Problem..Too much to read, too little time.

RapidReader™ empowers you to read at many times your average computer reading speed. Any text that is available to be read on a computer can be read in RapidReader™. Documents in MSWord, WordPerfect, ASCII, RTF and of course the language of the web, HTML are all parsed natively by RapidReader™ automatically. THERE IS NO FORMATTING, OR DOCUMENT ENTRY TO DO.

To begin, you just launch RapidReader and then drag the document of your choice onto the RR icon and it opens automatically. Using the "CRUISE CONTROL" menu, you can vary the speed from 100 words per minute to 1200 wpm, you can go back a line at a time if you want to re-read and you can always press the spacebar to see the full text of what you are reading.

Problem...Finding the information you need on the Internet.

The combination of RapidReader and the Central Internet Library is a powerful resource for all your web surfing. RapidReader's™ new WebRocket™ function allows you to use your normal browser to navigate while WebRocket follows along in the background. When you find the text you want to read simply pressing ALT+TAB brings WebRocket to the front and you have all of RapidReader's™ power and features to read on the Internet. You can even follow text links without ever leaving RapidReader™ because WebRocket is actually a text browser that can take you across the internet. When you're ready to return to Graphical navigation just press ALT+TAB and your usual browser returns to the front.

Problem...You need to review for an exam or report.

The HIGHLITER function is the short cut to note taking. You can create "crib" notes or quote references in a report simply...

Click on the beginning of the text you wish to copy in the large text window. Then drag the mouse to select the desired text, which will be highlighted in green. Use the "COPY" command under the Edit menu, or press Ctrl key and C together to copy the selected text to the clipboard. If you wish to add text to the clipboard, use the Append command or press the Ctrl key and A together.

You can append as many as 10 highlites to the clipboard then simply copy the contents into any word processing document.

Problem... you need to find specific information but there are too many hits on a search engine..or too many documents in a file.

To read or not to read? You can use the "FIND" function as your own document search engine for focus, review or even deciding the value of each document. If you want to know if a document is of interest to you, you can use the "FIND" command to search it for reference words you define. If the word(s) isn't in the document then you know that your target information probably isn't in the document, thereby saving you the time of reading it. This is particularly helpful with web searches.

To use the "FIND" function in RapidReaderª, Press the SPACEBAR to pause the text. Go to the menu bar and select "EDIT" then "FIND". A window will appear asking you what word or words you wish to locate. Type them in to the text line. Click on the "Radio Button" to determine if you want to search "DOWN" (forward) or "UP" ( previous material). If you locate the target word, you can begin reading from that point on by using the "GO TO" command which will allow you to read from that point by pressing "ENTER". To go to the next reference use the "find again" command.

Problem... too much to read for the exam.

To review materials you can create your own "KEYWORD" list "On The Fly" . You do this by pressing SPACEBAR to pause the text, then go to "FIND" under the "EDIT" menu. Type in an important keyword in the "find" window (eg.ALPS) at each place the word occurs press enter to read a section in RapidReader™, then move on to the next instance of the Keyword by pressing"SPACEBAR" to pause...then "FIND AGAIN" Press"ENTER" to read from this new point. In this fashion you can leapfrog through a document in no time reading and reviewing only the major points .

Problem...You need to quickly review or proof read a lengthy document.

All you have to do is press the Up/Down Cursor Keys to vary the speed in increments of 50 words per minute in either direction . So, to skim through a document you can increase the speed in increments of 50 WPM or to study the more difficult passages you can decrease the speed in the same increments.

Problem... you need a handy sheet of last minute reminders before a test or presentation.

As you RapidRead a document use the "HIGHLITER" to select then "COPY / APPEND" individual "Keywords" and key references to the clipboard. Paste these keyword references into a "STUDY SHEET" youÕve created in a word processor document and you have an instant Test Review sheet direct from the source.

Problem... remembering what goes with what.

Use the FIND feature to locate related topics in your study (eg. FULTON AND STEAM ENGINE, BESSEMER AND STEEL etc.) then IN SEQUENCE "HIGHLITE+COPY+APPEND" to the clipboard then paste the results to a study sheet created in your word processor for an quick "associations" reminder sheet.

Problem...drowning in a sea of e-mail.

Since there are so many different e-mail programs RapidReaderª has a generalized method to accommodate all of them. Simply download the e-mail you wish to read and save it to a folder on your desktop. Then drag and drop your e-mail onto the RapidReader™ icon like an "assembly line". You can Highlite portions of e-mail to paste into replys or commented forwards.

Problem..organizing research references by topic.

To organize a report or term paper use the HIGHLITE + COPY + APPEND features to"categorize" types of information and save each category to a different word processor page. As an example, letÕs say the report is on the industrial forecast for Indonesia. To save steps in creating the final report you can use RapidReaderª to efficiently organize your information. 1.USING your word processor, create a series of documents each with a TOPIC TITLE. These will be your "index cards". 2.Then as you do your research you can highlite, copy and append all like references. 3.PASTE them into the appropriate "index card". For instance, all references to the economics of the region from your research documents could be pasted to one"index card" called"economic information". Another might be"education" etc. .

Problem...Somewhere Hidden in the Information Noise is the Information You Need.

In addition to the reading time it saves you, RapidReader can act as a "filter" to seek out information that is meaningful for you in the thousands of Internet web pages related to your interest. As an example.... You need to decide what position to take on a company that makes tennis socks. To do so you want to track the growth and movement of tennis in general to gauge it's momentum. That information resides in various publications of a variety of types most of which are now online on their respective web sites. You also might want to know the number of recent IPO's related to your interest. The problem is getting the time to data mine all the material . Using RapidReader™ however, you can monitor a large number of web pages without having to read the ones that don't have the information you seek. You would do this by using an automated software that downloads the sites you request to your machine (there are several available) while you do other things (sleep for instance). Once those sites are downloaded you can then quickly decide which you want to investigate by using the RapidReader "FIND" function. Open a web page, enter a "KEYWORD" or words for instance Tennis, Racquets, Squash, Racquetball etc. then click "FIND". If none of the words are found then you instantly know you probably don't need to read the page. If there is a "hit", simply press "ENTER" and you can begin reading FROM THAT REFERENCE POINT at RapidReader™ speeds.

Problem... keeping up with your competitors on-line marketing efforts

In addition to being able to RapidRead your competitors marketing materials Use RapidReader's FIND and HIGHLITE features to track where your competitors place the emphasis in their on line marketing. Go to their web site and use RapidReader's "FIND" function to enter a keyword that is a competitive factor. Scenario: You want to discover how important a competitor considers its productsÕ intranet capability. At their website, 1) Enter the keyword "INTRANET" in the"FIND" dialog box and you will be taken to the first reference of the subject in their material. 2) Selecting"FIND AGAIN" in the dialog box will take you to the next entry and so on. You can "HIGHLITE/COPY" these entries to use in a marketing report or you can simply count the number of references to the chosen keyword to gain an understanding of your competitors focus and positioning. Problem..organizing research references by topic.