Manual
Table of Contents
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Storeroom : Book cover format
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Storeroom : List format
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Library : Book cover format
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Library : List format
Smooth Reader provides two kinds of screens, "Storeroom" and "Library".
All registered ebooks are stored in the "Storeroom".
On the other hand, only ebooks attached with "Book categories tags" in the "Storeroom" are lined up in the "Library".
* To line up ebooks in Library, organize ebooks in Storeroom.
- Bookshelf style
- Book cover(thumbnail) format
It displays a thumbnail image of the first page of each PDF file as a book cover.
Book categories tags are printed on each thumbnail.
- List format
It displays File name, File size, Last modified date, Current page number/Total number of pages and Book categories tags.
It also displays Author name when the PDF property has Author settings.
The purchased ebook (PDF file) is attached with on the list.
The sample ebook (PDF file) downloaded at Smooth Reader Ebook Store is attached with on the list.
* Total number of pages and Author name are not displayed when an ebook is imported. Once you open an ebook, you can find these kind of information on the list.
- In the "Storeroom", you can sort ebooks by tapping in order of "file name", "last modified date", "last access date", "registered date", or "author name".
- In order of file name
Ebooks are displayed in alphabetical(character code) order.
- In order of last modified date
Ebooks are displayed in descending order of last modified date.
- In order of last access date(last reading date)
Ebooks are displayed in descending order of last access date(last reading date).
- In order of registered date
Ebooks are displayed in descending order of registered date.
- In order of author name
Ebooks are displayed in order of author name if the registered PDF has Author settings.
* To sort ebooks in author name, open the ebook to show author name on the list.
* Ebooks without Author settings are displayed at the bottom of the list.
- To open an ebook, tap the cover image in Book cover format or the title in List format.
- Flick or swipe the screen for scrolling.
The scrolling direction for Book cover format is horizontal and the counterpart for List format is vertical.
* If you swipe the screen in Book cover format, the bookshelf is tilted and then the scrolling speed is accelerated.
For more information about this function, please refer to Operation in 3D Perspective View.
- Tap Status bar (the upper black-colored area of the screen) to go back to the head.
- Tap Tab bar to switch between "Storeroom" and "Library" screen.
- Library
Tagged ebooks are stored in the bookshelf with dividers.
- Storeroom
All ebooks are lined up.
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Book-reading screen
- Tap the leftmost area, then you can go back to the previous page at once.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go back to the previous pages consecutively.
- Tap the upper left, then you can go back to the previous 1 view(*).
- Tap the lower left, then you can go back to the previous 1 view.
- Tap the rightmost area, then you can go forward to the next page at once.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go forward to the next pages consecutively.
- Tap the upper right, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- Tap the lower right, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- You can slide pages in the direction of your flick.
- Tap the middle area of the screen, then you can switch the tool bar into displayed or non-displayed.
If you double-tap this area when the panel for Home View Settings is displayed, you can go back to the previous view.
* The term "view" means "page" when the page layout is One Page and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
Smooth Reader automatically determines the page layout(One Page or Two-page Spread) and the page orientation(Right to Left or Left to Right), based on the imported PDF files' properties.
The operation in Two-page Spread is as follows.
* Please refer to FAQ regarding the criteria of Two-page Spread.
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Two-page Spread
- Tap the leftmost area, then you can go back to the previous 2 pages.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go back to the previous pages 2 by 2 consecutively.
- Tap the upper left, then you can go back to the previous 1 view(*).
- Tap the lower left, then you can go back to the previous 1 view.
- Tap the rightmost area, then you can go forward to the next 2 pages.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go forward to the next pages 2 by 2 consecutively.
- Tap the upper right, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- Tap the lower right, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- You can slide pages in the direction of your flick.
- Tap the middle area of the screen, then you can switch the tool bar into displayed or non-displayed.
If you double-tap this area when the panel for Home View Settings is displayed, you can go back to the previous view.
* The term "view" means "Two-page Spread" when the page layout is Two-page Spread and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
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Book-reading screen
- Tap the rightmost area, then you can go back to the previous page at once.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go back to the previous pages consecutively.
- Tap the upper right, then you can go back to the previous 1 view(*).
- Tap the lower right, then you can go back to the previous 1 view.
- Tap the leftmost area, then you can go forward to the next page at once.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go forward to the next pages consecutively.
