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About RapidReader PRO for Windows

RapidReader PRO: It's About Saving You Time.

The patented RapidReader PRO uses a powerful analysis engine to extract the text of PDF's, Outlook E-mails, MS Word and Web Pages and cut your reading time to a fraction.

RapidReader's add-in support means that you now have a way for your everyday applications to work smarter and faster for you. Simply put, If you can read it onscreen you can read it far faster with RapidReader PRO. And there's much more to RapidReader than accelerated reading. It's set of features makes it an information management powerhouse.


With RapidReader PRO you can...


    Read the PDF's you've been meaning to read.
  • 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 Export the PDF text to your mobile for on the go RapidReading*

  • Get out from under the e-mail avalanche.
  • Select and auto-open dozens of e-mails with a single click
  • 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
  • *NOTE: Requires RapidReader for Palm or Symbian Nokia 9200-9300 series phones

    Tips for RapidReader Power Users Click for Power User Tips and Tricks



Important Information About 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."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.

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. 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. This is usually due to scanning a document from a paper page. RapidReader will notify you if there is no text available to be read.

NOTE: You cannot open copyright protected books or courseware with RapidReader. If they are not available you will see a message saying "unable to parse files of this type".


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For Information About:
  • Navigation features within RapidReader
  • Fast-forward
  • Rewind
  • Pause
  • Move between ParagraphView and TurboView
  • Please visit the Using the ParagraphView or Using the TurboView pages

For Information About:

  • 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 for more information.

 
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.

 

To Open a PDF in RapidReader
  1. Drag and Drop 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.

    OR

  2. 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.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: In order for RapidReader to open a PDF:
  3. It must not be encrypted or password protected.
  4. It must be local to your machine and not read through a browser.
  5. It must be a text based document as opposed to a graphical representation of a document.
  6. ALSO: 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 extraction of the text.
 

 
 
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 "Go to 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 "Go to Page" on the RapidReader menubar to begin RapidReading from the desired location.

 

To Go to a Corresponding page of a PDF in RapidReader
  1. On the ParagraphView MenuBar click Navigate
  2. Click "Go To Page"
  3. Enter a page number
  4. Click "Go to Page" RapidReader will go to that page location.
    NOTE: The page number of your location will be displayed on the ParagraphView ToolBar
 

 
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.

 

The Dog-Ear Icon

 
 
RapidReader Page Marker   FIGURE 1. Original PDF Graphic
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Place a Dog-Ear whenever you see a reference to something in the original PDF that you want to look at later.

 

 

To Place a Dog-Ear Marker
  1. In the ParagraphView Single-click on a word to select it
  2. Click on the Dog-Ear Icon on the toolbar
  3. A Dog-Ear Marker will be placed next to the word you selected

  4. OR

  5. In TurboView Single-click to Pause
  6. Click on the Dog-Ear Icon on the Turbo Control Bar
  7. A Dog-Ear Marker will be placed at the word displayed in Turbo Window

  8. OR

  9. "On the fly" Press "D" on the keyboard

  10. NOTE: You must SAVE AS a .r2d file when you close a document in order to retain the document markup you've created.
 

 
Convert a PDF in a RapidReader .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 RapidReader .r2d format used in Windows and Mac is not currently compatible with the RapidReader .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.

 
 

ParagraphView Menubar

 

To Save an r2d to export to RapidReader Palm or Symbian
  1. Go to ParagraphView
  2. On the ParagraphView menubar select FILE
  3. Select > Save to Mobile
  4. This will save the formatted file to the location of your choice on your mobile device the next time you sync.

    PLEASE 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
 

About RapidReader PRO for Outlook e-mail.

Open dozens of emails with one click and read them in a fraction of the time.

Opening and closing Emails one at a time, is now 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 an entire range of e-mails and attachments 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.


 
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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To Auto-Open a Group of Outlook Emails in RapidReader
  1. In Outlook select an e-mail folder
  2. Click on the first e-mail in the sequence you wish to read
  3. Shift+Click on the last e-mail in the sequence you wish to read to select a continuous group
    OR
  4. Control + Click to create a discontinuous group
  5. Click on the RapidReader Button on the Outlook tool bar
  6. RapidReader will launch your selection in ParagraphView
  7. Double-Click on any word to start
 

 
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).

 
 

Skip to next e-mail

 

To skip to the next e-mail in TurboView
  1. Press the "N" key once
 

 
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.

 
 

Skip to attachment

 

To skip to the next Attachment in TurboView
  1. Press the "A" key once
 


    Here are just a few of the many things you can do with RapidReader® Click for Power User Tips and Tricks

  • Save entire web pages to your computer as RapidReader files to quickly gather Internet research.
  • Add your own User Notes and Highlites to documents and web pages
  • Save all your User Notes and Highlites as a separate file to use in other documents
  • Create a simple, easy to use "group-ware" to share information and feed back with colleagues
  • Proofread and edit reports for clarity and correctness.
  • Create your own "rapid review" document for exam preparation or meetings

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