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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 , and then share your annotations with others.

A page of a book in the Books app, with a portion of the page’s text selected. The Highlight, Add Note, Translate, Search, Copy, and Share buttons are above the selected text.

Highlight or underline text

  1. Open a book in the Books app .

  2. Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.

  3. 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 Highlight.

To see all of your highlights, tap the page, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights. Tap a highlight to go to that location in the book.

Add a note

  1. Open a book in the Books app .

  2. Touch and hold a word, then move the grab points to adjust the selection.

  3. Tap Add Note, enter text, then tap Done.

    To remove a note, tap the text, then tap Delete Note.

To see all of your notes, tap the page, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights. Tap a note to go to that location in the book.

Share highlights and notes

  1. Open a book in the Books app where you’ve saved highlights or notes.

  2. Tap any page, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Highlights.

  3. Touch and hold the highlight or note that you want to share, then tap Share .

    To share multiple highlights and notes, touch and hold a highlight or note, tap Select , tap the items you want to share, then tap Share .

  4. Choose a sharing method such as AirDrop, Messages, or Mail.

  5. After you share, tap Done to close Bookmarks & Highlights.

Delete bookmarks, highlights, and notes

  1. Open a book in the Books app where you’ve saved bookmarks, highlights, or notes.

  2. Tap any page, tap the Menu button, tap Bookmarks & Highlights, then tap Bookmarks or Highlights.

  3. Touch and hold the bookmark, highlight, or note that you want to delete, then tap Delete .

    To delete multiple items, touch and hold an item you want to delete, tap Select , tap the items you want to delete, then tap the Delete button.

  4. Tap Done to close Bookmarks & Highlights.

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