Kobo™ Touch User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS About your eReader .................................................................... 4 What’s in this section ....................................................................................... 4 Anatomy of your eReader .............................................................................. 5 Charging your eReader .............................................
Annotating text, and looking up or translating words ....................................................................... 26 What’s in this section ..................................................................................... 26 Using notes ......................................................................................................... 28 Bookmarking pages ...........................................................
About your eReader What’s in this section • Anatomy of your eReader • Charging your eReader • Using the touch screen • Going to sleep and waking up • Connecting to your computer Kobo Touch eReader User Guide 4
Anatomy of your eReader Power slider Turn your eReader on or off, or put it to sleep. Micro SD slot Increase the number of books your eReader can hold by inserting a micro SD card.
Home button Jump back to your Home page at any time. USB port Connect your eReader to your computer using the supplied USB cable, to charge your eReader or add books to it. Reset hole Insert a paper clip and hold to reset your eReader if necessary.
As it charges, your eReader will display the battery’s charge at the top right-‐hand corner of the screen. Battery icon… Meaning… Your eReader is out of power. Your eReader is charging. Your eReader has partial charge. Your eReader is fully charged.
To find out how much power your eReader has left, press the Home button and return to your Home screen. You’ll find the battery icon at the top right-‐hand corner of the screen with the battery’s current capacity. Using the touch screen You can touch your eReader screen to open books, turn pages, select items, and more.
Swipe You can use this gesture to page through books that you are reading. To page forward, place your finger on the right edge of screen and quickly drag it horizontally to the left. The page will turn just like a real book. You can swipe from the left-‐edge of the screen to page backwards.
Going to sleep and waking up You can turn your eReader off or put it to sleep when you’re not reading. Both help your battery last longer. The main difference is that when you put your eReader to sleep and then wake it up, you go directly back to the last screen you saw.
To turn on your eReader: • Slide the power button and hold until your eReader turns on. To turn off your eReader: • Slide the power button and hold until the Off screen appears. To put your eReader to sleep: • Slide the power button and release quickly.
Connecting to your computer You can connect your eReader to your computer using the Kobo Desktop software. Kobo Desktop lets you buy books, rate books, organize your eReader library, and more.
Using Your Library What’s in this section • Navigating your Home Page and Library • Searching for books • Syncing your library over Wi Fi • User custom library shelves • Deleting books Navigating your Home Page and Library Your Home page is the first thing you see when you turn on your eReader.
In your Library you’ll find: • Books — see all the books and documents in your library. • News & Magazines — see any newspapers and magazines you have subscribed to. • Previews — see excerpts of new and exciting books. • Shelves — add and edit bookshelves to organize your library.
To find books, press the Home button, then tap Find Books at the bottom of the screen. Searching for books If you know exactly what you want to read, you can use Global Search to find a book already in your library, or a new book in Kobo books using the book title, author name, or a keyword. 1.
• You can also use Global Search while reading; just tap the middle of the page to bring up the Reading Menu, and the Search icon will appear at the top left-‐hand corner of the screen.
Using custom library shelves Custom shelves let you organize your books into categories that you choose. For example, if you have a collection of books by a favourite author, you can create a custom shelf with the author’s name and use it for all books written by that author.
8. Select the books you’d like to add to the shelf. Note: You can also tap the magnify glass icon near the bottom to search for a specific book in your library. 9. Tap Create. To see your custom shelves: 1. Press the Home button on your eReader. 2. Tap Library. 3. Tap Shelves. 4. Tap on the shelf you want to open.
6. To add a book: • Tap Add Books. • Tap each book you’d like to add. Note: You can also tap the magnify glass icon near the bottom to search for a specific book in your library. 7. To remove a book, simply tap the book. A means the book is not in the shelf. 8. Tap Save when you’re done.
To delete a book: 1. Press the Home button on your eReader. 2. Tap Library. 3. Tap Books. 4. Tap the 5. Select 6. Find the book you want to delete and tap the icon next to it. 7. Tap Delete. 8. Confirm your deletion View icon at the bottom of the screen. to see your books in list view.
Reading on your eReader What’s in this section • Reading a book • Navigating a book • Changing the way text looks • Closing and bookmarking your page Reading a book • To open a book, just tap the title or cover. Navigating a book Moving around while reading is easy.
To jump around in a book using the navigation bar: 1. Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the 3. To scroll through the book’s pages, touch the circle in the navigation bar and slide it to the right to move forward and to the left to go back. 4. To move to the next page, tap the 5.
Changing the way text looks When you are reading a book, you can adjust the size of text to make reading easier on your eyes. Your eReader offers several different sizes of text for most books. Note: Line spacing, margin spacing, and text justification aren’t available in Japanese books. To change the way text looks: 1.