- Tap the upper left, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- Tap the lower left, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- You can slide pages in the direction of your flick.
- Tap the middle area of the screen, then you can switch the tool bar into displayed or non-displayed.
If you double-tap this area when the panel for Home View Settings is displayed, you can go back to the previous view.
* The term "view" means "page" when the page layout is One Page and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
Smooth Reader automatically determines the page layout(One Page or Two-page Spread) and the page orientation(Right to Left or Left to Right), based on the imported PDF files' properties.
The operation in Two-page Spread is as follows.
* Please refer to FAQ regarding the criteria of Two-page Spread.
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Two-page Spread
- Tap the rightmost area, then you can go back to the previous 2 pages.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go back to the previous pages 2 by 2 consecutively.
- Tap the upper right, then you can go back to the previous 1 view(*).
- Tap the lower right, then you can go back to the previous 1 view.
- Tap the leftmost area, then you can go forward to the next 2 pages.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go forward to the next pages 2 by 2 consecutively.
- Tap the upper left, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- Tap the lower left, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- You can slide pages in the direction of your flick.
- Tap the middle area of the screen, then you can switch the tool bar into displayed or non-displayed.
If you double-tap this area when the panel for Home View Settings is displayed, you can go back to the previous view.
* The term "view" means "Two-page Spread" when the page layout is Two-page Spread and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
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Book-reading screen
- Tap the top edge, then you can go back to the previous page at once.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go back to the previous pages consecutively.
- Tap the upper right, then you can go back to the previous 1 view(*).
- Tap the upper left, then you can go back to the previous 1 view.
- Tap the lower end, then you can go forward to the next page at once.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go forward to the next pages consecutively.
- Tap the lower right, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- Tap the lower left, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- You can slide pages in the direction of your flick.
- Tap the middle area of the screen, then you can switch the tool bar into displayed or non-displayed.
If you double-tap this area when the panel for Home View Settings is displayed, you can go back to the previous view.
* The term "view" means "page" when the page layout is One Page and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
Two pages are displayed vertically, when the page orientation is Up to Down and the page layout is Two-page Spread. Additionally, the operation in Two-page Spread is as follows.
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Two-page Spread
- Tap the top edge, then you can go back to the previous 2 pages.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go back to the previous pages 2 by 2 consecutively.
- Tap the upper right, then you can go back to the previous 1 view(*).
- Tap the upper left, then you can go back to the previous 1 view.
- Tap the lower end, then you can go forward to the next 2 pages.
Touch and hold this edge, then you can go forward to the next pages 2 by 2 consecutively.
- Tap the lower right, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- Tap the lower left, then you can go forward to the next 1 view.
- You can slide pages in the direction of your flick.
- Tap the middle area of the screen, then you can switch the tool bar into displayed or non-displayed.
If you double-tap this area when the panel for Home View Settings is displayed, you can go back to the previous view.
* The term "view" means "Two-page Spread" when the page layout is Two-page Spread and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
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Make a new bookmark
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Add a new bookmark
- Tap .
- A bookmark is attached to the current page.
A bookmark is attached.
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List of bookmarks
- Tap .
- The list of bookmarks is displayed. Tap any bookmark to jump to the corresponding page.
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List of bookmarks
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Select a bookmark
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Input a comment
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Add a comment
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Delete a bookmark
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A bookmark is deleted
- Tap .
- The bookmark on the current page is deleted.
A bookmark is not attached.
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The table of contents is displayed.
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Tap
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Tap
at the right side of the book title
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Input the book title
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Tap
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Tap
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Storeroom : Book cover format
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Storeroom : List format
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Confirmation panel for ebook-deletion
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Screenshot of iTunes(1)
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Screenshot of iTunes(2)
- Connect iPad to PC.
- Start up iTunes.
- Choose the connected iPad at "DEVECES" field.
- Click [Apps] at the top of the screen.
- Choose "Smooth Reader" from "Apps" list of "File Sharing".
- Drag PDF files which you want to import into "Smooth Reader Documents" list.
- Synchronize iPad.
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Screenshot of PDF opend by Safari
- Open the PDF file by tapping the link of PDF file on Browser.
- Tap and select "Open in SmoothReader" on the list.
- Smooth Reader starts up and opens a PDF file.
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Screenshot of PDF opend by Mailer
- Touch and hold the attached PDF file in the mail.
