Smooth Reader provides two kinds of screens, "Storeroom" and "Library".
All registered ebooks are stored in the "Storeroom".
On the other hand, only ebooks attached with "Book categories tags" in the "Storeroom" are lined up in the "Library".
* To line up ebooks in Library, organize ebooks in Storeroom.
Book cover(thumbnail) format
List format
on the list.
on the list.* Total number of pages and Author name are not displayed when an ebook is imported. Once you open an ebook, you can find these kind of information on the list.
in order of "file name", "last modified date", "last access date", "registered date", or "author name".* To sort ebooks in author name, open the ebook to show author name on the list.
* Ebooks without Author settings are displayed at the bottom of the list.
* If you swipe the screen in Book cover format, the bookshelf is tilted and then the scrolling speed is accelerated.
For more information about this function, please refer to Operation in 3D Perspective View.
Library
Storeroom
(Page orientation: Left to Right [→, Page layout: One Page)* The term "view" means "page" when the page layout is One Page and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".

(Page orientation: Left to Right [→, Page layout: Two-page Spread)Smooth Reader automatically determines the page layout(One Page or Two-page Spread) and the page orientation(Right to Left or Left to Right), based on the imported PDF files' properties.
The operation in Two-page Spread is as follows.
* Please refer to FAQ regarding the criteria of Two-page Spread.
* The term "view" means "Two-page Spread" when the page layout is Two-page Spread and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".

(Page orientation: Right to Left [←, Page layout: One Page)* The term "view" means "page" when the page layout is One Page and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".

(Page orientation: Right to Left [←, Page layout: Two-page Spread)Smooth Reader automatically determines the page layout(One Page or Two-page Spread) and the page orientation(Right to Left or Left to Right), based on the imported PDF files' properties.
The operation in Two-page Spread is as follows.
* Please refer to FAQ regarding the criteria of Two-page Spread.
* The term "view" means "Two-page Spread" when the page layout is Two-page Spread and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".

(Page orientation: Up to Down [↓, Page layout: One Page)* The term "view" means "page" when the page layout is One Page and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".

