Viewing a book in the ADMIRALTY e-Nautical Publications (e-NPs) Reader

Summary

The Admiralty e-Navigation (eNP) reader offers a comprehensive PC-based platform for maritime navigation. It features a bookshelf view, categorized into 'All Publications', 'Favorites', and 'Recent'. Users can expand and view eNPs, with purchased ones highlighted and clickable. The interface allows for customizable viewing configurations, with options to resize columns and navigate through bookmarks. Toolbars provide page navigation, zoom, rotation, and search functionalities. Notices to Mariners are integrated, with an option to open related addendums in new tabs.

Takeaways

• 📚 The Admiralty e-Navigation (eNP) reader allows viewing of electronic navigation publications (eNPs) on a PC.
• 🔍 The bookshelf page provides a tiled view of eNPs categorized into 'All', 'Publications', 'Favorites', and 'Recent'.
• 📈 Clicking on the 'All Publications' tile expands a list of eNPs, with valid permits at the top, followed by non-purchased catalog items.
• 🌌 Tiles with permits are marked by a navy blue background, a favorite star, and an expander triangle, and change color to light blue on hover.
• 🔗 Clicking an eNP tile opens the 'View Book' page, displaying each open eNP in a tab within a docking container.
• 🖥️ The eNP view can be customized, with books opened side-by-side or dragged onto a second monitor for multi-monitor viewing.
• 📖 The eNP is displayed with bookmarks in the left column, the eNP in the center, and Notices to Mariners in the right.
• 🔄 The columns can be resized by dragging the splitters, and bookmarks can be expanded/collapsed or clicked to navigate within the eNP.
• 🔍 The toolbar at the top of each tab container includes navigation, search, and view options, with tooltips on hover.
• 📄 Notices to Mariners are displayed in a scrollable list in the right-hand column and can be expanded/collapsed.
• 🔄 The toolbar also includes zoom, fit to page, rotate, and view mode buttons for single or double page views.
• 📸 The 'Camera' button allows taking a snapshot of the current page and copying it to the clipboard.
• 🔍 The search function lets users search the current page or the entire book, with matches highlighted in blue.

Q & A

What is the purpose of the Admiralty e-Navigation (e-NP) reader?

The Admiralty e-Navigation reader is used for viewing electronic navigational publications (e-NPs) on a PC.

How are the e-NPs categorized in the reader's interface?

The e-NPs are categorized into three tiles: All, Favorites, and Recent.

What is the difference between e-NPs with a valid permit and those without?

e-NPs with a valid permit have a darker navy blue background, a favorite star, and an expander triangle, indicating they are clickable.

How can you view the contents of an e-NP that you have purchased?

Click on the tile of the purchased e-NP to display the view book page.

How are open e-NPs organized within the view book docking container?

Open e-NPs are displayed in tabs within the view book docking container, which can be moved around for different view configurations.

What is displayed in the left-hand column of the e-NP view?

The left-hand column displays bookmarks in a scrollable tree view.

How can you navigate to a specific page in the e-NP using bookmarks?

Hover over the bookmark text to change its background color to light blue, then click on it to navigate to the corresponding page.

What is the function of the toolbar at the top of each tab container?

The toolbar provides various navigation and viewing options, including zoom, fit to page, rotate, and search functionalities.

How are Notices to Mariners displayed within the e-NP reader?

Notices to Mariners are displayed in the right-hand column in a scrollable list and can be collapsed or expanded.

What happens when you click on a Notice to Mariner title?

The main book view navigates to the page containing the first occurrence of the Notice to Mariner, with a highlight border displayed around it.

How can you search for specific text within the e-NP?

Type the search term into the search book text box and press the return key, or click the search current page button to highlight matches on the current page.

What does the camera toolbar button do?

The camera button takes a snapshot of the current page and copies it to the Windows clipboard for pasting into documents.