20 Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User GuideUsing Gestures to Control Your NOOKYour NOOK puts great reading material right at your fingertips. To read that material, to share it, to rate it, and soon, you’ll use your fingers in different ways.Your NOOK recognizes these different gestures:• Tap• Double tap• Press and hold• Swipe• Scroll• Drag• Lift• PinchTapA tap on the screen is a quick touch of your fingertip. It’s the same gesture you use when you tap a key on a com-puter keyboard.Tapping on an icon in the Quick Nav Bar.Double TapTapping twice quickly on the screen is a useful short-cut with many features.Double-tapping on the Home Screen cleans up the screen and arranges all the book and periodical covers in a grid.In the Library or the Shop, double-tapping on the cover of a book or periodical opens a window with details aboutthe item.
