Kobo Touch
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1. 3 Tap any of the listed options Buying a book When you ve found a book you want to purchase you simply tap Buy Now and you re taken to checkout You can use Visa MasterCard store credit or gift cards from select partners to pay for your book If you have a promo code which is a sort of coupon you can enter this during checkout to get a discount on your book To buy a book I Tap the Buy Now button 2 Ifyou have shopped with Kobo before and saved your billing information you ll go directly to the confirmation screen Skip to step 5 3 Use the keyboard to enter your billing address and credit card information Note This is the address associated with your credit card You need to provide this even if you use store credit or a gift card to pay for your order this address is used to ensure the correct tax is calculated for your purchases 4 Tap Done to continue 5 Review your order 6 Ifyou want to use a gift card to pay tap Add Gift Card If you want to use a promo code tap Add Promo Code 7 Tap Buy Now 8 Tap Keep Shopping to buy more books or press the Home button to return to the home screen Using your Wishlist You can add books to your Wishlist while shopping and easily find them later For example if you re browsing for books and you see three books you like you can add them to your Wishlist and buy one two or all of them later To adda book to your Wishlist e While shopping tap2. eReader you need to connect to Kobo online Your eReader lets you use Wi Fi wireless Internet to connect All you need is access toa wireless network in your area To connect to a wireless network 1 Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap the Menu icon at the top of your screen 3 Tap the iy Sync icon 4 Your eReader will try to connect to Wi Fi This may take a moment 5 You will be prompted to choose a wireless network Tap the name of the network you want to use 6 Ifthereisa Lock icon next to a network you need a password to use that network 7 If you re prompted for a network password use the keyboard to type in the password and then tap Join You can tap Show Password to see what you re typing Getting Help Got questions or need help Online www kobo com help Find answers to your questions using our help page Simply type a question in the field to get your answer Safety Regulatory and Warranty Information Important safety regulatory and warranty details about your Kobo Touch can be found on the Kobo website at www kobo com userguides Note The Declaration of Conformity may vary for different models of the Kobo Touch eReader The web site includes details of how to find your Kobo Touch model number South Africa This device has been declared compliant by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa ICASA and the Department of Posts and Telecommunica
3. go back to your Home page when you turn it on again Note that putting your eReader to sleep can interrupt things like library syncing and wireless connections To turn on your eReader e Slide the power button and hold until your eReader turns on To turn off your eReader Slide the power button and hold until the Off screen appears To put your eReader to sleep e Slide the power button and release quickly To wake your eReader from sleep e Slide the power button and release Connecting to your computer You can connect your eReader to your computer using the Kobo Desktop software Kobo Desktop lets you buy books rate books organize your eReader library and more Here are a few things you can do on Kobo Desktop e Manage a large collection of books with list view Read your books on your computer Browse Kobo books read previews and buy books For more details on Kobo Desktop you can download the Kobo Desktop guide from www kobo com userguides You can also search our online help portal at kobo com help to ask questions about Kobo Desktop or your eReader Using Your Library What s in this section e Navigating your Home Page and Library Searching for books e Syncing your library over Wi Fi e User custom library shelves Deleting books Navigating your Home Page and Library Your Home page is the first thing you see when you turn on your eReader You ll find the covers of up
4. the x Pin icon Note If you want to remove the book from your Wishlist tap the S Pin icon again To see the books in your Wishlist I Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap the Wishlist bar at the bottom of the page You can tap a book to read the synopsis or buy it Adding library books and books from other bookstores Want to borrow eBooks from a public library and read them on your eReader Or maybe you have eBooks from other sources that you d like to add Most eBooks that you borrow and buy are protected using Digital Rights Management or DRM They re protected so that only you can read them and in the case of library books only for a specific period of time Your eReader can read books protected using Adobe DRM which is a form of DRM used by most libraries and booksellers You ll know when you ve bought or borrowed a book using this type of protection if the library or bookseller gives you a file with an acsm extension rather than an epub or pdf extension The acsm file contains licensing information for unlocking your book To read one of these books on your Kobo eReader you need to use an application called Adobe Digital Editions This application can open your acsm file read the licensing information download your book and copy the book to your eReader Understanding EPUB PDF and DRM eBooks come in a range of formats When you look for books to read on your Kobo eReader look for book
