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Changing a book’s appearance, Studying notes and vocabulary lists, Interacting with multimedia – Apple iPad iOS 5.1 User Manual

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Changing a book’s appearance

Some books let you change the type size, font, and page color.
Change the brightness: Tap near the center of a page to display the controls, then tap . If you
don’t see , tap

first.

Change the font or type size

Tap near the center of a page to display the controls, then tap

. Tap

Fonts to select a typeface. Not all books support changing the font.
Some books allow you to change the type size only when iPad is in
portrait orientation.

Change the color of the page
and text

Tap near the center of a page to display the controls, tap

, then tap

Theme. This setting applies to all books that support it.

Use the full screen to display
a book

Tap near the center of a page to display the controls, tap

, tap Theme,

then turn on Full Screen. Some books automatically fill the screen.

Turn justification and hyphenation
on or off

Go to Settings > iBooks. Some books and PDFs can’t be justified or
hyphenated.

Studying notes and vocabulary lists

In books that support it, you can use notes view to review all of your highlights and notes as
cards. To quickly locate your notes, view them by chapter or search their contents.
View your notes: Tap .

View notes by chapter

Badges in the chapter list indicate the number of notes and highlights
you’ve added to each chapter. If you don’t see the chapter list, tap the
Chapter button.
Tap a chapter to see its notes. Tap an item in the list to see the note or
highlight in context.

Search all notes

In notes view, enter a word or phrase in the search field. If you don’t see the
search field, tap the Chapters button. Chapters with matching notes and
highlights are shown. Tap a chapter to see its notes.

Review notes and vocabulary as
study cards

Tap Study Cards.
The front of each card displays the text you highlighted. Swipe to move
between cards. If a card has notes, indicated by

, tap the card to turn

it over.
Tap to select which highlights are displayed, or to shuffle the cards. If the
chapter includes a vocabulary list, you can also include it in your cards.

Email your notes

When viewing notes, tap

. Select the notes that you want to share, then

tap Email.

Delete notes

When viewing notes, tap

. Select the notes that you want to delete, then

tap Delete.

Interacting with multimedia

Some books have interactive elements, such as movies, diagrams, presentations, galleries, 3D
objects, and chapter reviews. To interact with a multimedia object, tap, swipe, or pinch it. For
example, with a presentation, you can tap to start it, then tap to see each screen. To view an
element full-screen, pinch two fingers apart. When you finish, pinch to close it.

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