read view

You use the read view for viewing a document. At the top is the title bar, below it is the location bar, and along the bottom is the menu bar, with the scroll arrows in the center.

This page has information about the commands available in the short menu, accessed by holding down on the content area for more than a second, and the full menu, accessed by selecting Menu on the left softkey. The right softkey shows either the Close command or the Back command. If there is no previous jump history, then the right softkey shows Close. Select it to close the current document and return to the document list view. If there is a previous jump history, then the right softkey shows Back. Select it to go back to the previous jump point. For information on navigating through a document, see navigation.

short menu
menus

short menu

Access the short menu by holding down on the content area for more than a second. The short menu has the following commands, each of which is also available in the full menu:

Back: Go backward in the jump history.
Forward: Go forward in the jump history.
Bookmarks: Show the list of bookmarks.
Autoscroll: Start autoscrolling.
Full screen: Enter or exit full screen mode.

menus

Select Menu to access the read view menu that has the following items:

Marks
Go to
Edit
Tools
About iSilo
Exit

Marks

Select Menu > Marks to access the Marks sub-menu that has the following commands:

Back
Forward
Bookmarks
Mark location
Jump to mark
Add bookmark
Edit bookmarks
Clear history

Back

Use Back on the Marks sub-menu to go to the previous location in the jump history.

Note: If there is a previous location in the jump history, the location bar shows a left-pointing arrowhead. So if the location bar does not show the left-pointing arrowhead, using the Back command does nothing.

Forward

Use Forward on the Marks sub-menu to go to the next location in the jump history.

Note: If there is a next location in the jump history, the location bar shows a right-pointing arrowhead. So if the location bar does not show the right-pointing arrowhead, using the Forward command does nothing.

Bookmarks

Use Bookmarks on the Marks sub-menu to display a list of the document's named bookmarks. To jump to a bookmark, select it.

Note: If the document has no named bookmarks defined, then the Bookmarks command does nothing.

Mark location

Use Mark location on the Marks sub-menu to mark the current location using an unnamed mark. Only one unnamed mark can be set per document. This contrasts with named bookmarks. You can use the unnamed mark to easily mark the current location and return to it at any time later.

Jump to mark

Use Jump to mark on the Marks sub-menu to jump to the unnamed mark.

Add bookmark

Use Add bookmark on the More sub-menu of the Marks sub-menu to activate the Add Bookmark dialog to set a named bookmark at the current location. The Add Bookmark dialog has the following fields:

Name: Enter the name you want to give the bookmark into this field. iSilo™ initializes the Name field with the first 21 characters currently displayed at the top of the screen. You may either accept this as the name of the bookmark, edit it, or enter something entirely different. The maximum length of the name is limited to 21 characters.

Type: Select the type of bookmark to add by using the popup list of this field. See bookmark types for descriptions of the different bookmark types.

Select Add to assign the bookmark. Select Cancel to not add the bookmark.

If you add a bookmark and it has the same name as an existing bookmark in the document, iSilo™ asks whether you want to replace the existing bookmark. Select Yes to replace the existing bookmark with the new location. Select No to not replace the existing bookmark.

Edit bookmarks

Use Edit bookmarks on the More sub-menu of the Marks sub-menu to activate the Edit bookmarks dialog to perform any of the operations described below. In the Edit bookmarks dialog, you can select the bookmark type on to which to perform the operations by selecting the corresponding tab.

Rename a bookmark: To rename a bookmark, perform these steps:
1. Select the bookmark's name.
2. Select Menu > Rename.
3. iSilo™ presents the rename bookmark dialog with the current name of the bookmark highlighted in the Bookmark name edit field. Replace or edit the name.
4. Select Rename to accept the new name or select Cancel to leave the name as it was.
Delete a bookmark: To delete a bookmark, perform these steps:
1. Select the bookmark's name.
2. Select Menu > Delete. iSilo™ deletes the bookmark immediately without asking for confirmation.
Delete all bookmarks: To delete all bookmarks of the current type, perform these steps:
1. Select Menu > Delete all.
2. Before deleting the bookmarks, iSilo™ asks you to confirm that you do indeed want to delete them.
3. Select Yes to proceed with the deletion or select No to not delete the bookmarks.
Sort the bookmarks alphabetically: To sort all bookmarks of the current type alphabetically, perform these steps:
1. In the Menu, select Alphabetize.
2. Before performing the sort, iSilo™ informs you that the current bookmark sort order will be lost and asks you to confirm that you do indeed want to alphabetize the bookmarks.
3. Select Yes to proceed with the sort or select No to not sort.

