requirements A Springboard compatible handheld device such as Handspring Visor running Palm OS 3 1H or later A PDR2000 Springboard Module Please read this User s Manual to learn how to Install your PDR2000 Springboard Module Find topics Set preferences Enter notes Introduction ...

Page 5: ...osage described And while every effort has been made to assure that this electronic version conforms with the drug manufacturers information neither the publisher Medical Economics Company Inc nor the producer of the software Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc warrant that the information is accurate that the software will perform without interruption or free of errors or that the information cont...

Page 6: ...oard Module into the external expansion slot of your PDA The Visor automatically launches the PDR2000 If the program does not launch re insert the module Once the module is installed turn your PDA on and tap the PDR2000 icon Installing PDR2000 PDR2000 icon ...

Page 7: ...w to the left of a monograph name in a list To set your preferences do the following 1 Tap the Applications icon then tap the PDR2000 icon 2 Once you see the Home State screen tap the Menu icon You see the menu bar Note All list views have the same items on the menu bar 3 Tap Options You can also tap the Menu icon while viewing text and then tap Options in the menu bar 4 Tap Preferences Setting Us...

Page 8: ... arrow under Home State to see the pick list The Drugs list is the default Tap Therapeutic Class to change your Home State to the Therapeutic Class list Tap the arrow under Default Topic to see the pick list Indications and Usage is the Default Topic To pick a different Default Topic tap the topic of your choice Your choices include Indications and Usage Contraindications Warnings Adverse Reaction...

Page 9: ...any Command letters you can use to take you quickly to the location you want In lists The following Command letters work in any list C Goes to the Therapeutic Class Home State D Goes to the Drugs Home State G Displays the Graffiti alphabet screen H Displays Help for the current screen K Displays the alphabet keyboard R Goes to the Set Preferences screen T Displays the Tutorial In Monographs The fo...

Page 10: ...rer topic S Goes to the How Supplied topic W Goes to the Warnings topic X Goes to the Contraindications topic Special markers In monographs the following special markers can appear Goes to cross referenced text To return to your previous location tap the back arrow in the title bar Table marker Tap to go to the cross referenced section Indicates text that is not available Tapping on this brings up...

Page 11: ... to go to the Drugs list where you can search for the drug name you want in an alphabetized list Tap Therapeutic Class to go to the Therapeutic Class list where you can search for a drug name by class Enter Menu Tap Keyboard to see the alphabet keyboard Tap Graffiti to see the Graffiti alphabet screen Options Menu Tap Preferences to go to the Set Preferences screen where you can change the default...

Page 12: ...ding Edit Menu Tap Copy to copy highlighted text to your clipboard To highlight text drag your stylus over the text you want to highlight Tap Note to go to the Note pad When you tap Note you will either see a blank Note pad or the text of a note if one was previously entered Options Menu Tap Preferences to go to the Set Preferences screen where you can change the defaults and set your own preferen...

Page 13: ...Tap the Menu icon when in sub text to see the Edit menu You need to highlight the text you want to copy before you tap Copy Note Menu Tap the Menu icon at the Note pad to see the Edit menu This menu lists all the edit options and allows you to access the alphabet keyboard and the Graffiti alphabet screen Tap the menu item you want ...

Page 14: ...o a previously visited location by tapping the or icons in the title bar In Home State List View The following instructions are for the Home State lists as all other lists in this product are short and easy to navigate Just tap the list item you want Note The diagonal arrow to the left of a list item in a monograph list indicates that there is another list below Moving Between the Home State lists...

Page 15: ...e a letter s in the Graffiti writing area or enter it using the alphabet keyboard the highlight automatically moves to the first list item starting with that letter s For example write leuki in the Graffiti writing area when in the Drug list Home State Tap the diagonal arrow on the left to go directly to your Default topic or tap LEUKINE to go to the monograph Topics list Viewing the Complete Titl...

