Cool Reader User Guide

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Title: Cool Reader 3. User Guide

Year of publication: 2013

Publisher: CoolReader

Pages: 25

Format: fb2

ANNOTATION

CoolReader is convenient program for reading e-books.

Welcome to Cool Reader

This is a program for reading electronic books in a large number of formats: EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, CHM, PDB, MOBI, TCR

To open a book in the program, you first need to save it to an SD card or built-in memory. After that, it can be opened from the built-in File Browser. You can also download books directly into CoolReader.

Book navigation

You can flip to the next and previous page in different ways:

Touch screen: Swipe from right to left to go to the next page, from left to right to go to the previous page. Touch screen: Tap on the right side of the screen to go to the next page, on the left side to go to the previous page. Use the volume buttons to scroll. Scroll from using navigation buttons or a joystick (if available on your device). Scroll using the trackball (if available on your device)

You can go to a page by its number using Menu / Go / To page no.

You can go to the page by % Menu / Go / To position %

Use the book table of contents to jump to the chapter: Menu / Go / Contents

Menu in book reading mode

To access the menu, use one of the following methods:

press the "menu" button short press in the center of the screen

Reading menu items:

Open the book - using the file browserSubmenu "Go...": To page No. - enter the page number to go to Position % - enter the position, as a percentage Auto-scrolling (the speed is adjusted by the volume buttons or by pressing in the lower right or left corners of the screen) Contents - select the desired one chapter from the contents of the bookBack - go back through the navigation history (for example, go back after following a link, page number, etc.) Forward - go forward after going back Open the last book - convenient for quickly switching between two books Bookmarks - open a list of bookmarks Highlight text - for searching in the dictionary, copying to the clipboard, sending, etc.SettingsSearch for textSubmenu "More":Switch day/night modeEnable/disable built-in document stylesEnable/disable auto-formatting of text (only for TXT files)Start reading aloud TTS (required voice engine and voice must be set in the system settings by default)Open previous bookAuto pageExit the programAbout Cool ReaderProperties of the current bookUser Guide

Settings

To access Settings, use one of the following methods:

long press on the "Menu" buttonlong press in the center of the screenshort press Menu / Settings

All settings are distributed into several tabs

Text SettingsStyles / CSSPageControlApplication

Text settings

Font (typeface selection, additional fonts can be installed in the Fonts directory on the SD card) Font size Bold font Smoothing fonts Line spacing Hyphenation dictionary Hanging punctuation (to visually align the right border of the text, narrow punctuation marks can be placed to the right of the alignment border) Font kerning (adjusting the distance between adjacent characters for better perception) Illustration scaling settings Gamma correction - you can make the font a little lighter or heavier Minimum space width - how much you can narrow the space in an attempt to fit as much as possible more text in line Font hinting (instrumentation) - for different fonts different variants hinting settings look better Additional font - if there is no character in the main font, it will be taken from the additional one

Style Settings / CSS

Allow/disable inline document styles. This setting is saved separately for each book. Allow/disable embedded EPUB fonts. This setting is saved separately for each book. Automatic text formatting (repartitioning into paragraphs, recognizing headings) - only for text files. When auto-formatting is disabled, text is displayed in a monospace font. This setting is saved separately for each book. Options for changing the default style sheet follow. For a good result when changing settings, it is advisable to understand the mechanism of how cascading style sheets (CSS) work.

Page settings

Full screen mode. Does not work on Android 3.0 and 4.0 Display mode: pages or scroll. It is recommended to use page mode Page orientation: portrait, landscape, by sensor Number of pages (columns) in landscape mode Switching night/day modes. Color settings are stored separately for day and night modes. Quick switching in reading mode - long press in the upper middle part of the screen. Text color Background color - selection of a single-color background fill Background texture - background in the form of a texture Status line settings Footnotes at the bottom of the page (currently only for FB2 format) Flipping animation Bookmark highlighting style (disable, highlight with background color , underlining).Color for highlighting a fragment of textColors for highlighting bookmarks - Comments and CorrectionsPage indents

Control Settings

Actions for pressing buttons - you can set separate actions for short, long and double press Actions for the touch screen you can set separate actions for the main (short) and additional (long or double, depending on the settings) press for each of the 9 screen zones. (The screen is divided into 9 3x3 cells).Type of additional action for the touch screen (long press or double press)Start text selection with a double press (or long press, depending on the previous setting).Allow/disable scrolling with the volume buttonsHighlight the screen area when pressedDisable trackballAdjust the brightness of the backlight by sliding along the edge of the screen (lock, left edge, right edge).Allow scrolling with gestures.Action when selecting one word (toolbar, copy to clipboard, dictionary search, adding a bookmark, searching for text).Action when selecting several words (toolbar, copy to clipboard, dictionary search, add bookmark, text search). It is often convenient to assign a dictionary call to a single selection and add a bookmark to an entire phrase. Save the selection after a dictionary search.

