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About your Kobo eReader

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Anatomy of your Kobo eReader

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Charging your Kobo eReader

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Charging your Kobo eReader with a wall adapter

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Turning your Kobo eReader on and off

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Using the touch screen

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Using ComfortLight

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Connecting to your computer

Anatomy of your Kobo eReader

Summary of Contents for GLO HD

Page 1: ...User Guide...

Page 2: ...and off 8 Using the touch screen 9 Using ComfortLight 10 Connecting to your computer 11 Using Wi Fi 13 Connecting your Kobo eReader to a Wi Fi network 13 Checking the Wi Fi status on your Kobo eReader...

Page 3: ...oks from your Kobo eReader at once 27 Reading on your Kobo eReader 28 Getting around a book 29 Changing text and font options on your Kobo eReader 30 Closing books 31 Bookmarking pages 32 Finding a bo...

Page 4: ...book to your Wishlist on your Kobo eReader 43 Viewing your Wishlist 43 Getting started with Adobe Digital Editions 44 Installing Adobe Digital Editions 45 Creating an Adobe ID 45 Authorizing your comp...

Page 5: ...ion Anatomy of your Kobo eReader Charging your Kobo eReader Charging your Kobo eReader with a wall adapter Turning your Kobo eReader on and off Using the touch screen Using ComfortLight Connecting to...

Page 6: ...Power button Press to turn your eReader on or off or put it to sleep Micro USB port Connect your eReader to your computer using the supplied...

Page 7: ...last up to a month We recommend you charge your Kobo eReader with the supplied Micro USB cable If you need to replace your Micro USB cable you can get a new one at any location where Micro USB cables...

Page 8: ...per converter before you charge your Kobo eReader using a power outlet Turning your Kobo eReader on and off Turning your Kobo eReader off or putting it to sleep both help your battery last longer When...

Page 9: ...uch screen When your eReader is on you can touch the screen to open books turn pages select items and more Here are a few gestures you might find useful Tap Touch the screen lightly to open a book tur...

Page 10: ...ot select text in PDFs or comic books Using ComfortLight You can adjust the ComfortLight brightness from your Home screen or while you re reading From your Home screen tap the brightness icon at the t...

Page 11: ...is free software that lets you add and manage books on your eReader Kobo Desktop lets you Quickly add and delete a large number of books on your eReader Read books you ve purchased from Kobo Shop for...

Page 12: ...For more information about Kobo Desktop you can Download Kobo Desktop at kobosetup com Download the Kobo Desktop user guide from kobo com userguides Search our help site at kobo com help...

Page 13: ...o connect to the Internet on your eReader to search the Kobo Bookstore and sync your Kobo eReader All you need is access to a wireless network 1 Go to your Home screen 2 Tap the Sync tile Your eReader...

Page 14: ...Kobo eReader To see if you re connected to the Internet check the Wi Fi status icon at the top of your screen Wi Fi icons Wi Fi is disabled You have a moderately good Wi Fi connection You have an exce...

Page 15: ...our eReader s battery life and let you use your eReader on an airplane Your Wi Fi connection will turn off automatically if it s inactive for more than five minutes 1 Go to your Home screen 2 Tap the...

Page 16: ...with bookmarks or annotations you made while reading on another device If you buy a book on kobo com you ll need to sync before you ll see the book in your Kobo Library There are two ways you can syn...

Page 17: ...a known network your eReader will begin the Adding a Network process Syncing your Kobo eReader with Kobo Desktop You can also sync your eReader by connecting it to your computer with Kobo Desktop Kob...

Page 18: ...r Kobo account click the Profile icon at the top of your screen and sign in 4 Click the Sync icon Your eReader will sync and update your Library 5 Click the Eject button at the top of the screen to di...

Page 19: ...Home screen you can see your recently opened books access the Kobo Bookstore and more Go to your Home screen by tapping the Home icon at the top of the screen While reading tap the centre of your scre...

Page 20: ...bottom of your Home screen you can access your Library the Kobo Bookstore and Extras which include a dictionary and your personal reading statistics Exploring your Library Your Library lets you read...

Page 21: ...the free Pocket app on your computer tablet or other device Searching for books Use the search bar at the top of your Home screen to find a book already in your Library or a new book in the Kobo Book...

Page 22: ...4 Using the keyboard type a book title author name or keyword Search results will appear as you type 5 Tap a suggestion to go to that result or tap Go to see the full list of results...

Page 23: ...all your books from your Kobo eReader at once About the Kobo Cloud All the books you purchase from Kobo are stored in the Kobo Cloud an online storage area with unlimited space You can choose which b...

Page 24: ...e word Download beside the book title or a Download icon on the book cover 4 Tap the book s cover to download it The book will start downloading 5 Tap the book s cover or title to open it If you selec...

