Javelin3 for Android Getting Started Guide · DROPBOX: If you have Dropbox on your device, download the file to your Dropbox and then use Open With… and select Javelin3. For

Javelin3 for Android – Getting Started Guide

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To Report a problem please email:

[email protected]

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

mailto:[email protected]



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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


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


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:

[email protected]

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

mailto:[email protected]