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Reflowable eBooks: What You Need to Know

Reflowable eBooks adjust their layout according to the size and shape of your screen. This makes them very flexible and easier to read on phones, tablets, or computers, because text, images, and graphics flow naturally without fixed positioning.

 

Key Interface Elements & Navigation in Reflowable Content

When you open a reflowable eBook in Scroll, you’ll see tools and controls designed to help you navigate smoothly and personalize your reading experience:

  • Back to Bookshelf — Return to your Scroll Bookshelf to choose other content.
  • Table of Contents (TOC) — Open the content’s TOC to jump directly to chapters, topics, or sub-sections.
  • My Data — View your highlights, notes, bookmarks, and any shared annotations.
  • Search Within Book — Enter keywords to find exactly what you need inside that content.
  • Content Settings Panel — Adjust font style, font size, line spacing, margins, background color, and reading mode (day, night, sepia).
  • Prev / Next Navigation — Move forward or backward by chapters or pages.
  • Profile Settings — Access your user settings from within the content.
  • Print — If allowed, print a single chapter.
  • Bookmark — Mark pages you want to return to later.
     

Detailed Features & How to Use Them

1. Table of Contents & Bookmarks

  • Open the TOC panel to view all chapters/sub-chapters. Select a section to go there directly.
  • To bookmark a page: use the bookmark icon on the page, give it a custom name if you like, then save.
  • All bookmarks are accessible under the Bookmarks tab in the TOC panel. Select a bookmark to return to that page.

2. My Data: Highlights, Notes, & Filtering

  • Highlights: Select text press-and-hold (or select and drag), then pick a color to highlight.
  • Notes: After highlighting, you can add a “contextual note” tied to that text.
  • Shared Notes: If enabled, share notes with teachers or classmates.
  • You can view all of your highlights and notes under My Data.
  • There's a filter option so you can view only certain colors, types, or shared vs private notes.
    (Screenshot placeholders: highlight, note creation; My Data tabs; filter options)

3. Keyword Search

  • Use the content’s search tool: type a keyword, then Scroll displays all matches.
  • Select any match takes you to that location in the content.
    (Screenshot placeholder: search bar and results list)

4. Reading & Appearance Settings

  • Open Content Settings to adjust font size, style, spacing, margins, and alignment.
  • Switch between reading modes (day, night, sepia) for better readability under various lighting.
  • Some reflowable content also supports a Scroll mode: enabling continuous vertical scroll instead of flipping pages, or horizontal swipe / two-page view (if supported).
    (Screenshot placeholders: settings panel with font / mode options; how scroll mode looks vs page-flip)

5. Text-to-Speech (TTS)

  • If TTS is available for that content, turn it on via the TTS icon.
  • You’ll have controls to Play / Pause, move to next or previous sentence / section, adjust playback speed, and select voice (if multiple are supported).
  • As the content plays, the sentence being read is often highlighted to help you follow along.
    (Screenshot placeholder: TTS player controls)

     

Tips & Troubleshooting

  • If text appears too small or cramped, adjust font size, line spacing, or margins.
  • If reading in low light, switch to night or sepia mode.
  • When using Scroll mode (continuous vertical scrolling), make sure it’s compatible with your device orientation (portrait tends to be better).
  • If bookmark, highlight, or note features seem missing, it could be because that particular ePUB was published without them—check with your teacher or your administrator.
  • TTS, printing, or search might not be available in all content, depending on permissions set by the content provider or publisher.