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… > > Normal webpage looks much like this: > > > > <PastedGraphic-3.png> > > > > > > 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…. > > > > > <PastedGraphic-4.png> > > > > 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….. > > > > > <PastedGraphic-6.png> > > > The last is “add to reading list” , click on this and the article is now > saved for reading later…. > > 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. > > > > > One final thought….. > > 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….. > > 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. > > > > > <PastedGraphic-7.png> > > > For Now My Fellow Travelers, I Am Out Of Here! > > > Daddy Mac > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup Sandra G. Schreiber Schreiber Appraisal Associates 50 River Hill Road Louisville, Ky 40207 502-893-2303 email: [email protected]
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