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    Barnesandnoble.Com llc, 76 ninth avenue, new york, ny 10011 u.S.A. © 2011-2012 barnesandnoble.Com llc., barnes & noble s.à r.L. Or their affiliates all rights reserved. Nook and the nook logos are trademarks of barnesandnoble.Com llc, barnes & noble s.à r.L. Or their affiliates. Patents pending. Scr...

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    Table of contents introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 7 contact us ..............................................................................................................

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    The sync button .............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 the search tool for your library ............................................................................

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    Configuring social features ............................................................................................................................................................ 75 configuring search ................................................................................................

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    Nook user guide 7 introduction this user guide is designed to help you get the most enjoyment out of your nook ® ereader. Contact us if you have questions about your nook that this guide doesn’t answer, make sure you visit the nook online support centre at: http://nook.Co.Uk the online support centr...

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    8 nook user guide the picture below shows the features on the front of your nook. The front of your nook. E-ink ® touchscreen display your nook features a high-resolution 6-inch (15 cm) e-ink touchscreen for easy navigation and page turns. Page-turn buttons built into the black frame on either side ...

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    Nook user guide 9 nook button this nook symbol on the lower front of your nook is called the nook button. If your nook is sleeping, press the nook button to wake your nook up and turn it on. If your nook is already on, press this button to open the quick nav bar, a navigation menu that appears at th...

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    10 nook user guide getting started with your nook the first time you use your nook, you’ll need to go through a short set-up process that will take about 5 to 10 minutes. Make sure that you’re in an area that has a wi-fi® connection (a wireless connection to the internet), because part of the proces...

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    Nook user guide 11 registering your nook note: you will need to connect to a wi-fi network to complete your registration. When you first turn on your nook, it displays a list of languages. 1. Tap the menu choice for your language. 2. Read the welcome screen. Tap the next button in the lower right-ha...

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    12 nook user guide power and charging turning your nook on and off turning on your nook to turn on your nook, press the power button on the back of your nook. Hold the button down for 2 seconds and release it. Your nook will start up. Turning off your nook you do not need to turn your nook off when ...

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    Nook user guide 13 charging your nook there are two ways to charge your nook. You can plug it into your personal computer or you can use a power adapter and plug it into a wall socket. (if your nook does not include a power adapter in the box, you can purchase one from your nook retailer or online a...

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    14 nook user guide resetting your nook performing a soft reset if for some reason your nook becomes unresponsive, you can perform a soft reset to restart the device. 1. Press and hold the power button for 20 seconds, then release the power button. 2. Press the power button again for 2 seconds to tur...

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    Nook user guide 15 when charging your nook, use only the custom components included with your nook: either a custom usb cable or a custom usb cable along with a power adapter. Aeroplanes when using your nook on an aeroplane, make sure you follow the instructions from the flight crew. To turn your no...

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    16 nook user guide nook and designer covers you can purchase an optional nook or designer cover for your nook at your retailer and online at nook. Co.Uk. The cover helps protect your nook from daily wear and tear. It keeps dust from accumulating on the screen, reducing the need to clean it. The cove...

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    Nook user guide 17 using gestures to control your nook your nook puts great reading material right at your fingertips. To read this material, share it, rate it and so on, you’ll use your fingers in different ways. Your nook recognises these different gestures: • tap • double tap • press and hold • s...

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    18 nook user guide typing diacritical marks to type diacritical marks such as accent marks and umlauts, press and hold on a letter on the online keyboard. Your nook opens a window showing you all the letter-diacritical mark combinations available for that letter. Tap on the combination you want..

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    Nook user guide 19 the quick nav bar the quick nav bar is a row of five icons that appears at the bottom of the nook touchscreen and enables you to navigate from one feature to another. If your nook is turned on and active, you can make the quick nav bar appear by pressing the nook button below the ...

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    20 nook user guide the status bar a status bar runs along the top of the nook touchscreen. The status bar looks like this: the status bar the left side of the status bar the left side of the status bar presents: • a nook symbol that appears when new software updates have been installed • an open boo...

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    Nook user guide 21 the home screen the home screen gives you easy access to the books and periodicals you have recently read or purchased. In the top portion of the screen, you’ll see the cover of the most recent book or periodical you’ve been reading. Here’s an example of a home screen: the reading...

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    22 nook user guide the new reads list to the right of that item, you’ll see the new reads list–a list of three books or periodicals that you have recently purchased or received. The recent reads list includes: • books and periodicals you have recently purchased • new issues of periodicals you have s...

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    Nook user guide 23 reading books on your nook you can read books, magazines and newspapers on your nook. You can make notes about what you’re reading, highlight and annotate favourite passages, and share your thoughts and recommendations with friends on social sites such as facebook. Your nook makes...

