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Total eBook Reader - Product Help

Total eBook Reader is an elegantly designed ebook and document reader for Windows devices, perfect for anyone who loves to read. Whether you prefer classic novels or technical documents, this app supports a wide range of file formats including PDF, ePub, MOBI, XPS, CHM, Comic Book, and DjVu. With customizable page view settings, the app transforms your PC into a comfortable and immersive reading environment.

With convenient features like bookmarks, table of contents, and a robust keyword search tool, navigating your favorite books and documents is easy and intuitive. Whether you’re reading for pleasure or research, Total eBook Reader provides a seamless and efficient reading experience for all.

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Launch Total eBook Reader

Follow these steps to launch the app:

Click the Windows Start button
Type “Total eBook Reader”
Look for the matching app entry with this icon
Click the app name to launch the app

Quick Start Screen

After the app is launched, the Quick Start Screen is displayed first. It provides direct access to the following main features:

eBooks Reader – open and read eBooks and documents
Online Help – read guides and help files for the app
Rate App – provide review and feedback for the app
Recently Opened Files – a list of recently opened files for quick reference

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The main app window

Total eBook Reader was designed for everyday users who read on their Windows PC. The main app window is divided into four parts:

The Content Reader area is located at the center of the app window. It displays eBooks, documents, and files for reading.
The top toolbar provides controls for opening, closing, printing, and converting eBook files. It also offers various options to adjust layout, zoom level, and scrolling preferences.
The sidebar menu offers three specific features for eBook documents: Table of Contents (TOC), Bookmarks, and Search.
The page navigation controls are located at the bottom of the app window. They allow you to flip pages or jump to a specific page.

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Open eBooks and files

There are four different ways of opening an eBook or document file.

1. From the Quick Start Screen

Click the eBooks Reader icon
From the Open File dialog box, navigate to the folder where the document is located
Selected the file and click Open

2. From the Windows Explorer

Open Windows Explorer and go the folder, in which the target file is stored
Right-mouse-click the file and select Open with from the context menu
Click Total eBook Reader

3. From the Recently Opened File list:

If the document was previously opened. It’s file name and path is stored in the list, simply click the document and open it right away.

4. From the eBook Reader window:

If another document is already opened in the eBook Reader window, click File > Open… from the main toolbar. Use the File Open dialog box to locate and open the new document.

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Total eBook Reader provides many options for setting the optimal display that best fits your preference for reading and viewing documents, by adjusting Page Layout and Zoom Level.

Page layout

Page Layout: from the View menu and the page layout toolbar buttons located at the top of the app, you can define how pages are laid out. From the View menu:

Single Page View: displays the document with only one page at a time
Two page View: displays the document with two pages in the reader
Book View: a special mode of two-page view with odd numbered pages on the right starting from the book cover page.
Enable Scrolling: scroll smoothly and continuously or in a style like turning pages
Rotate View: turn the entire display of the document Clockwise or Counterclockwise, 90-degree at a time
Presentation: full-screen with single-page view and Fit Page
Full Screen: full-screen with all existing zoom and page layout settings

Zoom and page fitting

Zoom and Page Fitting: from the zoom toolbar controls, you can adjust the zoom level and page fitting style for the app reader window:

[-] Zoom out: zooms the display out to reduce the display
[+] Zoom in: zooms the display inward to enlarge the display
Fit Page: display the entire page area in the reader window
Actual Size: display the actual size of the document at 100% zoom
Fit Width: fit the display to the width of the reader window
Fit Content: fit the content of the document, excluding header, footer, page margins, to the entire display of the reader window

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Shortcuts to switch view settings

To the right of the View menu there are four shortcut buttons that provide the most commonly used combination of page layout, zoom, and fitting:

Book View: just turn on the book view without altering anything else.
Single-page view | Fit Width | Enable Scrolling
Single-page view | Fit Page | Disable Scrolling
Full-screen: just turn on the Full-Screen mode

Navigate through eBooks and files

Total eBook Reader provides multiple options for navigating your eBooks or documents, including:

Turn pages,
Use the Table of contents (TOC)
Add and manage bookmarks, and
Search for keywords

Turning pages

The most trivial way to navigate your books and documents is to flip pages. There are several ways that allow you to do so:

Keyboard

Previous Page: Page Up or Upper Arrow key
Next Page: Page Down or Down Arrow key

Mouse wheel

Previous page: scroll mouse wheel up
Next Page: scroll mouse wheel down

The page navigation control

Previous page: click the left arrow < button
Next page: click the right arrow > button
Jump to a specific page: type the page number in the edit box and press Enter

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If a document comes with its own table of contents (TOC), the app will automatically load the TOC and display it in the TOC control.

Click the TOC control button from the main toolbar located at the left side of the app.
Browse the table of contents
Click on a topic of your interest to jump to the corresponding page

Bookmarks

Create and use bookmarks to remember point of interests in a book or document, and make it easy to revisit them at a later time. To access this feature, click the Bookmark pane button from the main toolbar located at the left side of the app. The Bookmark pane is displayed.

Add a bookmark

Navigate to a page of your interest
Click the Add icon in the toolbar area at the top of the Bookmark pane
In the Add a Bookmark dialogbox, type a bookmark label in the edit box
Click the Add button

Manage bookmarks

Click the Manage icon in the toolbar area at the top of the Bookmark pane
Rename a bookmark: click a bookmark entry that you want to edit. In the Rename dialogbox, type a new label, and then click OK
Delete a bookmark: select a bookmark entry that you want to delete, then click the Delete button
Delete all bookmarks: click the Delete All button to remove all bookmarks
Undo changes: roll back any changes by clicking the Undo button

Please note: before you exit the bookmark management dialogbox, you have to click the OK button to commit any and all changes during the current session. Otherwise, click Cancel.

Search

You can also search by a single keyword or a phrase to find content in a book or file. To do so, click the Search button from the main toolbar located at the left side of the app. The Search pane is displayed.