User Guide

Chapter 24 iBooks 125
Go to a specic page. Use the page navigation controls at the bottom of the screen. Or tap
and enter a page number, then tap the page number in the search results.
Get a denition. Double-tap a word, then tap Dene in the menu that appears. Denitions aren’t
available for all languages.
Remember your place. Tap to add a bookmark, or tap again to remove it. You can have
multiple bookmarks—to see them all, tap , then tap Bookmarks. You don’t need to add a
bookmark when you close the book because iBooks remembers where you left o.
Remember the good parts. Some books let you add highlights and notes. To add a highlight,
touch and hold a word, then move your nger to draw the highlight. To add a note, double-tap
a word to select it, move the grab points to adjust the selection, then tap Note in the menu that
appears. To see all the highlights and notes you’ve made, tap , then tap Notes.
Share the good parts. Tap some highlighted text, then, in the menu that appears, tap . If the
book is from the iBooks Store, a link to the book is included automatically. (Sharing may not be
available in all regions.)
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 also change justication and hyphenation 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.
Dim the screen when it’s dark. Turn on Auto-Night Theme to automatically change the
bookshelf, page color, and brightness when using iBooks in low-light conditions. (Not all books
support Auto-Night Theme.)
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, pinch open with two ngers. When you nish, pinch it closed.
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 made in
that chapter.
Delete notes. Tap Select, select some notes, then tap .