2.3 View Documents (Reader Features)
The Pop Document Reader is designed to provide users with a smooth, professional, and efficient reading experience. Whether it's a PDF, Office document, e‑book, or plain text, you can browse, search, extract snippets, annotate, and organize content seamlessly within Pop.
This chapter introduces the core functions and usage tips of the document reader.
📑 1. Outline View
If the document includes its own table of contents (such as a PDF outline or heading structure), Pop will automatically parse it and display it on the left as an Outline View:
- Quickly jump to sections using the hierarchical structure
- Click to locate the corresponding position in the document
- Extremely efficient for PDF books, technical documents, and reports
- Significantly improves navigation for long documents
🖼 2. Thumbnail View
When reading PDFs, you can enable Thumbnail Mode to preview each page:
- Easily locate charts, diagrams, and visual content
- Quickly flip between pages
- Ideal for browsing multi‑page documents such as slide decks, portfolios, and image collections
You can freely switch between "Outline / Thumbnails" in the left panel.
🔖 3. Bookmarks
Bookmarks allow you to mark positions you want to return to later. They are useful for:
- Key chapters in technical books
- Important sections of legal or regulatory documents
- Important slides or pages in PPT/PDF
- Study materials for stage‑based review
Features:
- Add multiple bookmarks
- Automatically record the page and position
- Display bookmarks in a dedicated left‑side panel
- Click to jump instantly
✏️ 4. Highlighting & Notes
Pop supports highlighting and annotating PDF content for learning, reviewing, and organizing knowledge.
You can perform:
- Text highlighting (multiple colors supported)
- Add text notes
- View all highlights in a list
- Filter highlights by color
Highlight content integrates with notes, snippet extraction, and other knowledge workflows.
📌 5. Snippets (Excerpt Extraction)
Pop allows you to extract key snippets from PDF documents for knowledge building and AI usage.
You can:
- Select any text → click “Extract Snippet”
- Automatically generate a snippet containing original text, page number, and timestamp
- Use snippets for:
- Note citations
- AI analysis
- Mind‑map node generation
- Workflow input passing
- View all snippets together in the right‑side snippet panel
Snippet extraction is one of the core integrations between Pop’s Document Center and AI.
🔍 6. Full‑Text Search
The reader includes full‑text search for quickly locating content:
- Keyword search
- Highlight all matching results
- Navigate previous/next hit
- Especially useful for technical docs, legal texts, specs, and product documentation
Search works across PDF, TXT, Markdown, and other formats.
🛠 7. Multi‑Format Support
Pop's Document Reader supports multiple file formats with tailored reading experiences:
| Format | Support Level | Features |
|---|---|---|
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Outline, thumbnails, highlight, snippets, search | |
| Word | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Content reading, simple navigation, search |
| PPT | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Slide preview, paging, thumbnails |
| Excel | ⭐⭐⭐ | Table preview, structured reading |
| EPUB/eBook | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Text reflow, TOC navigation |
| Plain Text | ⭐⭐⭐ | Syntax highlighting, folding, search |
🧭 8. Reading Modes & Experience Enhancements
Pop offers multiple reading modes:
- Single‑Page Mode / Continuous Scroll
- Zooming (in/out/fit‑width)
- Dark Mode
- Page rotation
- Two‑page mode (for supported formats)
These features optimize the reading experience depending on the file type.
💡 9. Tips for Effective Use
- Open “Outline” first when reading PDFs to build a structural understanding
- Use “Snippets” to convert important content into knowledge materials
- For technical PDFs, combine highlight + snippet for best efficiency
- Use keyword search to locate terms or code explanations
- For multi‑page image sets or slide decks, switch to thumbnails
Pop's Document Reader is not only for reading—it is a key tool for building your knowledge system. By mastering these features, you can greatly enhance your learning, organization, and analysis efficiency.