Barnes & Noble Nook User Manual

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NOOK User Guide 39Sharing Quotes through Social Media and EmailYou can share a highlighted passage with friends through email, Facebook or Twitter.NOTE: Before you can share quotes through Facebook or Twitter, you need to link your NOOK to yourFacebook or Twitter account. Use the Social settings page to link your NOOK to social sites. On theQuick Nav Bar, tap Settings, and then tap the Social menu choice to open the Social settings page.To share the highlighted passage, tap the share icon in the Text Selection Toolbar. The “Share a Quote” windowopens, offering you the following choices:• with Contacts• on Facebook• via TwitterTap on the choice you want to use.• with Contacts opens a window that lets you select one or more email contacts to whom you can send the quoteyou have selected. If you haven’t set up any email contacts, tap the Add Contact button in the upper right-handcorner to fill in a form with a contact’s first name, surname and email address.• on Facebook opens a window that lets you post the quote, along with a brief message, on either your FacebookWall or on the wall of a friend.• via Twitter opens a window that lets you post the quote to your Twitter account.NOTE: Twitter messages must not be longer than 140 characters. A number in the lower right-hand cornerof the Twitter posting window will let you know how many characters remain before you hit the140 character limit. If you see a negative number, you have exceeded the 140-character limit by thatnumber of characters. Delete words in the quoted passage displayed in the posting window until thenumber reads 0 or a positive number.Using NotesWriting a NoteJust as you might write a note in the margins of a printed book, you can make notes about specific passages in a bookon your NOOK.To write a note, do this:1. Press and hold on a word at the beginning or end of the passage you want to write a note about.The Text Selection Toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen.2. Lift your finger, then drag one of the vertical bars to the other end of the passage.The Text Selection Toolbar appears again.3. Tap the Add Note button in the toolbar.An “Add Note” window appears with a keyboard for typing notes.4. Type the text of the note.5. Tap the Done button to post the Note and close the note window.In your book, a Note icon now appears in the margin, indicating that a note has been written about this passage.