Saturday morning tips

allovertheglobe · 11-08-2008, 05:44 PM

I kinda of missed out on some of the useful button-tap tricks from the manual, so here's a summary for all the RTFM-challenged

:

- One of my biggest annoyances when using the stylus: how to select something without activating/loading it (aka "Double-click" in most OSes): Just hold down o for a "Single-click"!

- Long press on \/ or /\ to jump 5 pages forward or back in documents / image browsing
also: bottom or top of file display (and < or > for beginning or end of row)

- Extra long press CANCELS out current press.

- Hyperlinks (currently only in PDFs):
o + \/ /\ or > < ... Next / Previous link (also starts highlighting it in black!)
o + o .................. Jump back to link origin (!) (ex.: Table of Contents)

What still doesn't work for now:
- "\/ \/" to unlock sensors not working (p.19 of the User Manual)
- Hold down "o" to select multiple files (as per p.18)

cbell · 11-08-2008, 06:59 PM

RTFM? I haven't heard of RTFM. What kind of technical term is that?

I'll google it...

Ooo

Thanks for the tips. I hadn't realise an extra long press cancels a press.

pilotbob · 11-08-2008, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbell

RTFM?

To save others from having to Google for this...

RTFM = Read the Fine Manual

(or any other F word you can think of that might fit.)

BOb

ghostwheel · 11-12-2008, 01:42 PM

Some more tricks...

1. You can select much faster than the screen draws. So if you know what you want, you can get there in a jijfi.
For example: up three times, enter, down, enter to open a known document.
or: say you want to zoom using the stylus. Touch zoom, and then immediately the empty space to its right - you can't see it, but that's where the icon will be...

2. When you zoom using the stylus, then flipping through the pages using the bottom list of pages with the stylus leaves you zoomed in to the same area. Very handy if pages have similar structure.

3. When a document is very long, you can click on the pages list in the approximate place where the page would be (on the |||||||), and you'll get approximately there.

*** new...

4. In the file list, you can move quickly up the directory tree by clicking at the top of the window on the name of the directory you want to go to.

11-08-2008, 05:44 PM	#1
allovertheglobe Grumpy Old Man Posts: 267 Karma: 30194 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: L.A., Euro ex-pat Device: Kobo, Nook Classic,Color,ST/Glow, iRex DR1000, Sony 505, REB1100&1200	Saturday morning tips I kinda of missed out on some of the useful button-tap tricks from the manual, so here's a summary for all the RTFM-challenged : - One of my biggest annoyances when using the stylus: how to select something without activating/loading it (aka "Double-click" in most OSes): Just hold down o for a "Single-click"! - Long press on \/ or /\ to jump 5 pages forward or back in documents / image browsing also: bottom or top of file display (and < or > for beginning or end of row) - Extra long press CANCELS out current press. - Hyperlinks (currently only in PDFs): o + \/ /\ or > < ... Next / Previous link (also starts highlighting it in black!) o + o .................. Jump back to link origin (!) (ex.: Table of Contents) What still doesn't work for now: - "\/ \/" to unlock sensors not working (p.19 of the User Manual) - Hold down "o" to select multiple files (as per p.18) Last edited by allovertheglobe; 11-08-2008 at 05:50 PM.

11-12-2008, 01:42 PM	#4
ghostwheel Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 93 Join Date: May 2006 Device: DBoox Max,Galaxy note 10.1 & 3,LE1700 tablet,sony PRS-500,iRex DR1000S	Some more tricks... 1. You can select much faster than the screen draws. So if you know what you want, you can get there in a jijfi. For example: up three times, enter, down, enter to open a known document. or: say you want to zoom using the stylus. Touch zoom, and then immediately the empty space to its right - you can't see it, but that's where the icon will be... 2. When you zoom using the stylus, then flipping through the pages using the bottom list of pages with the stylus leaves you zoomed in to the same area. Very handy if pages have similar structure. 3. When a document is very long, you can click on the pages list in the approximate place where the page would be (on the \|\|\|\|\|\|\|), and you'll get approximately there. *** new... 4. In the file list, you can move quickly up the directory tree by clicking at the top of the window on the name of the directory you want to go to. Last edited by ghostwheel; 11-13-2008 at 01:04 PM.

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11-08-2008, 06:59 PM	#2
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	RTFM? I haven't heard of RTFM. What kind of technical term is that? I'll google it... Ooo Thanks for the tips. I hadn't realise an extra long press cancels a press.

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