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Electronic Publishers

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ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD

MAN

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USER’S GUIDE

BLB-2069

Total Baseball

Encyclopedia 1997

™

License Agreement

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC BOOK.

YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU AC-

CEPT 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 BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOK-

MAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and

documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic

Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANK-

LIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive

license to use 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 the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may

not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK

without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN

ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which

you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use.

This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately with-

out notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

Contents

also view team batting and pitching

statistics, league standings, World Se-

ries results, and Award Winners. Read

this User’s Guide to learn how.

Welcome to the world of BOOK-

MAN®! With your new

Total Baseball

Encyclopedia

book card you can find

career batting and pitching statistics

for players from 1876-1996. You can

Installing a Book Card and Selecting a Book ................... 3

Using the Color Keys and Viewing a Demonstration ........ 4

Finding Player Statistics .................................................. 5

Finding Rookies............................................................... 6

Finding Team Statistics ................................................... 7

Correcting Team Names .................................................. 8

Finding League Standings ............................................... 8

Finding World Series and Award Winners ........................ 9

Finding Bests and Worsts .............................................. 10

Using Ratios .................................................................. 11

Adding a Limiter............................................................ 12

Adding Qualifiers .......................................................... 13

Putting It All Together ................................................... 14

Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters ......... 16

Appendix B: Abbreviations ............................................ 17

Book Card Care ............................................................ 18

Specifications ............................................................... 18

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) .......................................... 19

Key Guide

Color Keys

MAX

(red) Types MAX to find

maximum statistics.

MIN

(green) Types MIN to find

minimum statistics.

GT/LT

(yellow) Types a Greater Than

(GT) or Less Than (LT) limiter

in a request.

BAT/PIT

(blue) Switches between

batting and pitching statistics.

Direction Keys

Moves in indicated direction.

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up or erases letters.

CARD

Exits the book you are reading.

CLEAR

Clears your requests.

ENTER

Enters a request or selects a

list item.

HELP

Shows help messages.

No effect.

ON/OFF

Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down

in help messages.

. ’

Types a decimal point.

Key Combinations*

✩

Showsthenext orprevious

group of statistics.

✩

+ Types a dash (–).

✩

+ Types a slash (/).

✩

+ NLocks and unlocks the

numbered keys.

CAP

+ Zooms down or up.

CAP

+ Zooms left or right.

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Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow,

and blue) perform the functions listed

above only for the BOOKMAN book

described in this User’s Guide.

Other books have their own color key

functions, which are labelled on their

book cards and listed in their User’s

Guides. For more information, read

“Using the Color Keys.” or

*Hold the first key while pressing the other key.

Installing a Book Card Selecting a Book

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card when your BOOKMAN is

turned on. If you do, information that

you entered in its built-in book, as well

as in any other installed book card may

be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs of the book

card with the notches in the

slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

Once you have installed a book card in

your BOOKMAN, you can select

which book you want 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

to select it.

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Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another, infor-

mation that you entered in the re-

moved book card may be erased.

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Auto Shutoff and Auto Resume

If you forget to turn off your BOOK-

MAN, it will automatically shut off in

two minutes.

Also, you can turn off your BOOK-

MAN at any screen. When you turn

your BOOKMAN on again, the

screen that you last viewed appears.

Viewing a Demonstration

Using the Color Keys

Before you start using this book, you

may want to view a demonstration of

what it can do.

Once you have installed the book card

and selected this book, type

DEMO

and press

ENTER

to view the demon-

stration. If you want to stop the dem-

onstration, press

CLEAR

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys

on the top row of your BOOKMAN

change their functions according to

which book you have selected.

If you have selected the built-in book,

the color keys function as labeled on

the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have

selected a book card, the color keys

function as labeled on that card.

Remember, when you have selected a

book card, the color keys function as

labeled on that card, not as on the

keyboard.

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Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at any

screen by pressing

HELP

. Use the

direction keys or press

SPACE

to read

the help text. Then press

BACK

to exit

the message.

To read a tutorial about this book,

press

HELP

at the Request screen.

Use the Direction keys to move the

pointer to a topic and then press

ENTER

. Use the direction keys or

press

SPACE

to read the help mes-

sage. Then press

BACK

to exit.

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Changing the Contrast

You can change the screen contrast

by pressing

CLEAR

and then repeat-

edly pressing or .

You can find a player’s pitching and

batting statistics by entering the

player’s name. If a player is primarily a

pitcher then his pitching statistics will

be displayed first, or if a player is pri-

marily a batter, then his batting statis-

tics will be displayed first.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a player’s name.