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    24 nook user guide the reading tools menu the reading tools menu makes it easy to move through a book, search for content, share content and adjust the display of text. To call up the reading tools menu, tap anywhere in the centre of the page or tap on the small dark arrow at the bottom of the page....

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    Nook user guide 25 reading tools: content tap on the content icon in the reading tools to open a window with three tabs: • chapters - a table of contents listing chapters or sections • highlights & notes - a list of all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about • bookmarks - a list of...

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    26 nook user guide the bookmarks tab tapping on the bookmarks tab displays the bookmarks screen. For each bookmarked page, the screen lists the page number and either the chapter number (if you bookmarked the first page of a chapter) or the first line of text that appears on the page (if you bookmar...

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    Nook user guide 27 reading tools: go-to tap on the go-to icon in the reading tools to jump to another page in the book. When you tap on go-to, a navigation dialog box appears at the bottom of the screen, as shown below. The go-to dialog box the dialog box includes a slider bar that shows your curren...

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    28 nook user guide typing a page number to move to another page to move to another page by entering its page number, do this: 1. Tap in the centre of the page to open the reading tools. 2. Tap the go-to button. A dialog box opens with a slider showing your current position in the book. 3. Tap the go...

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    Nook user guide 29 reading tools: find tap on the find icon in the reading tools to search for a word or phrase in the book you’re reading. When you tap on find, a keyboard appears on the screen. Type a word or phrase you want to search for in the book, then tap the search button (a magnifying glass...

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    30 nook user guide if the word or phrase you searched for appears more than once in the book, your nook displays a search navigation tool at the bottom of the screen where you can jump to the location of a search result. This toolbar includes a forward arrow and a back arrow for moving from one appe...

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    Nook user guide 31 reading tools: text tap on the text icon in the reading tools to open a window for adjusting the font, font size, line spacing and margin size. The text dialog box. The text dialog box lets you pick: • a font size • a font • line spacing - single, double or triple • margin size - ...

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    32 nook user guide lending the book to a friend if the book is eligible for lending, and you haven’t lent it yet, you can offer to lend it to a friend who has a nook account by tapping the lendme button. See “using the lendme program” for details. Sharing the book tap the share button to lend the bo...

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    Nook user guide 33 tapping the share button opens a dialog box like that shown below. (the contents of this dialog box may vary, depending on whether you are reading a book you own or a sample and whether the book is eligible for lending.) the share dialog box. • recommend - recommend the book to yo...

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    34 nook user guide to archive a book or periodical, do this: 1. On the details page you opened with the more button in the reading tools, tap the archive button. A dialog box opens, asking you if you are sure you want to move this item to your nook.Co.Uk archive. 2. Tap ok. Your nook archives the bo...

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    Nook user guide 35 using bookmarks adding a bookmark a bookmark marks a location in a book. In a printed book, a bookmark helps you find the page you last finished reading. Bookmarks work the same way in nook ebooks. You can set as many bookmarks as you like. To set a bookmark on the page you are re...

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    36 nook user guide selecting text to look up words, add highlighting or notes and share quotes with friends you can select a word or a passage of text. Once you have selected a word, you can look it up in a dictionary. You can also select words or passages for highlighting, making notes or sharing t...

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    Nook user guide 37 changing the selection from a word to a passage to select an entire passage, rather than just a word, select the word that you want to have at the beginning or end of the selected passage and drag the vertical bar that’s closest to the direction in which you want to extend the sel...

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    38 nook user guide looking up words in the dictionary 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 a built-in dictionary. To look up a word in the dictionary, do this: 1. Press and hold on a word to select it. 2. T...

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    Nook user guide 39 sharing quotes through social media and email you 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 your facebook or twitter account. Use the social settings...

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    40 nook user guide viewing a note to open a note and read it, tap the note icon in the margin. When you have finished viewing the note, you can close the note window by tapping the x in the upper right-hand corner of the window. Note: by default, your nook displays a note icon next to any passage of...

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    Nook user guide 41 4. Tap the on/off switch labelled “highlights & notes”. Tap the switch on to display notes and highlights, or tap it off to hide notes and highlights. Sharing a quote if you have entered contacts in your nook or linked your nook to facebook or twitter, you can share quotations fro...

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    42 nook user guide adjusting the appearance of the page in most books, you can adjust the features described below. Fonts • a range of font sizes from small to large font families • amasis • caecilia® • malabar™ • gill sans • helvetica® neue • trebuchet line spacing • single spacing • 1.5-line spaci...

