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ETI-1 User's Guide - Chapter II: Reading eBook Editions
This chapter covers the following topics.



Opening and Reading an eBook Edition

This section covers the basic tasks of opening and reading an eBook Edition. It shows you how to:
  • Open an eBook Edition and turn pages.
  • Use the Page Slider to change pages.
  • Change the eBook Edition’s type size.
  • Mark the place where you stop reading.
  • Reopen an eBook Edition to that page.
  • Mark a page for future reference.
  • Jump from marked page to marked page.
  • Open the Pen Palette and review its options.
Later sections will cover other things you can do while reading an eBook Edition, such as marking up the text, writing notes on a page, and searching for text.

Opening an eBook Edition

To use the Page Slider, follow these steps:
  • After opening your eBook, press the Bookshelf button once. Your Bookshelf appears, displaying the list of eBook Editions currently stored on your eBook.
  • The entry for each eBook Edition displays the title, the author, and an icon (a magazine displays the title, date, and an icon) that shows the item’s relative size.
  • When you find an eBook Edition you want to read, tap the item’s title. The eBook Edition opens to the front page or, if you’ve had it open before, to the last page you read.
TIP: If you tap the icon next to the eBook Edition’s title, an Information window appears at the top of the eBook screen. This window displays information about the eBook Edition, including the space it takes up on the bookshelf and the space your markups (if any) take up. From the window, you can open the eBook Edition, clear all markups from it, or remove it from your eBook. (Removed items could still exist on your Online Bookshelf.) If this eBook Edition was a gift, the Information window also continues to display the gift message you received when you first opened the eBook Edition.
Turning Pages

Once you have opened an eBook Edition, you can use the Page switch on the right side of your eBook to turn the pages. Press the right edge or left edge of the Page switch to move forward or backward one page at a time.
TIP: To flip through the pages rapidly, hold down the Page switch.
You can also use the Page Slider at the bottom of the page to move through an eBook Edition, as described in the following section.

Using the Page Slider

The Page Slider (visible at the bottom of every page) also allows you to speed-slide to a specific page.

To use the Page Slider, follow these steps:
  • Using your finger or the stylus, press firmly anywhere on the Page Slider bar. The oval page indicator appears above the slider.
  • Slowly slide your finger right or left. The oval page indicator displays the page numbers as you move.
  • When you come to the page you want, lift your finger from the Page Slider. The selected page opens.
  • When the selected page opens, an oval Back indicator appears on the Page Slider bar to mark your previous location.
    To return to that page, tap the Back indicator.
Changing the Type Size

The normal type size used in eBook Editions is quite readable for most people. However, you can make the type larger if you want to.

To change the type size of an eBook Edition, follow these steps:
  • Press the Menu button to open the Menu.
  • Tap View. The type gets larger or smaller, and the Menu closes automatically.
    TIP: Some publishers may not enable the View option when they create their eBook Editions. If so, those eBook Editions won’t change when you tap View.
  • You can continue reading your eBook Edition. Note that fewer or more words fit on each page (because the type is larger or smaller), so the Page Slider now shows that the eBook Edition has more or fewer pages.
  • To return the type to its original size, reopen the Menu, and tap View again.
Marking Your Place When You Stop Reading

One of the most enjoyable features of the eBook is that it always remembers where you stopped reading. When you reach a stopping point in an eBook Edition, you can:
  • Close the cover if you are finished using the eBook. When you reopen the eBook later, it automatically opens to the page you were last reading.
  • Press the Bookshelf button if you want to open a different eBook Edition. When you open any eBook Edition on your eBook, it automatically opens to the last page you were reading.
TIP: The eBook also automatically marks the highest page number you’ve read in any eBook Edition by placing a vertical black mark on the Page Slider bar. Tap the black mark to jump directly to that page.
Marking a Page for Future Reference

While you’re reading, you may come to a passage you want to return to later. You can bookmark that page by turning down the page corner, just as you might in a printed book.