Clear history

Use Clear history on the More sub-menu of the Marks sub-menu to clear the entire jump history.

Go to

Use Go to on the Menu to access the Go to sub-menu that has the following commands:

Top of page
End of page
Home
Percentage of page
Page number
Previous page
Next page
First page
Last page

Top of page

Use Top of page on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the top of the current page.

End of page

Use End of page on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the bottom of the current page.

Home

Use Home on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the top of the home page of the document. If a home page was not specified when the document was converted or if the document format does not support a home page specification, then this results in a jump to the top of the first page of the document.

Percentage of page

Use Percentage of page on the Go to sub-menu to get the Go to percentage of page dialog. In the dialog, use the slider to specify the percentage location within the current page to jump, then select OK.

Page number

Use Page number on the Go to sub-menu to get the Go to page number dialog. In the dialog, use the slider to specify the the page number to jump to, then select OK.

Use Previous page on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the beginning of the previous page. Before actually jumping, iSilo™ adds the current location to the jump history.

Note: If the current page is page one, then the Previous page command does nothing.

Use Next page on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the beginning of the next page. Before actually jumping, iSilo™ adds the current location to the jump history.

Note: If the current page is the last page of the document, then the Next page command does nothing.

First page

Use First page on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the first page of the document.

Last page

Use Last page on the Go to sub-menu to jump to the last page of the document.

Options

Use Options on the Edit sub-menu to activate the Read view options dialog to set options for the following:

Display
UI
Scroll
Font
Color

Display

Use the Display tab in the Options dialog to set the following display option fields:

Font size: Select the desired size of displayed text.

Relative/absolute: iSilo™ can interpret the font size in either of two ways:

Absolute size: All text displays in the selected size regardless of the font sizes specified in the document.
Relative size: Text displays in a size relative to the selected size, so you can select larger to make all text relatively larger or select smaller to make all text relatively smaller.

Normal/bold: Select whether to have text display normally or all in bold.

Layout: Select one of the following for content layout:

Enable table layout: Display tables in their intended multi-column form.
Disable table layout: Display each cell of the table on a new line. This mode may make it easier to view some table content, especially for tables that were formatted for a larger screen.
Disable all layout: Disable content layout. Using this option can reduce power consumption especially when viewing long pages, but results in reduced display capabilities, such as tables not being displayed in row and column format and not being able to view image or preformatted content wider than the screen. If the document is text with no special layout, then there will usually be no noticeable differences in display.

Text: Select one of the following for the display of text:

Normal: Display text normally.
Align right: Force text that normally aligns to the left to align to the right.

Encoding: The encoding of a document's text determines how individual characters are represented and what characters can be represented.
If the document does not specify its encoding, you can manually specify the encoding of the document's text from the following supported encodings:
- UTF-8: Unicode
- GB2312: Simplified Chinese
- GB18030: Simplified Chinese
- Big5: Traditional Chinese
- EUC-JP: Japanese
- Shift-JIS: Japanese
- EUC-KR: Korean
- windows-1250: Central European
- windows-1251: Cyrillic
- windows-1252: Western European
- windows-1253: Greek
- windows-1254: Turkish
- windows-1255: Hebrew
- windows-1256: Arabic
- windows-1257: Baltic
- windows-1258: Vietnamese
- windows-874: Thai
- KOI8-R: Cyrillic
For a document that does not specify its encoding, iSilo™ assumes the windows-1252 Western European encoding. Only documents in iSilo™ 4.x document format have the ability to specify their own encoding, which would have been specified at conversion time.
If the document does specify its encoding, then this field shows Document specified and you can not manually specify a different encoding. You can determine the document's encoding through the Document information dialog.
Note that proper support for the display of text in the chosen encoding is necessary from the operating system or a third party program that adds such support in order for iSilo™ to display the text. Most systems support at least the windows-1252 Western European encoding.
Also set as defaults: Select Yes if you also want the display settings to be the default settings given to documents you newly open in the future.

