This guide (with pictures) is primarily written for grandparents whose memory fails; and secondly, for those who are just beginning to learn the charm of using tablets and phones from Apple as an electronic reader.
Necessary
- - iPad / iPhone / iPod touch
- - iBooks
Instructions
Step 1
How to start iBooks.
Option 1. Launch from the desktop. To launch the standard book reader application on your device, find the iBooks icon on one of the desktops and then launch the application by tapping it.
Option 2. Search and launch through the search bar.
- Step 1. If iOs is lower than 7, then Press the Home button so many times until the search bar appears. If iOs 7 and higher, then slide your finger down the desktop from the middle of the screen.
- Step 2. Enter the word ibooks in the search bar. Click on the icon of the found program.
Note.
- To change the keyboard layout from Russian to English, click on the globe icon at the bottom left under the letters. To return to the Russian layout, you need to press the globe again.
Step 2
How to browse collections.
Collections are different sets of books. Something like different bookcases. One collection - one wardrobe. There are three pre-installed collections: Books, Purchased and Pdf. But you can also create your own collections.
To view the available sets of books, you need to click the Collections button at the top left of the screen and select the name of the desired one from the list that appears.
Step 3
How to view books in one collection.
Option 1. In the form of a list.
To view the titles of books and their authors in the form of a list, you need to click the button with three lines.
Option 2. In the form of books on bookshelves.
To view the titles of books and their authors in the form of books on the bookshelves, you need to press the button, which shows four squares.
Step 4
How to search for a book.
The book will be searched for all collections at once. So it doesn't matter which collection you are in right now.
Swipe down from the top of the screen. A search bar should appear in which you can type the title of the book or author. Click on the found book.
Step 5
How to open a book.
- Step 1. If the book you want is in the current collection, just find its title and click on it. If there are a lot of books, use the search function (see point 4 How to search for a book).
- Step 2. If a set of books (collection) opens, which does not contain the required book, but you know which collection it is in, use step 2 How to view collections, and then step 1 of this item.
Note. If another book is open. Click on the Library button in the upper left corner. The current book is closed and the collection in which the book is located opens.
Step 6
How to adjust the size of letters.
Click on the button with two letters A in the upper right corner of the open book.
- Step 1. To enlarge the letters of the text. Press the capital A as many times as necessary. You will immediately see the resized text on the screen.
To reduce the letters of the text. Press the small letter A as many times as necessary.
- Step 2. To continue reading, touch the page of the text.
Step 7
How to change the appearance of letters.
The font is responsible for drawing the outline of letters and signs. It affects the readability of the text.
- Step 1. Click on the button with two letters A in the upper right corner of the open book.
- Step 2. Click the Font button.
- Step 3. Choose any of the fonts you like.
- Step 4. To continue reading, touch the page of text.
Step 8
How to customize the background of the book.
- Step 1. Click on the button with two letters A in the upper right corner of the open book.
- Step 2. Click the Themes button.
- Step 3. Choose any of the background you like: White, Sepia, Night.
- Step 4. To continue reading, touch the page of text.
Step 9
How to customize the look of the book.
- Step 1. Click on the button with two letters A in the upper right corner of the open book.
- Step 2. Click the Themes button.
- Step 3. Choose the one you like from the available book types: Book, Full Screen, Scrolling.
- Step 4. To continue reading, touch the page of text.
Step 10
How to adjust the brightness of a book.
- Step 1. Click on the button with two letters A in the upper right corner of the open book.
- Step 2. Move the slider to the left to decrease the brightness and to the right to increase it.
- Step 3. To continue reading, touch the page of the text.
Step 11
How to search by text.
- Step 1. Click on the button with the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner of the open book.
- Step 2. In the search bar, enter your search word, phrase or page number.
- Step 3. To go to the desired location, select the appropriate one from the list of found ones.
- Step 4. If you need to return to the original text, click the Back to page … link at the bottom left of the screen. Otherwise, skip this step.
To continue reading without going through the search, touch the page of text.
Step 12
How to navigate to a table of contents, bookmarks, or quotes.
Table of Contents - the content of the book by chapters, indicating the page number.
Bookmarks - marked pages.
Notes - text fragments or single words highlighted with color or underlining.
- Step 1. Click on the button next to the Library button (dot-dash three times).
- Step 2. Tap the tab you are interested in: Table of Contents / Bookmarks / Notes.
- Step 3. Find the required line. Click on it to go.
To continue reading from the same place, click the Go to text button in the upper left corner of the book.
Step 13
How to read footnotes / links / notes.
As you read the text, you may come across footnotes in square brackets or words highlighted in dark blue. If you click on them, then the page of notes at the end of the book will open with the desired text of the explanations. To return to the original text, you need to click Back to Page … in the lower left corner of the book.
Step 14
How to create and delete bookmarks, quotes, notes.
Bookmarks.
- To create a bookmark, click the striped ribbon icon in the upper right corner of the book. There will be a red ribbon on the corner of the page.
- To delete a bookmark, click on the red ribbon.
- To navigate through the bookmarks, see paragraph 12.
Quotes.
- Place your finger at the beginning of the quote and immediately follow it until it ends. By default, the quote is highlighted in yellow.
- Tap the highlighted area quickly and release your finger. From the pop-up menu that appears with several buttons, select a set of colored circles to change the color, or a white circle with a red stripe to deselect.
- To navigate through quotes, see paragraph 12.
Notes.
Own comments (notes) are written to a word, phrase or a fragment of the selected text. In the text, they will look like a small yellow square in the margins of the book, by clicking on which you can see them in full size.
- Place your finger at the beginning of the commented phrase and immediately slide it until it ends. By default, the quote is highlighted in yellow.
- Tap the highlighted area quickly and release your finger. From the pop-up menu that appears with multiple buttons, select the yellow striped rectangle.
- A note box appears. After writing your note, click on the hide keyboard button.
- To delete a note, you can either clear the Notes field or delete the quote to which the comment is attached.
- The list of notes are displayed in anchor to quotes (see paragraph 12).
