Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet User Guide 33Reading Books, Magazines, and Newspapers on Your NOOKYou can read books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOK. You can make notes about what you’re reading,highlight and annotate favorite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations with friends on social sitessuch as Facebook.Reading BooksYour NOOK makes reading books fun. To start reading, simply tap on a book’s cover. The book opens and fills thepage. 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 customize the look of the page. You can switch fonts, make type bigger or smaller, andchange background colors. You can switch between page designs whenever you like.Opening a BookTo open a book, either:• Tap on the book’s cover.• Press and hold on the book’s cover. A pop-up menu appears. Tap on the menu choice Read.Page LayoutWhen you’re reading content on NOOK, the text fills most of the page.The title of the book you’re reading appears in the upper left.You may see blue notepad icons here and there along the right side of the page. These icons indicate notes. See “Us-ing Notes”.Turning PagesTurning to the Next PageTo turn to the next page, either:• Tap anywhere along the right edge of the page.• 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 PageTo turn to the previous page, either:• Tap anywhere along the left edge of the page.• Swipe to the right. (To swipe right, you place your finger on the left side of the page and slide it quickly to theright, as though you were flipping a page backwards in a printed book.)The Reading Tools MenuThe Reading Tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, to search for content, share content, adjust thedisplay of text, and adjust the brightness of the screen.To call up the Reading Tools menu, tap anywhere in the center of the page.
