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Mobipocket Reader Pro 4.6

User Guide

Table Of Contents

Getting Started
Your Personal ID (PID)
Toolbar Icons
Mobipocket Menu
Mobipocket Reader Menus for Symbian (Psion, Nokia, P800, etc..)
Library
View
Help
Page Number Pop-up Menu
Hyperlinks and the link back arrow
Selection Pop-up Menu
Install Fonts / Read in non Western-European languages (Chinese, Japanese, Russian, etc..)
Mobipocket Reader Pro features

Getting Started

The Mobipocket Reader enables you to read eBooks, eNews and documents on your PDA.

Where to find eBooks

How to put an eBook on my PDA ?

How to open an eBook

How to turn pages

The progress bar

Page numbers

Read in Full-screen mode

Large tables display

Where to find eBooks

You can download eBooks from the Mobipocket Web site Library (http://www.mobipocket.com). Sync the books from your desktop computer to your device using the asociated synchronisation software : HotSync for PalmOs devices, Microsoft Active Sync for Windows CE and Pocket PC, PsiWin for Psion devices, Franklin Destop Manger for eBookman, etc... (please refer to the synchronisation software manufacturer documentation for more information on this operation).

The Mobipocket Web Companion that is installed on your compuyer (PC, Mac) enables you to download and read eNews from your favorite Web sites on your PDA!

You can also make your own documents from HTML, Word or PowerPoint documents, using the Mobipocket Publisher software.

How to put an eBook on my PDA ?

If you have the Web Companion software installed on your desktop computer, simply double click on the book, which is a .prc extension file. The file is copied to your PDA if it is a Psion or Windows CE, or it will be transferred the next time you synchronize with a PalmOs or an eBookMan.

Note for PalmOs users : if you have the Palm Desktop Manager installed, the Install Tool app will handle the transfer of .prc files.
Note for eBookMan users : if you had installed Mobipocket Reader for another PDA platform before installing Mobipocket Reader for eBookMan, right-click and select "Send to eBookMan" from the pop-up menu. The file is copied to the Contents directory of the eBookMan Desktop Manager and will be transferred the next time you synchronize with your eBookMan device.

How to open an eBook

To open an eBook, open the Mobipocket Menu by tapping the title of the Mobipocket book at the top left of the screen or tap the Menu iconand click on the Library menu item to display the list of e-books available on your device. Select a book, and open it by clicking on it's title.

How to turn pages

To go to the Next page : click on the right half of the screen or press the Down key (and Space/Enter on a Psion or the Down action button on a WinCE/PocketPC).
To go to the Previous page : click on the left half of the screen or press the Up key (and the action button upward on the PocketPC).
With eBookMan and Pocket PC, you can also use the jogwheel.

The Progress bar

The thin bar at the bottom of the screen represents your current position in the eBook. Tap any part of it to navigate to another position in the book. Then tap the link back arrow to return to your previous location.
When a bookmark is added, an indicator is placed on the progress bar. Little arrows appear to the left and right of the bar. Tap the arrows to go directly to the position of the next or previous bookmark.

Page numbers

The current page number is displayed at the top right of the screen. This is only an estimated page number, because the Reader uses a dynamic page numbering to allow faster navigation throughout a book, and to allow quick font size changing.

Read in Full-screen mode

In Full-screen mode, the toolbar disappears. To toggle between Full-screen and Normal screen mode :

On an Epoc device, press Ctrl - T .
On a PalmOs, double click on the Graffiti square.
On a PocketPC, push the action button (reading button, usually at the center of the jog wheel)).
On an eBookMan, push the jogwheel.
On all WindowsCE devices with a keyboard, use Ctrl-F

To return from Full screen mode, you can also click at the very top of the screen (two pixel margin).