Page 16: ...c Topic While reading the text of a monograph you can go to the topic you want in one of several ways 1 Tap the letter you want on the command bar on the right of the screen 2 Write a Command letter Please see Understanding Icons Com mand letters Quick Commands and Special Markers on page 9 Moving to a Different Location There are several locations you can move to from text view 1 Tap the icon in ...

Page 17: ... 2 Tap the Done button to exit An occasional sub text screen may have a scroll bar Use the scroll bar as you would in text view In a Note There are several ways to move around while reading a note 1 Press the Up or Down scroll buttons or tap the grey area above or below the slider in the scroll bar to move up or down one page at a time 2 Tap the top and bottom arrows on the scroll bar to move up o...

Page 18: ...ation and spaces are not necessary If you enter a series of letters the application searches for them in sequence When it encoun ters a letter for which there is no match you hear a beep and the highlight goes to the first list item with the last matched letters For example if you write or enter aciniten while looking for Akineton you go to the first list item starting with aci The following examp...

Page 19: ...plied You can now read this topic move to a different topic add a note or return to the Home State When you tap to select a brand name drug you see the monograph topics list When you tap to select a generic name you go to a list of brand names containing the generic drug Tap the one you want to see the mono graph topics list ...

Page 20: ... to write the correct spelling If there is a spelling error you see the message No matches for in the Find list box You may also highlight a drug name in text view and tap the Find icon You see the Find dialog box with the copied name already inserted 3 Tap the OK button If you see the item you want tap it to select it The search stops and you see the matches You can also tap the Stop button at an...

Page 21: ...inue to tap the Find More button until you see the names of other Applications on the screen This means that Find can locate no more matches in your PDR2000 Tap to select the list item you want or tap the Cancel button to exit 5 Tap the list item of your choice Result when Prednisolone acetate is selected in the Find list box ...

Page 22: ...note Adding Cancelling and Deleting Notes To bring up the Note pad in a monograph do the following Tap the icon in the title bar at any time In text view Tap the Menu icon and tap Note in the Edit menu Use the Command letter N 1 If you want to add text from the monograph in your Note pad high light the text you want by dragging your stylus over it Blank Note pad ...

Page 23: ...a pop up box asking you to confirm the cancellation To confirm tap the Yes button To exit without cancelling tap the No button To Delete an entered note tap the Delete button You get a pop up box asking you to confirm the delete To confirm tap the Yes button To exit without deleting tap the No button Viewing an Entered Note You can view a note by bringing up the Note pad as explained on the previo...

Page 24: ... any text or list view Tap Menu and then tap Help on the Options menu or use the Command letter H to read the Help To move up and down by screen in the Tutorial and Help screens press the Up and Down scroll buttons or tap the previous and next arrows on the bottom right of the screen Tap Done to exit When you see in the title bar tap it to see on line tips Tap Done to exit the Tips dialog box and ...

Page 25: ... Economics Company Inc All rights reserved Palm Palm Computing and Palm OS are registered trademarks of Palm Computing Inc 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Handspring Visor and Springboard are trademarks or registered trademarks of Handspring Inc Franklin is not affiliated with endorsed or sponsored by Handspring Inc All rights reserved U S Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 5 113...

Page 26: ...elp 8 10 11 12 13 23 Home State 6 7 8 13 14 18 House icon 8 15 I Icons 8 Installing PDR2000 5 L License Agreement 2 List view 13 M Menu commands 13 Menu icon 6 10 11 12 13 21 22 Menus Edit menu 11 enter 10 Go To menu 11 list menus 10 Note menu 12 Options 6 10 11 Sub text menu 12 Text menus 11 view 10 Moving Around 13 between the Home State lists 13 by Letter 14 by Page or Line 15 by Screen 14 in a...

Page 27: ... Note 4 Q Quick Commands 9 S Special markers 8 9 TABLE 16 XREF 15 Sub text 10 12 13 16 Sub text view 13 System Requirements 3 T Text view 13 Therapeutic Class 7 8 10 13 Tips 8 23 Tips icon 8 Topics list 18 V Viewing the Complete Title 14 ...