adobe digital editions 4.5

Getting Started With

ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS

4.5

Contents

Introduction

Automatic download of books across devices

eBook Formats Supported

Accessibility

Opening eBooks

Authorizing with an Adobe ID or Vendor ID

Authorizing without an ID

Bookseller-speciﬁc IDs

Organizing eBooks: Library and Bookshelves

Reading eBooks

Reading EPUBs

Reading PDFs

Bookmarks

Highlights

Notes (Annotations)

Searching text

Transferring eBooks between Computers

Transferring eBooks from / to a supported

eReader

Diagnosing Problems

Connectivity issues

Corrupted and deleted documents

Incorrectly formatted documents

Shortcut Keys

Known issues

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Introduction

Welcome to Adobe Digital Editions 4.5! This application is

designed for simpliﬁed management and reading of eBooks.

It can be used in conjunction with screen reading software

for vision impaired users.

Automatic download of books across devices

Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 provides the ability

to sync your DRM-enabled books across all your

devices. Therefore, if you purchased a book

using one device, you can now easily access

the book on all your other devices too. This

feature is enabled by default (you can turn it

oﬀ through Library > Preferences (Windows) or

Adobe Digital Editions > Preferences (Mac OS)

eBook Formats Supported

ADE 4.5 supports EPUB 3.0, including its four speciﬁcations:

EPUB Publications,

EPUB Content Documents,

EPUB Open Container Format (OCF),

and EPUB Media Overlays.

ADE 4.5 also supports EPUB 2.0.1, EPUB 2 versions, and

PDF/A format.

Accessibility

To enable Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) for use with screen

readers, you need the JAWS or NVDA reader on Windows or

VoiceOver reader on the Macintosh.

Installation instructions can be found on the following web

sites:

Windows – JAWS:

http://www.freedomscientiﬁc.com/jaws/

Windows – NVDA: http://www.nvda-project.org/

Macintosh – VoiceOver:

http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/

ADE was designed with full keyboard support (tab

navigation and shortcuts), as well as high-contrast support.

Shortcuts are listed near the end of this book.

Opening eBooks

When you download a book from your library or bookseller’s

web site, simply open the book from the browser download

window, and Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) will launch. If ADE

doesn’t launch automatically, start it manually, and then

drag your book onto the application icon. Or, choose File >

Add to Library to browse for the ﬁle on your computer.

When ADE opens your book, it conﬁrms you have

permission to read it. Many books are DRM (Digital Rights

Management) protected, such as books you check out from

the library or purchase at an online book seller. If it’s not a

protected book, ADE will open it and you can begin reading.

Authorizing with an Adobe ID or Vendor ID

The ﬁrst time you open a protected book, ADE will ask you

to authorize your computer. The best way to do this is to

supply an Adobe ID or Vendor ID, associating the book with

your ID. If you later open the book on another computer,

you can simply supply the same ID to open the book.

If you don’t have an Adobe ID, click the Create an Adobe ID

link. After creating the ID on the Adobe website, you can

close that browser window, return to ADE, and enter the

newly-created Adobe ID.

Authorizing without an ID

If you choose to authorize without an ID, ADE will enable

reading of the book only on your computer. You will not be

able to read it on other eReader devices or other computers

(or the same computer if you re-install). If you don’t plan on

moving your books to other computers (or re-installing), this

approach will work for you.

Bookseller-speciﬁc IDs

Some booksellers use a special form of protection where

your book is locked to the bookseller’s ID. For example,

Barnes & Noble uses this method. When you buy a book,

download to your computer, and open in ADE, you’ll be

asked to supply the username and unlock code you use on

the bookseller’s web site (for example, for Barnes & Noble,

the name and number of the credit card associated with

your ebook purchase).

Organizing eBooks: Library and Bookshelves

When you are reading a book, it occupies the

whole Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) window. You

automatically enter reading mode when you

open a new book (described in “Opening

eBooks” above).

You can organize all your books by showing your library.

From reading mode, you can open your library by clicking

Library in the top-left corner of the screen.

The library view is broken into two panels:

The left panel shows your Last Read book plus the list

of bookshelves. (Click Read to resume reading the

Last Read book.) There are built-in bookshelves for all

books, unread books, borrowed books, and so on. You

can create your own bookshelf by clicking the Create

button (the plus sign). To ﬁll a shelf, drag books to it.

(To view all available books, click All Items.)

