thanks so much....that is a great tidbit!!     Sandy Schreiber
On Jan 26, 2015, at 12:55 PM, John Robinson wrote:

> My Fellow Geeks!
> 
> Sequel to a previous note about using “Summary” to read information 
> uncluttered….
> 
> As a refresher…
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> Normal webpage looks much like this:
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> If you remember, by clicking on the “text” icon to the far left of the URL 
> address the text is presented in a readable format as below….
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> Now I want to introduce another option with this text.
> 
> If you would like to read later while on public transit or other areas where 
> you would have NO internet connection simply highlight the text you wish to 
> save….right click on the highlighted text and you will be presented with 
> several choices…..
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> The last is “add to reading list” , click on this and the article is now 
> saved for reading later….
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> Also, if you have time during your day either in transit or on break where 
> you would like the article to be “READ” to you note the second choice, “Add 
> to iTunes as a Spoken Track .  Now the article, or articles will be saved to 
> iTunes.  The written text is converted to audio on the import and you can 
> save to a folder of your choosing.  Sync your iPhone, iPod, or iPad and you 
> can listen directly from the device or sync these with your car using it’s 
> speakers.
> 
> Apple’s “Alex” is a very good digitized voice, it’s not like listening to 
> Barry White, but it will certainly do.
> 
> Food for thought indeed.
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> 
> One final thought…..
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> Searching PDF files for pertinent information is not difficult, there are 
> programs available that allow very in-depth definitions to hone our 
> searches….but what if you not only wanted to “Search”  for text but highlight 
> AND save text of great importance?  
> 
> Even using Adobe’s powerful “Acrobat Pro”,  highlighting the important text 
> within that program and exporting this info. to a separate document is most 
> difficult….AND Acrobat Pro is not available for the iPhone or iPad, which is 
> where I do most of my reading….
> 
> How do you convert an important PDF to the ePub format Apple uses in iBooks?  
>  
> 
> Enter “Wondershare”….an awesome program.   This will convert a PDF file to 
> many formats, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Rich text, and ePUB!!
> 
> Now I can take a PDF file and have it usable inside iBooks where the 
> highlighting and saving of exactly what is needed is a breeze, exporting ONLY 
> the items I have highlighted to be then saved in whatever program I am 
> using…..
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> Pretty cool stuff, right up there with World Peace!  
> 
> Thought there might be one or two that would find these ideas useful….it 
> usually works that way.
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> For Now My Fellow Travelers, I Am Out Of Here!
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> Daddy Mac 
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Sandra G.  Schreiber
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