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Javelin3 for Android – Getting Started Guide
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To Report a problem please email:
Touch this page to reveal the toolbars
and touch a topic link below to view
more details:
1. The HOME page
2. File lists
3. Reading and Searching PDF files
4. Downloading and Saving files
5. Marking up and Adding Notes
6. Adding Bookmarks, Save & Exit
7. Catalogs
8. Settings
9. Technical Support
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1 The HOME page
When Javelin3 is started it displays the HOME
page. To return to the HOME page touch the
HOME icon at the top left:
From left to right the icons are:
HOME
FILE LISTS – Recent and All Files
SETTINGS
INFORMATION/ABOUT THIS APP
REFRESH
DOWNLOAD
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2 File lists For RECENT FILES and for ALL FILES on your device
(PDF and DRMZ format files) touch the FILES icon
on the home page:
and the Recent files list will initially be displayed.
Use the Clear option to clear all entries or the
three dots icon to clear individual entries
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3 Reading and searching PDF files
Touching the page with one finger displays or
hides the top toolbar
Touch the page twice quickly to zoom in –
repeat for further zooming in and to zoom
back out again
Touch and hold the page to slide between
pages or to move around a zoomed page.
Page zooming with two finger touch gestures
are supported on most devices
Touch the page to display the page selector at
the bottom of the screen, then select a page
or slide the selector to the page required:
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Touch the “Contents” icon to display and
select from the PDF Outline (if enabled by the
publisher) – try it with this PDF:
If there are multiple levels to the PDF Outline an
arrow > will be displayed for selection of the next
level
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Touch the “Search” icon to find text strings
within the document:
Then enter the search text followed by the search
icon at the lower left of the keyboard display and
use the > and < arrows to locate the first/next
hit and to locate the previous hit (see grey and
purple highlighted entries below):
The default search settings are “exact string
match” and not case sensitive
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4 Downloading and Saving files
Secure PDF files (drmz format files) and PDF files
can be obtained in a number of different ways,
depending on how the publisher makes them
available/which method they recommend. Below
we describe the following options:
DOWNLOADER CATALOGS DROPBOX FILE
COPY EMAIL WEB BROWSER:
DOWNLOADER: Using the built-in file
downloader:
When prompted, enter the precise web address
(URL) of the item you require – a PDF, a secured
PDF (DRMZ file) or a catalog file. The file will
automatically download and be saved on the
HOME page of the app
CATALOGS: Using a built-in or downloaded
Catalog. Try the following – touch the Catalog
item on the HOME page. It will display two
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documents. Select the first, Alice in
Wonderland (a secured PDF). It will download
automatically (wait for the Android
downloader icon in the top left of your screen
to stop) and then touch the cover to open the
eBook (use the code abcabcabc or 123456789
to authorize the file for viewing on your
Android device). Touch the REFRESH icon in
this catalog to see more files and catalogs
from other publishers
DROPBOX: If you have Dropbox on your
device, download the file to your Dropbox and
then use Open With… and select Javelin3. For
drmz files Javelin3 will ask you for an
authorization code and then will be displayed.
To view the file again access it via the RECENT
FILES icon on the HOME page or via the saved
file in your Dropbox folder. After viewing the
file remember to touch the HOME icon to
return to your Javelin3 HOME page
FILE COPY: If you have downloaded the file
you want to a PC or Mac, attach your Android
device and simply Copy the file to the Javelin3
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folder, Documents sub-folder on your device.
Then it will appear on the HOME page of your
Javelin3 app. For files saved elsewhere on
your device you can use the file/folder
browser icon within Javelin3 or any File
Management app, like “My Files” or “ES File
Explorer” to locate the file and open it with
Javelin3
EMAIL ATTACHMENT: If the file you require is
included as an attachment to an email you
can opt to Save the attachment and the file
will be downloaded and be saved in your
Android device Downloads folder. To open
the file if it has not opened automatically,
select the HOME icon in Javelin3 and then
touch the file browser icon twice (a blue
folder icon) to see the folders on your device
– touch the Download folder and select the
file you have downloaded. It will open in
Javelin3. The file will ask you for an
authorization code and then will be displayed.
To view the file again access it via the RECENT
FILES icon on the HOME page or via the saved
file in your Downloads folder. After viewing
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the file remember to touch the HOME icon to
return to your Javelin3 HOME page
WEB BROWSER LINK: If the file you require is
provided on a website and you are given a link
to click, the file will download and be saved in
your Android device Downloads folder. To
open the file select the HOME icon in Javelin3
and then touch the file browser icon twice (a
blue folder icon) to see the folders on your
device – touch the Download folder and select
the file you have downloaded. It will open in
Javelin3. The file will ask you for an
authorization code and then will be displayed.
To view the file again access it via the FILES
icon on the HOME page or via the saved file in
your Downloads folder. You can also use any
File browser to locate and open files in
Javelin3
After viewing the file remember to touch the
HOME icon to return to your Javelin3 HOME
page
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5 Marking up and Adding Notes
Highlighting There are two main markup options on the upper
toolbar – the first is highlighting. Touch the
highlighter icon and then drag across the text to
select and highlight the text:
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Drawing The second markup option is the drawing symbol:
Selecting this option displays a new toolbar:
Touching the left facing arrow returns to the
previous toolbar. The remaining icons except the
last provide drawing elements. For example,
selecting the circle option allows a circle to be
drawn at a chosen location in the text. After
completion use the left facing arrow again
to save the markup and return to the main
toolbar. Use the curly arrows to undo or redo
changes:
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Adding notes The final icon on the drawing toolbar is for adding
notes to the text:
Touch the location on the page where you want
the note to appear and enter the details:
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Having completed a note and saved it by touching
the OK button, the item can be selected and
viewed and/or edited again in the same manner
by touching the icon on the page and then
selecting the Notes icon to view/amend it or the
trash icon to delete it:
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6 Adding bookmarks, Save and Exit
The final icon on the main toolbar provides a
bookmarking facility. It allows you to add the
current page to your bookmarks list for this
document, and to retrieve bookmarked pages
created and saved earlier.
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7 Catalogs
The Home page includes an item labeled
CATALOG. Touch this item to see a single entry, a
test document. Try touching the item to authorize
and view the ebook – use the free code:
abcabcabc
Now touch the REFRESH icon (the two arrows icon
shown below) to automatically download many
more catalogs from different publishers. Touch
any of these to download the details of their
publications. Contact the publisher in question for
details of their publications.
Catalogs can also be downloaded using the
DOWNLOAD icon, highlighted above. These
catalogs will be prepared by the publisher and will
have a file extension .xml or .zip – the publisher
will advise on the details.
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8 Settings
Use the settings icon to set the default values for
your device:
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9 Technical support
If you have any problems when using the
software, including the program exit-ing
unexpectedly or behaving in an unexpected
manner, please let us know by emailing us at:
Please include a detailed description of the
problem, the name of the document being
accessed (if appropriate) plus details of your
device make, model and Android OS version –
these will generally be found under your device’s
Settings facility, About device item. Thank you