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# iSiloX features

This page provides information on iSiloX's features.

- source file formats
- conversion

## source file formats

iSiloX supports conversion of a number of source file formats with more expected in the future.

- text file formats
- image file formats
- other file formats

### text file formats

- HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language is the most common open format for documents. HTML along with CSS is the recommended format for creating formatted hyperlinked documents.
- CSS: The Cascading Style Sheet language is the most common method used to add style to HTML documents.
- text: When plain text is all you need.
- Palm Doc: Convert Palm Doc content to iSilo™ format for about a 20% reduction in file size.

### image file formats

iSiloX supports the most common image file formats.

- JPEG: Used often for real-life scenes such as photos.
- GIF: A common general purpose format limited to 256 colors.
- BMP: Windows® native image file format.
- PNG: Portable Network Graphics, an open image file format.

### other file formats

- ePub: An open e-book standard.

## conversion

iSiloX provides many conversion options.

- source content
- HotSync®/ActiveSync®
- image conversion
- security

### source content

iSiloX pulls together source content, which can be in differing formats and come from different sources, to form the final iSilo™ document.

- Web content: Create documents from content on the Web. Great for offline reading and browsing.
- local content: Create documents from content on local or network volumes.
- multiple root sources: Easily create documents with pages in the order you want using multiple root sources.

### HotSync®/ActiveSync®

Automatically have converted documents queued for HotSync® or ActiveSync®.

- single user destination: Specify any single user to receive a converted document.
- multiple user destination: Easily specify multiple users to receive a converted document. Great for a distributing documents to a large number of users.
- install to external media: Automatically have converted documents installed to VFS accessible memory expansion cards during HotSync®1 or ActiveSync®.

### image conversion

Tailor image conversion to suit your intended audience.

- contrast and dithering: Apply contrast improvement and dithering to enhance image quality.
- limit image dimensions: Limit image dimensions to minimize document sizes and/or to fit target screen sizes.
- compression: Compress images to minimize document sizes.
- greyscale and color: Include greyscale and color versions of images for the best image quality across a range of target devices.

### security

You can apply security attributes to converted documents.

- copy and beam prevention: Apply copy and beam prevention attributes to prevent copying of the document.
- copy to clipboard prevention: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be marked to prevent copying of content to the clipboard.
- modification prevention: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be marked read-only to prevent modification, including the addition or removal of bookmarks.
- conversion prevention: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be marked to prevent the document from being converted to other formats.
- print prevention: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be marked to prevent the document from being printed.
- document password: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be protected with a password that must be entered each time the document is opened.
- document registration code: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be protected with a registration code with options for keying the registration code to a user ID and for setting an expiration date.
- document expiration: iSilo 3.x/4.x documents can be set to expire at a certain date so that they can not be opened beyond that date.

1Requires Windows®, HotSync® Manager 4.0 or later, and HotSync® 4.0.

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