Apple Newton Press User Manual

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Newton Press

User’s Guide

For Windows

Apple Computer, Inc.

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Newton Press

About Newton Press

What is Newton Press? vii

What is a Newton book?

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How do I create a book?

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Reading the book on a Newton PDA xii

1 Getting Started

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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

 

 

 

Contents

iii

Exiting Newton Press 14

2 Creating a Book

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

 

 

 

3 Formatting Your Newton 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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4 Creating a Table 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

5 Linking

49

 

Creating link s

50

Breaking links

52

Checking links

52

6 Saving and 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

 

7 Setting Preferences

57

 

Selecting preference settings

58

Text preferences

58

 

Import preferences

59

 

Install preferences

61

 

Location for saved packages

62

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8 Viewing Your 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

 

 

9 Troubleshooting

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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About Newton Press

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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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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Chapter 1

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.

Getting Started

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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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