read view

You use the read view for viewing a document. At the top below the status bar is the navigation bar with the title. Below that is the area for displaying the document's content. At the bottom is the tab bar. Tap the tab with the document list icon

to close the document and return to the document list view. The More tab with the ellipsis icon

provides access to a menu of additional commands.

This page has information about the point assist feature, navigation bar, tab bar, and the additional commands accessible through the More tab. For information on navigating through a document, see navigation.

point assist
navigation bar
tab bar
menu

While viewing a document, you can use the point assist feature to help with tapping on links and selecting text. With this feature, when you hold you finger down on an inactive area of the content portion of the read view without moving for at least a second, a circular magnified view of the area under your finger appears to help with pointing. The point assist feature has three modes, as described next.

point

When you hold you finger down without moving for at least a second, the point assist feature turns on with a circular magnified view that has a black dot in the center. The dot shows the actual location that your finger registers on the screen. To select a link, move the dot over the link until it highlights then release your finger.

select start

When you hold your finger down on the screen without moving for at least two seconds, the point assist mode changes to the select start mode in which the magnified view has a small vertical line and blue dot in the center. Use this mode to set the starting character for a selection. Release your finger when the starting character you want to select is highlighted.

select end

After setting the first character of the selection using the just described select start mode, the point assist feature automatically switches to the select end mode when you next press down on the screen so that you can set the endpoint of the selection. In this mode, the magnified view has a small vertical line in the center with two blue dots. Use this mode to set the ending character for a selection. Release your finger when the entire range of text you want to select is highlighted.

After setting the endpoint of the selection, a context menu appears with the following commands that you can apply to the selection:

Copy: Use the Copy command to copy the selected text to the clipboard. Note that if the document has been set to prevent copy to clipboard operations then this command does not appear in the menu.
Annotate: Use the Annotate command to get the Annotation dialog to annotate the selected text.

notes on point assist

Point assist only activates when the content has not been zoomed.

navigation bar

The navigation bar displays the title or file name of the currently open document. On the side of the navigation bar is the pair of buttons for navigating through the jump history of the document. The button on the right of the navigation bar is the Home button. Tap the Home button to jump to the home page of the document.

tab bar

The tab bar at the bottom of the screen provides the following five tabs:

Doc List
Document
Bookmarks
Search
More

Doc List

Tap the Doc List tab to close the document and return to the document list view where you can select another document to view.

Document

Tap the Document tab to go back to viewing the document. In this mode, the left part of the navigation bar has the back

and forward

buttons for going back and forward through the jump history of the document. The button on the right of the navigation bar is the Home button

. Tap the Home button to jump to the home page of the document.

Bookmarks

Tap the Bookmarks tab to get the document's list of bookmarks. In the list, tap a bookmark to go to the location marked by it. Tap Edit to rename, delete, or rearrange the bookmarks. To return to the document without selecting a bookmark, simply tap the Document tab.

Search

Tap the Search tab to search for text within the document. In this view, the navigation bar changes to include a text field for entering the text to search.

See search for text within a document for details on searching through a document.

Please note the text search is not possible for the additional file types.

Tap the More tab to get a list of additional commands, also known as the menu.

Use Print on the File menu to print the document. If the document has been set to prevent print operations, then this menu item is disabled. For files in iSilo, Palm Doc, and plain text format, you will next be presented with the option to print the entire screen of content, the entire content of the current page, or the entire document.

Document Information

Use Document Information in the File section to activate the 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 first, which consists of the following fields about the current document:

Title: If the document is in either iSilo™ or Palm Doc format, this is the document's internal title. Otherwise, this is the document's file name.
Path: This is the full path name of the document file.
Date: The date is the creation date of the document.
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.

Tap More in the navigation bar to access title, author, and publisher information.

Tap Back in the navigation bar to return to the read view.

text field: Enter the text you want to find.
Match Case: Switch ON if you want the search to be case-sensitive (e.g., match case). Switch OFF to make the search case-insensitive (e.g., ignore case).
Entire Document: Switch ON to search the entire document. Switch OFF 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, tap the Search button to start the search or tap the Back button to dismiss the Find dialog without starting the search.

Please note the text search is not possible for the additional file types.

Find Again

Use Find Again in the Edit section 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 appears grayed out (e.g., disabled).

Options

Use Options in the Edit section to activate the Options dialog to set options for the following:

Font
Content
User Interface
Scroll
Color
Tap Actions

Font

Select Font in the Options dialog to set the font size and the specific font to use for individual font families.

