South-Western
offers a growing selection of textbooks in eBook format.
When you're in the Library, you have the following options:
Once you've selected Read, the Open File button changes
to Library. Selecting Library returns you to your Library
of eBooks.
If you are running your eBook Reader on the Windows 2000 platform,
a Read Aloud button appears above the Library button when in Read mode.
Clicking on this button displays simple audio-player controls, which
let you hear the spoken text of an eBook (if the publisher has granted
permissions to enable this feature).
Use this toolbar to customize how you show and sort your titles in
the Library.
The picture above illustrates the default categories. Clicking on any
category will display only the eBooks in that category. By selecting
the Menu button and choosing Preferences, you can change the list of
categories and arrange your eBooks into categories.
You can sort your Library four ways: by Author, by Title, by Date
Acquired, and by Last Accessed.
Toolbar Functions - Basic
After you've opened an eBook or document, the toolbar you'll see has the
following functions:
* These tools appear after you have selected a book to read. (You won’t
see them when you’re in the Library.)
Toolbar Functions - Detailed
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Sharpen Text: The Acrobat eBook Reader contains Adobe®
CoolType™ technology, which makes text clearer and easier
to read. Click the Sharpen Text button to display a two-step dialog
box where you can choose the Adobe CoolType settings that make
text look best on your screen.
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Rotate: To view a landscape oriented
page in its correct orientation, you can rotate the eBook window
90 degrees by selecting the Rotate button. Click the Menu button
and then choose Preferences to change the direction or rotation. |
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Highlight:
- Click the Highlight button, then press the mouse button and
move the pointer over a passage to highlight it.
- Click the Hightlight button again to stop highlighting.
- To undo highlighting, use the highlighting tool to retrace
the section you want to clear.
- To change color or remove highlighting from a page or the
entire eBook, right click and select from the menu that appears.
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Two page view: Click the two
page view button to view two pages side by side. |
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Annotate: You can attach hidden or inline notes to text
passages. To create a hidden note, click the Annotate button,
then click the passage you want to annotate. Type your text in
the Note dialog box, then click Save. To create an inline annotation,
click the Annotate button, then right-click the passage you want
to annotate. Type your text in the borderless text box, then click
outside the text box. Either kind of note can be repositioned
by clicking and dragging it. Notes can also be modified or deleted.
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Bookmarks and Page Navigation
Clicking on a folded top-right corner of a page allows you to bookmark
that page. To supply your own text to identify the bookmark, edit the
text in the Bookmark box. Click OK.
Use the Page Navigator Bar to go to any page
by number. The page navigator bar appears as a segmented line along the
bottom of the book display area.
Light-colored segments of the navigator bar represent pages that precede
the current page; dark segments represent pages that follow the current
page. When you move the pointer over the navigator bar, the bar expands
and displays a page number. Click to go to that page.
To go to the next page, click the Next Page button on the toolbar,
or press Enter, Down Arrow, or Page Down from your keyboard.
To reposition (pan or scroll) a page within a window, press the right
mouse button on the page and drag the page. This feature is especially
useful when you want to view all of the text on an enlarged page.
The Menu Toolbar
Click on the Menu button to display this toolbar. To hide, click Menu
again.
Info: Clicking on Info will display the following information
about your eBook: Title, Author, Publisher, Page Count, Date Acquired,
File Size, ISBN, Encryption, Category. Use the two pull-down Category
menus to determine where this eBook will be filed in your Library. Click
on Permissions to find out the rules for Copying, Printing, Lending,
Giving, and Reading Aloud for this eBook.
Bookmarks: From the menu, click Bookmarks to display the Bookmarks
dialog box. Click a bookmark in the list and then click Go to Bookmark.
From this box you can also add, edit or delete a bookmark.
Find: Use the Find command on the menu to search for text in
a eBook. If the search succeeds, a search bar appears at the bottom
of the display area where you can continue to search for the same or
different text.
Dictionary: The latest version of the Acrobat eBook Reader
for Windows (2.1) includes a dictionary. You can use the Dictionary
command on the menu to look up a definition. You can also double-click
a word in a book to hear the pronunciation and see a definition of that
word.
Preferences: The Preferences dialog box allows you to customize
the settings of your eBook including the default bookstore URL, the
name of your Library and Rotation Direction. You can also reorder and
update your eBook Categories for your Library.
Support: To get customer support for the Adobe Acrobat eBook
Reader, click Support to visit the Web site http://www.adobe.com/support/ebooksupport.html
Print and Copy: If the publisher allows, you can print
and copy portions of a book. Use the Print command on the menu to print
some pages of the book. To copy part of the book to the clipboard, first
use the mouse to select the text you want to copy, then use the Copy
command on the menu to make a copy. The publisher may allow you to print
only a limited number of pages or to copy a limited number of selections
in a given time period. The Actrobat eBook Reader keeps track of your
printing and copying. When you print or copy, a dialog box tells you
how much printing or copying you have done and asks whether you want
to proceed.