Note: Removing a book from a user-created shelf

removes it only from that shelf, but removing it from a

built-in shelf removes it entirely from ADE. (User-created

shelves have a brown icon; built-in shelves have a blue

one.)

The right panel shows the contents of the selected

bookshelf. You can sort and change the view by

selecting the options shown in the top-right corner. To

enter reading mode, simply double-click a book. You

can also right-click and choose Read.

Reading eBooks

Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) was designed to help you start

reading books quickly, and to keep the reading experience

as simple and straightforward as possible. We hope you

enjoy reading your book!

When you open a book, the Reading menu appears at the

top of the application window, providing navigation, search,

and other features. Below that is a row of icons representing

common actions you might want to take while reading, as

follows:

Go To Library. Takes you to the library view Add Bookmark. Creates a

bookmark for the current page Show/Hide Navigation Panel. Opens up

a left-side navigation panel; for table of contents or bookmarks Text size

(EPUB) or PDF View Options (PDF). Adjusts view settings Search

Box. Searches the document Full Screen. Toggle Full Screen View There

are two types of eBooks with slight diﬀerences in navigation and

magniﬁcation features: EPUBs and PDFs.

Reading EPUBs

For EPUBs, the navigation bar is across the bottom of the

screen, consistent with how most eReaders present a book

(scrolling left to right like ﬂipping the pages of a book). The

Reading menu has an EPUB Text Size submenu for modifying

the text size.

Reading PDFs

For PDFs, the scroll bar is on the right side of the screen,

consistent with Adobe Reader software (and a better

compliment to its Fit Width view, in which top-down scrolling

is more natural). The Reading menu has a PDF View

submenu for adjusting the magniﬁcation of the PDF.

Bookmarks

To create a bookmark for the current page, simply click the

Add Bookmark button. To view your list of bookmarks, click

the Show/Hide Navigation Panel button. With the navigation

panel, you can page through the book and click the plus

sign (+) to add new bookmarks. The Option Menu allows

you to remove or rename bookmarks.

Highlights

To highlight text, select the text, right click to choose

Highlight from the pop up menu. To view your list of

highlights, click the Show/Hide Navigation panel button and

then choose the Bookmark tab. With the navigation panel,

you can navigate to the position where you added highlight.

The Option Menu allows you to remove or rename

highlights.

Notes (Annotations)

To add a note to text, select the text, right click to choose

Add Note to Text from the pop up menu, and then input your

notes or annotations on the yellow pop up panel. To view

your list of notes, click the Show/Hide Navigation Panel

button and then choose the Bookmark tab. With the

navigation panel, you can navigate to the position where

you added a note. The Option Menu allows you to edit,

remove or rename notes.

Searching text

To search your book, enter text in the top-right text box, or

choose Reading > Find on Windows (Edit > Find on

Macintosh). The reading panel highlights the found text. To

navigate to each instance of a search term, click the left or

right arrows on either side of the search box, or choose

Reading > Find > Find Next or Find Previous on Windows

(Edit > Find > Find Next or Find Previous on Macintosh).

Transferring eBooks between Computers If you

have authorized your computer using an ID

(see “Opening eBooks” above), you can copy

the book to another computer, run ADE, and

authorize with the same ID to open the book.

You can ﬁnd your books in the My Digital Editions folder in

your computer’s documents folder. Locate the book you

want to copy, and transfer it to the other computer. On the

other computer, double-click the book or drag it into ADE.

Note that highlights and annotations are not copied when

items are transferred to another computer.

Transferring eBooks from / to a supported

eReader Adobe Digital Editions allows you to

transfer items from / to a supported eReader

device.

Connect the supported eReader device to your computer

and launch Digital Editions. Digital Editions automatically

detects the presence of your device. Both Digital Editions

and the device must be authorized to be able to transfer

protected content to and from the device. Unprotected

content can be transferred to and from the device without

authorizing either the device or Digital Editions, but Adobe

strongly advises authorizing Digital Editions as it gives you

content portability for your protected books, whether on

Digital Editions or the supported device.

After connection, the device appears in the library section.

You can transfer items to and from the device just as you do

with bookshelves in your library. You can read books that are

on your device or your own computer.

Note: Do not disconnect the device while transferring

library items to or from your computer.

