iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Read books in the Books app on iPhone
In the Books app , tap Reading Now to see the books you’re currently reading, those you recently purchased, and personalized recommendations. Tap Library to see all of your titles.
![The Reading Now screen in the Books app. At the bottom of the screen are, from left to right, the Reading Now, Library, Book Store, Audiobooks and Search tabs.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C913108094622D50F674514/5C91310A094622D50F67451E/en_US/3b563628adea39c05fa031c42c708107.png)
You can sync your Reading Now collection across your iOS devices set up with the same Apple ID. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, and turn on both iCloud Drive and Books. Then go to Settings > Books, and turn on Reading Now.
Read a book
Tap the Reading Now or Library tab, then tap a cover to open a book. Use gestures and controls to navigate as follows:
Turn the page: Tap the right side of the page or swipe right to left.
Go back to the previous page: Tap the left side of the page or swipe left to right.
Go to a specific page: Tap the page and move the slider at the bottom of the screen left or right. Or, tap
and enter a page number, then tap the page number in the search results.
Close a book: Tap the page to show the controls, then tap
.
![The page of a book open in the Books app with buttons at the top of the screen, from left to right, for closing the book, viewing the table of contents, changing the text, searching, and bookmarking. There’s a slider at the bottom of the screen.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C913108094622D50F674514/5C91310A094622D50F67451E/en_US/bc8e136ac4dff01367dcfcb0154cdfb2.png)
Change text and display appearance
Tap the page, tap , then do any of the following:
Adjust the screen brightness: Drag the slider left or right.
Change the font size: Tap the large A to increase the font size or tap the small A to decrease it.
Change the font: Tap Fonts to choose a different font.
Change the page background color: Tap a colored circle.
Dim the screen when it’s dark: Turn Auto-Night Theme on to automatically change the page color and brightness when using Books in low-light conditions. (Not all books support Auto-Night Theme.)
Turn off pagination: Turn Scrolling View on to scroll continuously through the book.
![The appearance menu showing controls for, from top to bottom, brightness, font size, font, page color, auto-night theme, and scrolling view.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5C913108094622D50F674514/5C91310A094622D50F67451E/en_US/c7e93e8cab5ab26017ddb8a3513adc90.png)
Bookmark a page
When you close a book, your place is saved automatically—you don’t need to add a bookmark. Bookmark pages you want to return to again.
Tap to add a bookmark; tap it again to remove the bookmark.
To see all your bookmarks, tap , then tap Bookmarks.
Highlight or underline text
Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Highlight, then tap
to choose a highlight color or to underline.
To remove a highlight or underline, tap the text, then tap
.
To see all of your highlights, tap , then tap Notes.
Add a note
Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Note, use the keyboard to enter text, then tap Done.
To see all of your notes, tap , then tap Notes. Swipe left on a note to delete it.
Share a selection
You can share text selections using Mail or Messages, or you can add the selection to Notes. If the book is from the Book Store, a link to the book is automatically included. (Sharing may not be available in all regions.)
Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Share, then choose a method.
To share a link to the Book Store only, tap a page, tap , then tap
.
Sync notes and highlights across devices
You can sync your reading position, collections, notes, and highlights across your iOS devices and Mac when you’re signed in to iCloud with the same account.
Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud, turn on iCloud Drive, then turn on Books.