To bookmark a page, follow these steps:
  • Tap the upper right corner of the open page once.
  • A dog-eared page corner appears on the page, and a + mark appears in the Page Slider at the bottom of the page. (You won’t be able to see the + mark at first because the oval page indicator covers it.)
  • Tap the + mark to return to the bookmarked page from anywhere in the eBook Edition.
  • To remove the bookmark at a later time, tap the upper right corner of the page again. The dog-eared corner and the + mark disappear.
Jumping from One Bookmarked Page to Another

Once you have bookmarked pages in an eBook Edition, you can jump from one bookmarked page to another by tapping any + mark in the slider.

Try it! Read the following steps, and then try them:
  • Tap the upper right corner of this page to set a bookmark. The page corner is dog-eared, and a + mark appears on the slider (you can't see it at the moment because it's under the page indicator).
  • Press the oval page indicator, and slide your finger left to the end of the slider to move to the beginning of the eBook Edition. (You can't see the + mark yet because the Back indicator is covering it.)
  • Click the right side of the Page switch once to move forward one page. You should now see the + mark in the slider, indicating your bookmarked page.
  • Tap the + mark to jump back to this bookmarked page.
Using the Pen Palette

The Pen Palette is available any time you have an eBook Edition open. To open the Pen Palette, tap the Pen Palette tab, located at the upper left corner of the screen. (The icon shown on the Pen Palette tab varies, depending on which tool is currently selected.)


From the Pen Palette, you can tap:



Searching for a Word or Phrase

You can use your eBook’s Find features to search through an open eBook Edition for words and phrases. You can search for words and phrases in two ways:
  • Use the Find item on the Menu, which allows you to enter a word or phrase to search for using an on-screen keyboard.
  • Use the Search tool from the Pen Palette, which allows you to select a word or phrase on the page and search for other occurrences of it.
Searching for Text with Find

To search for text using Find, follow these steps:
  • Open the eBook Edition you want to search through, and press the Menu button. The Menu opens.
  • Tap Find. The Find window appears at the top of the screen.
  • Tap Find Text and a window appears with an on-screen keyboard for entering text.
  • Use the keyboard to type the text to search for.
  • Tap one of the Find options to start the search. You can tap:
    • Find First to search for the first occurrence of the text.
    • Find Prev. to search backward for the previous occurrence of the text.
    • Find Next to search forward for the next occurrence of the text.
  • If your eBook finds a match, it opens the page and places a box around the matching text. The Find window shortens to display only the Find buttons and adds a Go Back button that returns you to the place where you started. You can use the other buttons to continue searching.
    TIP: If the matching text is underneath the Find window, the window automatically rolls up out of the way, leaving only the tab showing. To pull the window down again so that you can search for another occurrence, tap this tab.
  • When you have completed the search, tap the Close tab to close the Find window.
Speed-Searching for Text with the Search Tool

If you want to search for other occurrences of a word or phrase that appears on a page, you can bypass the Find window and use your eBook’s Search tool to save time.

To speed-search using the Search tool, follow these steps:
  • Tap the Pen Palette tab in the upper left corner of the eBook screen. The Pen Palette appears.
  • Tap Search (the magnifying glass shown below) to activate the Search tool. The Find window does not automatically appear as it does when you choose Find from the menu. Instead, the Pen Palette closes, and the Search tool remains active.
  • Now that the Search tool is active, look through the pages for any occurrence of the word or phrase you want to find.
  • To select a single word, just tap the word. A black box appears around the word.

    To select a phrase, touch the first word you want to select, and then, without lifting your finger (or the stylus), drag across the screen to the last word you want to select. A black box appears around all the text you selected.
  • The Find window appears at the top of the screen. You can tap:
    • Find First to search for the first occurrence of the text.
    • Find Prev. to search backward for the previous occurrence of the text.
    • Find Next to search forward for the next occurrence of the text.
    • Go Back to return to the page from which you started.
  • When you have completed the search, tap the Close tab to close the Find window. Note that the Search tool remains active until you choose a different tool from the Pen Palette.