Application Settings

Interface language - you can use the current system language or select one from the list Interface theme (color scheme) Backlight duration Backlight brightness Turn off button backlight (useful for reading in the dark, does not work on all device models) Show icons in the settings dialog Select a dictionary program to use when searching for the selected item words Show book covers in the file browser Scan book properties when entering a folder Hide directories without books

Touchscreen zones

The screen is conventionally divided into 9 zones - in the form of a 3x3 grid.

You can select different actions by normal (short) press (main action) and long double press (secondary action).

The type of additional action - long or double press - can be selected in the settings.

Selected actions (main / additional):

Working with bookmarks

CoolReader supports 3 types of bookmarks:

Position: when created, bound to the first line of the current page Comment: created for a text fragment, you can write the text of the comment Correction: created for a text fragment, you can correct the selected fragment (convenient for proofreading/checking text)

Bookmarks - comments and corrections are highlighted in the text, in accordance with the settings

Bookmarks - comments and corrections can be highlighted in the text if allowed in the settings

To add a bookmark to a position in the text, open the list of bookmarks (Menu / Bookmarks) and click the add button in the upper right corner of the window. The current page will be added to the bookmark list. The next time you open the list of bookmarks, you can go to the one you want by clicking on it in the list.

To add a bookmark to a piece of text - a comment or correction - you must first select a fragment of text.

Start a selection by double-tapping the first word, then move your finger to select the entire fragment.

Start the selection by long pressing on the first word, then move your finger to select the entire fragment.

You can also use Menu / Select to enter selection mode. After that, simply select the desired fragment with a finger movement.

Use Menu / Select to enter highlight mode. After that, simply select the desired fragment with a finger movement.

When the selection is complete, a toolbar appears - with options for what to do with the selection, and controls for moving the start and end of the selection. Click the "Bookmark" button on the panel.

When the selection is complete and only one word is selected, a toolbar appears - with options for what to do with the selection, and controls for moving the start and end of the selection. Click the "Bookmark" button on the panel.

The current settings for highlighting multiple words do not show the toolbar. Instead, the action assigned in the “Action for multiple selected words” settings item will be performed immediately. This behavior can be changed in the settings.

When the selection is complete, the Add Bookmark window will immediately appear. (This is specified in the settings. You can change this behavior in Settings / Controls / Highlight action and Multiple word action)

When the selection is complete and only one word is selected, the Add Bookmark window will immediately appear. (This is specified in the settings. You can change this behavior in Settings / Controls / Highlight action and Multiple word action)

IN this moment the settings indicate a different action for several highlighted words. (You can change this behavior in Settings / Controls / Highlight Action and Multiple Word Action)

The "Add Bookmark" window allows you to specify the type of bookmark (comment or correction), as well as specify the comment text (for a comment bookmark) or corrected text (for a correction bookmark). To save a bookmark, click the plus button in the upper right corner of the window.

Comments and Corrections are highlighted in the text.

Comments and Corrections can be highlighted in the text if allowed in the settings.

To open a list of bookmarks, press Menu / Bookmarks. A list of bookmarks will appear.

A short press on a bookmark from the list will take you to the position in the text with this bookmark.

A long press on a bookmark will open a context menu:

Go - move to a position in the text with this bookmarkAdd - add a bookmark of type Position for the current page in the textEdit - only for Comments and Corrections - change the textDelete bookmarkExport - save all bookmarks to a text fileSend - send a list of bookmarks in text form as email, sms, and etc.

Dictionary support

Cool Reader can call external dictionary programs to translate words.

Supported dictionaries (can be installed from the Market):

ForaColor DictColor Dict New / Golden DictAardDictan

Select the program you want to use from the list - in Settings / Application / Dictionary. Don't forget to install it on your system.

Select the word to be translated (see the description of highlighting in the section on bookmarks). Depending on your settings, a toolbar may appear after the selection is complete. From it you need to select the Dictionary item.

For convenient frequent use of the dictionary, assign Dictionary in Settings / Management / Action to highlight

Reading aloud

Cool Reader supports reading aloud using the system's Text To Speech engine (TTS)

For the Russian language, you can install the SVOX engine and one of the Russian voices for it. Don't forget to select this engine and voice as the default in your system settings.