The Sizing section has the following fields:

Size: Select the desired size of displayed text. iSilo™ can interpret the size in either of two ways:
- Relative: 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.
- Absolute: All text displays in the selected size regardless of the font sizes specified in the document.
Bold: Switch ON to have all text display in bold.
Also Set As Defaults: Switch ON 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 in this section only affect the current document.
If you switch ON the Also Set As Defaults option, future documents that you have not yet opened also get these settings as their default font sizing settings.
Documents which you have already opened in the past retain their existing settings and are not affected even if you switch ON the Also Set As Defaults option.

The Fonts to Use section 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: This shows the font used for the selected font family. You can change the font to a different one for the family.
Preview: The window shows how the selected font looks.

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.

Content

Select Content in the Options dialog to specify content settings. It has the following fields:

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.

Magnification: Select the magnification factor for displaying document content.

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 UTF-8 Unicode 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 Specified By Document 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: Switch this option ON if you also want the content settings to be the default settings given to documents you newly open in the future.

Please note the following:

Settings you make for the Content options only affect the current document.
If you switch ON the Also Set As Defaults option, future documents that you have not yet opened also get these settings as their default Content option settings.
Documents which you have already opened in the past retain their existing settings and are not affected even if you switch ON the Also Set As defaults option.

User Interface

Select User Interface in the Options dialog to change user interface options. It has the following fields:

Title Bar: 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.

Scroll Bar: Select whether the vertical slider scroll bar should appear on the Left or Right side of the screen. The vertical slider scroll bar appears when you tap a region of the screen assigned the Scroll Bar tap action.
Auto-Clear Find Field: Select Yes to have the find text field automatically clear the last entered text whenever the field is activated. Select No to have the field always leave the text as it was and thus require explicit clearing or deleting.
Also Set As Defaults: Switch this option ON if you also want the settings to be the default settings given to documents you newly open in the future.

Please note the following:

Settings you make to the User Interface options of the Options dialog only affect the current document.
If you switch ON the Also Set As Defaults option, 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 switch ON the Also Set As Defaults option.

Scroll

Select Scroll in the Options dialog to change scroll behavior. It has the following fields:

Autoscroll: Select Smooth to enable smooth scrolling during autoscroll. Select Line At A Time to have autoscroll scroll a whole line at a time.
Screen Up/Down Behavior: These settings determine the behavior of the Screen Up and Screen Down scroll actions that occur when you tap a region of the screen assigned the corresponding tap action. The possible behaviors are:
- Full With 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.

Color

Select Color 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
Tap New to create a new color theme. In the Color Theme dialog that appears after tapping New, enter into the text field a unique name for the color theme. Use the Text Color and Background Color fields to select the text and background colors, respectively, for the color theme.

Modifying a color theme
To modify a color theme, tap the detail button to the right of the color theme's name in the list. In the Color Theme dialog that appears, change the name in the text field if desired to a new unique name for the color theme. Use the Text Color and Background Color fields to change the text and background colors, respectively, for the color theme.

Deleting a color theme
To delete a color theme, tap the detail button to the right of the color theme's name in the list. In the Color Theme dialog that appears, tap Delete. iSilo™ asks you to confirm that you want to delete the selected color theme before actually doing so.

Tap Actions

Select Tap Actions in the Options dialog to edit the actions to perform when tapping regions of the screen while viewing a document.

The content area of the screen is dividied into 25 regions using a 5x5 evenly spaced grid. Each region except for the center region can be assigned an action to perform when that region is tapped. The center region is reserved for presenting a help view showing the actions assigned to each region. See default tap actions for the actions initially assigned by default to each region.

The action to perform for a given region can be different for each of the three types of taps: single-tap, double-tap, triple-tap.

To disable the use of tap actions, switch Enable tap actions to the OFF position.

To assign an action to a region in the Tap Actions screen, first select whether you want to assign the action to a Single, Double, or Triple tap of the region. Next, tap the region to which you want to assign the action to get the Tap Action list. You can select from the following actions:

