iBooks

Agenda and How To:

iBooks1. Tap the “App Store” app icon to launch the “App Store”.2. Manually Search for “iBooks”3. Tap the “Free” button underneath the iBooks app icon, then tap the “Install” button4. From your homepage tap the “iBooks” app icon to launch.

Buying a Book from iBooks1. Tap the “iBooks” app icon to launch iBooks.2. Tap the “Store” button to switch to the iBooks store.

3. Tap one of the four arrows to scroll left and right through the featured books.4. Tap “See All” to go to the list of the featured books.5. Tap the “Categories” button to bring up a list of categories.

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6. Tap a category to go to a list of featured books in that category, or drag in the list to scroll up and down.

7. Tap any book cover to view more information about the book.8. Tap the price next to a book to purchase it.

9. The price button changes to Buy Book. Tap it again to continue with the purchase.10. Tap the “Get Sample” button to download a sample of the book.

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Reading a Book1. Tap the “iBooks” app icon to launch iBooks2. Tap a book to open it

3. To turn a page, tap and hold anywhere along the right side of the page, and drag to the left. A virtual page turns. (Note: A quick tap on the right or left side of the screen also turns pages)

4. Tap and drag from the left to the right or simply tap the left side of the page to turn the page back.5. To move quickly through pages, tap and drag the small marker at the bottom of the page along

dotted line. Release to jump to a page.6. Tap the “Table of Contents” button at the top to view a table of contents.

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7. Tap anywhere in the table to contents to jump to that part of the book.8. Tap the “Resume” button to return to the page you were previously viewing.9. Tap the “Library” button to return to your books. (Note: If you return to the book later, you return

to the last page you viewed)

Reading Aids

1. Brightnessa. While viewing a page in iBooks, tap the “Brightness” control at the top of the screen.b. Drag the brightness control left or right. Dragging to the left makes the screen dim and

dragging to the right makes it bright.

2. Font Adjustmenta. Tap the “smaller A” button to reduce the size of the text.b. Tap the “larger A” button to increase the size of the text.

3. Page Colora. Tap the “Sepia” button to change the page color from white to beige.

4. Fontsa. Tap the “Fonts” button to choose from a few font options.b. Tap one of the fonts to select it.

5. Two Page Viewa. Turn your iPad on its side (horizontally)

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Adding Notes and Highlights1. Go to a page in a book in iBooks.2. Tap a word and hold your finger there until a magnifying glass appears.

3. Release your finger and you will see four choices:a. Dictionaryb. Highlightc. Noted. Search

4. Drag the blue dots to enlarge the section of text highlighted.5. Tap “Highlight”.

a. The text highlight now changes color. Tap the text again to see a set of choices that allows you to choose a different color.

b. Tap a “Colors” to see your color options or tap “Remove Highlight” to remove the color. (Note: You can you different colors to represent different things; i.e. important facts, key words, and research could each have their own color)

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6. Tap “Note” instead of Highlight to bring up a yellow pad (sticky note) and add a note.a. Tap in the note to bring up the keyboard and start typing.b. Tap outside the yellow paper to finish the note. (Note: It will appear as a small yellow sticky

note to the side of the page. You can tap it at anytime to view or edit the note.)c. To delete the note, simply remove all text in the note.

Adding Bookmarks1. Tap the “Bookmarks” button at the top of the page. (Note: You can bookmark as many pages as

you want in a book.)

2. Tap it again to remove the bookmark from the page.3. Tap the “Table of Contents” button to go to the table of contents.

4. Tap the “Bookmarks” button at the top of the table of contents to see a list of all the bookmarks, highlights, and notes, you have added to the book.

5. Tap any bookmark, note, or highlight to jump to it.

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Organizing Your Books1. Go to your iBooks main page (Library)2. Tap the “Collections” button3. Tap a Collection name to jump to that collection (Note: Collections are different bookcases filled

with books.)4. Tap “New” to create a new collection5. Tap “Edit” to delete or re-order collections in a list.6. Tap the “Edit” button to enter edit mode.

7. Tap one or more books to select them.8. Tap the “Move” button to move those books to another collection.9. Tap the “Delete” button to delete those books.

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10. Tap and hold your finger over a book to drag it to a new Position in the library. 11. Tap “Done” to exit edit mode

12. Tap the “List View” button (Note: Here you can see a vertical list of all your books)13. Tap the “Titles, Authors, and Categories” button at the bottom of the screen to change the order of

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