- Select "Open in SmoothReader" on the list.
- Smooth Reader starts up and opens the PDF file.
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Screenshot of PDF opened by Dropbox
- Open the PDF file by Dropbox.
- After the PDF file is opened, tap at the upper right corner of the screen.
- Tap "Open In...".
- Select "Open in SmoothReader" on the list.
- Smooth Reader starts up and opens the PDF file.
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Tap
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Storeroom : Book cover format
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Storeroom : List format
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Select "Book Categories Tags"
In Storeroom screen, you can put "Book Categories Tags" on your favorite ebooks and sort them by genre or categories.
The ebooks you newly registered or recently read are automatically attached with "♦New" tags or "♦Recently Read" tags(up to 8) respectively.
※ By entering the comma-delimited strings as the keywords of the PDF properties, "Book Categories Tags" of your entered strings automatically attach to an ebook when an ebook is registered in Storeroom.
In Library, ebooks attached with "Book Categories Tags" in Storeroom are organized by sections of the bookshelf with dividers.
By putting or deleting the tags on ebooks, you can freely move ebooks into or out of Library.
- In Storeroom screen(List format or Book cover format), tap at the upper right corner of the screen.
- Tap the ebook you want to put tags on.
* You can select multiple ebooks.
- Tap at the lower right corner of the screen.
- Tap the tag name you want from "Book Categories Tags" menu, and then shows up.
You can put multiple tags on one ebook.
To remove the tag, tap the tag name with .
- Tap and then tags are displayed on the book cover or the list.
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Tap
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Create the new tag(Book cover format)
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Input the tag name and specify the tag's color.
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The new tag has been added
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Tap
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Tag editing screen
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The completion of tag edit
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The completion of tag operation
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Tap
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Library : Book cover format
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The completion of shelf sort operation
You can move ebooks lined up on the section with dividers in Library to the other section.
Also, you can remove ebooks from Library. An ebook itself can not be deleted.
* Removing an ebook from Library has the same meaning of removing the tag from an ebook.
* If an ebook is moved to the other section in Library, the previous tag is removed from an ebook, and then the new tag that is the same name as the divider's name is put on an ebook.
* You can sort ebooks in the same section of the bookshelf.
- Tap at the upper right corner of the screen.
- To move an ebook to the other section of the bookshelf, drag the book cover.
- To remove an ebook form the bookshelf, tap at the upper left corner of an ebook.
- After the moving or deletion operation has done, tap .
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3D Perspective View
When you swipe and hold your finger on the screen for a second in Book cover format(Storeroom or Library), the bookshelf is tilted and then the scrolling action starts(3D Perspective View).
Once 3D Perspective View starts, the bookshelf moves automatically depending on your finger position. Thus, you can find desired ebooks easily without a repeat of flicking.
Depending on your stopped finger position after a swipe, the scrolling direction changes.
- Your finger position after a swipe is on the right half area of the screen, the bookshelf is tilted to the left rear and the scrolling starts for viewing the shelf's left side.
- Your finger position after a swipe is on the left half area of the screen, the bookshelf is tilted to the right rear and the scrolling starts for viewing the shelf's right side.
- To slow down the speed of 3D Perspective View, move your stopped finger to the middle of the screen.
- To finish 3D Perspective View, lift your finger off the screen.
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Screen for 3D Perspective View settings
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Setting for Start Operation
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Setting for Hold Time
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Setting for First Motion
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Setting for Motion Following a Swipe Operation
By "Settings" of Smooth Reader, you can change settings for 3D Perspective View including the start operation and the scrolling speed.
- Tap in a tab bar.
- Settings screen of Smooth Reader is displayed.
- Start Operation
You can select the start operation for switching the scroll mode from 2D(normal) to 3D(3D Perspective View) in Book cover format.
"Swipe and Hold" : 3D Perspective View starts by holding your finger during a swipe.
"Swipe Vertically" : 3D Perspective View starts when you swipe the length of one book cover vertically. By swiping vertically or diagonally in 2D scrolling, you can move into 3D Perspective View.
- Hold Time
If you select "Swipe and Hold" in Start Operation, you can select the hold time for starting 3D Perspective View from holding your finger in 5 levels.
If you don't want 3D Perspective View, select "No transition to 3D perspective".
- First Motion
You can select the speed of acceleration in 5 levels for the first motion of 3D Perspective View.