To erase letters, press

BACK

or .

3. Press

ENTER

to view his full

name and career totals.

To find a pitcher’s batting statistics,

or a batter’s pitching statistics, if

any, press

BAT/PIT

(the blue key).

4. Press repeatedly to view

his biographical information.

All Hall of Fame players have HOF to the

right of their biographical information.

5. Use the arrow keys to view

his statistics.

6. To zoom directly to the

bottom of the statistics, hold

CAP

and then press .

You can also zoom in any direction

by holding

CAP

and then pressing

the appropriate arrow key.

To find statistics for the

player’s team, press

ENTER

when

the desired year is marked.

8. Press

CLEAR

when finished.

Finding Player Statistics

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Just Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of the

screen show which arrow keys you

can press to move around the screen.

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More About Entering Names

You can enter players by their first and

last name, last and first name, last

name alone, or even by first name or

nickname alone (e.g.

MEL OTT

OTT

MEL

OTT

, or

MEL

). Note: By enter-

ing only a player’s first or last name,

the encyclopedia will find all of the

players who share that name.

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Correcting Players’ Names

If you misspell a player’s name, or

type a name that is ambiguous or un-

clear, don’t worry. This encyclopedia

automatically provides a list of correc-

tions. Use the arrow keys to move

the pointer to the desired player, and

then press

ENTER

to select that player.

For example, type

RODRIGUEZ

and

press

ENTER

. All of the players who have

shared the name Rodriguez are listed.

Every player in this encyclopedia is listed

alphabetically by the year he began play-

ing major league baseball. Here is how to

find all of the rookies for a given year.

1. Type the desired year. For

example, type 1954.

2. Press

ENTER

3. Use the arrow keys to view

player’s statistics.

4. Hold

✩

and press

to view the

next rookie listed alphabetically.

To view a previous rookie, hold

✩

and press

5. Press

CLEAR

when finished.

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More About Finding Rookies

In addition, while viewing

any

player’s

statistics you can view statistics of

other players who were rookies the

same year, by holding

✩

and press-

ing

. For example, you can

look up a player (e.g., Nolan Ryan)

and discover which players began

their career during the same year.

Finding Player Statistics Finding Rookies

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Typing Numbers

To type numbers, hold

✩

and

press the numbered keys. To lock

the numbered keys, hold

✩

and

press N. To unlock the numbered

keys, hold

✩

and press Nagain.

Finding Team Statistics

To find a team’s batting and pitching

statistics for a certain year, enter a

team and a year. A team can be a

team’s name (e.g.,

CUBS

), city (e.g.,

CHICAGO)

, or city abbreviation (e.g.,

CHI)

. If you don’t enter a year, you will

see statistics for the first year of a

team’s operation.

1. At the Request screen, type a

team name and a year.

To type the year, hold

✩

and use

the numbered keys.

2. Press

ENTER

3. Use the arrow keys to view

the team’s hitting statistics.

4. Press

BAT/PIT

(blue) to view

team pitching statistics.

5. Press repeatedly to view

team’s pitching statistics.

6. To view the following year’s

statistics hold

✩

and press

To view the previous year’s statis-

tics hold

✩

and press

To find statistics for a player,

press

ENTER

when the desired

player is marked.

8. Press

CLEAR

when finished.

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About the Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ from what

you view on screen. This does not

mean that your BOOKMAN or this

book card is malfunctioning.

League standings include number of

wins and losses, won/loss percentage

(PCT), and games behind first place

(GB).

Eastern Division records are shown

first, the Central Division second, and

the Western Division last, when appli-

cable.

1. Type NL or AL and a year.

Type a space between the league

and a year. To type the year hold the

✩

key and press the number keys.

2. Press

ENTER

3. Press repeatedly to view

the standings.

4. To view a previous year’s

standings, hold

✩

and press

. To view the following

Finding League StandingsCorrecting Team Names

If you enter a city or team name that is

ambiguous or unclear, this encyclope-

dia will give you a list of teams from

which to choose.

1. Type BRAVES and press

ENTER

A list of team choices appears.

2. Use the arrow keys to mark

1966-96 ATL BRAVES.

3. Press

ENTER

to view team

statistics.

4. Press

CLEAR

when finished.

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Misspelling Team Names

If you misspell a team or city name

(e.g.,

YANKIES

), you will view a list of

players whose names are close to

what you entered (e.g.,

HUGH

YANCY, GEORGE YANKOWSKI,

and

YANK TERRY

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