Please note the following:

Settings you make for the display options only affect the current document.
If you set the Also set as defaults option to Yes, future documents that you have not yet opened also get these settings as their default display option settings.
Documents which you have already opened in the past retain their existing settings and are not affected even if you select Yes for the Also set as defaults option.

UI

Use the User Interface tab in the Options dialog to set the following user interface option fields:

Title: Select one of the following to display in the title bar:
- Document title: Display the document's internal title in the title bar. This only applies if the document is in either iSilo™ or Palm Doc format. Otherwise, the document's file name appears in the title bar.
- Document file name: Display the document's file name in the title bar.
- iSilo: Display "iSilo" in the title bar.
Location: Select one of the following for the location bar that is below the title bar:
- Automatic: If the document has no more than two pages, display the percentage location within the current page. Otherwise, if the document has three or more pages, display the current page number.
- Page: Display the current page number.
- Percentage: Display the percentage location within the current page.
Also set as defaults: Select Yes if you also want the user interface settings to be the default settings given to documents you newly open in the future.

Please note the following:

Settings you make for the user interface options only affect the current document.
If you set the Also set as defaults option to Yes, future documents that you have not yet opened also get these settings as their default user interface option settings.
Documents which you have already opened in the past retain their existing settings and are not affected even if you select Yes for the Also set as defaults option.

Scroll

Use the Scroll tab in the Options dialog to set the following scroll option fields:

Autoscroll: Autoscroll can be set to either Smooth for smooth scrolling or to Line by line for scrolling of a whole line at a time.
Screen up/down behavior: These settings determine the behavior of the Screen up and Screen down scroll actions. The possible behaviors are:
- Full/text align: When performing a scroll up, if the current first line is partially displayed, the bottom of it aligns with the bottom of the screen after the scroll so that it becomes fully displayed as the last line. When performing a scroll down, if the current last line is partially displayed, the top of it aligns with the top of the screen after the scroll so that it becomes fully displayed as the first line.
- Full screen: Scroll the screen by its entire height.
- 90% of screen: Scroll the screen by 90% of its height. This provides a 10% overlap of content from one screen to the next, useful for providing context from one screen to the next.
- Half screen: Scroll the screen by half its height.
Scroll up/down/left/right: These settings determine the scroll actions of the 4-way scroll key on devices with such a control.

Font

Use the Font tab in the Options dialog to set the specific font to use for individual font families. It has the following fields:

Family name: Select a family name to see what font is used to display it. Here are descriptions of the families:
- Default: This family applies only to documents that do not have font specifications for the content such as plain text documents, including documents in the Palm Doc format.
- Serif: This family applies to content that specifies a font with finishing strokes, or flared or tapered ends. Examples of such fonts are Times New Roman and Garamond.
- Sans Serif: This family applies to content that specifies a font with plain endings (e.g., no finishing strokes, nor flared or tapered ends). Examples of such fonts are Arial and Tahoma.
- Monospace: This family applies to content that specifies a fixed-width font (e.g., each character has the same width). An example of such a font is Courier New.
Font to use: This shows the font used for the selected font family. You can change the font to a different one for the family.

Note: If you are viewing a document in iSilo™ format, changing the Default family font will likely not do anything since content in such documents generally specify some font. So to actually effect a change in the fonts used for documents in iSilo™ format, you will want to modify one or more of the Serif, Sans Serif, and/or Monospace family fonts, depending on which are actually used by the document.

