Add eBook annotations
You can add annotations like text, notes, drawings, shapes, and links to an eBook to enhance your students learning experience.
You can also add text to your customized eBook by clicking on any area within that eBook and entering your text into the text box.
You can learn more about Editing tools below.
Edit mode
Click the Wrench icon to access the Edit tools at the right of the page
- Click the Eraser icon. A pen appears with an Eraser tip.
- Move the Eraser over the annotation or element you want to delete.
- Press and drag to delete.
- Click Pen. The Pen tools appear. The mouse pointer changes to show which Edit tool you have selected. For example, the mouse pointer shows a pen when you select the Pen tool.
- Choose any or all of the following Pen options.
- Pen Style - The default is highlighted in blue.
- Pen Color – The default is black.
- Drag the pen to write or draw on the page. The text or drawing and Trash Can appear.
- Select the annotation and click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary. Square boxes referred to as handles appear when the annotation is selected.
Click the mouse pointer icon at the top-right of the page to select the annotation if the handles do not appear. The annotation must be selected and the Trash Can must be visible in order to delete. |
Use the arrow at the bottom of the Pen tool set to go back to the Edit tools and select a different tool. This arrow appears at the bottom of any tool set you have selected to work with. |
- Click Highlight. The Highlight tools appear.
- Choose any or all of the following Highlight options.
- Highlight Style - The default is highlighted in blue.
- Highlight Color – The default is yellow.
- Opacity – The default is 50%.
- Drag the highlighter to highlight text and areas on the page. The highlight and Trash Can appear.
- Select the annotation and click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary.
- Click Shape. The Shape tools appear.
- Choose any or all of the following Shape options.
- Shape Type – The default is square.
- Shape Style – The default is highlighted in blue.
- Shape Border Color – The default is black.
- Shape Fill Color – The default is white.
- Shape Opacity – The default is 50%.
- Drag the mouse pointer to create a shape. The shape and Trash Can appears.
- Select the annotation and click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary.
- Click Shade. The Shade tools appear.
- Choose any or all of the following Shade options.
- Shade Color – The default is white.
- Shade Opacity – The default is 100%.
- Drag the mouse pointer to shade (hide) text or areas on a page. A shade block and Trash Can appear.
- Select the shade block and click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary.
You will not be able to view text or areas on a page that have been shaded in Present mode. Edit mode is used to identify text and areas in an eBook that you want to shade. |
- Click Text. The Text tools appear.
- Choose any or all of the following Text options.
- Text Font – The default is Arial.
- Text Size – The default is 14 px (pixels).
- Text Color – The default is red.
- Text Block Background Color – The default is white.
- Text Block Background Opacity – The default is 50%.
- Text Bold
- Text Italics
- Text Underline
- Text Left-Alignment
- Text Center-Alignment
- Text Right-Alignment
- Drag the mouse pointer to create a text block on the page. A text block and Trash Can appear.
- Type your text in the text block.
- Select the annotation and click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary.
- Click Note. The Note tools appear.
- Select a Notes style (color).
- Drag the mouse pointer to create a note block on the page. The note block and Trash Can appear.
- Type a note.
- Use the A+ or A- icons to increase or decrease the font size
- Select the annotation and click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary.
Your sticky notes are saved to the Notes panel. Click the Notes panel icon to view and go to your specific notes on a page. |
There are two Bookmark icons that you will use to create and view bookmarks. You must be in Edit mode to create bookmarks. The Bookmark icon on the Wrench > Edit tools palette is used to create bookmarks. It looks like a ribbon. The other Bookmark icon (not inside the Edit tools palette) below the Page icon is used to view bookmarks. The View Bookmark icon can be used in Edit and Present modes.
Create bookmarks
- Select the page(s) you want to bookmark.
- Select the Wrench. The Edit tools palette appears.
- Click Bookmark. The Create Bookmark dialog appears.
- Type a bookmark title in the Title box.
- Click Create. A bookmark (ribbon) appears at the top-left of the page.
- Select the bookmark. A border around the bookmark and Trash Can appear.
- Click the Trash Can to delete, if necessary.
- Click the Wrench icon to close the Edit tools palette, if necessary.
Your bookmarks are saved to the Bookmark panel. Click the View Bookmark panel icon below the Page icon to view and go to your bookmarked pages. |
- Click Link. The Create Hyperlinkdialog appears.
- Type a hyperlink title in the Title box.
- Type or copy/paste a website address in the URL box.
- Click Create. A link icon appears on the page.
You can only create links in Edit mode. You must be in Present mode to view the website or other type of link. |
- Click Zoom. The Zoom tools appear.
- Select one of the following Zoom options.
- Zoom Area – Drag the mouse pointer to create a Zoom area on a page. A Zoom area icon and Trash Can appear. Use the Trash Can to delete the Zoom area, if necessary.
You can only view Zoom areas in Present mode. |
- Zoom Page In (+): Increase the page size.
- Zoom Page 100%: Restore the page size to 100%, the default.
- Zoom Page Out (-): Decrease the page size.
Present mode
All of the Edit tools and instructions to annotate an eBook are also available and applicable in Present mode. When using a tool in Present mode you automatically switch to Edit mode.
Move the mouse pointer over the icon and click in Present mode to zoom, view sticky notes, and open links to websites. |