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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-reader 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 to download.

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 case, files format html is better open with a browser (for example, Opera Mini), rtf files, doc (as well as docx, xls, xlsx) - Office program Suite Viewer. Well pdf formats and the Cool Reader application does not support djvu 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. Each of these tabs groups different types of 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 options.

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 your header and footer will not be 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 must 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 on (clock, battery charge, title of book, chapter, etc.). You also need to adjust the text indents from the edges of the screen. If they are left zero, then 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 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 ​​“to suit 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).

The fourth settings tab contains 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 tap. 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 features of low-contrast screens (these include e-book screens made using e-ink technology) are such that letters made thin lines, appear paler than those drawn with thicker lines. Owners of e-books using standard set fonts, a larger size is often chosen 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.

Cool Reader 2 User Guide CoolReader is convenient program for reading e-books. Indispensable for those who have to read a large amount of text from the screen. CoolReader was created to make reading text files (e-books) convenient and comfortable. Table of contents Welcome to Cool Reader 4 Navigation through the book..................... 5 Menu in book reading mode 6 Settings 7 Settings profiles............... .... 7 Text Settings.............. 7 Style/CSS Settings ............. 7 Page Options..... .......... 7 Control Settings.................. 7 Application Settings.................. 7 Touch Screen Zones 8 Operation with bookmarks 9 Dictionary support 12 Reading aloud 13 Auto-paging 14 Viewing illustrations 15 3 4 Table of contents File browser 16 File system browsing 18 List of recent books 20 Online directories (OPDS) 21 Books by author/series/title 22 File browser menu 23 File browser settings 24 Advanced Settings 25 Installing Additional Fonts...... 26 External CSS Style Files......... 26 Additional Background Images...... 26 How to Reset Settings to Default 26 Clearing the Cache last opened books.... 27 Useful links 28 Welcome to Cool Reader 5 6 This is a program for reading in a large number of formats: EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, CHM, PDB, MOBI, TCR To open a book in program, first you need to save it to an SD card or built-in memory. After that, you can open it from the built-in one. You can also download books directly into CoolReader. Book navigation Scroll to next and previous page can be done in different ways: To follow a link - long press on the link. To go back - the back button, long press in the upper left corner of the screen, or Menu/Go/Back Links to sections of the manual:| | | | | | | | | | You can go to a page by its number using Menu/Go/To page No. You can go to a page by % Menu/Go/To position % Use the book contents to go to a chapter: Menu/Go to/Contents Menu in reading mode books To access the menu, use one of the methods: Reading menu items: 7 Settings To access, use one of the methods: All settings are distributed on several tabs Settings profiles You can save several sets of settings, with the ability to quickly switch between them. Assign action "Settings profile" on any button or tap zone. Text settings Style/CSS settings Page settings Control settings Application settings 8 Touch screen zones The screen is conventionally divided into 9 zones - in the form of a 3x3 grid of cells. You can select different actions by a normal (short) press (main action) and a long double press (additional action). The type of additional action - long or double press - can be selected in. Selected actions (/additional): 9 Working with bookmarks CoolReader supports 3 types of bookmarks: 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 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 list of bookmarks. The next time after opening the list of bookmarks, you can go to the desired one by clicking on it on the list. To add a bookmark to a piece of text - a comment or correction - you must first select a piece 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 selection 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. 10 11 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 in the toolbar. According to the current settings, the toolbar is not shown for selecting multiple words. 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 completed, the window for adding a bookmark will immediately appear. (This is specified in the settings. You can change this behavior in Settings / Controls / Selection Action and Action for Multiple Words) When the selection is completed and only one word is selected , the window for adding a bookmark will immediately appear. (This is indicated in the settings. You can change this behavior in Settings/Management/Selection action and Multiple word action) In at the moment the settings specify a different action for multiple highlighted words. (You can change this behavior in Settings/Management/Select Action and Multiple Word Action) The "Add Bookmark" window allows you to specify the type of bookmark (comment or correction), and also indicate the text of the comment (for a bookmark-comment) or the corrected text (for a bookmark - correction). 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 the list of bookmarks, press Menu/Bookmarks. A list of bookmarks appears. A short press on a bookmark from the list will take you to the position in the text with this bookmark. 