Bookmarklets on the iPad are a great tool that is not easily understood. This brief presentation introduces what bookmarklets are, why you want to use them and shows you how to get started. This presentation will eliminate the confusion!

1. iPad
Understanding and Using
Browser Bookmarklets
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2. Overview
1. What Are Bookmarklets?
2. Sample Uses
3. Installing A Bookmarklet on the iPad - Basic Steps
4. Bookmark Installation Examples
a. Evernote (web-clipping)
b. Instapaper (news management)
5. References and Links
6. Conclusion
7. Contact Information
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3. What Are Bookmarklets?
 Essentially, a bookmarklet is a bookmark that
performs an action when invoked.
 Relative to the iPad, they typically perform an
action that simplifies the web browsing
experience and/or facilitates interaction with
another application.
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4. Sample Uses of Bookmarklets
 Convert web page to PDF; send file to a
Document Library
 Convert web page to text readable document
(Readability)
 Send web page text to “cloud” service, which is
then available through another iPad app
(Instapaper) for later reading
 Clip website URL, partial content or full page for
uploading to web storage service (Evernote)
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5. Sample Uses of Bookmarklets
 Open up a Safari webpage in a separate iPad
browser (Atomic Browser)
 Simplify posting items to social media sites
(Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
 Open in iPad GoodReader app (GoodReader)
 If viewing PDF or inserting a URL link that is a
document, this sends the document
automatically to the Goodreader app and saves
it.
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6. Installing a Bookmarklet on the iPad – Basic Steps
 Really, just four basic steps…
 Create a bookmark (can be any site) in the Safari
browser on the iPad. Save the bookmark to the
Bookmarks Bar (where it is conveniently accessible
for future use).
 Now, edit the bookmark – change the name to the
desired description, replace bookmark “address”
with the necessary java code for your desired
bookmarklet.
 Test the bookmarklet (you want to make sure…).
 Get a cup of coffee – You’re Done!
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7. Bookmarklet Installation Examples
Although there are many, on the following slides, I
cover two specific examples step by step.
 EverNote – a “web clipping” service that is used
for accumulating things that your want to refer
to later, or share with friends, etc.
 Instapaper – this is great iPad app for
accumulating all of those things you want to
read later (for instance, reviewing news sites in
the morning may identify a lot of articles for
later reading). Instapaper does that and puts it
in an enjoyable reading format, uncluttered like
most of the web articles you read.
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8. Bookmark Installation Example - Evernote
 Evernote is a web-clipping cloud based service. It is very
convenient when you come across anything that you want
to keep for awhile or refer to in the future.
 Summarized below are the specific steps required to the
bookmarklet up:
 Create a “placeholder” bookmark (any webpage)
In this example, I created a bookmark
for “Google Search” and saved it to
the Bookmarks Bar
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9. Bookmark Installation Example - Evernote
 Edit the bookmark you just created to create “action” that
you want it to perform – in this case, post an item to the
Evernote service
Then, access the
bookmark screen and
choose to edit it.
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10. Bookmark Installation Example - Evernote
 Test the bookmarklet – in this case, I want to save an article
from the Wall Street Journal to Evernote
WSJ article,
converted to
“Readable”
I then go to the Evernote app
format via
on the iPad and can see that
Readability
the article has been saved to
bookmarklet.
A tap of the Evernote bookmarklet Evernote. This is now stored
Now, I want to
brings up the Evernote “Quick Note” “in the cloud” and I can
save this article
box, where you enter key information, access anywhere I have an
to Evernote.
if desired. Then simply tap “Save” Internet connection.
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11. Bookmark Installation Example - Instapaper
 Summarized below are the specific steps required to the
bookmarklet up:
 Create a “placeholder” bookmark (any webpage)
These are the same steps covered earlier under the
Evernote example!
In this example, I created a bookmark
for “Google Search” and saved it to
the Bookmarks Bar
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12. Bookmark Installation Example - Instapaper
 Edit the bookmark you just created to create “action” that
you want it to perform – in this case, post an article to the
Instapaper service.
Then, access the bookmark
screen and choose to edit it.
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13. Bookmark Installation Example - Instapaper
 Edit the bookmark – change the Bookmark name and the
“address”. In this case, we replace the address with the java
applet that performs the action we want (save to
Instapaper, in this case).
The actual java
code required is
not contained
here. There is a
link to this
information
later in this
discussion.
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14. Bookmark Installation Example - Instapaper
 Test the bookmarklet – in this case, I saved the WSJ article
to Instapaper for reading at a later point.
Then, open up Instapaper app on the
iPad and as soon as it synchronizes, the
article appears in the “Read Later” list.
WSJ article, converted to
“Readable” format via
Readability bookmarklet.
Now, I want to save this
article to Instapaper. Tap
here!
This is the article
viewed in the
Instapaper application
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15. References & Links
 Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet
 Bookmarklets for your iPad -
http://static.chrisbray.com/bookmarklets/
 Excellent reference site!
 Bookmarklets.com – “free tools for power surfing”
http://www.bookmarklets.com/
 My favorite bookmarklets are available here
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16. Contact Information
If additional information is desired or you would like to better
understand our firm’s capabilities, please contact me:
Don Tomoff, CPA, MBA
Principal, Business Advisory
drtomoff@thornhillcpa.com
Thornhill Website (http://www.thornhillcpa.com)
LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/dontomoff)
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