(Page orientation: Up to Down [↓, Page layout: Two-page Spread)Two pages are displayed vertically, when the page orientation is Up to Down and the page layout is Two-page Spread. Additionally, the operation in Two-page Spread is as follows.
* The term "view" means "Two-page Spread" when the page layout is Two-page Spread and Home View is not active. To learn more about View's settings, read "Home View Function".
Bookshelf
Settings
Bookmark
A bookmark is attached.
Balloon
Slider
or
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Turn 1 page to Left
Turn 1 page to Right
Back / Forward
Help
for horizontally written books. Set a direction to
for vertically written books.
If you want to move pages up and down, tap
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or two-page spread
are available, as a page layout for a horizontal direction of iPad.
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. If the link indication is
, embedded links are not displayed.
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A bookmark is attached.
.You can add a comment to a bookmark.
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at the upper right corner.
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at the upper right corner.
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A bookmark is not attached.
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at the upper right corner of the menu.
showing up on the left side of the comment, and then tap
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when a bookmark has been deleted.If the bookmarks(table of contents:TOC) are embedded in a PDF file in advance, Smooth Reader displays the list of bookmarks as the TOC.
※ The bookmark function of Smooth Reader and the bookmarks in a PDF file are different functions.
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Shows the bookmarks (TOC) in a PDF file.
Shows the bookmarks of Smooth Reader.※ If each hierarchy has many items of TOC, the required time for switching view may increase.
1st hierarchy
2nd hierarchy
3rd hierarchy
All hierarchies (Default setting)To rename a book title, the screen should be List format of Storeroom.
at the upper right corner of the screen.
at the right side of the book title you want to rename.
to transcribe the ebook's title or author information to the name of an ebook.
at the upper right corner of the screen.To delete an unwanted ebook, the screen should be Storeroom(List format or Book cover format).
at the upper right corner of Storeroom screen.
shows up.
at the lower right corner of the screen.* You can select multiple ebooks.
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and select "Open in SmoothReader" on the list.
at the upper right corner of the screen.In Storeroom screen, you can put "Book Categories Tags" on your favorite ebooks and sort them by genre or categories.
The ebooks you newly registered or recently read are automatically attached with "♦New" tags or "♦Recently Read" tags(up to 8) respectively.
※ By entering the comma-delimited strings as the keywords of the PDF properties, "Book Categories Tags" of your entered strings automatically attach to an ebook when an ebook is registered in Storeroom.
In Library, ebooks attached with "Book Categories Tags" in Storeroom are organized by sections of the bookshelf with dividers.
By putting or deleting the tags on ebooks, you can freely move ebooks into or out of Library.
at the upper right corner of the screen.* You can select multiple ebooks.
at the lower right corner of the screen.
shows up.
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and then tags are displayed on the book cover or the list.You can create new tags you want in addition to pre-registered "Book Categories Tags".
at the upper right corner of the screen.* You can select multiple ebooks.
* You can create a new tag even when no books are selected.
at the lower right corner of the screen.
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.* You can not create a tag that starts with the character "♦".
You can also specify the tag's color.
at the upper left corner of the panel.
.* A tag creation will be canceled unless you tap
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You can delete/rename the registered "Book Categories Tags".
Also you can sort the tags' order, and the sorted order reflects the dividers' layout in the "Library".
at the upper right corner of the screen.
at the lower right corner of the screen.
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.* You can rename "♦New" tag and "♦Recently Read" tag if you want.
* If you register a new ebook after you rename "♦New" tag, "♦New" tag is automatically created and the registered ebook is attached with this tag.
* If you open an ebook after you rename "♦Recently Read" tag, "♦Recently Read" tag is automatically created and the opened ebook is attached with this tag.
* You can not change the current tag name into a new name starts with the character "♦".
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once again.* A tag editing will be canceled unless you tap
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You can move ebooks lined up on the section with dividers in Library to the other section.
Also, you can remove ebooks from Library. An ebook itself can not be deleted.
* Removing an ebook from Library has the same meaning of removing the tag from an ebook.
* If an ebook is moved to the other section in Library, the previous tag is removed from an ebook, and then the new tag that is the same name as the divider's name is put on an ebook.
* You can sort ebooks in the same section of the bookshelf.
at the upper right corner of the screen.
at the upper left corner of an ebook.
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at the upper right corner of the screen.
on the
rightmost area of the title.
on the left corner of the title, and then tap
showing up on the right side of the screen.
.When you swipe and hold your finger on the screen for a second in Book cover format(Storeroom or Library), the bookshelf is tilted and then the scrolling action starts(3D Perspective View).
Once 3D Perspective View starts, the bookshelf moves automatically depending on your finger position. Thus, you can find desired ebooks easily without a repeat of flicking.
Depending on your stopped finger position after a swipe, the scrolling direction changes.
By "Settings" of Smooth Reader, you can change settings for 3D Perspective View including the start operation and the scrolling speed.
in a tab bar.Home View Function enables you to read the magnified main text without margins of a page(including page number or chapter title) and footnotes. Additionally, you can read pages at twice the size if you hold your iPad landscape and display the upper half and the lower half of a page in order.
of Navigation Bar.
.In the book-reading screen, the contents are displayed in Home View range.
If you turn pages, this Home View setting is not changed.
As long as Home View is active, the following operations are available, in addition to the operations in Read an Ebook.
of Navigation Bar.
.You can move through the magnified pages only with flick operation, if you hold your iPad landscape and set the uppermost part of a vertically long page as Home View.
of Navigation Bar.
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of Navigation Bar.
.In this way, if you set Home View for the area you want to zoom, you can keep reading the area in full screen. You can turn and move pages only with flick operation.
In the example 1, you have to flick up for moving in the same page and flick left for turning pages.
If there is equal-sized space under Home View, this space is set as the 2nd view. In this case, you can move views and read page after page only with tap operation.
of Navigation Bar.
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of Navigation Bar.
.In this way, if you set Home View for the area you want to zoom, you can keep reading the area in full screen. You can turn and move pages only with tap operation.
By Page Thumbnails Function, you can preview the pages of a PDF file with thumbnails. With this function, you can tap the thumbnail to read the page directly. You can also preview only the pages with bookmarks.
Back
Bookmark
to preview only the pages with bookmarks.
By tapping the icon,
changes into
(ON).
Shows all pages.
Shows only pages with bookmarks.
Slider
Page with BookmarkBy the built-in web browser in Smooth Reader, you can browse the web directly from Smooth Reader without starting the other web browser.
in a tab bar.※ If you tap
in the next use, the last web page you have read is comming back.
Go back to the previous page.
Go forward to the next page.
Bookmark
Home
Reload
to show the menu for adding a bookmark.
at the upper left of the menu.
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at the upper right of the screen.
to delete a bookmark.
to sort bookmarks.
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at the upper right of the bookmarks.
showing up on the left side of the comment.
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after a bookmark has been deleted.By the built-in web browser in Smooth Reader, you can download PDF files on the websites directly to Storeroom of Smooth Reader.
in a tab bar.
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at the upper right corner of the screen.
.On "Settings" screen of Smooth Reader, you can find the version number of Smooth Reader. You can also visit Smooth Reader Website from "Settings" screen.
in a tab bar.By Dynamic Type(the new function of iOS 7), you can change font size of Smooth Reader's List format in "Storeroom" and "Library", bookmarks and the table of contents.
To change font size, use "Settings" app of iPad.
of iPad.