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Reading for Pleasure.
The enjoyment of curling up with a good book in your favorite
chair. AND...
Reading for Purpose. That's the
reading you have to get through.
At work, or for business or school or because the information
is important in your life. This is the kind of reading you're
always under pressure to stay ahead of.
And that's where RapidReader comes in. Now you can have
a new option to let your computer help get you through the
reading you have to do. You can do it faster, easier and
in a fraction of the time. And that gives you more time
to spend on the other things you might want to do.
When you're reading for Purpose. RapidReader
is the"single click" option for accelerating your
reading speed whenever you want.
After all...
You've already got MS Word to read documents
You've got Outlook for e-mail
You've got a browser for reading web pages
You've got Acrobat for reading PDF's
Why not have the RapidReader option as well? It
works directly with all of them to make them work faster
and smarter for you.
So, RapidReader PRO is not just about time savings, it's
really about choice. Choosing how fast you'd like to read. |
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Now
with RapidReader PRO see how you can...
Get out from under
the e-mail avalanche. Get through your e-mail in 1/3 the
time.
Select and auto-open dozens
of e-mails in a single batch
Read them at hundreds of words per minute
Move from one to the next with a keystroke
Auto -open MS Word and PDF and other attachments to RapidRead
Read all those PDF's
you've been meaning to get to.
RapidReader quickly extracts and converts the text from
a PDF for accelerated reading
Page numbers are synchronized between the PDF and RapidReader
Add your own Notes and Highlited text
Even port the PDF text to your mobile for on the go RapidReading*
And that's only the beginning of the many ways you can
save time with RapidReader PRO.
So it's really a pretty straight-forward question. If
time is money, how much is your time worth to you?
*NOTE:
Requires RapidReader for Palm or Symbian Nokia 9200-9300
series phones |
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| Before you begin |
RapidReader PRO has all the
features you'd expect from RapidReader but it also includes
powerful new functions that allow you to accelerate your
reading of both PDF files and your Outlook e-mail folders.
These capabilities are the result of significant development
of new analytical tools for RapidReader in order to address
the unique challenges of handling PDF files and the wide
range of e-mail types and attachments.
Before you begin please read the following
important information about getting started with RR
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Managing Expectations with
PDF:
Occasional Conversion Errors |
Understanding
PDF and Rapidreader
RapidReader PRO converts and extracts the text from the
native PDF format and delivers it to you so you can accelerate
reading the content and streamline getting the information
you need. It's not intended to reproduce the PDF, but
rather give you an option for how you choose to read it.
In order to capture the readable content from a PDF, RapidReader
PRO must separate the text that is actually meant for
a human to read from the code that the computer needs
to print the page. In a PDF file they are all mixed together.
And often not in any particular order. So, "under
the covers" a PDF file is very much like a jigsaw
puzzle. RapidReader PRO contains a powerful analysis engine
and artificial intelligence filters that go through the
PDF file sorting all the data in order to extract and
organize only the readable content and open it for you
in RapidReader.
PDF's are fundamentally different from word processor
documents, web pages and text. A PDF doesn't recognize
or keep elements for line breaks, paragraphs, headers
or other paragraph formatting used in word processing
applications like Microsoft Word. Text is broken down
into fragments as small as single characters but not more
than one line. These fragments can be randomly stored
any where in the file but they all have to be placed in
the right location on the page to complete its appearance.
The order in which the the code is loaded isn't necessarily
organized in the way it appears on the page. To the computer
that doesn't matter, a dot is a dot, but for extracting
text, the challenge is much like sorting through gravel
to find gold.
Therefore, as refined as the analysis and content identification
process is, unfortunately you may sometimes find minor
text errors, extra characters or other anomalies in the
text output in RapidReader. This usually depends on how
heavily formatted the original PDF document is and how
it was "built" in the first place. However,
in the vast majority of cases this shouldn't substantially
interfere with accelerating your reading and understanding
the content.
