Reading an eBook with Microsoft Reader
Updated: November 7,
2002
The Library acts as your home page in Microsoft Reader, and displays a
list of all the eBooks stored on your device. To open an eBook from the Library,
click the title or cover.
Navigation menu
The new red Navigation menu along the left side of non-eBook pages and the
cover page of every Microsoft Reader eBook was designed to make it easy for
you to use Microsoft Reader.
From the Navigation menu
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Click Library to go to your Library.
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Click Shop to connect to online eBookstores.
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Click Help to see Microsoft Reader Help.
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Click Return to go to the previous Microsoft Reader screen visited.
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Click Settings to change the font settings, ClearType, screen settings,
voice settings, and annotation settings.
From the Go To menu
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Click Table of Contents to open a list of the eBook's contents. If
no Table of Contents exists, this option appears dimmed.
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Click Most recent page to go to the last page visited.
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Click Begin reading to go to the first reading page of the eBook.
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Click Furthest read to go to the highest numbered page you have read
so far.
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Click Annotations to open a list of any notes, comments, bookmarks,
or drawings you have inserted. If no annotations have been made, this option
is dimmed.
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Click About this title to read information from the publisher about
the eBook. If no publisher information is included, this option is dimmed.
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Click Cover Image to open the eBook's cover.
To use links to navigate
To follow links from an eBook to the Web, your device must be connected to the
Internet.
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Click the linked text. Some linked text can connect to a Web site on the
Internet.
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To return to the previous page, click the Title Bar menu at the top of the
page, and then select Return from the menu. Note that the Return feature can
be used only once; it does not store multiple locations.
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Riffle Control
The new Riffle Control makes it even easier to identify where you are
in your Microsoft Reader eBook. Display the Riffle Control by right-clicking
the page number at the bottom of the eBook's page. The Riffle Control is also
available to manage active listening features
that can announce Microsoft Reader functions.
Use the Riffle Control to quickly move through pages
- Right-click the page number to see the Riffle Control.
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Click the page arrows (
and
)
to move one page at a time.
Note: If the arrows on the Riffle Control appear dimmed, you are at the
beginning or end of the eBook.
Or
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Click and drag the Riffle Control until the page number in the number field
matches the page number you want to see
- Release the mouse button to go to that page.
Or
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Click the section arrows (
and
)
to move one section at a time. Using section arrows provides structured navigation,
which is an additional layer of navigation provided by the publisher of each
eBook. If the eBook has no chapters or subsections, the double arrows appear
dimmed.
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Click the close box (
)
to dismiss the Riffle Control
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Closing an eBook
When you're done reading:
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Click the eBook's title in the Header at the top of the page.
- Click an option from the pop-up menu.
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