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are three markup tools:
These Markup tools can be used in either
the ParagraphView or the TurboView. For each view there
are slightly different characteristics and use models. For
instance, in ParagraphView you can use your Notes as a way
to efficiently navigate through a document "skipping" only
to sections you've annotated ( see
Notes Viewer ). In the TurboView you can add Notes "on
the fly" without interrupting the flow of your reading.
One of the most powerful components of these
Markup tools is the ability to save your Notes or Highlites
as a separate text file for use in other documents or even
to RapidRead as personal "bullet points" for review.
Please Note:
In order to save your markup you must either "Save As"
a RapidReader (.r2d) file or Save Notes or Highlites as
a text file before closing the RapidReader document. |
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Overview: Using Markup for Review
or to Navigate through a document
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When you first open
a document in RapidReader it defaults to the "ParagraphView".
(Please see ParagraphView:MenuBar or
ParagraphView: ToolBar
for complete use information)
In
addition to a familiar document-like format, the
ParagraphView is a "map" to navigate to the text
where you want to accelerate your reading. The ParagraphView
also shows where you've placed your personal User
Notes, Dog-Ear markers and it's where you can
access the Highlite text tool. |
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Average Reading Speed on a computer drops to
just about 100 words per minute  because we repeatedly
lose our place when scrolling. The fact
is, that our brains can process  than we can read it,
using conventional means. |
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NOTE:
When you are RapidReading in TurboView,
the ParagraphView is always available to you by simply
pressing the Space Bar, ESC, or Double-clicking
any where in the TurboView screen. This is the equivalent
of pressing the "STOP" button on a video player.
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| The TurboView
in Pause |
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| *TurboView Text
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area for accelerated reading. Here the text has
been Highlited. Please see: Topics
above. |
| *TurboView Markers:
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they indicate you have placed a Dog-Ear or Note
at this location. If the icon is a Note then click
to view. Clicking the dog-ear icon does not result
in any change. |
| *TurboView Info:
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speed you've selected, the current page number
and your progress through the document in percentage.
By default this info is set to "hide" while you
are RapidReading until you move the mouse. It
can also be set to stay in view as a selection
on the MenuBar under Options. |
| *TurboView Controls:
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| These controls are
visible when in Pause. They can be used to navigate
backwards and forwards through a document, set
the speed, add User Notes, add Dog-Ear Markers,
Highlite text and Save the document as a RapidReader
(.r2d) file. |
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more information please see: Topics above. |
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Adding
your own User Notes
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You can create User
Notes to add comments for use in RapidReader, You
can also save and export the notes as a text file
to Copy-Paste into other documents such as reports.
A User Note must be "attached" to a particular word
which you can select in the ParagraphView.
NOTE: You are also able
to add User Notes "on the fly" while in TurboView.
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The Note Tool Icon
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In the ParagraphView Single-click
on a word to select it |
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Click on the Note
Tool on the toolbar |
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This will display the Note
Pad Dialog Box |
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Write your comment in the
Note Pad and Click Done a the bottom
of the dialog box |
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This will place a Note
Icon the note next to the word you selected.
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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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The User Note Marker
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The User Note Marker
will show you where you've placed a note. The marker
is identified with a number in the order with which
you've created the note. From the marker you can
access the User Note dialog to read the note, edit
the note and move between notes.
NOTE: The User Note Marker
number is the order in which you created the notes
NOT the order in which they appear in the document.
To learn more please go to: Reading
Notes from the User Notes Viewer
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The User Note Marker
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To view a User Note from
the Marker |
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In the ParagraphView Double-click
on the Marker ( e.g. {N002} above)
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This will display the
Note Pad Dialog Box |
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You can read or edit
your comment in the Note Pad then |
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Click "Done" at the bottom
of the dialog box. |
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This will keep the note
and preserve any edits and then will return
you to the ParagraphView . |
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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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Adding
your own User Notes in TurboView
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You can create User
Notes "on the fly" while in TurboView. A User Note
must be "attached" to a particular word, in TurboView
this is automatically selected at the point where
you click the Note Icon on the Turbo Control Bar.
To
learn more about the Turbo Controls please see The TurboView Controls
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The Note Icon on the Turbo Control
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While RapidReading Single-click
to Pause |
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Click on the Note
Icon on the Control bar |
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This will display the Note
Pad Dialog Box |
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Type your Note |
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and Click Done
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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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The TurboView User Note
Marker
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The User Note Marker
will show you where you've placed a note. The marker
is identified with a number in the order with which
you've created the note. From the marker you can
access the User Note dialog to read the note, edit
the note and move between notes.
NOTE: The User Note Marker
number is the order in which you created the notes
NOT the order in which they appear in the document.
To learn more please go to
Reading Notes from the
User Notes Viewer
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The Note Icon on the Turbo Control
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To view a User Note from
the Icon: |
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In the TurboView Single-click
on the note icon (e.g. Un above) |
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This will display the
Note Pad Dialog Box |
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You can read or edit
your comment in the Note Pad then |
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Click Done
at the bottom of the dialog
box |
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This will return you to
the TurboView and preserve any edits.
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| The User Notes
Viewer |
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| The User Notes
Viewer is a directory of all the notes you've
made in a given document. The Viewer is a fast,
convenient way for global access not only to
your notes but also to the note location in
the document. With the Viewer you can:
• Create a new
User Note
• Open and read
any User Note
• Navigate to
the section of the document where you placed
the note
• Navigate through
a document skipping from note to note
• Save all your
notes as a single text file to use in other
applications. |
| !TIP: Great for Last Minute Review.
Once you've saved your notes as a text file
you can of course RapidRead that file as well.
