Newton Newton Press Manual de usuario
Newton Press
User’s Guide
For Windows
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Contents iii
About Newton Press
What is Newton Press? vii
What is a Newton book? viii
How do I create a book? x
Reading the book on a Newton PDA xii
1GettingStarted 1
In this package 1
System requirements 2
Connecting your Newton PDA to your computer 3
Attaching the cable 3
Installing Newton Press 5
Installation troubleshooting 6
Starting Newton Press 7
Getting your computer ready 7
Creating a book 9
Getting your Newton PDA ready 12
Locating the new book 13
Problems? 13
Newton Press
Exiting Newton Press 14
2CreatingaBook 15
Dragging and dropping a book onto a Newton PDA 16
Creating a new book 17
Navigating your document 18
Copying and pasting 19
Bringing documents into a book 19
Adding a new document 20
Dragging and dropping a document for editing 22
Adding multiple documents into a book file 23
Bringing graphics into a book 23
Naming and identifying a book 26
Saving and opening your work in progress 27
Saving your work in progress 27
Opening your work in progress 28
3FormattingYourNewton Book 29
About the Newton Press application window 30
Inserting a page break 31
Removing a page break 32
Creating a header 33
Using fonts 34
Adding documents that use different fonts 35
Aligning text 36
Using tabs 38
Creating tables 40
Creating borders 41
Inverting text 42
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4CreatingaTable of Contents 43
Using the Table of Contents window 44
Adding topics to the table of contents 45
Viewing topic markers in a book 46
Adding topics automatically 46
Editing topics in the Table of Contents window 46
Deleting topics from the Table of Contents window 47
5Linking 49
Creating link s 50
Breaking links 52
Checking links 52
6Savingand Installing Book Packages 53
Creating a book package 53
Installing a package on a Newton PDA 54
Preparing the computer 55
Preparing the Newton PDA 55
7SettingPreferences 57
Selecting preference settings 58
Text preferences 58
Import preferences 59
Install preferences 61
Location for saved packages 62
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Contents
8ViewingYour Book on a Newton PDA 63
Opening a book on a Newton PDA 64
Viewing pages 65
Using a table of contents 65
Using Newton Book Reader controls 66
Going to a specific page 67
Copying parts of a book 70
Annotating books 72
Printing and faxing a book 73
Closing a Newton Book 74
9Troubleshooting 75
Problems installing the software 75
Problems editing and formatting a book 75
Problems adding documents to a book 76
Problems installing a book package on a Newton PDA 77
General questions 78
Appendix A Setting up Windows 3.1 for Newton Press 79
Index XX
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What is Newton Press?
Newton Press is an ideal application for creating and distributing electronic
documents as Newton books that can be reviewed and annotated on a Newton
PDA. With Newton Press, you can create read-only electronic documents,
complete with text and graphics, that anyone with a Newton PDA can use.
You can quickly create Newton books by combining text and graphics from
other applications into your Newton Press documents. You can also type and
edit text as you create a Newton book and easily format it to match the
screen-size and display characteristics of Newton PDAs.
After creating an electronic document on your computer, you can save it as a
book package and install it on Newton PDAs. You can use the Newton Press
application or use other Newton applications, such as the Newton Backup
Utility to install your packages on Newton PDAs. In fact, Newton Press
provides ways to quickly create books and install them on a Newton PDA
automatically without typing or formatting documents yourself. So if you just
want to move information from your computer onto your Newton PDA, you
can do so in a few easy steps.
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About Newton Press
What is a Newton book?
A Newton book is an electronic document created for viewing on a Newton
PDA. With Newton Press, you can create and publish a variety of documents
such as business reports, reference materials, price sheets, product listings
and tables for display on Newton PDAs.
You can create company reports and documents that someone with a Newton
PDA can keep for easy reference. You can also distribute Newton books to
employees with reference tables of prices, products, or other lists of
information.
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You can create company directories and other lists that Newton PDA users
can refer to on the job or in the field, taking advantage of the portability of
the Newton PDA.
And you can create documents with graphics and charts that provide Newton
PDA users with effective and persuasive visual tools for communicating
information.
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Getting Started
Newton Press enables you to create a wide variety of books that can
effectively convey your information.
How do I create a book?
Creating a book is roughly a four-step process:
mYou first open the Newton Press application and type or add the content of
your book. You can then format the book to look the way you want it.
mYou can create a table of contents that readers can use to move about the
different topics of a book.
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