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An email 8/19/2009

I just built an eBook to test the multi-level capability on ePUB with the EZ reader and here is what I found.

1. When you first enter the book the multi-level content works. However, from then on when you press the TOC button you will only get the inside last level and cannot return to the main TOC. You must exit the book to get to the TOC once again and then only once. There needs to be a way to get back to the top. Perhaps the return (exit) button. Or just always display from the top level.

2. You must always select the bottom level to get to the book. However, often the upper level is the preferred one since it may have introduction material before the sub-level.

To fix problem two I suggest that when you select a multi-level entry the first choice on the menu should be the same entry you just selected and then list the sub-levels. This way if you want the top level it will always be choice 1.

I just realized that the return/exit does take an TOC up one level so I was incorrect in one of the earlier posts. This needs to be documented. The other problem is still a problem.

This email was send 8/19/2009 - It was a response to a request for clarification by Jinke on the TOC implementation.

For example suppose a 3 level deep toc

A
--A2
----A3
----B3
--B2
B

Where A2 is a section under A and A3 is a section under A2

Now if you use the menu you will notice that A has subsections and B does not. Selecting B will go directly but selecting A will bring up a list with A2 and B2 on it. A2 will also have a subsection A2 so selecting A2 will bring up A3.

There is no way to select A or A2 directly and have the unit go there. A3 must be selected to get the unit to go there and it will be missing all the stuff that was in A before A2 appear and all the stuff in A2 before A3 appeared in the document.

Currently selecting A shows:
1 A2 - more subsections.
2 B2

What I am suggesting is that Selecting A would show
1 A
2 A2 - more subsections
3 B2

Now to view A directly select 1 and you will go there. If you select 3 you will go to B2. If you select 2 you would get a screen that shows:
1 A2
2 A3
3 B3

As you can see you can select any section you want at any depth. Does that make it clearer? It also has the advantage of displaying the level that the sublevels are a part of. It is always selection 1.