User's Manual

28 Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor User Guide
Reading Books, Magazines, and Newspapers on Your NOOK-
color
You can read books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOKcolor. You can makes notes about what your read-
ing, highlight and annotate favorite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations to friends on your social
media networks.
Reading on your NOOKcolor is easy. You tap on a cover to open it. You can tap or swipe to turn pages. When
you’re done reading, you can return to the Home Screen, visit the Library, or shop for new books.
Reading Books
Your NOOKcolor makes reading books fun. To start reading, simply tap on a book’s cover. The book opens and fills
the page. Then you can use the features described in this section to get the most out of your reading experience.
While you’re reading, you can even customize the look of the page. You can switch fonts, make type bigger or
smaller, and change background colors. You can save a font style and page color as a theme and switch between
themes whenever you like.
Opening a Book
To open a book, tap on its cover.
Or press and hold on its cover. A pop-up menu appears. Tap on the menu choice Read.
Turning Pages
Turning to the Next Page
To turn to the next page, tap anywhere along the right edge of the page.
Or swipe to the left. (To swipe left, you place your finger on the right side of the page and slide it quickly to the left,
as though you were flipping the page of a printed book.)
Turning to the Previous Page
To turn to the previous page, tap anywhere along the left edge of the page.
Or swipe to the right. (To swipe right, you place your finger on the left side of the page and slide it quickly to the
right, as though you were flipping a page backwards in a printed book.)
The Reading Tools Menu
The Reading Tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, to search for content, share content, adjust the
display of text, and adjust the brightness of the screen.
To call up the Reading Tools menu, tap anywhere in the center of the page.
NOTE: Tapping along the right or left edge of the screen turns to the next page or the previous page, respec-
tively. To call up the Reading Tools, aim for the center of the page.