quick start

the document list view

When you start iSilo™ for the first time, you start in iSilo™'s
document list view. The document list view initially shows the Device & Storage Cards view, one of five possible views of documents you have installed on your device. The Device & Storage Cards view allows you to easily navigate to any application accessible folder on your device. At the top of the hierarchy are the storage volumes, consisting of a "Device Memory" volume and if your device has a memory card inserted, a memory card volume (possibly named "SDCard").

Initially, the views show only files with extensions of either .pdb or .prc. Generally files in iSilo™ format have the extension .pdb, though not all files with the extension .pdb are necessarily in iSilo™ format.

Use the directional control (e.g., trackball) to move the cursor in the list up and down, respectively, a line at a time. Click on a volume or folder entry to enter the corresponding volume or folder. To return to the previous containing directory or folder, press the Escape key.

To open a document for viewing move the selection cursor to the document's file name, then click. When you open a document for viewing, iSilo™ transfers you to the read view.

In addition to being able to open documents for viewing, some other things you can do in the document list view include categorizing, deleting, and renaming files. This additional functionality is available in the File sub-menu of the menu when the selection cursor is on a file name.

For more information about the document list view, see document list view. For more information about the document types iSilo™ recognizes, see document types.

the read view

The read view presents the content of the document for viewing. When you view a given document for the first time, you start at the beginning of the document. A document may consist of one or more pages and the content of each page may either fit entirely within the bounds of the screen or if it does not, you can scroll through the page.

Use Up and Down on the directional control (e.g., trackball) to scroll up and down, respectively, a line at a time. To scroll by a screen at a time, press the Alt key first, then use Up and Down on the directional control.

If there are links on the screen, then use Right on the directional control to enter hyperlink mode. If there are no links on the screen and the content is wider than the width of the screen, use Right to scroll right.

A default installation sets up the following action to key assignments:

You can modify the key assignments through the button options. Most keys can be assigned an action, but there are some that cannot, such as dedicated function keys of the device.

iSilo™ actually provides a number of configurable options for scrolling. See navigation for more on navigating through a document, including information on all the different ways of scrolling and jumping to different parts of a document.

more information

For step-by-step instructions on completing some common tasks, see common tasks. For reference information about the document list view and the read view, see document list view and read view, respectively.
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