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    Nook user guide 43 reviews and recommendations to view a summary of the book, along with reviews and recommendations for similar books, tap in the centre of the page to bring up the reading tools and tap the more button. For details, see “reading tools: more”. Opening drm-protected files drm stands ...

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    44 nook user guide reading magazines and newspapers on your nook reading magazines and newspapers on your nook is similar to reading books. You use the same gestures--tapping and swiping–to turn pages. You have access to the same reading tools, such as contents and go-to. Some periodicals may includ...

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    Nook user guide 45 the library on your nook your library is where you keep everything you want to read on nook. In your library, you will find: • books you have purchased from the nook shop • news stand magazines and newspapers you have purchased from the nook shop • free books you have downloaded f...

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    46 nook user guide the category menu the category menu (sometimes called the filter menu) is a pull-down menu in the upper left-hand corner of the library which lets you select the library contents you want to display. Choices include: • all - shows everything in your library • books - shows only bo...

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    Nook user guide 47 the sort menu the sort menu is a pull-down menu that lets you sort the content shown on the screen according to rules such as most recent, title (an alphabetical listing of titles) or author (an alphabetical listing of authors’ surnames). The sort menu. The sync button in the uppe...

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    48 nook user guide memory card if you have an sd memory card installed in your nook, you’ll see two links appear at the top of the library screen when you select my files from the category menu. • my nook • memory card you can tap on these links to switch between viewing files stored on nook and fil...

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    Nook user guide 49 if you tap on a book with a download banner, your nook begins downloading the book. A progress bar on the book’s cover indicates how much of the book has been downloaded. Once the book has fully downloaded, you can open it. Note: when you buy a book or periodical, it becomes avail...

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    50 nook user guide your nook updates the number which appears in parentheses by the shelf ’s name, indicating the number of items on the shelf. 6. When you have finished adding items to the shelf, tap the save button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. 7. Your nook creates the shelf and re...

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    Nook user guide 51 to archive a book or periodical, do this: 1. In the library, double-tap on the cover or title of the book or periodical. The details page for the item you tapped on appears. 2. On the details page, tap the archive button. Your nook archives the book or periodical. It lists the boo...

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    52 nook user guide to transfer files from your personal computer to your nook, do this: 1. Using the custom microusb cable provided with your nook, connect your nook to your personal computer. Note: use only the microusb cable provided with your nook. Using any other cable might damage your nook. 2....

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    Nook user guide 53 using the lendme program lending and borrowing books with nook lendme technology, you can share lendable nook ebooks with any nook friend or any friend who has a nook account with a valid credit card number. Your nook friend or friend can read the book on any nook ereader or on an...

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    54 nook user guide determining whether a book can be lent not all books can be lent. Here’s how you can determine whether or not a book is lendable. • any book eligible for lending has a lendme badge on its cover. • if your library includes any books eligible to be lent out, they will appear on the ...

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    Nook user guide 55 to find out which of your friends have lendable books, use the manage my nook friends feature on the social settings screen. Note: if you’re enjoying a book sample or a book you’ve borrowed, you can purchase the book at any time. Simply tap the buy button at the top of any page in...

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    56 nook user guide shopping on your nook introduction note: to access the shop on your nook, you must be connected to a wi-fi network. If you are not connected to a network but you are in an area with wi-fi access, your nook will guide you through the process of connecting to a network. To begin sho...

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    Nook user guide 57 browsing lists and categories to browse lists and categories of books and periodicals, tap the browse button at the top of the shop screen. The shop displays a menu showing lists, such as top 100, and categories such as books, magazines and newspapers. Tapping on the books link un...

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    58 nook user guide buying a book once you’re in the shop, you can buy any book you see that has a button displaying the book’s price. (if you don’t see a button with a price next to a particular book, it’s because you’ve already purchased the book. A label reading purchased appears where the price b...

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    Nook user guide 59 what happens when you buy an item in the shop? When you buy a book, magazine or newspaper on your nook, it begins downloading right away. Here’s what happens: • the item appears in your library. • a badge saying “new” appears on the item’s cover. This badge will disappear once you...

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    60 nook user guide buying from your wishlist to buy an item on your wishlist, do this: 1. Tap the item’s cover or title to display the details page for the item. 2. Tap the price button next to the item’s name. Tap the confirm button to complete your purchase..

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    Nook user guide 61 searching your nook your nook includes a search tool to help you quickly find what you’re looking for. To access the search tool, tap the white quick nav arrow in the status bar, then tap the search icon in the quick nav bar. To provide you with the most relevant results possible,...

