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A technique for providing simplified and more flexible text recovery in an electronically stored text. The text storage device is of the hand-held type and may accommodate the text of the entire bible, for example. The user may access the stored text in a read or search mode. The device is programme

A technique for providing simplified and more flexible text recovery in an electronically stored text. The text storage device is of the hand-held type and may accommodate the text of the entire bible, for example. The user may access the stored text in a read or search mode. The device is programmed to perform certain functions automatically, such as: selecting search or read mode; accommodating different syntax formulations; providing a fixed screen map of respective different portions of the text; and visually indicating specific words of a search to which a search will be limited. Expanded flexibility is also programmed into the device which includes: optionally expanding searches to cover both different forms of the same words and unrelated words having the same meaning; providing assistance to the user upon request which takes into account the current operational phase; and providing the capability of tagging a preselected location in the text for simplified access during reacquisition.

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1. A method of providing user access to stored textual information in an electronic book having a digital memory, entry keys, a display screen and a microprocessor for implementing the method, said stored textual information being comprised of sections of textual information, each of said sections b

1. A method of providing user access to stored textual information in an electronic book having a digital memory, entry keys, a display screen and a microprocessor for implementing the method, said stored textual information being comprised of sections of textual information, each of said sections being identified by a respective section identifier, said method comprising the steps of:receiving a user entry from a user of said electronic book; parsing said user entry by recognizing said user entry as a read mode request if said user entry corresponds to any one of said section identifiers, and by recognizing said user entry as a search mode request if said user entry does not correspond to any one of said section identifiers, displaying, when said user entry is recognized as a read mode request, at least a portion of said section of textual information having said section identifier to which the user entry corresponds; and searching, when said user entry is recognized as a search mode request, through each of said sections of textual information for at least one occurrence of said user entry, displaying on said display screen of said electronic book a list of the section identifiers of those sections of textual information in which said at least one occurrence of said user entry is found, receiving a second user entry from said user, and displaying a portion containing the first user entry of the section of textual information having said section identifier to which the second user entry corresponds.