document list view

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• views
• file operations
• folder operations
• menus
• document types

• title bar
• document list/file list

title bar

The left part of the title bar has the folder up indicator and the name of the volume or current folder. If the current folder is not the top level folder of the current document list view, then to the left of the current folder name is the folder up icon to show you that you can move up to the previous level using the <-- key. If the current folder is the top level folder, then the folder up icon does not show.

To the far right of the title bar is the icon of the current document list view.

The following list describes the meaning of volumes and sub-folders for each of the views:

• Recently Opened: The title bar shows [Recently Opened] only. Volumes and sub-folders do not apply in this view.
• Updated: The title bar shows [Updated] only. Volumes and sub-folders do not apply in this view.
• Categorized: The top-level volumes are the top-level categories. Sub-folders correspond to sub-categories. If no categories are currently defined, the top-level of the view shows [All] and [Uncategorized] only.
• Favorite Folders: The top-level volumes are the favorite folder aliases. Sub-folders correspond to actual sub-folders of the favorite folders. If no favorite folders are currently defined, the list will be empty.
• Device & Storage Cards: The top-level volumes are the internal and external storage volumes. Sub-folders correspond to actual sub-folders of the file system.

document list/file list

The list has the four columns described here:

• Icon column: The icon provides a quick visual indicator of whether the item is a folder () or a file ().
  • If the file is on a storage card, the card mini-icon appears in the file icon's lower right ().
  • If the file has neither been viewed nor categorized, the new mini-icon that looks like an asterisk appears in the file icon's upper right ().
  • If the file belongs to one or more categories, the categorized mini-icon that looks like a filing cabinet appears in the file icon's upper right ().
• Name column: The name column shows the name of each item in the list.
• Date column: For files, the date column shows the last modification date of the file. For folders, the date column will likely show the creation date of the folder, unless the underlying file system supports updating of the last modification date for folders, in which case, the last modification date shows. Since categories have no associated dates stored and the Favorite Folders view shows the union of content for all mounted storage cards, only the Device & Storage Cards view shows dates for folders.
• Size column: The size column applies only to files and shows the size as a rounded value of up to four digits with a magnitude of bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes, indicated with 'B', 'K', 'M', or 'G', respectively.

You can optionally hide the date and/or size columns through the Document List Options dialog to make more room for the name column.

To open a file, use the arrow keys or the scroll key to move the selection cursor to the file's name, then press either the Enter key or the command button labeled Open. To enter a folder, use the arrow keys or the scroll key to move the selection cursor to the folder's name, then press either the Enter key or the command button labeled Open. For additional operations you can perform on files and folders, see file operations and folder operations.

• Recently Opened
• Updated
• Categorized
• Favorite Folders
• Device & Storage Cards

Recently Opened

Updated

Categorized

In addition to being able to select a specific category, you can also select the [All] listing or the [Uncategorized] listing. With [All], you get a listing of all categorized documents located anywhere and all uncategorized documents located immediately within any of the favorite folders. With [Uncategorized], you get a listing of all uncategorized documents located immediately within any of the favorite folders.

Favorite Folders

Some devices have the capability to have two or more storage cards mounted simultaneously. Viewing the contents of a favorite folder provides a unified view of the same folder across all mounted storage cards.

To add a favorite folder to the list, use the Favorite folder alias command in the File menu.

To determine the path of the folder associated with each alias, or to rename and delete favorite folders aliases, use the Edit favorite folders menu command.

Favorite folder aliases are always sorted lexicographically.

Device & Storage Cards

To list documents installed in the internal storage memory of the device, select the volume that begins with C: from the top level of the view. Volumes are identified with a drive letter followed by a colon. In the case of the internal storage memory, the volume drive letter is C. Your device may have other internal storage volumes as well. Internal storage volumes have the device icon () to the left of them.

To list the contents of a folder located on a mounted external storage card, select the card volume from the top level of the view and navigate to the desired folder. External storage volumes have the card icon () to the left of them. The name for the external storage card will probably begin with the drive letter D.

file operations

To open a file, use the arrow keys or the scroll key to move the selection cursor to the file's name, then press either the Enter key or the command button labeled Open. To perform additional file operations, go to the File sub-menu of the File menu, which has the following operations for files:

• Categories
• Delete
• Rename
• Send
• Information
• Copy

Categories

Press Done to accept changes you have made to the categorization of the file. Press Esc to cancel any such changes. Note that pressing Esc does not revert any changes made to the category list, such as creation, renaming, and deletion of categories.

categorizing

To remove the file from a given category, uncheck the box to the left of the category.

creating a new category

To create a sub-category, first select the category into which you want the sub-category created, then press New. In the New category dialog, enter into the Name field the name of the new category, set Sub-category to Yes, then press Done.