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    62 nook user guide configuring your nook your nook gives you full control over many areas of its operations, from wi-fi connections to font sizes. To adjust the configuration of your nook, you’ll often work with the settings tool. To call up settings, do this: 1. Tap the nook button to open the quic...

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    Nook user guide 63 viewing and configuring device info to display device information, do this: 1. On the settings screen, tap device info. Your nook displays the device info page, which shows: • a battery charge status bar, showing how much power is left on your battery • an available storage status...

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    64 nook user guide displaying system information tap the about your nook menu choice to display the following information: • owner, the name of the owner of this nook • account, the email address of the nook account linked to this nook • software version, the version number of your nook software • m...

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    Nook user guide 65 configuring wireless settings the wireless settings screen provides: • a switch for turning on and off wi-fi networking • a list of all the wi-fi networks your nook has detected turning wi-fi networking on or off on the wireless settings page, tap the wi-fi button to change its st...

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    66 nook user guide configuring screen settings on the screen settings page, you can: • change the amount of time your nook should wait when no activity is taking place before turning off the screen. • select the screensaver your nook displays when it turns off the screen and goes into sleep mode. To...

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    Nook user guide 67 adjusting the screen timeout when your nook has been sitting for some amount of time and no activity has taken place (e.G. You haven’t tapped the screen or pressed any buttons), your nook turns off its screen to conserve power. When that happens, you can turn on your nook again si...

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    68 nook user guide configuring time settings on the time settings page, you can control whether your nook uses a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock. You can also select a time zone for your nook. The time settings screen. To return to the main settings page, tap the back arrow under the title settings...

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    Nook user guide 69 selecting a time zone to select a time zone for your nook, do this: 1. Tap the select time zone field on the time settings screen. Your nook displays a screen for selecting time zones. A list of time zones. 2. When you see the time zone you want to select, tap it..

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    70 nook user guide configuring language settings your nook includes a settings screen that lets you select the language that your nook displays on its screens. Note: this language setting does not affect the language of the books and periodicals available for sale on your nook. To change the languag...

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    Nook user guide 71 configuring the reader configuring the navigation buttons in the reader when reading a book or periodical, you can use the buttons built into the frame of your nook to page forwards or backwards. By default, the top buttons turn the page forwards and the bottom buttons turn the pa...

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    72 nook user guide managing dictionaries another menu choice on the reader settings screen, dictionaries, offers controls for downloading or deleting foreign language dictionaries. The english dictionary built into your nook remains intact..

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    Nook user guide 73 configuring the shop requiring your account password for purchases by default, your nook asks you to confirm all purchases by tapping a confirm button. If you want, you can request that your nook account password be entered before your nook authorises a purchase. If other people m...

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    74 nook user guide clearing your wishlist if you have added any items to the wishlist on your nook and now want to clear your wishlist, tap the clear wishlist menu button. If you have not added any items to your wishlist, this menu choice appears greyed out. Clearing the list of recently viewed item...

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    Nook user guide 75 configuring social features you can use the social settings screen to manage: • your links to your facebook, twitter and google accounts • your email contacts • your nook friends • the visibility of your lendable books to your nook friends a nook friend is a friend who has a nook ...

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    76 nook user guide linking your nook to your facebook account you can import your friends on facebook as contacts for lending books, sharing quotations and other social activities. You can post a lendme offer, quotation and recommendation on the wall of a friend. You can also post a quote, recommend...

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    Nook user guide 77 linking your nook to your google account you can import contacts from your google account. You can share quotes, recommendations and reading statuses with your contacts. You and your contacts can also lend and borrow books using nook lendme technology. To link your nook to your go...

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    78 nook user guide 2. Tap in the first name, surname and email fields and use the keyboard on the screen to edit the contact’s information. 3. To send an email message to the contact, inviting him or her to become your nook friend, tap the invite as a nook friend tickbox. 4. Tap save. Inviting indiv...

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    Nook user guide 79 deleting a contact to delete a contact, do this: 1. On the manage my contacts page, tap the contact’s name. 2. On the contact information page, tap the delete this contact button. Your nook deletes the contact. Managing your nook friends tap the manage my nook friends menu choice ...

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    80 nook user guide 2. Do one of the following: • tap on the invite button next to the name of any contact you would like to invite to become your nook friend. Your nook sends an invitation automatically to that contact. • tap the + button to enter information for a new contact. The contact informati...

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    Nook user guide 81 configuring search you can clear the history of recent searches you have run on your nook. To clear the list of search-result shortcuts, do this: 1. On the settings screen, tap search. 2. Tap the menu choice clear recent nook ® searches. A dialog box appears, explaining that this ...