To start reading aloud, press Menu / More / Reading aloud (for more convenient use, the corresponding action can be assigned to a button or tap area of ​​the screen).

The Read Aloud control panel appears. It allows you to start/pause reading, move position, etc.

Auto scroll

You can use automatic paging. To get started, press Menu / Go / Auto Scroll (for more convenient use, the corresponding action can be assigned to a button or tap area of ​​the screen).

You can change the scrolling speed using the volume buttons or by pressing in the lower left and right corners.

To stop scrolling, tap anywhere on the screen except the lower left and right corners.

View illustrations

You can see the illustration enlarged. This mode is activated by long pressing on the illustration.

Change the scale using the volume buttons or on-screen +/- buttons. Paranaming - by sliding a finger.

To exit illustration viewing mode, press the Back button or point anywhere on the screen.

File Browser

To select a book to read, it is convenient to use the built-in file browser.

You can go to the file browser from reading mode using Menu / Open Book. (To return back to reading mode, you can use Menu / Current book or simply open another book)

File browser allows you to browse files and folders file system, open a book from the list of recent books, select books from the built-in database by author/title/series, download books from online catalogs (OPDS). The "root folder" of the file browser contains links to the sections described above.

From anywhere in the file browser, using Menu / Go, you can quickly go to the root folder, a list of recently opened books, or network directories.

Before reading a book in CoolReader, you need to place it in some directory on the SD card or built-in memory.

To import information about books in a folder into the database, you need to either enter this folder manually, or select Menu / More / Scan folder - to read information about books in current folder and all subfolders.

Links to detailed information by sections of the file browser: Access to the file system | Latest books | Online book catalogs | Books by author / series / title | File browser menu | File browser settings

File System Browsing

The usual way to open books is to select files in the file system tree of the SD card or built-in memory.

In the root folder of the file browser, items for viewing the file system are available internal memory and/or SD cards.

When viewing the file system, you can see a list of subfolders for the current open folder and a list of books in it. Navigate through directories by clicking on the directory element of the list. Return to a higher level - the first item in the list of folders/books. Opening a book with a short press.

By long pressing on a book, you can call up a context menu: using it, you can open a book, delete it, change the sorting order of books, and also quickly go to the root folder, the list of recent books, or network directories.

Using the Menu button, the following actions are available: go back to reading the currently open book, find a book in the database, scan the properties of books in subfolders, change the sorting settings and mode of displaying books in the list (normal - with author, title, etc. . or simplified - only file names), exit the program.

Covers are shown only in normal mode. The display of covers can be disabled in the settings, accessible from reading mode, Settings / Application.

Only for books in EPUB and MOBY formats, covers are shown immediately upon entering the directory. For FB2, the cover will be shown only after opening the book for the first time.

Menu / Search allows you to find a book in the database by its properties (metadata - file name, author, title, series). Also, a list of books from the database, grouped by author, title or series, is available from the root folder.

List of recent books

Cool Reader keeps a list of recently opened books.

To view a list of recent books, select "Recent Books" in the root folder of the file browser or use Menu / Go / Recent Books from any file browser folder.

A short press on a book from the list will open it. The book will open at the place where you postponed reading it.

By long pressing you can call up a context menu with the following options: go to the folder with this book in the file system, remove the book from the list of recent ones, completely delete the book, open the book.

Online Directories (OPDS)

Cool Reader allows you to browse online book catalogs of the OPDS standard and download books from them.

To go to the list of network directories, click the "Network directories" line in the root folder or use Menu / Go / Network directories from any file browser folder.

You will see a list of network directories.

You can add, remove and edit list items - using context menu by long pressing on a list item.

Select a catalog, then go through the hierarchy of folders in the catalog (usually classified by author, title, time added, popularity), and select the book you need. Clicking on the book will begin downloading. When the book is downloaded, it will be immediately open for reading.

Downloaded books are saved in the Books folder on the SD card, in subfolders named by the author.

NOTE: Secure connection (SSL) is not yet supported.

Cool Reader allows you to view a list of books from the database, grouped by metadata: author, title, series. The corresponding items are available in the root folder of the file browser.

Press the right type classification (for example, “Books by author” - in order to view a list of books grouped by author).

Once you enter a category, you can see a list of category prefixes (for example, the first letters of the author's name), a list of categories (a list of authors), and inside category folders - the books themselves (for example, all books by a given author).

Cool Reader creates groups automatically, depending on the number of elements in the list.

Only those books whose properties have been scanned and added to the database will be available in lists by category or in search.

