Each item on the list has the four areas of information described here:
or
a file 
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appears in the file icon's upper right.
that
looks like a filing cabinet appears in the file icon's upper right.
You can optionally hide the date and/or size columns through the options.
To open a file, tap the file's name. To enter a folder, tap the folder's name. To get the context menu for a file or folder, hold down on its entry for at least one second. For more about the context menu, see file operations and folder operations.
In addition to being able to select a specific category, you can also select the [All] listing or the [Uncategorized] listing. With [All], you get a listing of all categorized documents located anywhere and all uncategorized documents located immediately within any of the favorite folders. With [Uncategorized], you get a listing of all uncategorized documents located immediately within any of the favorite folders.
/iSilo folder,
intended to be the location where the manual and other supporting
documents of the application go.
/Downloads
folder, intended to be the default location
for downloading files.
To add a favorite folder to the list, use the favorite folder alias command in the folder context menu.
To determine the path of the folder associated with each alias, or to rename and delete favorite folders aliases, use the favorite folders menu command.
Favorite folder aliases are always sorted lexicographically.
To open a file, tap the file's name. To get a context menu, also known as the file action menu, with a number of additional file operations, hold down on the file's entry for at least one second. The context menu provides the following operations for files:
Press the Back key to accept changes you make to the categorization of the file and any changes you make to the category list, such as creating, renaming, and deleting of categories.
To remove the file from a given category, uncheck the box to the left of the category.
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In the new category dialog, enter into the text field the name
of the new category, then tap ok.
To create a sub-category, first select the category into which
you want the sub-category created, then tap
the new icon .
In the new category dialog, enter into the text field
the name of the new category, check Sub-category,
then tap ok.
To create a category at the same level as another category,
select an existing category at the same level, then tap
the new icon .
In the new category dialog, enter into the text field
the name of the new category, uncheck Sub-category,
then tap ok.
Following are some additional notes about categories:
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In the rename category dialog,
change the name in the text field to the new name for the category,
then tap ok to save the change and return to the
categories list.
You can not rename a category to that of an existing category at the same level. If you attempt to do so, you get a message informing you that the category already exists.
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You get a message asking you to confirm that you want to delete
the selected category and any sub-categories it contains.
Tap ok to proceed with deleting the category. Tap cancel
to cancel deletion.
If the category has sub-categories, all the sub-categories are also deleted. Any files in the deleted categories are removed from the deleted categories.
Note that deleting a category does not delete the files belonging to those categories.
In the copy file dialog, check Copy settings/categories to also copy the document settings and categorizations. Check Delete original after copy if you want to perform the equivalent of moving the file to the new location.
To enter a folder, tap the folder's name.
For the favorites view and the device view, you can get a context menu by holding down on the folder's entry for at least one second. The context menu provides the following operations for folders:
Using the command shows the favorite folder alias dialog. The Folder path field shows the path of the folder. You can not edit the path shown. It is only present to show you the path for the alias. In the Alias field, modify the alias to your liking, then tap ok to add the alias. In the favorites view, the alias appears as one of the top-level folders in the list.
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to access
a menu of additional commands divided into the following sections:
To rename a favorite folder alias, select the alias in the list, then
tap the rename icon 
to get
the favorite folder alias dialog.
The Folder path field shows the path of the folder
associated with the alias. You can not edit the path shown.
It is only present to show you the path for the alias.
In the Alias field, modify the alias to your liking,
then tap ok to rename the alias.
To delete a favorite folder alias, select the alias in the list, then
tap the delete icon You can also select the mini-icons you want the document list
to show. The following list describes the mini-icons:
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iSilo™ asks for confirmation that you want to delete the
alias.
options
Use options in the edit sub-menu to activate the
DOCUMENT LIST OPTIONS screen
to set options for the following:
list
Go to the list section in the options screen to specify settings
that affect the document list view display. Here, you can
set the following options:
icons
Go to the icons section in the options screen to specify settings
for the icon that appears to the left of entries.
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settings
Go to the settings section in the options screen to specify settings
that affect the saving of a document's local settings
and the recent view.
A document's local settings include the following items:
If you tend to keep a lot of documents around, you may want to increase the limit. If you are tight on space and do not care so much about the local settings of documents you have not viewed recently, then you may want to decrease the limit. The actual size of a local settings file currently depends mostly on how many local bookmarks you have created for the document. However, a rough estimate of the size of a typical local settings file might be anywhere from half a kilobyte to one kilobyte. Using this rough estimate, a limit of 1,000 KB should allow for at least the saving of the local settings for the last 1,000 documents you have viewed.
For the Recent file list value, specify how many files
you want the recent view
to show.
mode
Go to the mode section of the options screen to specify
trial and free mode settings.
While in trial or registered mode, you can check or uncheck the Free mode option to turn free mode on and off, respectively, to see what that mode is like.
During the 30-day trial period, you can check or uncheck the Show
trial period reminder option to enable or disable the
messages that let you know how many days you have left
in your trial period.
The sort by menu command is disabled for the
recent view.
Regardless of whether the sort order is ascending or descending,
folders in the list always appear before files.
The .pdb extension usually denotes files
in the Palm database format. Files in iSilo™ format
utilizes the Palm database format as the top-level storage
format, so usually a file in iSilo™ format will
have an extension of .pdb. Files in Palm Doc format also
usually have an extension of .pdb since they also utilize
the Palm database format as the top-level storage format.
Sometimes Palm Doc files may also have the extension .prc,
though that extension is usually used for Palm application files.
delete all
Use Delete all in the edit sub-menu to delete all files
listed in the current folder of the current view. The
deletion does not enter subfolders.
delete special
Use Delete special in the edit sub-menu to access the following
commands:
list
sort by
Select sort by in the list sub-menu to sort the current list
by any of name, date, or size in either ascending or descending
order. The initial sort order is by name in ascending order.
Select one of name, date, or size in the list
to change the sort order to the corresponding selection. To reverse
the sort order from ascending to descending or from descending
to ascending, select the same sort option again.
extensions
Select extensions in the list sub-menu to filter the list based
on the extension of the file names:
refresh
Select refresh in the list sub-menu to force the document list
to rescan for files and update the document list. By default,
the document list automatically updates itself when it detects
new or deleted files and folders. However, there are situations
where this may not happen.
tools
system information
Use system information in the tools sub-menu
to activate the system information dialog so that you can
determine the user ID or device ID you need to provide in order
to obtain a registration code for a document that requires a
registration code.
about iSilo
Use about iSilo in the tools sub-menu
to see the iSilo™ about dialog.
document types
iSilo™ provides direct support for a set of standard
document types and a catchall for textually viewing the content of any
other document type, useful for viewing plain text files.
standard document types
catchall document type
You can use iSilo™ to open any other type of file
for viewing in text mode. This is generally only useful
for files in a plain text format as iSilo presents the
content as is. If the format of the content is binary
or a mix of text and binary, then you may see gibberish.
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