12 Working with bookmarks A long press on a bookmark will open a context menu: Dictionary support Cool Reader can call external dictionary programs to translate words. Supported dictionaries (can be installed from the Market): Select the program you want to use from the list - in Settings/Application/Dictionary. Don't forget to install it on the system. Select the word to be translated (for a description of selection, see the section on bookmarks). Depending on the settings, after finishing the selection, a toolbar may appear. From it you need to select the Dictionary item. For convenient frequent use of the dictionary, assign Dictionary in Settings/Control/Action to highlight 13 Reading Aloud Cool Reader supports reading aloud using the system Text To Speech engine (TTS). It uses the TTS engine and voice selected in the system by default. For the Russian language, you can install the SVOX engine and one of the Russian voices for it. Do not forget to select this engine and voice to use by default in the 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 the position, etc. 14 Auto-scrolling You can use automatic paging. To get started, press Menu/Go/Auto-scrolling (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. 15 Viewing illustrations You can view the illustration in an enlarged form. This mode is activated by long pressing on the illustration. Change the scale using the volume buttons or on-screen +/- buttons. Paranaming is done by sliding your finger. To exit the illustration viewing mode, press the Back button or point anywhere on the screen. 16 File browser 17 18 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) The File Browser allows you to view files and folders of the file system, open a book from the list of recent books, selecting books from the built-in database by author/title/series, downloading books from online directories (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, list, 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. Cool Reader saves the book's metadata (author, title, series, etc.), last position, bookmarks and some settings in the built-in database. Search by metadata is possible only after entering information about the book into the database. 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 the current folder and all subfolders. Links to detailed information by file browser sections:| | | | | Viewing the file system 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. Moving through directories - by clicking on the directory - list element. Returning 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. .p.or simplified - only file names), exit the program. You can use two viewing modes: normal (showing book properties - author, title, series, cover) and simple view (showing only file names). Covers are shown only in normal mode. The display of covers can be disabled in the settings accessible from the reading mode, Settings/Application. Only for books in EPUB and MOBY formats, the covers are shown immediately upon entering the directory. For FB2, the cover 19 20 Browsing the file system will be shown only after the first opening of the book. 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. Recent Books List 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 /Go/Recent Books from any folder in the file browser. 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 items: 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. 21 Network directories (OPDS) Cool Reader allows you to view network book directories 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 / 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 of addition, 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. 22 Books by author/series/title 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. Click on 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 (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 folder 23 File Browser Menu Menu items: 24 File Browser Settings Click Menu/Settings in the File Browser to change some settings. You can change the order sorting and switch the mode of displaying books in lists - normal or abbreviated (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. On the “Application Settings” tab, the following settings are available: 25 Additional settings 26 27 Installing additional fonts You can put additional fonts ∗.ttf 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 For fine tuning document display styles, you can place the corrected cascading style sheet (CSS) files in the /.cr3/ directory on the SD card. File names are 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 the GIT repository with source code CoolReader (crengine) on the project page on SourceForge. Additional background images To use your own background images (.jpg, .png) as the background of the page in the “tile” mode, place them in the /.cr3/textures/ folder on the SD card. To use your background images in the "stretch" mode, place them in the /.cr3/backgrounds folder. How to reset the settings to default settings Settings are stored in ∗.ini files in the /.cr3/ folder on the SD card or built-in memory (since the folder name .cr3 begins with a dot, it may be invisible in file managers until hidden files are allowed to be shown) To reset settings, delete .ini files from this folder. 28 Clearing the cache of recently opened books A possible reason for the program to crash when re-opening a recently successfully opened book is damage to its cache file. You can fix the problem by clearing the cache files manually. The cache files are located in the /.cr3/cache folder on the SD card or the internal memory of the device (since the folder name.cr3 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. Useful links 29 30 (will be opened in an external browser) of the project on SourceForge on SourceForge 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 "About the program" dialog. Please send bug reports and suggestions to [email protected].Don’t forget to indicate the device model and Android version. If the program crashes, system logs can be of great help. Logs can be saved to a file using Android programs System Info(available on the Market). If you cannot open a certain book, although other books open normally, or you encounter an incorrect file encoding detection, it would be useful to attach the file with the book to the letter. 31 Generated fb2pdf http://www.fb2pdf.com/ for publishing at http://www.site

