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Customizing Features in Microsoft Reader

There are a variety of ways to customize your view of Microsoft Reader, including customizing the font size and the way an eBook page appears on your computer screen.

• To use the Customizing Features
• How to change font size
• Full screen viewing
• Customizing ClearType
• How to use the Visual Guides

From an eBook page

• Click the eBook's title in the Header at the top of the page.
• Click Settings from the pop-up menu.
• Click Go To on the Navigation menu.
• Select an option from the Go To menu.

From a non-eBook page (for instance, from the Library page)

• Click Settings in the navigation menu along the left side of the page.
• Click Go To and select a Settings option.
  

There are five font sizes to choose from in Microsoft Reader.

• Click the eBook's title in the Header at the top of the page.
• Choose Settings.
• Click on the line to the right of the indicator to make your font size larger.
• Click on the line to the left of the indicator to make your font size smaller.
• Click Return in the navigation menu to return to your eBook.
  Note: Changing the font size will affect the page numbering of the eBook. Also, if you change the font size, the relationship of drawings to the underlying content may change.

Use the F11 key to hide the desktop and center the Microsoft Reader window over a black background. Pressing the F11 key a second time will restore the original view.

• Click the eBook's title in the Header at the top of the page.
• Choose Settings.
• Click Go To and select ClearType Settings.
• You will be asked twice to select the text that you prefer.
• After your settings have been reconfigured, click Return to resume reading.
  Note: You can also choose to restore the default configuration by clicking on the link Restore MS Reader default settings.

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The triangle near the eBook's title in the Header at the top of the page, and the ones on either side of the page number, are optional Visual Guides that can help you navigate quickly in eBook pages. When you first use Microsoft Reader, the optional Visual Guides will be turned on.

• The arrow to the left of the page number shows that you can click that area to go backward one page.
• The arrow to the right of the page number shows that you can click that area to go forward one page.
• The arrow to the left of the eBook's title in the header shows that you can click that area to see a drop-down menu of navigation choices available from eBook pages.

To turn Visual Guides off and on

• Click the eBook's title in the Header at the top of the page.
• Click Settings in the drop-down menu.
• Click Go To and select Screen Settings.
• When Visual Guides are turned on, a checkmark will appear to the left of the item.
• Click on the box to turn this feature off or on.
  Note: When you turn visual guides on or off in an eBook, they will be turned on or off in all eBooks in your Library.

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