User Guide
  Chapter 24 iBooks  98
Get a denition. Double-tap a word, then tap Dene in the menu that appears. Denitions aren’t 
available for all languages.
Remember your place. Tap   to add a bookmark, or tap again to remove it. You don’t need to 
add a bookmark when you close the book, because iBooks remembers where you left o. You 
can have multiple bookmarks—to see them all, tap  , then tap Bookmarks.
Remember the good parts. Some books let you add notes and highlights. Double-tap a word to 
select it, move the grab points to adjust the selection, then tap Note or Highlight in the menu 
that appears. To see all the notes and highlights you’ve made, tap  , then tap Notes.
Share the good parts. Tap some highlighted text, then tap  . If the book is from the iBooks 
Store, a link to the book is included automatically.
Share a link to a book. Tap near the center of a page to display the controls, then tap  . Tap  , 
then tap Share Book.
Change the way a book looks. Some books let you change the font, font size, and color of the 
page. Tap  . You can change justication and hyphentation in Settings > iBooks. These settings 
apply to all books that support them.
Page color
Page color
Brightness
Brightness
Turn off pagination.
Turn off pagination.
Change the brightness. Tap  . If you don’t see  , tap   rst.
Interact with multimedia
Some books have interactive elements, such as movies, diagrams, presentations, galleries, and 
3D objects. To interact with a multimedia object, tap, swipe, or pinch it. To view an element 
full-screen, spread two ngers. When you nish, pinch to close it.
Study notes and glossary terms
In books that support it, you can review all of your highlights and notes as study cards.
See all your notes. Tap  . You can search your notes, or tap a chapter to see notes you’ve made 
in that chapter.
Delete notes. Tap  . 
Review your notes as study cards. Tap Study Cards. Swipe to move between cards. Tap   to 
turn a card over.
Shue your study cards. Tap  , then turn on Shue. 
Study glossary terms. If a book includes a glossary, tap   to include those words in your 
study cards.










