common tasks

Here are step-by-step instructions for completing common tasks: For information about navigating through a document, see navigation.

open a document for viewing

In the document list view, move the selection cursor so that it highlights the document's file name, then click to open the document. If the file is not one of the standard document types, then iSilo™ opens the file in text mode.

add a bookmark to a document

While viewing a document, you can bookmark the current location using a named bookmark so that you can easily jump back to the bookmarked location at any time by selecting the bookmark from a list of the bookmarks you have added to the document.

To add a bookmark to mark the current location in the document, follow these steps:

  1. Press the Menu key.
  2. In the menu, select Marks.
  3. In the Marks sub-menu, select Add Bookmark. iSilo™ presents the Add Bookmark dialog and suggests a name for the bookmark, the text of which is taken from the first text line currently at the top of the screen.
  4. In the Name field, modify or replace the suggested name with the name you want to give the bookmark.
  5. Click Add to add the bookmark. To exit the dialog without adding a bookmark, press the Escape key.
For more about bookmarks and using them, see bookmarks.

search for text within a document

While viewing a document, you can search for text within the document either localized to the current page or through the entire document.

To search for text, follow these steps:

  1. Press the Menu key.
  2. In the menu, select Tools.
  3. In the Tools sub-menu, select Find. iSilo™ presents the Find dialog.
  4. In the Text field, enter the text you want to find.
  5. Mark Match Case if you want the search to be case-sensitive or unmark it to make the search case-insensitive.
  6. Mark Entire Document to search the entire document or unmark it to search only within the current page.
  7. In the Range field, select whether you want to search Down (e.g., forward), Up (e.g., backward), or from Top to Bottom.
  8. Click Find to begin the search. To exit the dialog without beginning the search, press the Escape key.
While iSilo™ searches the document, it presents a progress dialog to show you how far it has searched within the search range and how far it needs to go. You can cancel the search at any time by clicking Cancel. The search stops as soon as iSilo™ finds an occurrence of the text to find or reaches the end of the search range.

If iSilo™ finds an occurrence of the text to find, it jumps to the location of the occurrence and highlights it. You can search for the next occurrence by using the Find Again command in the Tools sub-menu of the menu.

copy text to the clipboard

In the document you are viewing, you can copy text to the clipboard by following these steps:
  1. Press the Menu key.
  2. In the menu, select Edit.
  3. In the Edit sub-menu, select Copy Entire Screen, Copy Entire Page, or Copy Entire Document to copy the entire screen, page, or document, respectively.

Note: The amount of text you can copy is limited by the amount of memory available and limitations on how much text the clipboard can hold.

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