To import books from a file system folder and all subfolders, use Menu / Scan properties of books in a folder

File Browser Menu

Menu items:

Open book - return to reading the currently open book Find book - search for a book by its properties in the database Scan folder - read the properties of all books in a given directory and all nested subdirectories and add to the database Go - submenu for quickly moving to the root folder, a list of recent books, or network directories. Settings - changes some file browser settings (sorting, mode of displaying books in the list).More: close the program, show the user manual

File Browser Settings

Click Menu/Settings in the file browser to change some settings. You can change the sort order and switch the mode of displaying books in lists - regular or shortened (file name only).

You can use two viewing modes: normal (showing book properties - author, title, series, cover) and simple view (showing only file names).

Additional settings are located in the settings dialog in reading mode. The following settings are available on the "Application Settings" tab:

Show covers in the list of books Scan properties of books in a folder when entering a folder Hide directories without books

Additional settings

Installing additional fonts

You can put additional *.ttf fonts in the Fonts folder on the SD card or internal memory. Added fonts will appear in the list only after restarting the program.

External CSS Style Files

To fine-tune document display styles, you can place the corrected Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files in the /.cr3/ directory on the SD card. File names - in accordance with the format (fb2.css, epub.css, htm.css, rtf.css, txt.css, chm.css). In this case, these styles will be used instead of those built into the program. You can use .css files from GIT repository With source code CoolReader (crengine) on the project page on SourceForge.

Additional background pictures

To use your own background images (.jpg, .png) as a page background in "tile" mode, place them in the /.cr3/textures/ folder on the SD card.

To use your background images in stretch mode, place them in the /.cr3/backgrounds folder

How to reset settings to default values

Settings are stored in *. ini files in the /.cr3/ folder on the SD card or built-in memory (since the name of the .cr3 folder begins with a dot, it may be invisible in file managers until you allow display hidden files)

To reset settings, delete .ini files from this folder.

Clearing the cache of recently opened workbooks

A possible reason for the program to crash when re-opening a recently successfully opened workbook is damage to its cache file. You can fix the problem by clearing cache files manually. The cache files are located in the /.cr3/cache folder on the SD card or internal memory of the device (since the name of the .cr3 folder begins with a dot, it may be invisible in file managers until you allow the display of hidden files). Delete the cache folder to clean.

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Project page

Project page on SourceForge

Project Wiki on SourceForge

Help the project on SourceForge

Thread on the 4PDA forum

You can support the development of the project by donating by purchasing a “coin package” (“Cool Reader Gold Donation”, “Cool Reader Silver Donation”, “Cool Reader Bronze Donation”) on the Market or by purchasing a coin directly in the application - on the third tab of the dialogue " About the program".

Please send bug reports and suggestions to [email protected]. Don't forget to indicate your device model and Android version. If the program crashes, system logs can be of great help. Logs can be saved to a file using the program Android System Info (available on the Market). If you cannot open a certain book, although other books open normally, or you are faced with an incorrect definition of the file encoding, it would be useful to attach the file with the book to the letter.

Website about e-books and tablets

Secrets of the Cool Reader program.

Cool Reader is perhaps the most famous and widespread program for reading books on devices running under Android control. With the release of alternative firmware for Sony PRS-T1 and PRS-T2 e-readers and others, the ease of use of this application was appreciated by millions of e-reader owners. The program is simple and convenient, but like any other, it requires some understanding of the capabilities and settings. In this article, we'll look at how to best set up and use Cool Reader to enjoy the e-book screen reading experience.

If you are the owner of a Sony PRS-T1 or Sony PRS-T2 reader, then we will assume that you already have one of the suitable alternative application packages from boroda, rupor or amutin. We will also assume that the Cool Reader application is already installed. If not yet, you can easily do this by referring to the links at the end of the article.

Let's start with the start of the program. "Cool Reader" can be launched in several ways: 1. Tapping on the icon on the main screen of the e-book or in the "Books" menu and then selecting the application. 2. By making a long tap in the file manager on the book you are interested in (and then selecting “Cool Reader”). 3. Tapping on the "Cool Reader" icon on the third page of the main screen (or tapping on the "Cool Reader" icon in the list of Zeam Launcher or AWD Launcher programs). 4. Tapping on the top black strip of the screen ("Bar Shortcuts" will open) and then selecting the application. In the last two cases, depending on the last state of the program, you can get either to the "Open book" menu or to the text of the last book you read in this program. In this case, to open another file, you will have to press the "Menu" key and select "Open Book".

Home screen books Sony PRS-T1

Selecting a reading application from the main screen

File manager (Total Commander)

Selecting an application from the menu file manager

Page 3.

Selecting an application from the menu Bar Shortcuts

Cool Reader. Select "Open file".