5. to 5 books newspapers documents or magazines you re reading in a mosaic on your Home page 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 Your Library lets you read and manage books on your eReader You can create custom shelves to organize your books and even read any book previews you ve added In your Library you ll find Books see all the books and documents in your library e News amp Magazines see any newspapers and magazines you have subscribed to Previews see excerpts of new and exciting books e Shelves add and edit bookshelves to organize your library To open your library press the Home button then tap Library at the bottom of the screen Ready to buy your first book You can find books by categories recommended lists and more Your eReader makes buying books easy by sorting them into categories Recommended for you find books recommend to you based on your reading preferences e Similar Books find books that are similar to the ones in your library e Categories see a list of reading categories e Reading Lists see a list of popular book categories Search Kobo Books search for a specific book To find books press the Home button then tap Find Books at the bottom of the screen Searching for books If you know exactly what you want to read you can use Glob
6. al Search to find a book already in your library or a new book in Kobo books using the book title author name or a keyword L 2 Notes To find a book in your library or in Kobo books Press the Home button on your eReader Tap the Q search icon at the top left hand corner of the screen Choose where you d like to search Tap Library to search your library Tap Kobo Books to search the Kobo Store Using the keyboard type a book title author name or keyword Your search results will appear as you type You can tap a suggestion to go to that result e You can also use Global Search while reading just tap the middle of the page to bring up the Reading Menu and the Search icon will appear at the top left hand corner of the screen Syncing your library over Wi Fi updating your library If you have bought eBooks from Kobo before you can easily add these to your eReader using a Wi Fi connection If you have registered and completed setup your eReader will automatically download any books in your Kobo account To sync your eReader over Wi Fi 1 Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap the Menu icon at the top of your screen ra 3 Tap the Sync icon Using custom library shelves Custom shelves let you organize your books into categories that you choose For example if you have a collection of books by a favourite author you can create a custom shelf with the author s name and us
7. e it for all books written by that author After you ve created your shelf you can add or delete books and rename or delete the shelf To create a custom shelf 1 Press the Home button on your eReader Tap Library Tap Shelves Tap New Shelf Enter the name of the shelf you d like to create Tap Next Tap Add books 8 Select the books you d like to add to the shelf Note You can also tap the magnify glass icon near the bottom to search for a specific book in your library 9 Tap Create To see your custom shelves 1 Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap Library 3 Tap Shelves 4 Tap onthe shelf you want to open To add or remove books from your custom shelf 1 Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap Library 3 Tap Shelves 4 Tap the Menu icon beside the shelf you d like to edit 5 Tap Edit 6 To add a book Tap Add Books Tap each book you d like to add Note You can also tap the magnify glass icon near the bottom to search for a specific book in your library 7 To remove a book simply tap the book A plus icon means the book is not in the shelf 8 Tap Save when you re done Deleting books If you re done with a book you can delete it from your eReader Notes This means that if you use any of Kobo s other reading apps you will no longer have access to the book Don t worry though If you ever want to retrieve purchased books again sign in usin
8. e page will zoom out Swipe You can use this gesture to page through books that you are reading To page forward place your finger on the right edge of screen and quickly drag it horizontally to the left The page will turn just like a real book You can swipe from the left edge of the screen to page backwards Press and hold This is also called long press To use this gesture touch the screen and hold your finger in place This gesture allows you to select text while reading Just touch a word on the screen and hold your finger in place for a moment When you let go your eReader will underline the word and show two circles one at each end of the word You can then use the drag gesture on the circles to select more text Note Not all books allow for text selection Dragging If you re reading a PDF and you zoom in to see a bigger version of your page you can drag the page around to see different parts of it To do this touch anywhere on the screen and lightly move your finger around The page will move in the direction of your finger 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 difference is that when you put your eReader to sleep and then wake it up you go directly back to the last screen you saw This could be a page in the book the Kobo Store or an area in your library If you turn your eReader off you ll