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more information please see: Topics above. |
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Opening the User Notes Viewer
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Go to ParagraphView Menubar
Select "View" |
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Select "User Notes Viewer"
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The User Notes Viewer
dialog box will appear |
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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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Reading a Note from the User Notes
Viewer
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Open the User Notes Viewer
(see above 1 )
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Select the Note you want
to read |
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Click on "Display"
at the bottom of the Viewer dialog box, or
double-click the selected note from
the list. |
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The Note will appear in
the User Note Pad dialog box |
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PLEASE NOTE:
The User Notes are given
an index number e.g. {N001} in the order
in which they are created, not
in the order in which they appear in the
document. So if you create a new note between
two existing notes it will be given a number
greater than the number of the last note
created. For instance, you could create
a new note and place it between existing
notes {N001} and {N002}. If you've already
created 5 notes, this new note will have
an index number of {N006}. So within the
document the order in this case, would be
{N001}, {N006}, {N002}.
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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Editing a Note from the User Notes
Viewer
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Open the User Notes Viewer
(see above 1 )
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Select the Note you want
to read |
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Open the User Note Pad
dialog by Clicking on "Display" at
the bottom of the Viewer dialog box
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Type directly into the
Note Pad field. The Note will appear in the
User Note Pad dialog box |
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Click "Done" on
the bottom right-hand corner of the Note Pad
dialog. This will retain your edits.
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Creating a New Note from the User
Notes Viewer
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Select a word in
the ParagraphView where you wish to place
a User Note |
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Open the User Notes Viewer
(see above 1 )
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Click "New" on
the bottom of the Viewer dialog box. This
will open a blank User Note Pad. |
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Type directly into
the Note Pad field. |
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Click "Done" on
the bottom right-hand corner of the Note Pad
dialog. This will retain your note at the
location selected. |
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PLEASE NOTE:
The User Notes are given
an index number e.g. {N001} in the order
in which they are created. Not
in the order in which they appear in the
document. So if you create a new note between
two existing notes it will be given a number
greater than the number of the last note
created. For instance, you could create
a new note and place it between existing
notes {N001} and {N002}. If you've already
created 5 notes, this new note will have
an index number of {N006}. So within the
document the order in this case, would be
{N001}, {N006}, {N002}.
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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Removing a Note from the User
Notes Viewer
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Open the User Notes Viewer
(see above 1 )
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Select the Note you want to remove
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Click "Remove"
on the bottom of the Viewer Dialog Box
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Click "Done" to
close the Viewer. |
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the Note cannot be retrieved.
NOTE: If a note
is removed, the index number of the other
notes remain the same. |
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Navigating through a Document
from the User Notes Viewer
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Open the User Notes Viewer
(see above 1 )
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Select the Note you want
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Click "Go To" on
the bottom of the Viewer Dialog Box
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This will take you to the
location in the document where the User Note
was placed |
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Repeat the process to
go to another location or Click "Done"
to close the Viewer. |
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PLEASE NOTE: Once at a Note location
you can RapidRead the document from that
point by Clicking "PLAY" on the ParagraphView
ToolBar or pressing the Space Bar.
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Saving
your Notes as Text Files
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You can save the Notes you've created as a text
file even without saving the original document as
an r2d. All your Notes from this document will be
concatenated into one text file in the order in
which they were created. This is useful if you want
to paste these entries into another document. There
are two ways to do this: from the ParagraphView
or from the User Notes Viewer.
NOTE: if you close RapidReader
without saving the markup, it will be lost. |
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To Save Notes From ParagraphView
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Go to File/"Save User
Notes" on the ParagraphView MenuBar |
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Navigate to the folder
where you wish to save them. |
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If desired, give the Notes
file a different name. |
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Click "Save" the
Notes will be saved as a .Txt file |
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To Save Notes From the User Notes
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Open the User Notes Viewer
(see above 1 )
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Click "Save to File"
on the bottom of the Viewer Dialog Box
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Navigate to the folder
where you wish to save them. |
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If desired, give the Notes
file a different name. |
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Click "Save" the
Notes will be saved as a .Txt file |
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Using
the Highlite Feature in ParagraphView
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The Highlite Mode
feature serves several purposes.
1) You can Highlite text for emphasis when using
the ParagraphView. (see
sample markup)
2) Highlited text will appear in TurboView in a
Lime Green Font.
3) Highlites can be saved as a separate text file
to Copy-Paste into other documents such as reports.
NOTE: You are also able
to access the Highliter while in TurboView. |
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The Highlite Text
Icon |
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In the ParagraphView Single-click
on the Highliter Tool Icon. This will put
you in Highlite Mode.
NOTE: You will see two changes (a) the information
pane at the bottom of the ParagraphView will
say "Highlite Mode" and (b) the cursor will
change to a Highliter tool. |
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Click, and Hold
down the mouse button and Drag from
the first word you wish to highlite to the
end of the passage. |
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Release the mouse.
The text you Highlited will have a colored
background |
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Single-click
on the Highliter Tool Icon again to
return to the ParagraphView (Normal Mode)
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NOTE: The Highlited text will
be preserved until you close RapidReader or
SAVE AS an R2D. |
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Using
the Highlite Feature in TurboView
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The Highlite Icon on the Turbo
Control Bar |
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To Highlite Text |
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In TurboView Single-click
to Pause |
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Click on the Highlite
Icon on the Turbo Control Bar |
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This will open the ParagraphView
in Highlite Mode
NOTE: You will
see two changes (a) the information pane at
the bottom of the ParagraphView will say "Highlite
Mode" and (b) the cursor will change to
the Highliter tool. |
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Click, and Hold
down the mouse button and Drag from
the first word you wish to highlite to the
end of the passage. |
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Release the mouse.
The text you Highlited will have a colored
background |
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Single-click
on the Highliter Tool Icon on the ParagraphView
ToolBar to return to Normal Mode
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