None: Assign no action.
Line Up: Scroll the content up by one line.
Line Down: Scroll the content down by one line.
Line Left: Scroll the content left by one line.
Line Right: Scroll the content right by one line.
Screen Up: Scroll the content up by one screen.
Screen Down: Scroll the content down by one screen.
Screen Left: Scroll the content left by one screen.
Screen Right: Scroll the content right by one screen.
Page Top: Scroll to the top of the current page.
Page Bottom: Scroll to the bottom of the current page.
Page Previous: Jump to the top of the previous page.
Page Next: Jump to the top of the next page.
Page First: Jump to the top of the first page.
Page Last: Jump to the top of the last page.
Home: Go to the top of the home page.
History Back: Go to the previous location in the jump history.
History Forward: Go to the next location in the jump history.
Mark Location: Mark the current location.
Mark Jump: Jump to the marked location.
Bookmarks: Displays the bookmark list so that you can select a bookmark.
Auto Scroll: Start/stop autoscroll mode.
Full Screen: Enter/exit full screen mode. (Note: This action is not available in the free version.)
Font Smaller: Decrease the font size. This is equivalent to using the Font Options to decrease the font size.
Font Larger: Increase the font size. This is equivalent to using the Font Options to increase the font size.
Document Close: Close the document.
Scroll Bar: Show/hide the vertical slider scroll bar.

Notes:

For a given region, if the region has actions assigned to more than one tap type, then the action assigned for the lesser tap type is performed only if there is not a subsequent tap within a quarter of a second. For example, if a given region has the action Line Up assigned for single-tapping and the action Page Up assigned for double-tapping, the Line Up action will only be performed if there is at least a quarter second interval during which there is not another tap in the same region. If there is another tap in the same region within that quarter second interval, then the tap type will register as a double-tap and the Page Up action will be performed instead of the Line Up action.
If a given region only has an action assigned for one tap type, then that action is performed immediately as soon as the required number of taps has occurred. For example, if a given region has the Line Up action assigned to it and no action assigned to the same region for either double-tapping or triple-tapping, then as soon as a tap occurs in the region, the action is performed immediately.
You can repeat a tap action by holding down your finger on the region. For example, if you have the Line Up action assigned to a given region, when you touch down on the region and hold your finger down, the Line Up action continues to repeat until you lift your finger up from the screen.

Copy

Use Copy in the Edit section to access the following commands:

Copy Entire Screen: Copy the entire text currently displayed on the screen to the clipboard.
Copy Entire Page: Copy the entire text of the current page to the clipbard.
Copy Entire Document: Copy the entire text of the current document to the clipboard.

Note: Copying of the text of a document is only supported for files in iSilo, Palm Doc, and plain text format and only on devices using iPhone OS 3.0 or later. If the device does not support copy operations or if the document has been set to prevent copy to clipboard operations, then this menu item appears grayed out.

Annotations

Use Annotations in the Edit section to activate the Annotations dialog. This dialog lists all annotations in the associated annotations file for the document.

To view the entire annotation text or to edit it, tap the disclosure button for the annotation's entry to get the Annotation dialog.

To jump to the beginning of the annotated text in the document, simply tap the annotation's entry.

To delete one or more annotations, tap the Edit button. Then for each annotation you want to delete, tap the deletion button to the left of the entry and then tap the Delete button to confirm that you actually want to delete the annotation. When you are finished with deleting annotations, tap the Done button to exit the editing mode.

Press the Back button to exit the Annotations dialog.

Annotation dialog
The Annotation dialog provides the following three fields for annotating text:

Comment: Use this field to enter your comment for the annotated text.

Color: The annotated text can take one of the following 16 pre-defined colors:

Yellow
Fuchsia
Red
Maroon
Purple
Blue
Navy
Aqua
Teal
Lime
Olive
Green
White
Silver
Gray
Black
Light Yellow
Light Fuchsia
Light Red
Light Blue
Light Aqua
Light Lime

Text: This field holds the actual selected text. However, if the document text is protected from copying operations, the field will be blank. You can modify the text in this field and also use it as an additional field for commenting.

Press the Back button to save the changes to the annotation and to exit the dialog.

When viewing the document, the background of the annotated text appears in the selected annotation color. Touching on any part of the annotated text shows the comment for the annotation and the commands View/Edit and Delete. Use View/Edit to modify any of the comment, color, and text fields of the annotation. Use Delete to delete the annotation with confirmation.

Only one annotation can occupy a given range of text. This means that any portion of an existing annotation that overlaps the new annotation range is removed from the existing annotation. If you add an annotation that completely overlaps any existing annotation, that existing annotation will be automatically deleted. If the new annotation overlaps the middle of an existing annotation, the existing annotation is automatically split into two annotations with identical comment, color, and text fields.

Annotation Settings

Use Annotation Settings in the Edit section to activate the Annotation Settings dialog. In the dialog, tap Select File to choose and associate an annotations file with the document. Tap Disassociate File to remove the association between the document and the annotations file.