Large tables display

In order to enable you to visualize tables of big size, the tables too large for the screen are cut out in lines if possible (you can then see the continuation of the table in the following page). If it is not possible, a mode called "Large tables " is activated.
In this mode, the tables have on their left a small hand and arrows on both sides (if necessary). By clicking on the arrows, you will see the corresponding hidden parts. While clicking on the hand, you switch in mode "to slip" (the small hand is then framed). You can then click anywhere in the table then drag your stylus, the table follows your stylus! If several large tables are displyed within the screen, all those which are selected will follow your stylus.

For the platforms with a keyboard, you can click on Ctrl+Arrow to move all the selected tables (or all tables if none is selected). To select a table, you can activate the small hand like a usual link with Tab/Shift-Tab and Enter.

Your Personal ID (PID)

Your Personal ID or PID is displayed in the About box of the Mobipocket Reader application. The About box is accessible through the Mobipocket Menu (Help Menu on Psion). The PID is a 10 digit number. Numerical characters are underlined, to enable a clear distinction between e.g. Os and 0s, I and 1, etc.

The PID uniquely identifies the Mobipocket Reader application on your PDA. You are requested to enter this identifier when purchasing an eBook, in order to secure the downloaded content. This book will be readable only on your PDA. If you change your PDA, you can modifiy your PID in your "Virtual Library" on Mobipocket.com Web site. Change your PID in your personal information and download your books. You will be able to read all the books you have already purchased on your new PDA.

Toolbar Icons

N.B. : there is no icon toolbar on Symbian devices.

Opens the Library.

Displays the Table of contents.

Changes font size. The font size increases in steps, then cycles back to the minimum size.

Moves back to your previous position. Learn more.

Reader PRO only :

or (Palm devices) : Start scrolling

or (Palm devices) : Rotate screen orientation. A selection box is displayed where you can choose one of four orientations : each icon represents your PDA device with a given orientation : normal, upside-down, 90° left or 90° right.

Mobipocket Menu
The Mobipocket menu is accessible by tapping on the book title at the top left of the application screen (BookTitle ). On eBookMan, the Menu icon also displays this menu. The following functions are available :

Library

Annotations

Find

Settings

Start Scrolling [Reader PRO only]

Send via IR

Help

About

Library

The Library lists all the eBooks that are available on your device.

- eBooks are classified according to their type :

eBooks : lists all .prc eBooks, palm pilot doc files, etc.
On Windows CE/Pocket PC and Epoc devices, only the ebook files stored in the ./eBooks folder are listed here.
Click on the Browse for more... link to access other folders, in particular a storage card.

eNews : lists all eNews files that are synchronized using the Mobipocket Web Companion software (version 4 and above).

eDocs : lists all eDoc files : documents which are produced with the Quick Publish function of the Mobipocket Web Companion, or the Mobipocket Office Companion software.

Categ... : lists the categories that have been defined by the user. Tapping on a category opens the list of eBooks in that category.
You can add new categories by tapping the "Create a new category" link.
You can set the category of an eBook by tapping the little icon in front of the book title. This opens the Book Details dialog box, where you can select the category of the book.
You can delete a category from the list of categories by tapping on the icon in front of the category title.

Book Details icon : Tap this icon to open the Book Details dialog box, which displays the book file size, and enables you to select the book category, delete the book and move the ebook to and from an external storage card.

- Other file formats : TXT, HTML

TXT and HTML files are automatically sorted into the eDoc(s) category.To open TXT or HTML files
On PocketPC/WindowsCE, click on the Browse for more.. link to browse the file system on your device.

- How to delete a book

Tap the Book Details icon, and then tap Delete.

- How to move a book from/to a storage card [Reader PRO only]

Choose the Book Location : main memory or storage card and click on OK : the ebook will be moved (not copied) to the chosen location.

Annotations

This opens the list of stored annotations for the current eBook. For each annotation, there is a page number label, and the label that was entered when the bookmark was created. Tap this label to go to the annotated position.