Diagnosing Problems

Connectivity issues

When you ﬁrst open a book, Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)

may encounter problems trying to conﬁrm that you are

authorized to read the book. The most common messages

are “Activation Server Error” or “Connection Error,” which

means that ADE simply could not connect to the server from

which it was supposed to retrieve authentication

information. Conﬁrm that you are connected to the network

(for example, open your browser and try to navigate to a

web site). Typically, retrying resolves this problem.

Corrupted and deleted documents In some cases, a

book may become corrupted or inadvertently

deleted. Or, ADE may report it is unable to ﬁnd

lending information. Simply go back to your library or

bookseller website, re-download the book, and re-

open it in ADE.

Incorrectly formatted documents Documents may

produce minor errors or warnings if a PDF ﬁle uses

features not supported by ADE (for example, JPEG

2000 compression), or an EPUB document uses

markup that is not recommended. In most cases,

these minor warnings and errors do not produce any

visible problems, but the book may not be rendered

exactly as the author intended.

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Shortcut Keys

LIBRARY MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS ACTION DESCRIPTIONLIBRARY MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS ACTION DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+Shift+1 Ctrl+Cmd+1 Sorts by Title

Ctrl+Shift+2 Ctrl+Cmd+2 Sorts by Author

Ctrl+Shift+3 Ctrl+Cmd+3 Sorts by Publisher

Ctrl+Shift+4 Ctrl+Cmd+4 Sorts by Last Read

Ctrl+Shift+5 Ctrl+Cmd+5 Sorts by Date Added

Ctrl+Shift+6 Ctrl+Cmd+6 Sorts by Pages

Ctrl+Shift+7 Ctrl+Cmd+7 Sorts by Status

F2 Enter

Renames bookshelf (when

selected a user bookshelf)

Spacebar,

Enter

Spacebar

Opens selected item in

Reading Mode

Ctrl+A Cmd+A

Selects all items in current

bookshelf

Ctrl+Shift+A Cmd+Shift+A Deselects all items

Ctrl+I Cmd+I Opens Item Info dialog box

Ctrl+Shift+I Cmd+Shift+I

Displays computer

authorization Information

Ctrl+J Cmd+J

Changes current view

between thumbnail and list

views

Ctrl+K Cmd+K

Changes current view

between list and thumbnail

views

LIBRARY MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS ACTION DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+L Cmd+L

Switches to Library Mode (No

menu item)

Ctrl+Shift+L Cmd+Shift+L

Navigates to bookshelf /

device content area

Ctrl+N Cmd+N Creates a new bookshelf

Ctrl+Shift+N Cmd+Shift+N

Copies selected item(s) to

new Bookshelf

Ctrl+O Cmd+O Opens Add Item dialog box

Ctrl+R Cmd+R

Switches to Reading Mode (No

menu Item)

Ctrl+Shift+U Cmd+Shift+U

Opens Computer

Authorization dialog box

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READING MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS

ACTION

DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+0 Cmd+0

Switches to Fit Page

view for PDF

document

Ctrl+1 Cmd+1

Switches to Actual

Size (1:1) view for

PDF document

Ctrl+2 Cmd+2

Switches to Fit Width

view for PDF

document

READING MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS

ACTION

DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+Spacebar

Page Up

Goes to previous

page (in Fit Width or

Fit Single Page views)

Spacebar

Page Down

Spacebar

Page Down

Goes to next page (in

Fit Width or Fit Single

Page views)

Ctrl+= Cmd+=

Zooms in (for PDF

documents)

Increases font size

(for EPUB documents)

Ctrl+- Cmd+-

Zooms out (for PDF

documents)

Decreases font size

(for EPUB documents)

F2 Enter

Renames bookmark

or annotation in

Bookmark Panel

Ctrl+F7 N/A

Opens the links

window (For EPUB

document)

Up Arrow Up Arrow

Scrolls up by line (in

Fit Width, Actual Size

(1:1) or Zoom level

views)

Scrolls up a page (in

Fit Page views)

READING MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS

ACTION

DESCRIPTION

Down Arrow Down Arrow

Scrolls down by line

(in Fit Width, Actual

Size (1:1) or Zoom

level views)

Scrolls down a page

(in Fit Page view)

Left Arrow Left Arrow

Goes to previous half

screen (for PDF

documents)

Goes to previous

page (for EPUB

documents)

Right Arrow Right Arrow

Goes to next half

screen (for PDF

documents)

Goes to next page

(for EPUB documents)