To create a category at the same level as another category, select an existing category at the same level, then press New. In the New category dialog, enter into the Name field the name of the new category, then press Done.

Following are some additional notes about categories:

• Category names can be up to 29 characters long.
• Categories are always sorted lexicographically in the list.
• You can create sub-categories up to ten levels deep.
• If you attempt to create a new category with the same name as another category at the same level, you get a message saying that the category already exists.
• You can have up to approximately 5,000 categories.
• The combined size of the names from all categories can be up to approximately 50,000 characters.

renaming a category

You can not rename a category to that of an existing category at the same level. If you attempt to do so, you get a message informing you that the category already exists.

deleting a category

If the category has sub-categories, all the sub-categories are also deleted. Any files in the deleted categories are removed from the deleted categories.

Note that deleting a category does not delete the files belonging to those categories.

Delete

Rename

Send

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• MMS

Information

Copy

In the Copy file dialog, set Copy settings to Yes to also copy the document settings and categorizations of the document. Set Delete original after copy to Yes if you want to perform the equivalent of moving the file to the new location.

If you need more flexibility in copying files, you can use a third-party file manager.

folder operations

To enter a folder, use the arrow keys or the scroll key to move the selection cursor to the folder's name, then press either the Enter key or the command button labeled Open.

For the Favorite Folders view and the Device & Storage Cards view, when you have the selection cursor on a folder, you can use the Favorite folder alias command in the File menu to add an alias for the folder to the Favorite folders list. If the folder already has an alias, use the command to edit the alias.

Invoking the command shows the Favorite folder alias dialog. The Folder path field shows the path of the folder. You can not edit the path shown. It is only present to show you the path for the alias. In the Alias field, modify the alias to your liking, then tap Done to add the alias. In the Favorite Folders view, the alias should appear as one of the top-level volumes.

• File
• View
• List
• Edit
• Tools

• Open
• File
• Favorite folder alias
• Exit

• Refresh
• Filter
• Sort by

• All Files (*.*): Select All Files (*.*) to have the document list show files with any extension.
• iSilo/Palm Files (*.pdb,*.prc): Select iSilo/Palm Files (*.pdb,*.prc) to have the document list show files with either the extension .pdb or the extension .prc.
• Text Files (*.txt): Select Text Files (*.txt) to have the document list show files with the extension .txt. Usually files with an extension of .txt are in a plain text format.

Sometimes Palm Doc files may also have the extension .prc, though that extension is usually used for Palm application files.

Sort by

You can sort the current list by any of name, date, or size in either ascending or descending order. The initial sort order is by name in ascending order. Select one of Name, Date, or Size in the list to change the sort order to the corresponding selection. To reverse the sort order from ascending to descending or from descending to ascending, select the same sort option again.

Regardless of whether the sort order is ascending or descending, folders in the list always appear before files.

• Edit favorite folders
• Clear recently opened list
• Delete settings
• Options

Edit favorite folders

To rename a favorite folder alias, select the alias in the list and then press Rename. This presents the Favorite folder alias dialog. The Folder path field shows the path of the folder associated with the alias. You can not edit the path shown. It is only present to show you the path for the alias. In the Alias field, modify the alias to your liking, then press Done to rename the alias.

To delete a favorite folder alias, select the alias in the list and then press Delete. Note that iSilo™ deletes the alias immediately without asking for confirmation.

Clear recently opened list

Delete settings

• List
• Icons
• Settings
• Mode

A document's local settings include the following items:

• Last viewed location in the document
• Location of the unnamed mark
• Jump history
• Local bookmarks
• Display settings such as font size and table display mode
• User interface settings such as whether to show or hide the scroll bar and tool bar.

• Automatically save: Automatically save the local settings of a document without asking when you close it.
• Ask before saving: Ask you whether you want to save the local settings when you close a document.
• Do not save: Do not save the local settings when you close a document.

If you tend to keep a lot of documents around, you may want to increase the limit. If you are tight on space and do not care so much about the local settings of documents you have not viewed recently, then you may want to decrease the limit. The actual size of a local settings file currently depends mostly on how many local bookmarks you have created for the document. However, a rough estimate of the size of a typical local settings file might be anywhere from half a kilobyte to one kilobyte. Using this rough estimate, a limit of 100KB should allow for at least the saving of the local settings for the last 100 documents you have viewed.

For the Recent file list field, specify how many files you want the Recently Opened view to show.

Mode

While in trial or registered mode, you can use the Free mode option to turn free mode on and off to see what that mode is like.

During the 30-day trial period, you can use the Show trial period reminder option to enable or disable the messages that let you know how many days you have left in your trial period.

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