Cool Reader. list of files For loading.

Cool Reader understands a fairly large number of e-book formats: fb2, fb2.zip, txt, rtf, epub, chm, pdb, prc, mobi, doc, html. The last two formats are supported for simple documents that do not contain complex formatting. In general, files of the format html is better open with a browser (for example, Opera Mini), rtf, doc files (as well as docx, xls, xlsx) - Office program Suite Viewer. Well, the Cool Reader application does not support pdf and djvu formats in principle. To view these documents, you will need to install Orion Viewer.

However, let's return to our program. By pressing the "Menu" key in book reading mode and selecting "Settings", you will be taken to a page containing five tabs. On each of these tabs are grouped different kinds application settings. In each menu, the list extends beyond the bottom edge of the display and can be scrolled by swiping vertically across the screen. In some versions of Cool Reader, adapted for the Sony PRS-T1 or PRS-T2 e-reader (an example of such a version is 3.0.57-8), you can scroll through the lists of settings by pressing the page turning keys. Many settings items provide access to additional nested settings (these items are marked with a ">" sign).

Tab 1. Text settings.

Tab 2. Style/CSS settings.

Tab 3. Page settings.

Tab 4. Control settings.

The first tab relates to text display settings. Here you will need to select a font that is easy to read (we will talk about how to add your own fonts to the system below), specify its size and line spacing. Most users leave the remaining settings as shown in the figure. You can try turning on kerning, then the distance between “overhanging” and “bulging” characters (for example, the distance between the letters “G” “D”) will be displayed more accurately on most fonts.

The second tab is dedicated to settings of styles and CSS (cascading style sheets). As a rule, there is no need to specifically configure anything here. Check "Allow inline document styles" and, if desired, adjust the font size and line spacing for footnotes: the default values ​​seem too large to many.

The third tab is setting page parameters. Be sure to check the box " Full Screen", otherwise you will not have a header or footer displayed, and when turning pages, the bottom lines of the previous page may appear on the next one. Select the viewing mode - "Pages". Night mode should be disabled ("Night mode" will be discussed later). In the footer settings you can specify what information and in what form (font, presentation) should be displayed while reading in the top line of the screen when full-screen mode is enabled (clock, battery charge, book title, chapters, etc.) You also need to configure the text indents from. If you leave them zero, it will be completely impossible to read, since a shadow, even less than a millimeter in size, cast on the screen by the frame will cover part of it. useful information. For Sony PRS-T1 or PRS-T2 readers (these models have a frame that protrudes noticeably above the screen), I recommend setting the left and right padding to 20 pixels, and the top and bottom to 10.

The fourth tab relates to the Coolreader control settings. Here everyone must set the values ​​“for themselves”, indicating convenient actions for buttons (separately for short press, long press and double press) and for screen taps (these settings will be discussed below). You also need to define the action that will open the dictionary.

Adding your own fonts

Setting Paragraph Format (paragraph) default

Type selection menu set of dictionaries

Setting up tap zones touch screen

Earlier I said that you can independently add any fonts for reading books in Cool Reader. It's very simple. Create a fonts folder in the root of the READER disk (from a device point of view, this is the /mnt/sdcard/ folder) or in the READER/.cr3 folder (/mnt/sdcard/.cr3/). Place your favorite fonts there in ttf (True Type Fonts) format. If you need to use fonts in the otf (Open Type Fonts) format, you must first rename the files, replacing their extension with ttf. Next, you should restart Cool Reader. In reading mode, press the "Menu" button and select "More" - "Close". Then launch Cool Reader again in any convenient way. Go to "Settings", select the 1st tab and tap on the "Font" item. The fonts you add will appear in the list of fonts available for use.

I really like the fonts "Myriad" and "Georgia eink", specially "sharpened" for displaying text on a low-contrast screen. The first of them is “chopped”, the second with “serifs”. Examples of text images on the screen of an e-book, made in the mentioned fonts, are given at the end of the article. There are also links where you can download these fonts.

A few words about "Night mode". It is intended primarily for color transmissive screens (TFT). In low ambient light (or even in the dark), the eyes are less tired if the text is displayed in dim letters on a dark background. If you use Cool Reader on an e-reader with an e-ink screen, it makes no sense to use “Night Mode”: it is almost impossible to read in this mode both during the day and at night.

Many users accidentally turn on “Night mode” and then ask: “my text appears in gray letters on a black background, how can I get everything back?” To disable "Night mode", you can go to the third settings tab and uncheck "Night mode". This is quite difficult to do, since the settings menu will also appear gray on black. There is a more convenient way: press the "Menu" button and select "More" - "Day mode" (see image on the right).

