Using the Text Selection Toolbar

Once you’ve highlighted a word or a passage, the Text Selection Toolbar appears. The Toolbar offers you these choices:

•Highlight - lets you highlight the selected text with a colored background.

•Notes - opens a dialog box for writing a note about the word or passage you selected.

•Share - Lets you share quotes with friends through Facebook, Twitter, and email.

•Look Up - Displays a Dictionary definition of a selected word. Also includes buttons to search Wikipedia or Google for information about the word. If you select Wikipedia or Google, your NOOK opens a Web browser to search the site.

•Find - Automatically searches the book for other appearances of the word you selected.

If you decide not to take any of these actions, simply tap anywhere else on the screen. Your NOOK closes the Text Selection Toolbar. It will also automatically close the toolbar if you haven’t made a selection after 10 seconds.

NOTE: If the Web browser on your NOOK is disabled, you won’t be able to search Wikipedia and Google. To figure out if your Web browser is disabled, tap the Quick Nav Arrow. If the Web button is grayed out and labeled “Disabled,” the Web browser is disabled. If the Web button is not grayed out, the Web browser is enabled and ready for use. For more information about restricting access to the Web browser, see “Disabling and Re-enabling Your Web Browser”.

Highlighting a Word or Passage

Once you have selected a word or phrase, tap the highlight icon in the Text Selection Toolbar to highlight the passage with a colored background. To change the color of the highlighting, or to remove the highlighting, tap the highlighted word or passage after the Text Selection Toolbar has closed.

Looking Up Words in Dictionaries, Wikipedia, and Other Reference Materials

It’s easy to look up information about a word or topic when you’re reading.

Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary

Your NOOK includes the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.

To look up a word in the dictionary, do this:

1.Press and hold on a word to select it.

2.Tap the look up icon in the Text Selection Toolbar.

A pop-up window appears, presenting a dictionary definition of the word.

•If you want to edit the word you are looking up (for example, to change one form of a verb to anoth- er), tap the Edit Your Search field and make your changes using the online keyboard. Tap Look Up to look up the changed word.

•To close the dictionary window, tap anywhere outside the window.

Looking Up Information in Wikipedia or Google

To look up a word in Wikipedia or Google, do this:

1.Press and hold on a word to select it.

2.Tap on the Look Up icon in the Text Selection Toolbar.

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