Chapter 5: Companion Programs

Microsoft Reader

Use Microsoft Reader to read eBooks on your device. Download books to your computer from your favorite eBook Web site. Then, use Active- Sync to copy the book files to your activated device. The books appear in the Reader Library, where you can tap them in the list to open them.

Each book consists of a cover page, an optional table of contents, and the pages of the book. You can:

Page through the book by using the Up/Down control on your device or by tapping the page number on each page.

Annotate the book with highlighting, bookmarks, notes, and drawings.

Search for text and look up definitions for words.

The Guidebook contains all the information you'll need to use the soft- ware. To open the Guidebook, tap Help on the Reader command bar. Or, on a book page, tap and hold on the book title, and then tap Help on the pop-up menu.

To switch to Microsoft Reader, tap , Programs, and then Microsoft Reader.

Getting Books on Your Device

You can download book files from the Web. Just visit your favorite eBook retailer and follow the instructions to download the book files.

Sample books and a dictionary are also included in the MS Reader folder in the Extras folder on the Toshiba Pocket PC e800/e805 Companion CD.

Use ActiveSync to download the files from your computer to your acti-

vated device as described in the Read Me file in the Microsoft® Reader folder.

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Toshiba e805, e800 manual Microsoft Reader, Getting Books on Your Device