On the fourth settings tab there are two very important items that I mentioned earlier. These are setting up touch screen actions and setting up buttons. If you go to the touch screen settings, your device's display will appear, divided into nine sensitive zones. Having made a short tap on any of the zones, you will see a menu in which you can select the action caused by a short tap on the selected zone. Likewise, by making a long tap, you can determine the action for the long tap. There are a huge number of options for these actions. Full list action is shown in the image on the left.

The keyboard is configured in the same way. Go to the "Buttons" item and select the name of the button and the method of pressing - short press, long press or double press. This will open a huge list of options (the same as when setting up a touch screen, see image on the left) from which you can choose the one that suits you best.

In general, we have considered all the basic settings. I will not dwell on how to use the Cool Reader program for reading. We all know how to read. Use taps and buttons to perform preset actions. It is worth paying attention to two convenient options. This is the "Bookmarks" menu (in reading mode - the "Menu" - "Bookmarks" button), where you can create an unlimited number of bookmarks for each book and then navigate through these bookmarks to the desired pages.

The second convenient option is the “Go” action (the “Menu” button - “Go”). By selecting “Go” in reading mode, you will be able to navigate through the open book in various ways (going to a specific page, to the contents of the book, etc., you can even go to the previous book, which was previously opened in the Cool Reader). If you select the “Go” item in the file browser mode (this mode can be accessed by the “Open file” action), another list will open that allows you to go to the root of the file system, to the last books that were read in the program and to online catalogs.

Go Menu (reading mode)

Go Menu (file browser mode)

Menu "Online catalogs"

Go to detailed Cool Reader instructions

What are online directories? This is the ability to directly download e-books from online libraries into the Cool Reader program. It is quite convenient to use this functionality to search and download books from the popular Flibusta library. A found book immediately opens for reading. When working with online catalogs, you must first establish an Internet connection via a Wi-Fi network.

In file browser mode, you can quickly navigate to detailed instructions on working with the Cool Reader program. To do this, press the "Menu" button, select "More" and tap on the "User Guide" item.

I mentioned earlier that Cool Reader allows you to use additional fonts added by the user. The peculiarities of low-contrast screens (these include e-book screens made using e-ink technology) are such that letters written in thin lines look paler than letters written in thicker lines. Owners of e-books who use a standard set of fonts often choose a larger size for ease of reading. However, there are a number of specially designed fonts that are specifically drawn with bolder lines. The text displayed in these fonts looks great on e-reader screens in normal, “unsized” sizes. The images below show examples of the same text in sans serif and sans serif fonts. Both of these fonts are specially adapted for display on low-contrast screens. These fonts can be downloaded from the links at the end of the article.

Cool Reader is completely free and distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Application developer - Vadim Lopatin (buggins). If you like this program (and by definition you cannot help but like it), then you can support this wonderful project. To find out how to do this, press the "Menu" button, select "More" - "About" and open the third tab. Below in the section "Be sure to indicate the model name, firmware version, name and version of the application package. Describe what actions led to the device not working correctly.

Name: Cool Reader 3
Analogue: All commercial book reading programs
Size: 1200 KB.
Website: http://coolreader.org

“How good it is to be able to read! There’s no need to pester your mother…” – everyone remembers this simple, enthusiastic childish recitation. However, recently, in addition to the desire and ability to read, we increasingly lack the opportunity. Prices for good books are steep, and getting them is becoming increasingly difficult. Therefore literature in in electronic format takes up more and more space in our lives. And the easiest way to put the bytes of information into an understandable form that is easy to use and does not tire the eyes is to use Cool Reader 3 (CR-3), is a program optimized for reading fiction in electronic format. It installs quickly, does not take up much disk space, and will immediately become indispensable for those who, due to duty or “pleasure,” have to study large volumes of text from the screen. And you can install such a “reader” either on standard Windows and Linux on a computer, and in an e-book (our program also supports versions that run on electronic ink (e-Ink) - Jinke/LBook V3/V5/V3+/V60, Azbooka N516). Cell phones also not deprived of attention - Cool Reader-3 will be available on both Android and Symbian.