Annotations are classified as follows :

All : displays all types of annotations
Bookm. : displays only simple bookmarks : a stored position in the book with a short description label.
Annot. : displays only Annotations and Modifications [Reader PRO]
Highl. : displays only Highlights [Reader PRO]

Custom links and free-hand drawings will also appear in this list (All).

Find

The find function enables you to search throughout the text of the current eBook, for a string of characters. There are the following search options : match case and whole word, and Next/Previous/First/Last and Search Annotations only [Reader PRO].

Configure application settings

This menu enables you to customize the global settings for the application. These are stored after the application exits.

- Font Size : set the character font size (3 or 4 sizes available depending the PDA). On Windows CE, you can also change the font family (Arial, Times New Roman, etc..). Custom true type font files can be downloaded from your desktop computer (WindowsCE/Pocket PC).
- Colors : Font and Background, Highlight and Modify [Reader PRO] (color devices only) Click on the color rectangle to select one of the 48 colors.
- Enable MobiType (color devices only) : Activate the MobiType™ enhanced font rendering display feature.

- Display margins : display a margin on the left and right side of the screen for less dense text presentation.
- Open Library at startup : set this option to open the Library directly when you enter the application. If this option is not set, then the applications opens on the last page of the book you were reading when you exited the application.
- Full justification : display the text in full-justified paragraph format, or uncheck it to display in left-aligned format.
- Multi column display : Psion and Windows CE Handheld devices can display text on one or two columns.

- Touch screen turn page : set this option to turn the pages when clicking anywhere in the screen. If this option is not set, you can only click in the margins, on the toolbar and progression bar. You can always use the arrows keys and the jogwheel on your PDA.

- Dictionary : You can select the dictionary to use or let the Mobipocket Reader decide (---Auto--- line).

- Toolbar [Reader PRO] : Choose the icons you want to display in the application toolbar.

Start Scrolling [Reader PRO only]

Starts auto-scrolling of pages.

Click anywhere on the screen to stop scrolling.

The speed of scrolling can be adjusted with the up and down hardkey buttons or the jogwheel on your device : Up or Next to increase speed, Down or Previous to reduce speed. The selected speed will be stored in the application settings even after you exit the application.

Send via IR

Send the current e-book by Infra-Red to another device (works between two Pocket PC/Windows CE or two PalmOs devices).

On the receiving side :
On Windows CE/Pocket PC, you have to put the device in Receive via Infra-Red mode (Programs menu)
On PalmOs, make sure that "Beam Receive" in Preferences is on.

Help

Access this help documentation, which is available as an eBook file.

About box

Displays information about the Mobipocket Reader version and copyright. This is also where you will find your Personal ID (PID).

Psion / Nokia 9210
Sony-Ericsson P800
Series 60 (Nokia 3650/7650,..)
Mobipocket Reader Menus for Psion and Nokia 9210

Books

Library

Open

Settings

Exit

Edit

Add Bookmark

Find

Select

Go to

Back

First page

Go to page

Bookmarks

View

Full screen

Columns

Font

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Help

Content

About

Mobipocket Reader Menus for Sony-Ericsson P800

Books

Library

Online Bookstore

Find

Settings

Help

Content

About

Send as

Exit

Go to

Back

First page

Go to page

Annotations

Add Bookmark

Add Drawing

View

Start scrolling

Orientation

Font

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Mobipocket Reader Menus for Series 60 (Nokia 3650/7650, Siemens SX1...)

Options (left button)

Library

Start scrolling

Settings

Help

Content

About

Send

Exit

Pg. Menu (right button)

Back

First page

Annotations

Add Bookmark

Selection mode

Books

Library

Display the Library, which lists all the eBooks, eNews and eDoc (e.g. Office Companion exports) files that are on the device and on an expansion card.

Online Bookstore

Direct access to the Mobipocket ebookstore website, where you can browse for ebooks, download demos, access your user account, and even purchase ebooks on-line.