Page 25: ...Tap Library 3 Tap Books 4 Tap the Menu icon in the grey bar underneath Books 5 Tap Download all Your books will be placed in a queue and downloaded to your eReader one at a time In List view the word...

Page 26: ...Home screen 2 Tap Library 3 Tap Books 4 Tap and hold the cover or title of the book A menu will appear 5 Tap Remove A dialog box will appear 6 Choose where you want to remove the book from eReader Re...

Page 27: ...ove books from your eReader your books will still be saved in the Kobo Cloud and you can re download them later 1 Go to your Home screen 2 Tap Library 3 Tap Books 4 Tap the Menu icon in the grey bar u...

Page 28: ...arked page Highlighting text on your Kobo eReader Seeing highlights on your Kobo eReader Removing highlights on your Kobo eReader Adding notes to your book on your Kobo eReader Seeing your note while...

Page 29: ...ages If you want to jump forward by more than a page or two 1 Tap the centre of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Navigation icon To scroll through the book s pages touch the circle in t...

Page 30: ...ont options on your Kobo eReader Your eReader offers several different sizes of text for most books You can adjust the text size fonts line spacing and justification to make reading easier on your eye...

Page 31: ...size and style and applies it to other books you re reading If you re reading a PDF you can t change the size or style of the text Closing books When you re done with a book you can mark it as Finish...

Page 32: ...If you added a bookmark to a page you can easily find it again using the Reading Menu 1 While reading tap the centre of the page to bring up the Reading Menu 2 Tap the Menu icon at the bottom of the...

Page 33: ...and the second circle to the end 4 Tap Highlight Seeing highlights on your Kobo eReader You can see the list of highlights you made in the book while you re reading 1 Tap the centre of the page The R...

Page 34: ...3 Tap Annotations 4 Tap and hold the highlight you d like to remove A menu will appear 5 Tap Remove highlight The highlight will be removed from your book Adding notes to your book on your Kobo eReade...

Page 35: ...r note while reading on your Kobo eReader After you ve made a note you can see it any time while you re reading 1 Tap the centre of the page The Reading Menu will appear 2 Tap the Menu icon at the bot...

Page 36: ...entre of the page The Reading Menu will appear 2 Tap the Menu icon at the bottom of the page 3 Tap Annotations A list of bookmarks highlights and notes that you made in the book will appear 4 Tap and...

Page 37: ...r finger from the screen The word s definition will appear The dictionary may not work in some books such as PDFs books you borrowed from a public library or free books you found on the Internet Addin...

Page 38: ...ing a word Your Kobo eReader has a translation dictionary that you can use while reading Kobo eBooks The dictionary may not work in some books such as PDFs books you borrowed from a public library or...

Page 39: ...A list of languages will appear in the dropdown menu 4 Select the language that you d like to translate to...

Page 40: ...hlist Getting started with Adobe Digital Editions Installing Adobe Digital Editions Creating an Adobe ID Authorizing your computer and your Kobo eReader with Adobe Digital Editions Adding books to you...

Page 41: ...rchases and reading history Categories A list of topics that can help you find books Select a subject that interests you Featured lists Books organized thematically for easy browsing Wishlist Where yo...

Page 42: ...ur billing address and credit card information Note We need your billing address to calculate taxes for your order based on your location 10 Tap Continue 11 Review your order 12 If you want to use a g...

Page 43: ...your Kobo eReader With Wishlist you can keep track of books that you re interested in buying later 1 While shopping for a book tap the dropdown icon beside the book you d like to add to your Wishlist...

Page 44: ...e unauthorized copying or redistribution of eBooks to protect the rights of authors and publishers If you downloaded a book protected by DRM you ll get a license also known as a URLLINK acsm file with...

Page 45: ...dobe Digital Editions ADE on your PC or Mac to transfer Digital Rights Management DRM protected content onto your Kobo eReader 1 Download ADE from www adobe com support digitaleditions downloads html...

Page 46: ...s ADE and created an Adobe ID you ll need to authorize your computer and your eReader with ADE You only need to do this once 1 Launch ADE on your PC or Mac 2 From the Help menu click Authorize Compute...

Page 47: ...Digital Rights Management DRM you ll get a license also known as a URLLINK acsm file with your book Your library should be able to provide you instructions on how you can download the URLLINK acsm fil...

Page 48: ...in ADE c Click Library at the top of the screen d Click All Items under the Bookshelves menu e Select your new book and drag it to the Kobo eReader bookshelf listed on the left side under Devices 5 E...

Page 49: ...kobo com help Safety regulatory and warranty information Important safety regulatory and warranty details about your eReader can be found at kobo com userguides Note The Declaration of Conformity may...

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