Once installed, the “reader” is a classic black monogram “CR” with a white rim on the desktop. Opens with a standard double-click of the left mouse button, reads almost all known formats (.txt, .doc, .html, .fb2, .rtf, .pdb, .chm, .tcr, .mobi, .epub, .pml, .chm) , automatically recognizing encodings. Self-unpacks ZIP archives, RAR, ARJ, HA, LZH. “Understands” tables and illustrations. And with all this wonderful set of functions Cool Reader 3 can be downloaded for free, and using it is as easy as shelling pears - open, select “File” - “Open” and - enjoy your favorite work! By using Cool Reader 3 You can also format and convert texts. There are flexible settings for styles using CSS files, bookmarks, text search and hyphenation dictionaries. You can read the downloaded file using a scroll or in the form of regular book pages. To switch between these two modes, use the “Toggle Pages” button on the toolbar. Next to it is the power button full screen mode. After clicking it, the toolbar of our reader and the Windows taskbar will disappear, leaving you alone with the text. When working in this mode, you will have to use hot keys, but you can simply click anywhere on the screen with the right mouse button - a list of commands will appear, from which it will be easy to select the one you need.
The Android version includes animation for turning pages (by shift or like in a paper book), a built-in file browser, adjusting brightness by moving your finger along the edge of the screen, support for dictionaries (Fora Dictionary, Aard Dictionary, Golden Dict, Color Dict) and searching for selected items in them words,

the ability to select text and copy the selected text to the clipboard. also in Cool Reader3 for Android There are night and day profiles (two sets of backlight brightness and texture/color of background and text). You can independently configure actions for buttons and tap zones of the touch screen (3x3). And it is very convenient to sort books in the file browser by title, author, and even by the time the file was created. You can flip through an open book using either the sensor or joystick, or the volume keys. By the way, image rotation on the sensor also does not disappear.
In addition to basic skills, Cool Reader 3 also reduces eye strain by reformatting text to fit any font size, featuring a custom palette, textured background, smooth scrolling, and the ability to smooth out screen fonts. It also “remembers” the page you stopped on, so you don’t have to scroll through everything all over again. But if desired, this function can be disabled. The only thing Cool Reader-3 lacks is the ability to compile a library. But the clever program remembers the last books opened in it. And in order to quickly move to the desired text, it is enough to display this list on the screen.

Thanks to its undeniable set of advantages, Cool Reader 3 has long acquired a solid circle of fans, expanding every day. Try it too!
Cool Reader 3 free download can be found on the official website of the program at

Cool reader is relatively new program(year of release - 2012), which was created specifically for those who like to read. Thanks to this application you can turn reading e-books in a fairly convenient and simple process. The program supports a large number of formats, including the following: epub (non-DRM), doc, pdb, fb2, fb2.zip, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr.

The presented program is intended for those users Google Play whose smartphones are based on Android OS.

Installing "Cool reader"

So, the installation process of this application is quite simple. To do this you will need an Internet connection or network WI-FI. Enter in search Google Play and go to the site.

Then type the name of the application and go to its link. Now click on the button " Install» and accept all conditions.

Cool reader settings

Now that the application is already installed on your smartphone, you can start using it. When you enter the program, you will see a list of books you have downloaded.

If you follow the arrow in the upper left corner of the screen, you will find yourself in a menu with only two sections: “ Latest books" And " SD card».

In chapter " Latest books» will be stored works of art, which you read last.

If you go to the section “ SD card", then you will go to the list of all files that are present on your memory card. This item is intended to add new books to read to the program.

To go to the menu " Settings", click on the button " Menu» on your phone. Now go directly to " Settings».

A menu will appear in front of you in which you can configure the following items: “ Styles», « Page», « Program», « Control».

"Styles"

Here you can set a font style that is convenient for you, set its size, turn the boldness on and off depending on how you can best see the text, and turn on “ Night mode", and also adjust the line spacing as a percentage.

"Font"

This sub-item has four different font styles for the user to choose from.

"Font size"

Here even the name speaks for itself. Font sizes are available from 16 to 56. Set the size according to your vision.

"Fat" and "Night mode"

You can enable these modes as needed. The first one, accordingly, highlights the text in “bold” font. The second one is suitable for those who like to read at night.

"Line spacing"

This function gives you the opportunity to set the spacing between lines yourself so that they do not merge with each other. Line spacing is set as a percentage: from 80% to 150%.

"Page"

There are five sub-items here: “Header and Footer”, which can be turned on or off, “Footnotes at the bottom of the page”, which are available in the book you are reading, as well as customizable “Left indent”, “Right indent” and “Top indent” (from 0 to 25 ).

"Program"

In this section you can enable/disable “Full screen”, which is translated from English as “Full screen”.

"Control"

Here you can turn on/off the “Sample option” function, which allows you to read the book in its original form, that is, with its original design.

"Bookmarks"

Perhaps the most popular and important function in this program, because what book reader can do without a bookmark. So you can skip a whole chapter or, on the contrary, you will have to read it again.