Open

Display the Open File dialog box, which enables you to browse the file system and find your eBooks and eNews files.

Settings

You can set the "Touch screen turn pages" option and select your default dictionary.

The Mobipocket Reader now allows text selection, the "touch screen turn page" feature can be partially disabled. In order to turn the pages, you can either click inside the left and right margins or using your platform specific keys. See how to turn the pages. You will find a related item in your settings dialog. Of course, this item does not appear for PDA with non-touch sensitive screens.

Choose the default dictionary the Mobipocket Reader will have to use when looking for a definition or a translation. You can leave the "--- Auto ---" line to let the Reader choose the best dictionary to use. Definitions and translations will be accessible from any file (eBooks, text, ...) opened in the Mobipocket Reader.

You can also customize the color settings.

Send

Displays a selection dialog box, to send the current book by email, Infrared, Bluetooth or MMS. Note that this only works on non encrypted ebooks

Exit

Closes the Mobipocket Reader.

Edit

Add Bookmark

Add a bookmark to the current position in the ebook.

Find

The find function enables you to search throughout the text of the current e-book, for a string of characters. Note that the string is either a whole word or a sub-part of a word, but can't be made of several words. You can select the option to match the case or a whole word.

Select

Toogle the select mode on and off. Then, using the arrows and the Shift key, you can select a part of the text. Press Enter and you will see a popup menu.

Goto

Back

Returns to the previous link. More details on hyperlinks and the back function.

First page

Goes to the very first page of the eBook

Go to page

Goes to any page of the eBook by entering a page number.

Annotations

Displays the Annotations List. This opens the list of stored bookmarks, highlights, annotations or custom links, for the current eBook. For each bookmark, there is a page number label, and the label that was entered when the bookmark was created. Select this label to go to the bookmarked position.

Add Drawing

[Reader PRO only] : adds a blank page at that position in the ebook, where you can insert a free-hand drawing. You can choose different background and pen colors, erase the last drawing made, or delete the whole page. Click in the right margin to hide the inserted page, and on the tab in the left margin to display the page again.

View

Start Scrolling [Reader PRO only]

Starts auto-scrolling of pages.

Click anywhere on the screen to stop scrolling.

The speed of scrolling can be adjusted with the up and down hardkey buttons or the jogwheel on your device : Up or Next to increase speed, Down or Previous to reduce speed. The selected speed will be stored in the application settings even after you exit the application.

Orientation [Reader PRO only]

Rotate the screen orientation in all directions : Normal, 90° left or 90° right, 180°.

Full screen

Show and hide the toolbar. When the toolbar is hidden, we are in full screen mode.

Columns

Display on one or more columns.

Font

Allow you to choose the font to use by default.

Zoom In

Increases the font size. In Image mode, zoom in on the current image.

Zoom Out

Decreases the font size. In Image mode, zoom out on the current image.

Help

Content

Show this help file

About box

Displays information about the Mobipocket Reader version and copyright. This is also where you will find your Personal ID (PID)

Series 60 Options (left button)

Library

Display the Library, which lists all the eBooks, eNews and eDoc (e.g. Office Companion exports) files that are on the device and on an expansion card.

When in the Library, press the Options menu to switch the display between the list of eBooks, eNews or eDocs.

Use the up and down keys to highlight the ebook titles, then press the select button to open the eBook. When a book title is highlighted, select Book details in the Options menu to display the title, size, or to Delete the book from the device.

Press the Close menu to exit the Library

Settings

Use the Up and Down keys to navigate in the list of settings. To change a setting, press the select button when the setting is highlighted. Press on the Back button to confirm settings and return to the ebook.

Full screen : when turned ON, the menus and toolbar are not displayed, leaving the whole screen for the text display.

Font Family and Size

Orientation : Rotate the screen orientation in all directions : Normal, 90° left or 90° right, 180°.