Cool Reader free program for reading e-books. The program is very convenient and will be especially useful for those who have to read a lot from the screen.

Cool Reader allows you to open files in FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, TCR, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB, MOBI formats. Using the program you can also view and unpack RAR archives, ZIP, HA, ARJ, LHA, LZH.

You can view the text either as a continuous scroll or as a regular book. You can also customize the background, select a font, styles for text, and add hyphens. You can read the book in full screen or windowed mode. Using the SpeechAPI 4.0 and 5.1 voice engine will ensure the book is read aloud. There is also a text search, night mode and a bookmarking function.

Download the archive with the program from Yandex.Disk using the link below.

Cool Reader does not require installation - just extract the files from the archive and run the file with the .exe extension.

The main program window opens. To change the language, click on the arrow in the upper right corner and select “Settings” from the list.

Then click on the “Interface language” field and select “Russian”. To return to the previous window, click on the arrow in the upper left corner - “Back”.

Now in your usual language, click on the arrow in the upper right corner again. Here you can enable/disable night mode, read the user manual and exit the program. Select "Settings".

These are the basic settings of the program. Here you can change the interface theme, select a language, enable/disable full-screen mode, adjust the screen backlight time and set its brightness. Just click on the item you want to change, and in the next window, use a marker to mark the desired parameter.

We return to the previous menu - the “Back” arrow on the top left. To open a book or file stored on a computer, in the “Open File” window, select the disk partition on which it is saved. Next, we look for the desired folder in which the document or book is stored. Then click on it with the mouse and it will open in the program.

In book reading mode, “Menu” is located at the top. Here you can go to settings, enable/disable night mode, view the contents, go to a page, open bookmarks, find a word in the text, enable reading a book out loud, and scroll through pages. By clicking on the small arrow at the bottom right, the same menu will open, where you can also go to the desired position in %.

In reading mode, go to “Settings”.

First point "Fonts and Colors"- click on it. Here you can select the font type and its size, enable anti-aliasing for text, select the color of the text, background, background texture, and adjust the cover color. Click "Back".

Now let's go to "Interface Settings". Here you can choose which side the toolbar will be located on and enable/disable the scroll bar.

To set the parameter "Voice for Reading Aloud", you need the voice engine and voice to be installed in the system settings by default. For example, it only reads English text. To read Russian-language texts, you need to download and install an additional speech engine from the Internet, and then in the settings select this engine and voice to use by default.

Let's go back.

The “Management” item is only suitable for touch screens. Conventionally, the screen is divided into 9 zones, each reacts to single and double finger presses. Here you can configure what action will be performed when you press your fingers on a specific area.

At point "Page Options" You can configure the book viewing mode, set line spacing and page indents. Flipping animation is a way of turning the pages of a book.

Paragraph "Text Formatting" Allows you to enable/disable hanging punctuation and kerning. You can also select a dictionary for hyphenation in the text.

Download the Cool Reader program and customize it for yourself - so that it is convenient for you to turn pages, the background is pleasant, the text is easy to read, then the strain on your eyes will be minimal. I think now you will enjoy reading books and documents.

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 large number 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 the section " 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 into the 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 “footprints” will help you quickly jump to a specific page number, percentage position, and the contents of an 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.

As a rule, programs for reading text have two main requirements: a large number of supported formats and ease of reading.

Average rating on Google Play: 4.5, size: 3.58 MB. I must say, the first requirement Cool Reader answers completely: this application supports formats such as fb2, epub, txt, doc, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi and pml, which allows you to view books practically all formats that you can find. At the same time it requires Android versions above 1.5– Almost all modern devices fall under this requirement. And, what is important - Cool Reader is completely free and even does not contain advertising, so we were obliged to take a closer look at it.

Appearance and interface

Main menu looks like very nice due to the images of the covers of the last opened books. At the same time, for the book you read last, the the time it was last opened, and the percentage at which you stopped. You can also open from the main menu file system device, or use a convenient search: the program automatically sorts your saved books by author, series, rating, and also allows you to mark currently read and read books.

Separate the advantage is the possibility fast access To network libraries directly from the application, without having to go to the browser and download books. The library will be especially interesting for Russian-speaking users LitRes.

The appearance in view mode depends on screen size: on phones the text takes up all space, and the menu opens by clicking on the center of the screen, on tablets there is a very small side panel, and tapping on the screen opens it. At the same time the font and background texture are very pleasing to the eye, unlike a number of similar applications, the eyes simply get tired when used for a long time.

So, let's look at what tools available to view text:

1. View content with the possibility of quick transition;

2. Search by text case sensitive or insensitive;

3. Settings menu, which will be discussed in more detail a little

4. View and adding bookmarks;

5. Return button to the main menu;

6. Turn on night mode;

7. Mode highlighting text;

8. Go to specific page or by a percentage position from the beginning of the book;

9. Reading the text out loud.

Even just listing the features is already impressive, but the main advantage Cool Reader before competitors is located in the settings menu.

Settings

And the setting in Cool Reader Almost everything lends itself. The program provides this: many changeable parameters, that they are divided into as many as 5 sections. In the first two tabs, the user can change the font to one of 19 preset ones, adjust the font size and boldness, and also fine-tune the CSS for various paragraphs (for example, highlight quotations or footnotes in a special way).

The third section of the settings menu allows configure the interface type: page orientation, text and background color, paging animation, padding and a number of other parameters. Other elements can also be customized, for example, controls: you can appoint various actions for clicking on different parts of the screen, buttons and so on.

To sum it up

Cool Reader - an excellent “reader”, which offers quite a lot of features and supported readable file formats for its size, especially considering its free. It is important to note that not every paid application allows you to fine-tune it “for yourself”. These advantages were also appreciated by users: the number of downloads has long since crossed the line 10 million.