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KOBO™ EREADER USER GUIDE, JUNE 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 - Getting Started
eReader basics....................................................................................................................... 3
Reading a book....................................................................................................................... 7
Adding books from the Kobo Store....................................................................................... 10
Using Kobo Desk
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Section 5 - Reading on Your eReader Understanding books and PDFs........................................................................................... 33 Reading books........................................................................................................................ 33 Reading PDFs......................................................................................................................... 37 Section 6 - Shopping with Kobo Store Connecting to Kobo...
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3 GETTING STARTED WHAT’S IN THIS SECTION • eReader basics • Reading a book • Adding books from the Kobo Store • Using Kobo Desktop with your eReader EREADER BASICS This section covers the basics of using your eReader, including: • Anatomy of your eReader • Charging your eReader • Using the touch screen • Navigating your Home page and library Anatomy of your eReader 1 Power slider Turn your eReader on or off, or put it to sleep. 2 Micro Increase the number of books your eReader can hol
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4 Charging your eReader To charge your eReader, connect it to your computer using the USB cable provided in your box. Your eReader will charge as long as your computer is running. It can take up to three hours to charge. As it charges, your eReader will display the battery’s charge in the top left- hand corner.
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5 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, click the Home button and return to your Home screen. You’ll find the battery icon at the top left-hand corner with the battery’s current capacity. 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 diffe
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6 Using the touch screen You can touch your eReader screen to open books, turn pages, select items, and more. In many cases you can just touch the screen lightly with a fingertip to interact with it. There are a few other gestures that you may find useful. • Tapping This is the gesture you’ll use the most. Just tap the screen lightly to open a book, turn a page, select a menu and more. • Double-tapping To double-tap you tap the same spot on the screen twice quickly. If you’re readi
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7 Navigating your Home page and library Your Home page is the first thing you’ll see when you turn on your eReader. It gives you quick and easy access to your library, the books you’re reading, the Kobo Store, and more. You’ll see the covers of up to 5 books, newspapers, documents or magazines you’re reading here. When you add new items to your eReader they’ll also appear on this page. Just tap a book cover to open the book and start reading. Tap the Library menu to browse other parts of your
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8 Turning pages and moving around Moving around while reading is easy. To turn pages in a book, just tap the sides of the page. If you want to jump forward by more than a page or two, you can: • Use the navigation bar to change pages or chapters • Use the Table of Contents to browse a list of chapters Using the navigation bar to move around To jump around in a book you can use the navigation bar. 1. Tap the middle of your page to see the reading menu. 2. Tap the Navigation icon. 3. To scro
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9 4. Tap the title of the chapter you wish to open. Making text bigger, smaller or a different style 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. 1. Tap the middle of your page to see your reading options. 2. Tap the Text icon. 3. To make text larger or smaller, tap the controls provided. 4. To change the style of font, select from serif - Georgia or sans serif - Avenir
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10 automatic bookmarking. The next time you open the book, it will remember where you stopped reading and open your book to that page. The five most recent books you are reading are shown on your Home page. If you’re finished with a book and don’t want it on your Home page, here’s how you can close it: 1. In the Books & Docs area of your library, find the book. 2. Tap the Menu icon to see the options menu, or press and hold the book cover until you see the menu. 3. Select Mark as Finis
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11 Updating an existing library If you have bought eBooks from Kobo before, you can easily add these to your eReader by updating your library over Wi Fi. Turn on your eReader and tap the Sync icon. If you have registered and completed setup, your eReader will automatically connect to an available Wi Fi network and download any books in your Kobo account. Shopping for a new book If you’re new to Kobo or you’d like to shop for new books, you can browse the Kobo Store on your eReader. First co
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12 you have enough Kobo store credit to pay for your order the credit card fields will be unavailable. 6. Tap Next to Continue. 7. When you reach the last screen you can use a gift card to pay for you order: 1. Tap Add Gift Card. 2. Select the type of gift card and enter your gift card number. If your card has a PIN printed on the back, enter that number too. 3. Tap Apply to confirm the Gift Card number. 4. If successful, tap Done. 8. To use a promo code to get a dis
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13 on your computer so that you can easily access them and read your content while not connected to the Internet. Your computer needs to be connected to the Internet to sync your eReader’s library. To update your Kobo Desktop library: 1. Open the Kobo Desktop application on your computer. 2. Click Update Library. Syncing your eReader using Kobo Desktop When you update your eReader library using Kobo Desktop, the software connects your eReader to your Kobo library and downloads your books di
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14 Section 2 CONFIGURING YOUR EREADER WHAT’S IN THIS SECTION • Changing your sleep and power settings • Changing your Reading Life settings • Viewing your device settings and resetting your eReader • Changing your wireless (Wi Fi) settings CHANGING YOUR SLEEP AND POWER SETTINGS When asleep or powered off, you have the option to show the cover of your most recently read book on the front of your eReader. If you don’t want to reveal your current read, you can turn this feature off. You can a
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15 Note: When you stop using your eReader it automatically counts the amount of time it has been idle so that it knows when to go to sleep. Configuring automatic power off 1. Press the Home button to go to your Home page. 2. Tap the Settings icon at the bottom of the screen. 3. Select Sleep & Power from the Settings list. 4. Find the header time to Auto Power Off. To turn this feature off, select the label “Never”. To set a time window, select from one of the options listed. Note: When
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16 VIEWING YOUR DEVICE SETTINGS AND RESETTING YOUR EREADER Resetting your device will erase all of your current settings and restore them to factory defaults. It will also delete your account information and any books, documents, newspapers and magazines on your eReader. 1. Press the Home button to go to your Home page. 2. Tap the Settings icon at the bottom of the screen. 3. Select Device Information from the Settings list. 4. Tap the Factory Reset button. 5. Confirm that you would lik
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17 Note: Keeping a short known networks list will improve the time it takes to auto-connect to a known Wi Fi network. To remove networks from your Known Networks list: 1. Press the Home button to go to your Home page. 2. Tap the Settings icon at the bottom of the screen. 3. Select Wireless Connection from the Settings list. 4. Find the Edit Wireless Networks section. 5. Tap Edit. 6. Review the list and select the checkboxes next to any networks you want to remove (or tap Select All)
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18 Section 3 NAVIGATING YOUR EREADER WHAT’S IN THIS SECTION • Finding things in your library • Searching for items • Changing and sorting your library view • Using your shortlist FINDING THINGS IN YOUR LIBRARY Your eReader keeps books and other documents in several areas to make them easy to find. • Newly added or open items Up to five of the books, newspapers, magazines or documents you’re currently reading appear on your Home page. To get there just press the Home button. • Boo
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19 You can create shortcuts to your current or favourite reads by adding them to your Shortlist. To get there, tap the Library menu on your Home page and select Shortlist. SEARCHING FOR ITEMS If you know exactly what you want to read you can search your library for a specific title or author. To search your library: 1. Press the Home button to go to your Home page. 2. Tap the Library menu and select a Books & Docs, News & Mags, Previews or Shortlist. 3. Tap the Search icon. Usin
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20 To choose a view, visit any area of your library and then tap the View icon at the bottom of the screen. You can then select a view from the list. Once you’ve chosen a view, you can change the order in which books are listed. Tap the Sorted By link near the top of the screen to see your options. Common choices include sorting by Title, Author, and Date Opened. Select an option to sort your books. USING YOUR SHORTLIST Sometimes you may want to keep track of specific books. To make this eas