Highlighting Text in an eBook Edition

While you’re reading an eBook Edition, you can mark up pages by highlighting interesting passages and by adding brief notes or drawings. This section explains how to use the Hilite tool to highlight text.

Highlighting Text

To highlight text in an eBook Edition, follow these steps:
  • Tap the Pen Palette tab in the upper left corner of the eBook screen. The Pen Palette appears.
  • Tap Hilite to select the Hilite tool.
    The Pen Palette closes automatically, and the Hilite tool remains active until you choose a new tool from the Pen Palette.
  • To highlight a single word, just tap the word. The word is highlighted in yellow.
    TIP: When highlighting, don’t rest your hand on the eBook screen, or you may get unintended marks on the page. If you do get unintended marks on the page, you can erase them as described in the following section, “Removing Highlighting.”
  • To highlight a whole section of text, touch the first word in the section, and then, without lifting the stylus (or your finger), drag across the screen to the last word in the section. All the text you drag across is highlighted.
Removing Highlighting

You can remove highlighting from individual words or passages, from an entire page, or from an entire eBook Edition at once.

To remove highlighting from a word or passage, follow these steps:
  • Tap the Pen Palette tab in the upper left corner of the eBook screen. The Pen Palette appears.
  • Tap Erase to select the Erase tool. The Erase tool remains active until you choose a new tool from the Pen Palette.
    (When you select the Erase tool, the Pen Palette stays open so that you can immediately switch back to the Draw or Hilite tool if you wish.)
  • To remove highlighting, tap anywhere in the highlighted word or passage. The highlighted text, phrase, or passage returns to normal.
To remove highlighting from an entire page at once, follow these steps:
  • Open the page with the highlighting you want to erase.
  • Press the Menu button. The Menu appears.
  • Tap Markups. The Markups window appears at the top of the screen.
  • Tap Erase These Markups to remove all highlighting and other markups from the page. When the confirmation message appears, tap Yes. The eBook removes all the markups (including highlighting, notes, and drawings) on the current page.
To remove all the highlighting and notes from an eBook Edition at once, see Clearing Markups Out of an eBook Edition.




Making Notes on a Page

Using the Draw tool from the Pen Palette, you can write brief notes on a page, draw a circle or rectangle around a significant portion of text, or even make a small sketch. If you don’t have enough room on the page, you can insert a blank page and add your notes and drawings there.
TIP: We recommend that you use the stylus to add notes and drawings to an eBook Edition. The stylus gives you greater precision and control when writing or drawing.
Adding Notes and Drawings

To add a note or drawing to a page, follow these steps:
  • Tap the Pen Palette tab in the upper left corner of the eBook screen. The Pen Palette appears.
  • Tap Draw to select the Draw tool.
    The Pen Palette closes automatically, and the Draw tool remains active until you choose a new tool from the Pen Palette.
  • Write or draw on the currently open page. You can write anywhere on the page, in the margins or on top of the existing text.
  • When you close the eBook Edition, all your notes or drawings are saved automatically.
TIP: When writing or drawing, don’t rest your hand on the screen, or you may get unintended marks on the page. If you do get unintended marks, you can erase them as described in “Erasing Notes or Drawings” later in this section. To mark up an area over a linked item (shown by underlining) you will need to start your drawing slightly away from the linked text. (Tapping directly over this text will take you to the linked information.)
Inserting a Blank Page for Additional Notes

If you don’t have enough room on the page for your comments, you can insert a blank page to make space for your notes and drawings. The new page is stored in the eBook Edition but does not increase the page count.

To insert a blank page, follow these steps:
  • Press the Menu button. The Menu appears.
  • Tap Markups. The Markups window appears at the top of the screen.
  • To add a blank page, tap Insert Blank Page. The Markups window closes.
  • The eBook inserts a blank page in the eBook Edition, placing it immediately after the current page. This does not change the page count of your eBook Edition.
  • Now you can write or draw on the new page.
Erasing Notes or Drawings

If you want to erase any notes or drawings, you can erase them selectively, erase a whole page at once, or erase all notes and drawings from the entire eBook Edition.