Some
PDF documents contain no text at all
A PDF may look as if there is text, but sometimes it's
actually a picture of a page. These are typically
used for the printing of things like brochures or marketing
materials which are heavily formatted with photographs.
RapidReader will notify you if there is no text available
to be read.
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How-to
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For Information
About: |
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Navigation features within RapidReader
Fast-forward
Rewind
Pause
Move between ParagraphView and TurboView
Please visit the Using
the ParagraphView or Using
the TurboView pages
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For Information
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Adding User Notes to PDF or e-mails in RapidReader
Highliting text
Navigating using the Viewers
Extracting your Highlites or Notes as a file
Saving PDF, e-mails and attachments including your markup
as an .r2d file
Please visit the Using Notes
and Highlites page.
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Opening a PDF Document in RapidReader
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You can open a PDF
document directly in RapidReader in one of two
ways:
Either "Drag and Drop"
the File on the RapidReader desktop icon or select
File Open from within RapidReader.
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RapidReader
will frequently open a PDF significantly
faster than opening the file in
Acrobat reader. So, if you're chiefly
interested in reading the text content,
or in determining if you want to
read the PDF, opening the document
directly in RapidReader may be your
most efficient choice.
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To
Open a PDF in RapidReader |
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Drag
a document of a supported file type directly
onto the RapidReader desktop Icon. These
include .Doc, .Txt, .R2d, .Txv, and PDF
documents in RapidReader Pro. |
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Launch
RapidReader from the desktop icon,
then use File/Open on the menu bar.
You can browse to supported file types
and open them directly in RapidReader. |
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NOTE: Copying a PDF document to the
clipboard and using the "Read from Clipboard"
command in RapidReader will bypass the RapidReader
analytic engine and may give you an unsatisfactory
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Navigate Using Synchronized
Pages:
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When you open a PDF in RapidReader, it automatically
extracts the page numbers and synchronizes RapidReader
to the original PDF. The "Goto Page"
command is a convenient way to assist you in navigating
through the document.
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Since the
page numbers are synchronized
between the PDF and RapidReader,
It can be very useful to open
the original PDF and the RapidReader
view at the same time. In this
way you can quickly skim the PDF
for useful sections to RapidRead
and then use the "Goto Page"
on the RapidReader menubar to
begin RapidReading from the desired
location.
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To
Go To a Particular Page of a PDF in RapidReader |
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On the ParagraphView MenuBar click Navigate |
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Click
"Go To Page" |
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Enter
a page number |
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Click
"Go to Page" |
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RapidReader
will go to that page location. |
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NOTE: The page
number of your location will be displayed
on the ParagraphView ToolBar |
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Using Dog-Ears
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About the Dog-Ear Marker.
Since RapidReader extracts text flow only, the Dog-Ear
was designed to provide a quick marker to remind
you to look at a graphic or other item of interest
contained in the original PDF. This is particularly
useful if you don't have immediate access to the
PDF or if you're RapidReading on a mobile device.
Because the RapidReader page number corresponds to
the original PDF, when you get back to your PC
you can use the Dog-Ears to quickly find the locations
in the PDF itself of the elements you've marked..
PLEASE NOTE:
To learn more about markup in RapidReader please
go to Using the Note,
Dog-Ear and Highliter features.
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The Dog-Ear
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To
place a Dog-Ear Marker while in ParagraphView |
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In
the ParagraphView Single-click on a
word to select it |
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Click
on the Dog-Ear Icon on the toolbar
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A
Dog-Ear Marker will be placed next to the
word you selected |
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To
place a Dog-Ear Marker while in TurboView |
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Single-click
to Pause |
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Click
on the Dog-Ear Icon on the Turbo Control
Bar |
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A
Dog-Ear Marker will be placed at the word
displayed in Turbo Window |
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NOTE:
You must SAVE as a .r2d file when
you close a document in order to retain
the document markup you've created.