9. g your user account details at kobo com and visit the My Account page You ll be able to add books from your purchase history back into your library To delete a book 1 Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap Library 3 Tap Books 4 Tapthe HH View icon at the bottom of the screen to see your books in list view o000 5 Select 6 Find the book you want to delete and tap the Menu icon next to it 7 Tap Delete 8 Confirm your deletion Reading on your eReader What s in this section e Reading a book e Navigating a book e Changing the way text looks e Closing and bookmarking your page Reading a book e To open a book just tap the title or cover Navigating a book 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 e Use the navigation bar to change pages or chapters Use the Table of Contents to browse a list of chapters and change chapters To jump around in a book using the navigation bar 1 2 Note Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu Tap the lt gt Navigation icon To scroll through the book s pages touch the circle in the navigation bar and slide it to the right to move forward and to the left to go back To move to the next page tap the gt Forward icon To move to the previous page tap the lt Back icon To ju
10. ght underlining the word 2 Release your finger from the page You ll see two circles one at each end of the word and its definition 3 Drag the first circle to the start of the text you want to highlight and then the second circle to the end of the text 4 Tap the A Highlight icon 5 Tap Highlight To see your highlights 1 Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Book icon 3 Select Annotations 4 Your eReader will show a list of all the highlights you ve made in your book Tap a highlight to open the page where you created your highlight To delete a highlight 1 Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Book icon 3 Select Annotations from the menu 4 Your eReader will show a list of all the highlights and notes you ve made in your book 5 6 Tap the Menu icon next to the highlight Tap Remove Highlight Using notes You can add notes to your pages This can be useful when you study a passage or want to add comments about what you re reading To add a note SN Sh ee oe In your book press and hold on a word that appears in the section you d like to comment on Release your finger from the page You ll see a highlight underlining the word and two circles one at each end of the word Note You can select more text to highlight for the note by moving the circles at either end of the word Tap the L Highligh
11. mp to the next chapter tap the Jump forward icon To jump to the previous chapter tap the lt lt Jump back icon To hide the navigation bar tap anywhere on the page or tap the X icon on the navigation bar When using the navigation bar you can quickly return to your original position by tapping the Snap Back icon Changing the way text looks 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 Note Line spacing margin spacing and text justification aren t available in Japanese books To change the way text looks 1 2 Tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu Tap the AA Text icon To change the style of the text select a font from the Font Face list To make text bigger or smaller tap the or signs beside Font Size To add more space between lines of text tap the or signs beside Line Spacing To add more space around the edges of your screen tap the or signs beside Margins To change how text lines up on the edges select one of the Justification options OFF Uses the default for your book y Forces text to line up on both the left and right Forces text to line up with the left side of the screen When you re done customizing your book tap anywhere on the screen Notes to go back to reading When you change the way
12. rd e drag and drop e Adobe Digital Editions For details on adding files to your eReader please visit our help page at www kobo com Using Wi Fi What s in this section About Wi Fi Turning off Wi Fi e Connecting your eReader to a wireless network e Syncing your library over Wi Fi About Wi Fi You can use your eReader to connect to Kobo over a wireless Internet connection Wi Fi When you re connected to Kobo you can update your library and shop for new books To see when you re connected look for the Wi Fi status icon at the top right corner of your eReader s screen x Wi Fi is disabled Wi Fi is on but your eReader cannot find a network lt all you have a fairly good connection e all Il you have an excellent connection Turning off Wi Fi If you want to extend the battery life of your eReader or you want to use your eReader on a plane or in a hospital you can prevent Wi Fi from connecting automatically To turn off Wi Fi 1 Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap the Menu icon at the top of your screen 3 Tap the check box at the right of Wi Fi When the check box is blank Wi Fi is disabled Note Your Kobo eReader can only connect to the Internet using Wi Fi so when you turn off Wi Fi your Kobo eReader can no longer connect to the Internet This is the same as airplane mode Connecting your eReader to a wireless Wi Fi network Before you can add Kobo books to your
13. s in EPUB or PDF formats There are different types of EPUBs as well Kobo EPUBs which come from the Kobo store and other EPUBs which come from other sources EPUBs may or may not support all the features that Kobo EPUBs have Note Some other EPUBs might show a page number in the margin that came from the original book You can turn this feature on or off in Advanced Settings in the Reading Menu Sometimes books are protected using Digital Rights Management DRM DRM prevents unauthorized copying of books and is often used to protect the books you get from libraries and booksellers There are several types of DRM Your eReader can read books that are protected using Adobe DRM Once you ve found books that you want to read you can choose from several ways to add them to your eReader You can transfer books using A wireless connection on your eReader e The free Kobo Desktop software on your computer e Adobe Digital Editions A micro SD card e Drag and drop Which method works best depends on whether your books are protected by DRM and where they came from If you purchase books from Kobo you can add them to your eReader using a wireless connection or using the free Kobo Desktop software for your computer If your books are protected by DRM you can add them to your eReader using Adobe Digital Editions If your books are not protected by DRM you can add them to your eReader using e aMicro SD ca
