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BIB-1450
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HOLY BIBLE
User’s Guide
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BOOKMAN III
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE ELECTRONIC REFER- ENCE. YOUR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE 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 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. ELECTRONIC REFERENCE means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publi
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Key Guide goes to its main menu. Touch Keys Backs up, erases a letter, or MORE Expands a search. turns off the highlight in text. MARK Places a bookmark. Enters a search request, FIND Goes to the Word Search selects an item, or begins a screen. highlight in text. NOTE Displays a footnote. Goes to the Organizer: Clock, KJV/NIV Goes to that version of the Databank, Calculator, and Bible. Converter. CLOCK Goes to the Clock. Displays the main menus. DATA Goes to the Databank. From the Organizer, ret
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Key Guide Combination Keys* +_’ Types a slash. + References the current verse in + At the Word Search screen, types KJV or NIV the other version of the Bible. an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word. + Pages up or down. Direction Keys or Move in the indicated direction. + Displays the next or previous verse. or At menus and dictionary entries, pages down. At the + At a menu, goes to the first or Word Search screen, types a last item. In Bible text, goes to or space. the start or e
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Getting Started Gently pull the battery insulation tab to remove it. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on the back of the unit. See “Resetting Your Product” for details. Replacing Batteries Your product is powered by two CR-2032 lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow these easy instructions to replace them. Please have the new batteries at hand before you remove the old ones. 1. Turn the product off and turn it over. 2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up
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Installing Book Cards 1. Turn your product off and turn it over. 2. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. 3. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your product is on. Any infor- mation that was entered in the built-in book or book card will be erased.
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Selecting a Book Once a book card is installed in the product, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn your product on. 2. Press CARD. Icons appear for each available book. 3. Press or to highlight your selection. 4. Press ENTER to select it. 5. Press CARD to return to the card menu.
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Viewing a demonstration or tutorial You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this Bible any time you want. 1.Press . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup. 3. Press ENTER to select Tutorial or use to highlight View Demo and press ENTER. To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Verse Reference screen, press CLEAR. To go to the main menu, press . When a book card is installed in your product, select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card
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For Your Information Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus or view more text. Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP. Use the direction keys to read the message. To exit help, press BACK. About 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 unit is malfunctioning. R
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Changing the Settings When using this Bible, you can activate the Learn-a-Verse feature, adjust the type size, the shutoff time, and the screen contrast. The shutoff time is how long your unit stays on if you forget to turn it off. 1.Press . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup. 3. Use or to move the highlight to Set Contrast, Set Shutoff or Set Type Size. 4. Press ENTER. 5. Use or to change the setting. 6. Press ENTER to store your changes. Press BACK to exit without making a change. Changi
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Referencing a Verse When you are reading a particular version of the Bible, you can directly reference that same verse in the other version. For example: 1. Go to Romans 12:1. 2. Press FN and touch NIV to reference this verse in the New International Version. If you are already in the New International Version, press FN and touch KJV to reference this verse in the King James Version.
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Reading the Bible 1.Press . 2. Use or to highlight Old Testament or New Testament, and press ENTER to select it. 3. Use or to highlight a book and press ENTER to select it. For example, select Romans. Note: You can also type the name of a book to highlight it. 4. Use or to highlight a chapter, or type its number and press ENTER to select it. For example, to highlight Chapter 5, type 5. To type numbers, hold FN and press Q-P. 5.Use , FN+ or SPACE to scroll down. 6. Use FN+ or to go to the next or
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Using the Index Index contains a list of popular chapters with their titles, arranged in the order that they appear in the Bible. 1.Press . 2. Use or to highlight Index and press ENTER to select it. 3. Use or to highlight a selection, or type the name of the book, chapter and verse that you wish to view, and press ENTER to select it. For example, to highlight Isaiah 25:1, type isaiah251. To type numbers, hold FN and press q-p. 4. Press CLEAR when done.
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Viewing Devotional Verses Devotional contains a list of inspirational verses. 1.Press . 2.Use to highlight Devotional and press ENTER to select it. 3. Use or to highlight a selection, or type the name of the month (abbreviated) and the day whose selection you wish to view, and press ENTER to select it. For example, to see the Devotional verse for Oct. 7, you must type oct7. There is no need to type the period and space. 4. Press CLEAR when done.
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Finding Bible Verses To go directly to a specific Bible verse, enter its book title, chapter number, and verse number. If you enter only a book title and chapter number, you will go to the start of the chapter. If you enter only a book title, you will go to the start of that book. 1. Press CLEAR. 2. Type a book title, chapter number, and verse number. Note:Type the initial letters of a book and the title will be completed for you. For example, type la for Lamentations, le for Leviticus or lu for
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Searching for Words Just as if you were using a concordance, you can search for almost any word or phrase in this Bible. Simply enter search words to find their occurrences, or matches. 1. Touch FIND. 2. Type your search word(s). For example, type kingdom of god. You can type up to 35 letters. To type a space, press SPACE. Note:You cannot search for common words such as and and the on their own. You do not need to type capitals. 3. Press ENTER to start the search. After a word search, only those
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5. Use or to highlight the book you want, and press ENTER to see the name(s) of the chapters with the matches. For example, select Luke. 6. Use or to highlight the chapter you want, and press ENTER to see the text. For example, select Chapter 6. Note that the main search words are boxed. 7. Press FN+ or to see the next or previous match (if any). 8. Press CLEAR when done. Correcting Misspellings If you enter a misspelled word, or a word not in this Bible, a list of corrections appears. Highlig
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Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a word or if you wish to find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽ ) in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a little while to find the matching words. 1. Touch FIND. 2. Type a word with ✽ s. To type an asterisk, hold down CAP and press ?. 3. Press ENTER. If there is more than one match, a list appears. 4. Press to mo
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Expanding Your Search You can expand your search to find inflections, synonyms and similar words. 1. Touch FIND. 2. Type your search word(s) and press ENTER. For example, type benefit. 3. Touch MORE to expand the search. To learn how to view the matches, please see “Searching for Words.” You will find that your matched words include good, profit, sake, serve and so on.
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Highlighting Words You can also search for a word by highlighting it in a verse. Try this example. 1. Go to Isaiah 12:2. To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.” 2. Press ENTER to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press BACK. 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight salvation. 4. Press ENTER to search for the highlighted word. To learn how to view the matches, please see “Searching for Words.” 5. Press CLEAR when done. Viewing Footnotes Whenever you see a after a word in a verse, that w
