Monday, May 24, 2010

scrollmarks

Page numbers can be a convenient way to save your place in an HTML ebook, but what if the page numbers are missing? Here is a work around to save the position in a Firefox bookmark.

Right click Save Position and click Bookmark This Link.

Right click Load Position and click Bookmark This Link.

View an HTML ebook, such as Dracula by Bram Stoker.

Scroll down to the desired section. Click Bookmarks. Click Save Position. Click Bookmarks. Click Bookmark This Page.

Close the web browser and start a new one. Click Bookmarks. Click Dracula. Click Bookmarks. Click Load Position. This will return you to the saved position.

I tend to read books in full screen mode. You can press F11 to enter full screen mode and Ctrl-Shift-O to open your bookmarks.

If you save the position in full screen mode and load the position in window mode, then do not expect it to work correctly. It would fail because the position depends on the size of the window (and font).

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