14. t icon Tap Add Note Use the keyboard to enter your note Tap Save To read your notes e Press and hold the text you highlighted for the note Or I While reading tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Book icon 3 Tap Annotations 4 Tap the text next to the B Notes icon Bookmarking pages Like a dog ear in a paper book you can mark interesting passages or pages that you want to return to using dog ears To bookmark a page While reading tap the top right hand corner of the page A dog ear will appear in the top right hand corner of the page To find a dog ear L While reading tap the center of the page to bring up the Reading Menu Tap the Book icon Tap Annotations Tap the Menu icon beside the dog ear you want to see Tap Show on Page Using the dictionary Your Kobo eReader has a built in Dictionary that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks The Dictionary may not work if you re reading books from other sources and does not work when reading PDFs To find a word definition J In your book press and hold the word you d like to look up 2 Release your finger from the page to see its definition Translating a word Your Kobo eReader has built in translation that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks Translation may not work if you re reading books from other sources and does not work when reading PDFs To translate a word into differen
15. t languages J In your book press and hold the word you d like to translate 2 Release your finger from the page Tap the Dictionary icon Tap Translation Dictionary Tap the drop down menu under Translate Word Select the language that you d like the translation in Getting a Book What s in this section e Shopping for anew book e Buying a book e Using your Wishlist e Adding library books and books from other bookstores Shopping for a new book If you re new to Kobo or you d like to shop for new books you can find and purchase books in several ways on your eReader Using Discover Discover shows you books that you might like based on books you own and books you ve rated To use Discover to find a book I Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap Discover 3 Tapa book cover at the left or right of the center book to see more books Note Tap the center book cover to see a synopsis Using Find Books Find Books lets you browse in different ways or search for a particular book you want e Similar books find books that are similar to the ones in your library Recommended for you find books recommend to you based on your reading preferences e Categories see a list of book categories Reading Lists see a list of popular book categories e Search Kobo search for a specific book To use Find Books I Press the Home button on your eReader 2 Tap Find Books
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17. text looks your eReader remembers your preferred text size and style and applies it to other books you re reading If you are reading a PDF you can t change the size or style of the text but you can zoom in to make the entire page bigger and easier to read Closing and bookmarking your page When you re done reading you can stop reading by Turning your eReader off or putting it to sleep e Going to your Home page or one of your other library pages Your eReader automatically closes your book and remembers the page you were on via automatic bookmarking The next time you open the book it will remember where you stopped reading and open your book to that page Books that you re still 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 In the Books area of your library find the book you would like to close I Tap the Menu icon to see the options menu or press and hold the book s cover until you see the menu 2 Select Mark as Finished Annotating text and looking up or translating words What s in this section e Highlighting text Using notes e Bookmarking pages Using the dictionary Translating a word Highlighting text Some books let you highlight text just like using a highlighter in a printed book To highlight text 1 In your book press and hold a word on the page You ll see a highli
18. time Connect your eReader to your USB port computer using the supplied USB cable to charge your eReader or add books to it ee Insert a paper clip and hold to reset D 2 Reset hole your eReader if necessary Charging your eReader To charge your eReader connect it to your computer using the USB cable provided in your box As it charges your eReader will display the battery s charge at the top right hand corner of the screen Battery icon Meaning Your eReader is out of power Your eReader is charging Your eReader has partial charge aL Your eReader is fully charged To find out how much power your eReader has left press the Home button and return to your Home screen You ll find the battery icon at the top right hand corner of the screen with the battery s current capacity 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 reading a PDF you can double tap to zoom in to a page and make it bigger If you re already zoomed in double tapping th
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