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    82 nook user guide using your nook at wi-fi hotspots in addition to connecting to your wi-fi network in your home or office, you can use your nook to connect to wi-fi hot spots in shops, hotels and restaurants. This section summarises how your nook works with various types of wi-fi hotspot. Unsecure...

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    Nook user guide 83 updating the software on your nook from time to time software updates will be released for your nook. Your nook will automatically install these updates. Note: updating software does not delete any of your books, magazines or newspapers, nor does it delete any of the files you hav...

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    84 nook user guide using an sd memory card you can install an sd memory card in your nook to add up to 32 gb of memory to your nook – enough for several thousand more books, along with periodicals and personal files. Note: this extra storage space appears in the my files section of your library, not...

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    Nook user guide 85 installing a memory card to install a memory card in your nook, do this: 1. Turn off your nook. 2. Set your nook down on a clean, level surface. 3. Find the small lid on the upper right-hand side of your nook. Gently pull this lid open to expose the slot for the sd memory card. 4....

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    86 nook user guide positioning the microsd card in the slot. Formatting a new card if you have installed a new, never-before-used microsd memory card into your nook, a dialog box appears, reporting that the sd memory card is unformatted and that it needs to be formatted. To format the memory card, d...

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    Nook user guide 87 tips and troubleshooting solving problems i want to change my nook.Co.Uk account password. What should i do? Before you change your password on nook.Co.Uk, first deregister your nook, so your nook isn’t configured to use a password that you have made obsolete. Note: you must be co...

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    88 nook user guide i transferred a zip archive from my personal computer. Why can’t i access the files? Unzip files on your personal computer before transferring them to your nook. Your nook can read epub files and pdfs, but not .Zip files..

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    Nook user guide 89 appendix a: limited warranty the following warranty terms were in effect as of the date your device was manufac- tured and are provided for your reference only. The actual terms of your warranty are the terms that were in effect as of the date of your purchase, which may differ fr...

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    90 nook user guide how do i return my nook to b&n? When you contact nook customer service, they will provide you with instructions as to how and where to return your nook. Your nook must be shipped, prepaid and insured, in appropriate protective packaging, together with proof of purchase and the ret...

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    Nook user guide 91 what if my nook is not covered by this limited warranty? If your nook is not covered by this limited warranty, b&n will return your nook to you, at your expense, or will charge your credit card or payment method for any advance replacement nook provided to you. What is not covered...

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    92 nook user guide claim is based, including, without limitation, negligence, tort, contract, strict liability, product defect or misrepresentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages occurring, and even if any remedy fails of its essential purpose. The foregoing limitation shall not...

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    Nook user guide 93 appendix b: trademarks and copyrights adobe reader mobile software your nook contains adobe® reader® mobile software under licence from adobe systems incorporated, copyright © 1995-2011 adobe systems incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and reader are trademarks of adobe syste...

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    94 nook user guide appendix c: fcc notices fcc ids nook wi-fi: xhhbnrv300-a model: bnrv300 this device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference re...

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    Nook user guide 95 other information related to the radio also note the following: • for information on connecting to wireless networks, see “using your nook at wi-fi hotspots”. • your nook has a wi-fi setting that turns off the radio. Wi-fi networking should be turned off on aeroplanes. For more in...

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    96 nook user guide appendix d: industry canada notice the term “ic” before the equipment certification number only signifies that the industry canada technical specifications were met. Ic: 8961a-bnrv300a operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful inte...

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    Nook user guide 97 appendix e: european union notices eu regulatory conformance we, barnesandnoble.Com, llc, hereby declare that this device is in conformance with all essential requirements of the r&tte directive 1999/5/ec. This equipment is marked with the symbol and can be used throughout the eur...

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    98 nook user guide appendix f: nook terms of service the nook terms of service are located here: http://nook.Co.Uk.

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    Nook user guide 99 index a archiving books or periodicals 33, 50 b back swiping left to move to a previous activity 17 tapping the book icon in the status bar to return to your most recent book, magazine or newspaper 20 battery battery charge indicator in the status bar 20 expected length of charge ...

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    100 nook user guide magazine buying a subscription 58 free 14-day trial 58 memory adding an sd memory card 85 memory card display in the library 48 microsd card. See sd memory card microsdhc card. See sd memory card microsd memory card slot 9 my shelves 49 n newspaper buying a single issue 58 buying...

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    Nook user guide 101 t tap 17 terms of service nook 98 viewing legal notices 64 time settings 68 trademarks 93 troubleshooting tips 87 turning pages 23 turning your nook on and off 12 twitter sharing quotes via twitter 39 u unarchiving books or periodicals 34, 51 unlocking your nook 16 v version of s...

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    102 nook user guide.