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Convert a .r2d file to synch
with a mobile or handheld device
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When you open a PDF or other document
using RapidReader PRO, you can save it to read
"on the go" if you have RR Palm or RR
Mobile (Symbian 9200 and 9300 series Nokia) on
your handheld. However, the document must be saved
from RapidReader in a different format specifically
for the mobile platform. The r2d format is not
currently compatible with the RapidReader Doc
rrd format used on Palm or Symbian devices.
When you save the document for mobile
it does not support the transfer of User-Notes,
DogEars or Highlites to the handheld. However,
once the document has been synched to the Palm
or Symbian you can use the notes features that
came with RR Mobile for markup. For more information
please review the help files that came with the
mobile product or visit http://www.rapidreader.com
and access the help files for your RapidReader
product.
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ParagraphView Menubar |
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To Save
an r2d to export to RapidReader Palm or Symbian |
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Go to ParagraphView |
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On the ParagraphView menubar
select FILE |
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Select>
Save to Palm Format |
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This will save
the formatted file to the location of your
choice for synchronizing. |
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NOTE: You do NOT need
to use the "RR to Palm" converter
on your PC for this document. It has already
been converted. You simply need to put it
in the synch cue as you would any document |
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| About RapidReader PRO for Outlook
e-mail. |
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Opening and closing e-mail one at a time, is a thing
of the past
In addition to accelerated reading, RapidReader PRO
was designed to streamline or eliminate the steps involved
in the opening and handling of e-mail. With RapidReader
PRO you can select to auto-open a range of 20 or more
e-mails and attachments at a time with one click of the
RapidReader button on the Outlook toolbar. Then once they've
been opened in RapidReader, you can read them at high
speed or skip through them from one to the next, with
a keystroke. RapidReader PRO also auto-opens attachments
including MS Word docs and PDF files. You can use the
markup features to annotate or Highlites and save e-mail
and attachment together as an r2d file. You can even send
the r2d file as an e-mail attachment to another RapidReader
user.
RapidReader automatically strips out header information
such as cc's etc. and renders only the headers: from,
date, subject and if there's an attachment, the name of
the document.
PLEASE NOTE: Imbedded
web page addresses are rendered as the word <LINK>
in TurboView to save reading lengthy html information.
The actual link address is displayed in ParagraphView.
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Batch open Outlook e-mail
in RapidReader:
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RapidReader places a button directly on the toolbar
of your Outlook e-mail client.
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Skip to next e-mail or to
an attachment
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Part of the value of RapidReader
is the ability to quickly decide whether or not
you want to read a particular e-mail or move on.
At any time when you're RapidReading
an e-mail, with a keystroke you can skip it and
jump to the next one. You can also skip to an
attachment.
When In e-mail mode, RapidReader
displays the sequence number of the e-mail s it
comes up. The number is displayed in both ParagraphView
and in the upper right hand corner of TurboView
(e.g. E-MAIL # 1).
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Skip to next e-mail
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To skip
to the next e-mail in TurboView |
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Press the "N" key once
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Skip to an e-mail attachment
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When you launch an e-mail in RapidReader,
the header information will tell you if there's
an attachment and if so, the title and file format
such as .doc or .PDF. You can skip the e-mail
body and go immediately to the attachment with
a keystroke. The attachment is automatically opened
from any file format supported by RapidReader.
You will see a marker( =======) followed by the
attachment title to let you know that you are
in the attachment. If the attachment is not of
interest you can skip to the next e-mail as shown
above.
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Skip to attachment
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To skip
to read an attachment in TurboView |
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Press the "A" key once
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Here are just a few of the many things
you can do with RapidReader®
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Save entire web pages
to your computer as RapidReader files to quickly gather
Internet research |
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Add your own User Notes and Highlites to documents
and web pages |
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Save all your User
Notes and Highlites as a separate file to use in other
documents |
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Create a simple, easy
to use "group-ware" to share information and feed
back with colleagues |
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Proofread and edit
reports for clarity and correctness. |
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Create your own "rapid
review" document for exam preparation or meetings
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