Dictionary : choose the default dictionary the Mobipocket Reader will have to use when looking for a definition or a translation. You can leave the "--- Auto ---" line to let the Reader choose the best dictionary to use. Definitions and translations will be accessible from any file (eBooks, text, ...) opened in the Mobipocket Reader.

You can also customize the color settings.

Open library at start up, or open directly the last ebook that you were reading

Full justification of the text, or default to left aligned.

Send

You can choose to send the current ebook by multimedia MMS, email, bluetooth or Infra-red. Note that this only works on non encrypted ebooks.

Series 60 Pg. (right button)

Selection mode

You can use this mode to select text in order to highlight, copy, modify or annotate it - or select a word to lookup a definition in the default dictionary.

1) Set the mode you want to be in using the Selection menu items.

Once you have set e.g. the Highlight mode, notice that the Up, Down or Left Right keys will allow you to navigate in the current page in order to highlight a word.

N.B. : to get out of the currently set mode without selecting any text, select the same mode again in the Selection mode menu.

2) Set the start word

By pressing the select button on the highlighted word

3) Make a text selection

By pressing the Up, Down, Left and Right arrows, to select a string starting or ending with the start word.

Once you have selected the text you want :

4) Press the select center button

To confirm the selection. If you were in :

Definition mode : the definition of the highlighted word is displayed if there is an entry in the default dictionary.

Copy mode : the selection is copied to the clipboard, and you can paste it in another application.

Highlight mode : the selection is highlighted

Annotate mode : a dialog box opens for you to add an annotation

Modify mode : the selected text is striked out and you can add an annotation

Add custom link : navigate to another part of the ebook or another ebook to create a custom link between this selection and the other part. To set the target link, choose Set target for custom link in the Selection mode menu. Note that you have to scroll down the menu to the last item in the list with the down key, as this menu item does not display until you scroll. A dialog-box also opens where you can enter a short note.

Page Number Pop-up Menu

When you tap on the page number field at the top right corner of the application screen # , a pop-up menu appears with the following functions:

- Go to first page : goes to the very first page of the eBook.

- Go to page : goes to any page of the eBook by entering a page number.
- Add bookmark : adds a bookmark to the current page with a short description label. A little square appears at the top right corner of a page where a bookmark has been added. Tap the square to display the label of the bookmark. To display the list of stored bookmarks, tap Bookmark List on the main menu.
When a bookmark is added to a page, a visual indicator is marked at the corresponding position on the progress bar of the eBook. Little arrows appear to the left and right of the progress bar. Tap the arrows to go directly to the next or previous bookmark position.

- Add Drawing [Reader PRO] : adds a blank page at that position in the ebook, where you can insert a free-hand drawing. You can choose different background and pen colors, erase the last drawing made, or delete the whole page. Click in the right margin to hide the inserted page, and on the tab in the left margin to display the page again.

In addition to the above functions, the pop-up menu may contain several items, which are part of the Guide specified by the Open eBook standard, e.g. the Biography of the author, the Foreword, etc. Tap "eBook Info" on the pop-up menu to display specific information about the current eBook, i.e. the Author, Title, Date,... , as defined in the Meta-Data information of the Open eBook package file for the eBook.

Hyperlinks and the link back arrow

Hyperlinks are displayed as underlined text, and in blue color (on color devices). .

By tapping a hyperlink, you will navigate to the corresponding position in the eBook. Tapping the link back arrow moves you back to your previous position.

On a non touch-screen device (e.g. Symbian Series 60):

Press the Up and Down keys to highlight and navigate between hyperlinks on the page, then press the select key to go to the link that is highlighted. Note that when there is a hyperlink on a page, only the next and previous arrows enable you to navigate to the next or previous page.

Selection Pop-up Menu

You can select text or sections by dragging the stylus across the screen. Check the Settings dialog box (Settings menu for Epoc) to set the option to use the stylus on the screen to turn to next and previous pages, or to select text.