Color

Use the Color tab in the Options dialog to select and edit color themes. Selecting a color theme forces all text and background colors of the current document to those of the selected color theme. Select No color theme to have the document display normally. Each document can have an individual color theme setting.

Creating a new color theme
To create a new color theme, follow these steps:

Tap any line in the list.
In the color theme menu that appears, select New.
Enter a unique name for the color theme.
Select the Text color field to choose a text color.
Select the Background color field to choose a background color.
Select OK.

Modifying a color theme
To modify a color theme follow these steps:

Select the name of the color theme to modify.
In the color theme menu that appears, select Edit.
Modify the name for the color theme if desired.
Select the Text color field to choose a text color.
Select the Background color field to choose a background color.
Select OK.

Deleting a color theme
To delete a color theme, first select the name of the color theme from the list. In the color theme menu that appears, select Delete. iSilo™ asks you to confirm that you want to delete the selected color theme before actually doing so.

Tools menu

Find
Find again
Autoscroll
Full screen
Document information
System information

Find

Use Find on the Tools sub-menu to activate the Find dialog so that you can enter the text you want to find. The Find dialog has the following fields:

Find: Enter the text you want to find.
Match case: Select Yes if you want the search to be case-sensitive (e.g., match case). Select No to make the search case-insensitive (e.g., ignore case).
Entire document: Select Yes to search the entire document. Select No to limit the search to the current page.
Range:: Select one of the following to specify the search direction and range:
- Down: Search forward from the current location to the end of the document or page.
- Up: Search backward from the current location to the top of the document or page.
- Top to bottom: Search forward from the top of the document to the end of the document or page.

In the Find dialog, select Find to start the search or select Cancel to dismiss the Find dialog without starting the search.

Find again

Use Find again on the Tools sub-menu to search for the next occurrence of the previously searched text. The search continues in the same direction as the previous search.

Note: If there was no previous search in the document in the current session, then the Find again command does nothing.

Autoscroll

Use Autoscroll on the Tools sub-menu to start autoscroll mode. In autoscroll mode, the page automatically scrolls down at an adjustable constant speed.

While autoscrolling, you can set the autoscroll speed to any of 20 levels. To increase the speed, touch the content area of the screen and drag up. To decrease the speed, drag down. A drag distance equal to one sixteenth of the height of the content area changes the speed by one step. Each increment increases the speed by one third.

Performing any action other than increasing or decreasing the autoscroll speed stops autoscrolling. The easiest way to stop autoscrolling without performing any other action simultaneously is to tap the screen.

By default, autoscroll uses smooth scrolling. See Scroll options to change the autoscroll mode so that it scrolls a line at a time.

Document information

Use Document information on the Tools sub-menu to activate the Document information dialog. The dialog displays title, author, publisher, and general information about the document. However, any or all of the title, author, and publisher information may be absent if the creator of the document did not add the corresponding information to the document. The dialog always displays the general information, which consists of the following fields about the current document:

File name: The document's file name.
Folder: The full path of the folder in which the document file resides.
Date: The last modified date of the document file.
Type: This shows whether the document is in iSilo™ 3.x/4.x format, iSilo™ 1.x/2.x format, Palm Doc format, or unknown.
Size: This shows the document's file size in kilobytes (KB).
Text encoding: This shows the encoding of the document's text or Unknown if it is not known. The encoding of a document's text determines how individual characters are represented and what characters can be represented.

Full screen

Use Full screen on the Tools menu to activate full screen mode so that the content display uses the entire screen. In full screen mode, the title bar, location bar, and menu bar are all hidden.

If you are in full screen mode, you can exit the mode by using the Full screen command in the short menu.

System information

Use System information on the Tools sub-menu to activate the System information dialog so that you can determine the user ID you need to provide in order to obtain a registration code for a document that requires a registration code. The user ID is provided in the User ID field.

About iSilo

Use About iSilo on the Menu to see the iSilo™ About dialog. If the Serial # field at the bottom of the dialog says UNREGISTERED, select Register to enter your license registration code.

Exit

Select Exit on the Menu to quit the application.

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