- Motion Following a Swipe Operation
You can select the reaction rate of scrolling in 5 levels for moving your finger right and left during 3D Perspective View.
Home View Function enables you to read the magnified main text without margins of a page(including page number or chapter title) and footnotes.
Additionally, you can read pages at twice the size if you hold your iPad landscape and display the upper half and the lower half of a page in order.
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Magnification of the screen
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Setting Home View
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Home View setting is done
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In the book-readig screen, pinch the range you want to set as Home View for zoom and drag it.
- Tap of Navigation Bar.
- In the preview screen, you can check Current Home View and Current Display Range.
The 2nd View(Last View) range is also displayed, when Current Display Range is set as Home View and there is equal-sized space under Home View.
- Green frame: Current Home View
- Red frame: Current Display Range
- Gray frame: Next Home View (When 3 or more Home View can be set in one page)
- Blue frame: Last View
To set Home View, tap .
- In the preview screen, the green frame for Current Home View and the red frame for Current Display Range get together.
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Home View is active
In the book-reading screen, the contents are displayed in Home View range.
If you turn pages, this Home View setting is not changed.
As long as Home View is active, the following operations are available, in addition to the operations in Read an Ebook.
- To read the outside of Home View range, drag the screen.
- When you read the outside of Home View range, double-tap the screen to go back to Home View range.
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Release of Home View setting
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Home View is released.
- Pinch in the screen to show the whole page.
- Tap of Navigation Bar.
- Tap .
- In the preview screen, the green frame for Current Home View and the red frame for Current Display Range get together.
- In the book-reading screen, Home View setting is released and the whole 1 page is displayed on the screen.
You can move through the magnified pages only with flick operation, if you hold your iPad landscape and set the uppermost part of a vertically long page as Home View.
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Setting for "One Page" layout (displaying pages 1 by 1)
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Setting display range
(The result of step
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Setting Home View
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Flick up
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The last half of the page
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Flick left
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Next page's Home View
(The result of step
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In the example 1, you have to flick up for moving in the same page and flick left for turning pages.
If there is equal-sized space under Home View, this space is set as the 2nd view. In this case, you can move views and read page after page only with tap operation.
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Setting for "One Page" layout (displaying pages 1 by 1)
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Setting display range
(The result of step
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Setting Home View
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Tap the lower right
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The 2nd view
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Tap the lower right
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Next page's Home View
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Showing Page Thumbnails
By Page Thumbnails Function, you can preview the pages of a PDF file with thumbnails.
With this function, you can tap the thumbnail to read the page directly. You can also preview only the pages with bookmarks.
- In the book-reading screen, pinch in the screen.
- Page thumbnails appear on the screen.
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A website is displayed.
By the built-in web browser in Smooth Reader, you can browse the web directly from Smooth Reader without starting the other web browser.
- Tap in a tab bar.
- The built-in web browser in Smooth Reader starts and the website is displayed.
※ If you tap in the next use, the last web page you have read is comming back.
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Add a bookmark.
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The new bookmark is added.
- Tap to show the menu for adding a bookmark.
- Tap at the upper left of the menu.
- A bookmark is newly added.
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Select a PDF file.
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Download confirmation
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Screen when the download is processing
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Downloaded PDF file
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Help overlay is available.
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Online manual is available.
- Tap at the upper right corner of the screen.
- The help overlay is displayed translucently.
- To read the online manual(this page) in Smooth Reader Website, tap .
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Help overlay is displayed.
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Help overlay is closed.
- Tap anywhere you like on the help overlay.
- The help overlay is closed.
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Settings screen
On "Settings" screen of Smooth Reader, you can find the version number of Smooth Reader. You can also visit Smooth Reader Website from "Settings" screen.
- Tap in a tab bar.
- Version
You can find the version number of Smooth Reader you are using.
- Online Manual
Tap [Online Manual] to show Online Manual on Smooth Reader Website.
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Storeroom : List format
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Library : List format
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List of bookmarks
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Table of contents
By Dynamic Type(the new function of iOS 7), you can change font size of Smooth Reader's List format in "Storeroom" and "Library", bookmarks and the table of contents.
To change font size, use "Settings" app of iPad.
- Tap the Settings app icon of iPad.
- Tap "General" on the left side of the screen.
- Tap "Text Size" on the right side.
- Drag the slider on the lower side to change font size.