What are Latitude 38
eBooks?
An eBook is a complete
PDF version of the magazine (an exact copy of the print
version). These PDF eBooks are best viewed in Adobe Reader 8
(available for free from www.adobe.com if you don't already have it)
or Adobe Acrobat 7 or 8.
Click here to download Adobe Reader (free)
Browse or Download?
On many computers,
online PDFs open within a Web browser. If you'd rather download
the eBook, follow these instructions for your platform:
PC: Right-click on the desired link. In the menu that
opens, choose 'Save Target As'.
Mac: Control-click (hold down the control button on your
keyboard while you click with your mouse) on the desired link.
In the menu that opens, choose 'Download Linked File'.
Once you have downloaded the PDF, you can open it and view it
in Adobe Reader (see above).
Features
You'll find some nifty
e-features. For instance, you'll see bookmarks for the various
sections of the magazine. Click on one and you'll be magically
transported to that page. You can
add 'Comments' and 'Markups'. Almost all Web and email addresses
are live links: just click on a www address to open that Web
page, or click on an email address to open an email form.
To read the text
You can use the magnifying
glass to zoom into a particular area of the page or:
1. View > Zoom To > choose your
magnification level
2. In Windows Cntrl + to zoom in or Cntrl to zoom out,
or on Macs Cmd/Apple + or Cmd/Apple -
3. View > Reading Mode (removes all the navigation panes on
the left side and the menus at the top.) Do the same thing and
it takes you back to normal view.
4. View > Full Screen Mode or Cntrl L in Windows, or Cmd/Apple
L on Macs, will enlarge a single page and change the background
to black.
Check out the free sample
first
The 2009 Northern California Sailing Calendar and YRA Master Schedule is available as a free PDF eBook. Click
on the link to it in the yellow box to see what we're talking
about. But note that the calendar is about a third the size
of an issue of Latitude 38.
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