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Annotate books in the Books app on iPad

You can highlight, underline, and take notes as you read books in the Books app .

A page of a book in the Books app, with a portion of the page's text selected. The Copy, Highlight, and Add Note controls are above the selected text.

Highlight or underline text

Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Highlight.
To change the highlight color or switch to underline, tap the text, tap Highlight, then tap an option.
To remove a highlight or underline, tap the text, then tap Remove.

To see all of your highlights, tap the page, tap , tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights.

Add a note

Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.
Tap Add Note, enter text, then tap Done.
To remove a note, tap the text, then tap Remove. Both the note and the highlight are removed.

To see all of your notes, tap the page, tap , tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights.

See alsoRead books in the Books app on iPad Set reading goals in Books on iPad

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