Ebook Format
This page describes the ebook format available from Books for Learning. Books in this format are digital files that can be read on-screen but not printed. They have the same layout and design as their equivalent printed books. Unlike many ebooks, these digital texts from Books for Learning are not encumbered with complex viewing and copying restrictions (DRM), meaning that you can download and use them straight away.
There are some useful options for reading ebooks on your computer or handheld device, as detailed below.
Modes of screen viewing
There are tools in Adobe Reader that allow various different viewing modes.
With Adobe Reader open, the bottom right corner offers four viewing modes: Single page, Continuous, Continuous-Facing, and Facing. The two modes most appropriate for Books for Learning ebooks are Single page and Continuous. Single Page displays one page at a time, allowing readers to advance pages with a simple click. Continuous allows pages to be viewed in a continuous series for easy scrolling.
In the middle of the toolbar at the top of screen there are the options of Fit Page (which fits a single page on screen) and Fit Width (which expands the document to fill the screen from left to right.
At the bottom left of the screen is the option to Hide Toolbars, which allows a little more space for viewing the document.
Bookmark and Page Tabs
Down the left side of the screen are various tabs, two of which are of use. Click Bookmarks to find a list of selected references within the document, such as chapter titles and comprehension pages. Clicking these allows you to jump easily to key places in the document. Click Pages to view thumbnails of all pages in the document. Click on any thumbnail to go directly to that page.
Resizing text
You can over-ride document formatting to enlarge the document’s text. At the top of the page, click View > Reflow. Then click the Zoom In / Zoom Out buttons on the toolbar at the top of the page.
NOTE: you cannot save or print these changes.
PDA viewing
Handheld PDAs are popular tools for viewing ebooks. Books for Learning ebooks are able to reflow for small screen viewing.
Opening an ebook where you left off
You can set Adobe Reader to open documents where you left off, instead of at the first page. To choose this setting, do the following:
Edit (Windows) or Adobe Reader (Macintosh) > Preferences > Startup > Reopen Documents to Last Viewed Page > All files.
Downloading and saving ebooks to your computer
When receiving ebooks by email, you may save documents to your computer in various ways. If you are using a remote email account (such as Hotmail, Gmail or Webmail) double click on the attachment(s) and click the Save button (disk icon at the top left of the menu bar) to save to your computer. If using an email program for downloading email to your computer (such as Outlook, Entourage etc.) click on the attachment(s) and save to another location on your computer.
When downloading ebooks from the Books for learning website, click the Save button (disk icon at the top left of the menu bar) to save to your computer.
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For a free example of a text in ebook format, click this link [350 KB]:The Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams Bianco |
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