Ctrl+Home

Shift+Ctrl+Page

Shift+Ctrl+Up

Arrow

Home

Shift+Cmd+Up

Arrow

Goes to ﬁrst page of

document

Ctrl+End

Shift+Ctrl+Page

Down

Shift+Ctrl+Down

Arrow

End

Shift+Cmd+Down

Arrow

Goes to last page of

document

READING MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS

ACTION

DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+B Cmd+B

Adds a bookmark at

the top of current

screen

Ctrl+Alt+C Cmd+Alt+C

Collapses All items in

TOC panel

Ctrl+Alt+E Cmd+Alt+E

Expands All items in

TOC panel

Ctrl+E Cmd+E

Shows book ﬁle in

Explorer (Finder on

Macintosh)

Ctrl+Shift+F Cmd+Shift+F Toggles full screen

Ctrl+F Cmd+F

Moves keyboard

focus to ﬁnd control

in toolbar

Ctrl+G Cmd+G

Finds next instance of

text in ﬁnd control

Shift+Ctrl+G Shift+Cmd+G

Finds previous

instance of text in

ﬁnd control

Ctrl+Shift+H Cmd+Shift+H

Shows/Hides page

numbers

Ctrl+I Cmd+I

Opens Item Info

dialog box

Ctrl+M Cmd+Shift+M Adds Highlight

READING MODE

WIN KEYS MAC KEYS

ACTION

DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+Shift+O N/A

Copies ebook to

Digital Editions library

Ctrl+P Cmd+P

Opens Print dialog

box

Ctrl+Shift+P Cmd+Shift+P

Opens Go to Page

dialog box

Ctrl+T Cmd+T

Shows/Hides

Navigation Panel

Ctrl+W N/A Go to Library

Ctrl+Shift+T Cmd+Shift+T

Switch to Single-page

/ Double-page view

mode

Ctrl+Shift+K Cmd+Shift+K

Start / Stop Playing

Media Overlay

Note: If JAWS is launched, the Up/Down/Left/Right arrow

keys will be redeﬁned for JAWS.

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JAWS/NVDA SCREEN READER (WINDOWS ONLY)

KEYS ACTION DESCRIPTION

READING TEXT

Left Arrow Says prior character

Right Arrow Says next character

JAWS/NVDA SCREEN READER (WINDOWS ONLY)

KEYS ACTION DESCRIPTION

Ctrl+Left

Arrow

Says prior word

Ctrl+Right

Arrow

Says next word

Up Arrow Says prior line

Down Arrow Says next line

Insert+Down

Arrow

Says all

Page Up

Increases voice rate during Say All (JAWS

Say All mode).

Move to previous page (others)

Page Down

Decreases voice rate during Say All (JAWS

Say All mode).

Move to next page (others)

INFORMATIONAL

Ctrl Interrupts speech

Insert+T Says window title

FOR DIALOG BOXES

Insert+B Reads window from top to bottom

Insert+E (JAWS

only)

Says default button of dialog box

Note: The above table is valid only when JAWS/NVDA is not

customized. For more information about NVDA shortcuts,

please check Start > Program Files > NVDA >

Documentation > Keyboard Commands. For JAWS, please

read the Using JAWS > Reading Screens and Documents

section in its help document.

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Known issues

Digital Editions will not turn to the next page

automatically under the NVDA Say All mode. Unlike

JAWS, NVDA only reads the current page.

When using Mac OS X's VoiceOver screen reader (for

accessibility), press Ctrl+Option+W to read the

contents of dialogs.

When using Mac OS X's VoiceOver screen reader (for

accessibility), Digital Editions will not support

navigate and read by paragraph, line, word, or

character.

If you have both Adobe Digital Editions 1.7 and Adobe

Digital Editions 4.5 installed, uninstalling one of them

will de-associate the EPUB and ASCM ﬁle types with

the application. You’ll then need to manually

associate ﬁle types (see your operating system’s

instructions for associating ﬁle types).

Extremely large images (greater than 50MB) can

cause sluggish behavior in the application.

Some advanced rendering features (such as

knockout, overprint, small caps, and non-separable

blend modes) are not supported.

When DE returns an error message

W_ADEPT_CORE_LOAN_NOT_ONRECORD, it means no

record for this loan is found on this machine, which

most likely means you are attempting to open a

borrowed book that was previously expired or

returned.

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