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When you're reading for Purpose
and you're down to the wire, 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...
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*
Get out
from under the e-mail avalanche. Get through
your e-mail 3x faster.
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
And that's only the
beginning of the many ways you can save time
with RapidReader PRO.
*NOTE:
Requires RapidReader for Palm or Symbian Nokia
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Before you begin please read the
following important information about getting
started with RR PRO and using its powerful features
to the fullest.
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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
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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
and Drop a document of
a supported file type directly
onto the RapidReader desktop
Icon. These include .Doc, .Txt,
.R2d, .Txv, and PDF documents
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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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IMPORTANT
NOTE: IN ORDER
FOR RAPIDREADER TO OPEN A PDF:
It must not be encrypted or
password protected.
It must be local to your machine
and not read through a browser.
It must be a text based document
as opposed to a graphical representation
of a document.
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
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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 Icon
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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
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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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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
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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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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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