To accept changes you have made and exit the Annotation Settings dialog, press the Save button.

To cancel any changes and exit the Annotation Settings dialog, press the Back button.

Marks

Home
Mark Location
Jump To Mark
Bookmarks
Add Bookmark
Back
Forward
Clear History

Home

Use Home in the Marks section to go 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.

Mark Location

Use Mark Location in the Marks section 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 in the Marks section to jump to the unnamed mark.

Add Bookmark

Use Add Bookmark in the Marks section to activate the Add Bookmark dialog to set a named bookmark at the current location. The Add Bookmark dialog has the following fields:

text field: Enter the name you want to give the bookmark into this field. iSilo™ initializes the 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.

Document/Local: Select the type of bookmark to add. See bookmark types for descriptions of the different bookmark types.

Tap Save to assign the bookmark. Tap 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. Tap Yes to replace the existing bookmark with the new location. Tap No to not replace the existing bookmark.

Bookmarks

Use Bookmarks in the Marks section to activate the Bookmarks dialog. Tap Edit to enter edit mode and perform any of the operations described below.

Rename a bookmark: To rename a bookmark, perform these steps:
1. Tap the bookmark's name to get the Edit Bookmark dialog.
2. Replace or edit the bookmark name in the text field.
3. Tap Rename to save the change and return to the Bookmarks dialog.
Delete a bookmark: To delete a bookmark, perform these steps:
1. Tap the deletion button to the left of the bookmark's name to get the Delete confirmation button.
2. Tap the Delete button. iSilo™ deletes the bookmark immediately without asking for additional confirmation.
Delete all bookmarks: To delete bookmarks of all types or all bookmarks of a given type, perform these steps:
1. Tap Delete All.
2. Before deleting the bookmarks, iSilo™ asks you to confirm the type of bookmarks you want to delete.
3. Tap the appropriate button.
Sort the bookmarks alphabetically: To sort all bookmarks perform these steps:
1. Tap Alphabetize.
2. Before performing the sort, iSilo™ asks you to confirm the type of bookmarks you want to alphabetize.
3. Tap the appropriate button.
Move a bookmark to another position in the list: To move a bookmark to another position in the list drag the reorder control to the right of the bookmark name to the new position in the list where you want to move the bookmark.

Back

Use Back in the Marks section to go to the previous location in the jump history.

Note: If there is no previous location in the jump history, then the Back command appears grayed out.

Forward

Use Forward in the Marks section to go to the next location in the jump history.

Note: If there is no next location in the jump history, then the Forward command appears grayed out.

Clear History

Use Clear History in the Marks section to clear the entire jump history.

Note: If there is no jump history, then the Clear History command appears grayed out.

Go To

Top of Page
End of Page
Percentage of Page
Page Number
Previous Page
Next Page
First Page
Last Page

Top of Page

Use Top of Page in the Go To section to jump to the top of the current page.

End of Page

Use End of Page in the Go To section to jump to the bottom of the current page.

Percentage of Page

Use Percentage of Page in the Go To section to get the Go To Percentage dialog to jump to a specified percentage of the page.

Page Number

Use Page Number in the Go To section to get the Go To Page dialog to jump to the top of a specified page number.

Use Previous Page in the Go To section to go to the top of the page immediately before the current page.

Use Next Page in the Go To section to go to the top of the page immediately after the current page.

First Page

Use First Page in the Go To section to go to the top of page number one of the document.

Last Page

Use Last Page in the Go To section to go to the last page of the document.

Tools

Autoscroll
Full Screen
Rotation Lock
System Information
About iSilo

Autoscroll

Use Autoscroll in the Tools section 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 do so, tap near the bottom of the content view above the scroll bar to fade in the autoscroll speed control bar. To increase the speed, tap a dot to the right. To decrease the speed, tap a dot to the left. Each dot 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 on an inactive area of the content portion of 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.

Full Screen

Use Full Screen in the Tools section to activate full screen mode so that the content display uses the entire screen below the status bar. In full screen mode, the navigation bar and tab bar are hidden. (Note: This command is not available in the free version.)

To exit full screen mode, tap the bottom portion of the content area where the tab bar normally goes.

Rotation Lock

Use Rotation Lock in the Tools section to lock the screen in its current orientation so that the screen maintains its current orientation regardless of the orientation of the device. Select the command again to release the rotation lock.

System Information

Use System Information in the Tools section 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 in the Tools section to see the iSilo™ About dialog.

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