7. To change how text lines up on the edges, select one of the Justification options: Uses the default for your book. • Forces text to line up on both the left and right • sides. Forces text to line up with the left side of the • screen.
Closing and bookmarking your page When you’re done reading, you can stop reading by: • Turning your eReader off or putting it to sleep • Going to your Home page or one of your other library pages Your eReader automatically closes your book and remembers the page you were on via automatic bookmarking.
Annotating text, and looking up or translating words What’s in this section • Highlighting text • Using notes • Bookmarking pages • Using the dictionary • Translating a word Highlighting text Some books let you highlight text, just like using a highlighter in a printed book. To highlight text: 1.
3. Drag the first circle to the start of the text you want to highlight, and then the second circle to the end of the text. 4. Tap the 5. Tap Highlight. Highlight icon. To see your highlights: 1. Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the 3. Select Annotations. 4.
5. Tap the Menu icon next to the highlight. 6. Tap Remove Highlight. Using notes You can add notes to your pages. This can be useful when you study a passage, or want to add comments about what you’re reading. To add a note: 1.
To read your notes: • Press and hold the text you highlighted for the note. 1. While reading, tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the 3. Tap Annotations. 4. Tap the text next to the Or Book icon. Notes icon.
To bookmark a page: • While reading, tap the top right-‐hand corner of the page. A dog-‐ear will appear in the top right-‐hand corner of the page. To find a dog-‐ear: 1. While reading, tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu. 2. Tap the 3. Tap Annotations. 4. Tap the see. 5. Tap Show on Page.
Using the dictionary Your Kobo eReader has a built-‐in Dictionary that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks. The Dictionary may not work if you're reading books from other sources, and does not work when reading PDFs. To find a word definition: 1. In your book, press and hold the word you’d like to look up. 2.
3. Tap the Dictionary icon. 4. Tap Translation Dictionary. 5. Tap the drop-‐down menu under Translate Word. 6. Select the language that you’d like the translation in.
Getting a Book What’s in this section • Shopping for a new book • Buying a book • Using your Wishlist • Adding library books and books from other bookstores Shopping for a new book If youʼre new to Kobo or youʼd like to shop for new books, you can find and purchase books in several ways on your eReader.
3. Tap a book cover at the left or right of the center book to see more books. Note: Tap the center book cover to see a synopsis. Using Find Books Find Books lets you browse in different ways, or search for a particular book you want: • Similar books — find books that are similar to the ones in your library.
Buying a book When youʼve found a book you want to purchase, you simply tap Buy Now, and you’re taken to checkout. You can use Visa, MasterCard, store credit, or gift cards from select partners to pay for your book.
6. If you want to use a gift card to pay, tap Add Gift Card. If you want to use a promo code, tap Add Promo Code. 7. Tap Buy Now. 8. Tap Keep Shopping to buy more books, or press the Home button to return to the home screen.
Adding library books and books from other bookstores Want to borrow eBooks from a public library and read them on your eReader? Or maybe you have eBooks from other sources that you'd like to add? Most eBooks that you borrow and buy are protected using Digital Rights Management, or DRM.
Understanding EPUB, PDF, and DRM eBooks come in a range of formats. When you look for books to read on your Kobo eReader, look for books in EPUB or PDF formats. There are different types of EPUBs, as well: Kobo EPUBs, which come from the Kobo store, and other EPUBs, which come from other sources.
• The free Kobo Desktop software on your computer • Adobe Digital Editions • A micro SD card • Drag and drop Which method works best depends on whether your books are protected by DRM, and where they came from.
Using Wi Fi What’s in this section • About Wi Fi • Turning off Wi Fi • Connecting your eReader to a wireless network • Syncing your library over Wi Fi About Wi Fi You can use your eReader to connect to Kobo over a wireless Internet connection (Wi Fi).
Turning off Wi Fi If you want to extend the battery life of your eReader or you want to use your eReader on a plane or in a hospital, you can prevent Wi Fi from connecting automatically. To turn off Wi Fi: 1. Press the Home button on your eReader. 2. Tap the 3. Tap the check box at the right of Wi Fi.
To connect to a wireless network: 1. Press the Home button on your eReader. 2. Tap the 3. Tap the 4. Your eReader will try to connect to Wi Fi. This may take a moment. 5. You will be prompted to choose a wireless network. Tap the name of the network you want to use. 6.
Getting Help Got questions or need help? Online: www.kobo.com/help Find answers to your questions using our help page. Simply type a question in the field to get your answer. Safety, Regulatory and Warranty Information Important safety, regulatory and warranty details about your Kobo Touch can be found on the Kobo website at www.kobo.
