Note: The Annotate command is also available in the context menu that appears immediately after you select text.
Select File dialog
If you have not yet associated an annotations file for the
document, then after invoking the Annotate command,
iSilo™ asks you to first select a file for the document's
annotations, which may be a new file or an existing annotations file.
In this case, you get the Select Existing Annotations File or Enter
New File Name dialog with a default name
for the annotations file and with a default location set to the same
location as the document. You can accept the default name and location
or enter a new name and/or select a different location. The
annotations file is separate from the document so that you can
copy it elsewhere, use it with the document on another platform
version of iSilo™, or provide it to another user
of the document, among other possible uses.
The default suggested name for the annotations file is the same as the document file name, but with a .isa file name extension. If you do not add a file name extension up to four characters, iSilo™ automatically adds the .isa extension after you tap OK to the dialog.
After clicking Open in the dialog, one of the following cases will apply:
Annotation dialog
The Annotation dialog provides the following three fields
for annotating text:
Click Cancel to not add the annotation and return to the document.
Click OK to add the annotation and return to the document. The background of the annotated text appears in the selected annotation color. When not in Select Mode, holding the left mouse button down 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.
When in select mode, you select the text you want
to copy or annotate
and then invoke the corresponding command in the context menu that
appears after selecting the text.
To select text, drag the stylus across the range of text
to which you want to apply the command. Text in the selected range
appears highlighted to indicate the selection.
Also, while in select mode, on-screen click and drag scrolling do not
work since you must drag across text on the screen to select it.
However, while dragging to select text, if you drag
to the top or bottom edge, then the text automatically scrolls in
the corresponding direction so that you can extend the selection
range in that direction. You can still use the other methods
for scrolling.
You can also click the Find
button on
the tool bar to search for the next occurrence of the
previously searched text.
You can also click the Find Again
button on
the tool bar to search for the next occurrence of the
previously searched text.
creating a new category To create a sub-category, first select the category into which
you want the sub-category created, then click New.
In the New Category dialog, enter into the Name field
the name of the new category, check the Sub-category
checkbox, then click Add.
To create a category at the same level as another category,
select an existing category at the same level, then click New.
In the New Category dialog, enter into the Name field
the name of the new category, then click Add.
Following are some additional notes about categories:
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.
View/Edit Annotations
Use View/Edit Annotations on the Edit menu
to activate the Annotations dialog. This dialog lists all annotations
in the associated annotations file for the document and provides the
following commands:
Annotation Settings
Use Annotation Settings on the Edit menu to activate the
Annotation Settings dialog. In the dialog, click Select File
to choose and associate an annotations file with the document.
Click Disassociate File to remove the association between the
document and the annotations file. Tap OK to accept any
changes you made or tap Cancel to cancel any changes.
Select Mode
Use Select Mode on the Edit menu to enter or exit select mode.
You can also enter or exit select mode using the Select Mode button
on the tool bar.
Find
Use Find on the Edit menu
to activate the Find dialog so that you can enter the text you
want to find. The Find dialog has the following fields:
In the Find dialog, click the Find button to start the search or
click the Cancel button to dismiss the Find dialog without starting
the search.
Find Again
Use Find Again on the Edit menu
to search for the next occurrence of the previously searched text.
The search continues in the same direction as the previous search.
If there was no previous search in the document in the
current session, then this menu item is disabled.
Categories
Use Categories on the Edit menu
to get the Categories dialog for categorizing the document
you are currently viewing.
In the dialog, check the checkboxes of the categories into which
you want to place the document and uncheck those from which you want
to remove the document. Click OK to accept the changes.
Click Cancel to cancel any
such changes. Note that clicking Cancel does not revert any
changes made to the category list, such as creation, renaming,
and deletion of categories.
To create a top-level category, first select any top-level category,
then click New. In the New Category dialog, enter
into the Name field the name of the new category, then
click Add.
To rename a category, first select the category to rename,
then click Rename. Enter the new name into the Name
field, then click Rename.
To delete a category, first select the category to delete,
then click Delete. You get a message asking you
to confirm that you want to delete the selected category
and any sub-categories it contains. Click Yes
to proceed with deleting the category. Click No
to cancel deletion.
Document Information
Use Document Information on the Edit 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:
Marks menu
Mark Location
Use Mark Location on the Marks 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.
You can also click the Home button on the tool bar to go to the top of the home page.
You can also click the Bookmarks button on the tool bar to activate the bookmark list.
Click Add to assign the bookmark. Click 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. Click Yes to replace the existing bookmark with the new location. Click No to not replace the existing bookmark.
You can also click the Back button on the tool bar to go to the previous location in the jump history.
You can also click the Forward button on the tool bar to go to the next location in the jump history.
While autoscrolling, you can set the autoscroll speed to any of 20 levels. Each incremental level increases the speed by one third relative to the speed of the previous level. To increase the speed, hit the Page Down or down cursor key. To decrease the speed, hit the Page Up or up cursor key.
You can also change the autoscroll speed by dragging. 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.
Performing any action other than increasing or decreasing the autoscroll speed stops autoscrolling. The easiest ways to stop autoscrolling without performing any other action simultaneously are to hit the Esc key or click on an inactive area 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.
If you are in full screen mode, you can exit the mode in any of the following ways:
You can also click the Previous Page button on the tool bar to jump to the previous page.
You can also click the Next Page button on the tool bar to jump to the next page.