To erase notes or drawings selectively, follow these steps:
  • Open the page with the notes or drawings you want to erase.
  • Tap the Pen Palette tab in the upper left corner of the screen. The Pen Palette appears.
  • Tap Erase to select the Erase tool.
    (The Pen Palette stays open so that you can select another tool immediately after erasing.)
  • Using your finger or the stylus, rub on the notes or drawings to erase the marks.
To erase an entire page of notes or drawings at once, follow these steps:
  • Open the page with the notes or drawings you want to erase.
  • Press the Menu button. The Menu appears.
  • Tap Markups. The Markups window appears at the top of the screen.
  • Tap Erase These Markups to remove all markups (including highlighting as well as notes and drawings) from the page. When the confirmation message appears, tap Yes. The eBook removes all the markups on the current page.
To erase all the notes, drawings and highlighting from an eBook Edition at once, see Clearing Markups Out of an eBook Edition.

Erasing or Removing Inserted Pages

To erase or remove an inserted page, follow these steps:
  • Go to the inserted page that you want to erase or remove.
  • Press the Menu button. The Menu opens.
  • Tap Markups. The Markups window appears.
  • To erase all the markups on the page but keep the page itself, tap Erase Page. When the confirmation message appears, tap Yes.
  • To remove the page entirely, tap Delete Page. When the confirmation message appears, tap Yes. The eBook removes the page along with all the markups on it.



Searching for Markups

You can search an eBook Edition for markups, including highlighting, notes, and drawings. You can also jump quickly from markup to markup until you find the one you want.

To search for markups, follow these steps:
  • Press the Menu button. The Menu appears.
  • Tap Find. The Menu closes, and the Find window appears at the top of the screen.
  • Tap Find Markups and the Find Markups window appears at the top of the screen.
  • On the Find Markups window, you can tap:
    • First Markup to find the first section of marked-up text.
    • Prev. Markup to search backward for the immediately previous section of marked-up text.
    • Next Markup to search forward for the next section of marked-up text.
    • Go Back to return to the page from which you started.
  • When you are finished searching for markups, tap the Close tab to close the Find Markups window.



Using the Shortcut Button

While using your eBook, you can speed up certain common tasks—such as changing the view size or jumping to the next bookmark—by assigning a task to the Shortcut button, which is located on the top of your eBook.

Once you’ve assigned a task, you need only press the Shortcut button to execute it.

To assign a task to the Shortcut button, follow these steps:
  • Press the Shortcut button, and hold it down until the Shortcut window appears. (You can also access the Shortcut window by tapping on Settings, then Shortcuts.)
  • When the Shortcut window appears, it offers you a number of tasks to choose from, including:
    • Last book—Re-open the last eBook Edition you were reading.
    • Next markup—Jump to the next markup.
    • First page—Jump to the first page of the eBook Edition.
    • Sleep—Turn off your eBook.
    • Find keyboard—Open the Find window with its on-screen keyboard.
    • Change view—Make the type larger or smaller.
    • Next bookmark—Jump to the next bookmark.
    • Markup tray—Search for markups.
    • Blank page—Insert a blank page.
    • Bookstore—Connect to the eBookstore.
    • Table of contents—Jump to the table of contents or to the first page if there is no table of contents.
    • Update now—Connect to your Online Bookshelf and download any new eBook Editions to your eBook.
    • Order form—Access an order form to purchase items from the eBookstore.
    • Settings—Open your eBook settings.
  • Tap the icon of the task you want to assign to the Shortcut button. The Shortcut window closes.
  • Now when you press the Shortcut button (without holding it down), your eBook performs the newly-assigned task. To assign a different task to the Shortcut button, just repeat the steps above.






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