Click on “Bookmarks” while in the book itself to mark the place where you finished reading, or simply highlight a quote/passage/paragraph that interests you.

"Find"

Using this function, you will be able to find the desired line of text or piece of phrase.

Enter the character's first or last name in search bar, and matches will be highlighted both on the current page and throughout the text. And you can flip through and see where this or that hero appeared before.

"Go"

These "traces" will help you quickly move to specific number pages, position in percentage, as well as the contents of the open book.

"Open file"

If you click on this item, you will find yourself in the list of downloaded books into the program, where you can open another work.

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One of the most popular programs for reading books is the Cool Reader program, developed by Vadim Lopatin. The author has created a unique algorithm for dividing text into pages, in which the image on the screen is as close as possible to the paper version. Unlike most similar programs, footnotes in the text are shown at the bottom of the page. The program is multi-platform. It is applicable for operating rooms Windows systems, Android, Symbian, some e-books running Linux OS ( Jinke/LBook V3/V5/V3+/V60, Azbooka N516, Pocketbook, Amazon Kindle, Onyx Boox and some others).

This article discusses fine tuning Cool Reader for operating system Android. The author of the article made changes standard settings, which, in his opinion, made it possible to obtain an image on the device screen that was close to the text of a paper book. You can follow his example or make the settings changes of your choice.

All images used in this article were taken on the Nook Simple Touch.

Cool Reader main screen

The picture on the left shows the screen in reading mode. In the header of the screen on the left, when reading files in FB2 and EPUB formats, the author's first and last name, as well as the title of the book, are displayed. When reading TXT format, the file name is displayed at this location. The right side of the footer displays the ratio of the number of pages read to total number book pages. This is followed by the battery charge level as a percentage.

Under the footer there is a progress bar of the material read. The thick line represents the percentage of the book read, and the thin line represents how much is left to read. A thin line is divided by strokes, indicating the ends of chapters of the work being read.

Above the footer there is a menu icon, to the left there is a “back” icon.

To open the main menu, you must touch the “menu” icon or the middle of the screen (default setting). To go to the program settings, click on the “Settings” icon.

The main menu of the program contains five tabs. Let's consider them sequentially.

The first tab of the Settings menu.

The first tab with the image of two letters “A” allows you to customize the main font of the book. To achieve the most bright, eye-pleasing font, you can select it from the list of available fonts on your device, or add it in advance special fonts .

The hyphenation dictionary is responsible for the correct splitting of a word into parts when transferred to the next line, line spacing can be used to achieve more lines on the screen, hanging punctuation is responsible for indentations in the last line before a new chapter.

Second tab of the Settings menu.

This tab controls the styles of all other text blocks - epigraphs, chapter headings, annotations, etc. We will gradually adjust them.

Almost every book begins with an abstract. If you scroll to the bottom of the CSS tab, you will see the Annotation item. By default, annotation text is printed in italics and is the same size as the main text. You can open the font size tab and make it slightly smaller than the main font of the book - for example, select the “Reduce by 80%” option.

You can change the title font using the “Title” menu item, but in our opinion it is quite bright and readable, but the text of the epigraph, like the annotations, can be made somewhat smaller than the main text.

The footnote text style can also be reduced to 80% in the Footnotes menu item, and the footnote number style enclosed in square brackets (Footnote Link menu item) can be reduced to 70% of the size of the main text. In addition, in this menu item you should select “Font Style” - “Italic”.

With these settings, the text in Cool Reader looks more like the paper original.

Third tab of the Settings menu.

Menu items responsible for the position of text on the page, background and text colors, as well as the presence of a toolbar are located here. The menu is extremely simple and understanding it is not difficult. In this tab you can leave everything unchanged.

Fourth menu tab.

There is a lot of room for creativity in this tab. If you are the lucky owner Nook Simple Touch, With firmware from Zerolab then we recommend changing the program control keys. Go to the “Buttons” menu and change the action of the “Menu” button from “Reading Menu” to “ Next page", the action of the "Back" button on " Previous page" This will give you the opportunity in the Cool Reader program to turn pages using the buttons with either hand.

In the Touch Screen menu, you can customize any of the nine touch zones the way you want. Moreover, two functions can be assigned to each of the touch zones - for short-term and long-term pressing. You can disable all actions altogether by making the program screen press-insensitive (except for the status bar) and use only the device keys.

The last (fifth) menu tab shows system settings programs - interface language, dictionary settings, properties of book covers. Everything is fine here and you don’t have to change anything.

How to add online catalogs (OPDS catalogs) to Cool Reader is written in the section "Digital Libraries" .

You can download the program for free from Google Play Market.