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Change a book’s appearance in Books on Mac
Unlike a physical book, you can change how books appear in the Books app.
Show one or two pages in a book
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Drag the window’s sides left or right until you see one or two pages.
Change the font and page colour in a book
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Move the pointer to the top of the book, then click the Appearance button
.
If the Appearance button isn’t available, you can’t change the font.
Do any of the following:
Change the font size and style: Click the A buttons to make the font smaller or larger, then choose a font below Book Font.
Change the page colour: Choose White, Sepia, Grey or Night (if available).
Turn off pagination in a book
You can scroll through a book instead of turning the pages.
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Move the pointer to the top of the book, click the Appearance button
, then turn on Vertical Scrolling or Horizontal Scrolling, depending on the format of the book.
If the Appearance button isn’t available, choose View > Vertical Scrolling or Horizontal Scrolling.
Change alignment and hyphenation in a book
In the Books app
on your Mac, choose Books > Preferences, then click Reading.
Do any of the following:
Change paragraph alignment: Select or unselect Full Justification.
Change hyphenation: Select or unselect Auto-hyphenation.
To make books appear larger, you can use the Books app full screen. See Use apps in full screen.