When you select text, a pop-up menu appears. It contains the following items :

- Definition

- Copy

- Highlight (Reader PRO only)

- Annotate (Reader PRO only)

- Modify (Reader PRO only)

- Add Custom Link (Reader PRO only)

When the selection contains an image, an Image mode item appears to let you view the image with the Image Viewer. (more details on the Image Viewer)

Selection on hyperlinks
Image Viewer
Dictionaries
Copy

Selection on hyperlinks

When clicking on an hyperlink, the given hyperlink is displayed highlighted before being followed.

Image Viewer

When a book contains large images, Mobipocket Reader reduces them to fit the screen size. While clicking on the image, you can use the Image Viewer. The main menu changes and the toolbar too (). You can also use the Image Mode in the popup menu to use the Image Viewer on any image.

Dictionaries

The popup menu contains a Definition item that will allow you to show either the definition or the translation of the selected word. If no result is found, you can do a manual search in the dictionary index. The Mobipocket Reader can use inflexions so that you can look for any noun or verb (like trees and looked but also feet or was ).
You will find a lot of dictionaries on Mobipocket website (http://www.mobipocket.com)

Set the default dictionary to use in the Settings dialog box (Settings menu for Epoc).

Copy

Copies the selected text to the PDA clipboard. If you are currently reading a copyrighted book, the Copy function will take the three first words.

Highlight
Highlights the text that has been selected in the current Highlight color. You can set your preferred Highlight color in the Color Settings menu.

To delete the highlight from the text, select the text again : a Delete Highlight item will appear in the pop-up menu.

Annotate

A text input box is displayed to let you enter a note about the selected text. When the annotation has been added, a red mark appears in the margin. Click in the margin to edit or delete the annotation.

Modify

A text input box is displayed to let you enter a note about the modified text. When the text has been added, a mark appears in the margin, and the text is striked out. Click in the margin to edit or delete the modification.

Add Custom Link

This feature enables you to add your own hyperlink to link one part of a document to any other part in the same document or in another document.

Once you have selected some text and clicked on Add Custom Link, goto any other part of the ebook or another ebook and select some text, then click on the "Set Target for Custom Link" item that appears in the pop-up menu. In the last step, you can add a note about the custom link, and then you are automatically brought back to the original position.

Customize Fonts

On PalmOS

You can install Palm fonts or set the sub-pixel rendering Mobitype mode (color screens only) in the Reader Settings

On PocketPC/Windows CE/Symbian

You can install true-type fonts from your PC, and select these fonts in the Reader Settings.

Sub-pixel rendering (ClearType) is available on PocketPC.

Read in non Western-European UTF-8 encoding (Chinese, Japanese, Russian, etc..)

UTF-8 encoding is currently supported on PocketPC, Windows CE, SymbianOS version 5.0 and 7.0 (Nokia 9210/Nokia9290, Sony Ericsson P800/P802) devices, but not on PalmOS devices.

These are the steps to read content in UTF-8 encoding on your PDA:

1) Install True-Type fonts for the language you wish to read in : you may already have the true type fonts on your PC. These can generally be found under the C:\WinNT\fonts folder.

2) Select the installed font in the Settings menu of the Mobipocket Reader

3) Content must have been published in Mobipocket format

Refer to the Software Solutions section on the Mobipocket website for detailed information.

Mobipocket Reader PRO Features

How to Register your Mobipocket Reader PRO

Annotate

Highlight

Modify

Add Custom Link

Rotate Screen

Autoscroll

Add Drawing

Built-in Storage Card Manager

Enhanced full text search function

How to Register your Mobipocket Reader PRO

To register your Reader, please goto the www.mobipocket.com website and purchase a license of the Reader. You will receive a serial number which you can enter at any time when prompted during the 14-day trial period. After the trial period has expired, goto the About box of the application, and click on the "Register" link, then input your serial number.

If you do not register, the Reader will automatically revert to the Standard version after the trial period, and you can continue reading your ebooks.