Working with Omea Add-on

Subscribing to RSS and ATOM Feeds from within Internet Explorer^©

You can subscribe to the feed which is located on the web page right from within Internet Explorer^©, so that you no longer need to copy the web page or the feed link, switch to Omea and launch the Subscribe to Feed wizard.

To subscribe to feed:

1. Launch Internet Explorer^© and navigate to some page.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Press Subscribe to Feed button () on Omea toolbar.
   • Right-click some link on the web page and on the shortcut menu, select Subscribe to Feed.

If Omea is running, the Subscribe to Feed wizard opens and all you need to do is to follow the wizard instructions. The feed URL appears in the feed address field. Follow the wizard instructions (for example, type the feed name, select the feed type (RSS or ATOM) if necessary, select the feed you want to subscribe to if the page contains several feeds, and the feed group you want to add your feed to) to subscribe to the feed.

But if Omea is not running, you will be able to subscribe to feed next time you start Omea but it is also possible to launch Omea is you press the Subscribe to Feed button if you have previously selected Start Omea and retry the request in Omea Add-on options.

 

It is supposed that you have previously installed Omea ReaderOmea Pro onto your system.

Creating Clippings from the Web Pages Content

Clipping in general is an excerpt of text from any textual resource which can be used for the later reference. In terms of Omea Add-on, Clipping is a piece of the web page content.

You have two options for creating Clippings using Omea Add-on:

• create the Clipping and edit it (specify its name, type some annotation, and assign a Category for the Clipping).
• create the Clipping and save it (in this case you don't have the possibility to edit the Clipping at the moment when you create it but you can later access the Clippings in the Clippings View of Views and Categories pane of All Resources tab).

1. Launch Internet Explorer^© and navigate to some page.
2. Locate and select the text you want to clip and click either Clip and Save or Clip and Edit button on Omea toolbar.
3. Depending on which command you have selected, Omea will behave the Clippings differently:
   • If you have selected the Clip and Edit (), the New Clipping window appears.
     • In this window, type the Clipping name and annotation, select a Category from the list of Categories which already exist in Omea and click Save and Close.
       The Clipping appears in the Item Viewer of the selected resource tab which you work in at the moment.
       The title of the web page from which you have created a Clipping becomes the Clipping name unless you have provided a different name for it. The link of web page from which you created a Clipping is placed under the Clipping text.
   • If you have selected the Clip and Save (), the Clipping will be saved in Omea and appears in the Clippings View of the Views and Categories pane of All Resources tab.

If Omea is not running, Clippings will be created next time you start Omea:

• If you used Clip and Save command, the Clippings appear in the Clippings View of All Resources tab.
• If you used Clip and Edit command, the New Clipping window opens once you start Omea ReaderOmea Pro.

 

You can always access and view your Clippings in Clippings View of All Resources tab.

Annotating and Categorizing the Web Pages

Using Omea Add-on you can

• create the bookmarks of the web pages you visit in Internet Explorer^©,
• add textual notes for these web pages,
• and assign Categories which you have previously defined in Omea.

To create a bookmark of the web page:

1. Launch Internet Explorer^© and navigate to some page.
2. Click Annotate and Categorize Bookmark button () on Omea toolbar.
3. If Omea is started, the Annotate and Categorize window opens; in this window you can type the bookmark name, add the note for the it and select a Category from the list of Categories (which were previously defined in Omea). Otherwise, you will be able to annotate the web page next time you start Omea.
4. Click OK to save the changes.
   The bookmark appears in the Bookmarks pane of the Web tab. If you assigned a Category to the bookmark,you can access the bookmark if you select this Category in the Views and Categories pane of the Web tab or All Resources tab.

Customizing the Add-on Options

You can adjust such options as storing unprocessed requests until you start Omea ReaderOmea Pro and starting Omea ReaderOmea Pro when you use Omea Add-on.

To configure these options in Omea Add-on:

1. Launch Internet Explorer^©.
2. From the Tools menu, select Omea Add-on Options…
   The dialog opens.



Omea Add-on options

3. Change the option available under the Store the requests for later processing or select the Start Omea and retry the request.

Depending on the option you have selected, your requests (subscribing to feed, annotating and categorizing the web page, creating Clippings) will be either stored, or Omea ReaderOmea Pro will be started up immediately once you have tried to perform some action using Omea Add-on plugin.

Updating Omea Add-on

The plugin is updated automatically when you install the newer version of Omea ReaderOmea Pro.

Uninstalling Omea Add-on

Omea plugin is automatically uninstalled once you uninstall Omea ReaderOmea Pro.

See also:

1. Working with Omea Connector Plugin
2. Organizing using Categories
3. Working with Clippings
4. Using Omea ReaderOmea Pro with Feeds and Weblogs
5. Using Annotations