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E-books Support

Learn how to access and use your e-book!

Download Your E-book

Rotate Pages

Search for Words or Phrases

Zoom In

Add Notes and Comments

Copy and Paste Text

Draw and Mark Up Your E-book

Extract Pages

Look Up Word Definitions

Take a Snapshot

Type in Your E-book

Download Your E-book

After purchasing your e-book, you will receive an email with a link to the Manage E-books center in your Evan-Moor account. If you haven't received an email, go there now.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: You are allowed three downloads of your e-book file. In addition to this, the ability to download an e-book will expire three years after the original purchase date. E-books that have more than three download attempts, or have expired, will need to be repurchased.

Once you are at the Manage E-books center, follow the step-by-step directions of the download process:

Click the Download button next to your e-book. Please note: Download times vary depending on the size of your e-book. To find out the amount of time it will take to download your e-book, view the Product Details tab on the page of the e-book you purchased.
Save your e-book to a safe place on your hard-drive. We also recommend saving a back-up copy on a CD or flash drive.
Open your e-book in Adobe Reader.

NOTE FOR MAC USERS: Your computer may automatically open your e-book in a program other than Adobe Reader. To ensure your e-book functions properly, we recommend changing your default settings to open PDFs using Adobe Reader.

Important Copyright Information: With the purchase of Evan-Moor e-books, you are granted a single-user license which allows you to use or duplicate the content of your books for use in your classroom or home only. Sharing your materials or making copies for other teachers or homeschoolers is not allowed. For more information please read the entire copyright policy.

How To Rotate Pages

You can rotate pages in an e-book or enhanced-book. Follow these steps:

From the View menu select rotate view.
Choose clockwise or counterclockwise.
Save your changes.

How to Search for Words and Phrases

You can highlight a word in the text of an enhanced e-book (but not a standard e-book) and look up the definition of the word online.

To look up the definition of a word in an enhanced e-book, simply follow these easy steps:

From the Tool menu select Select Zoom/Select Tool.
Using the Select tool highlight the word you would like to look up.
Right-click (Windows) or command-click (Mac) on the word you have highlighted.
From the options list select Look Up.
This will automatically launch your default web browser and take you to the word's definition page on Dictionary.com.

How to Zoom In

You can zoom in on a section of a page of an e-book or enhanced e-book.

To zoom in on a section of a page, follow these steps:

From the Tools menu, select Select & Zoom/Loupe Tool.
Click on the section of your e-book you would like to zoom into.
From the Loupe Tool window adjust the percentage (100% - 6400%) of zoom you want.
If you want to zoom in on another section of your e-book, click on the blue rectangle on the e-book page and drag it to the new area you want to view.

How to Add Notes and Comments

Using the commenting tools you can add notes or comments to an enhanced e-book (but not a standard e-book).

In order to access the commenting tools for an enhanced e-book simply select Show Comment & Markup Toolbar from the Comments menu.

From this toolbar you will have access to a variety of tools:

Sticky Note/Note Tool:

The Sticky Note or Note tool allows you to add collapsible notes to any area of an enhanced e-book.

Text Edits:

The Text Edits tool allows you to type comments or notes directly into the running text of your enhanced e-book. Text edits let the reader of an enhanced e-book know where content should be inserted, deleted, or replaced.

Inserting Text: To mark a place where text should be inserted, click between the words or characters where you would like to add text. Then begin typing. An insertion caret will appear in your enhanced e-book. To view your addition, click on the caret and your insertion will show up as a pop-up note.

Deleting Text: To mark a spot where text should be deleted, highlight the text you'd like to delete, then press Backspace or Delete on your keyboard. The text you highlighted will be marked with a red strike-through line to indicate that it should be deleted.

Replacing Text: To mark a spot where text should be replaced, highlight the text you'd like to replace, then begin typing. The text you highlighted will be marked with a red strike-through line and a caret with your new text will appear.

Stamp Tool: The Stamp tool allows you to "stamp" a document with a standard Adobe Reader stamp (such as Approved, Final, Draft, etc.) or choose from any image on your computer to create your own stamp.

Highlight Text Tool: The Highlight Text tool allows you to highlight any text in your enhanced e-book that is not part of an image.

Attach Tool: The Attach tool allows you to attach any document/file or an audio clip to an enhanced e-book so that it shows up as a comment.

To attach a file to an enhanced e-book follow these steps:

1. From the Tools menu select Comment Markup/Attach a File as Comment.
2. Click on the area in your enhanced e-book where you'd like to attach a file. Once you click on an area, a File Attachment window will appear.
3. Locate the file you would like to attach and click Select.
4. Choose the icon you would like your attachment to appear as and click OK.

To attach an audio clip to an enhanced e-book:

1. From the Tools menu select Comment Markup/Record Audio Comment.
2. Click on the area in your enhanced e-book where you'd like to attach the audio clip. Once you click on an area, the default sound recorder for your computer will appear.
3. Record your audio clip and click OK.
4. Choose the icon you would like your audio clip to appear as and click OK.

How to Copy and Paste Text

You can copy and paste text from your enhanced e-book into another digital format. To copy and paste the text of your enhanced e-book into another digital format (such as Word or PowerPoint) follow these steps:

From the Tools menu select Select Zoom, then Select Tool. (You may also choose the Select Tool from the Basic toolbar.)
Highlight the text you would like to copy. Please note that some text formatting, including font, color, tables, write-on lines, and line breaks may be lost.
Copy the highlighted text by choosing Edit/Copy.
Paste the text into the digital format of your choice.

How to Draw and Mark Up Your E-book

Using the set of mark-up tools in Adobe Reader, you can draw on and mark-up an enhanced e-book.

In order to access the mark-up tools for an enhanced e-book simply select Show Comment Markup Toolbar from the Comments menu.

From this toolbar you will have access to a variety of mark-up tools:

Pencil Tool:

The Pencil tool allows you to draw freely in different colors and line widths on any area of an enhanced e-book.

Object Tools:

Object tools that include a cloud, arrow, line, square, and circle allow you to draw shapes to highlight any area of an enhanced e-book.

Callout Tool:

The Callout tool allows you to create comments or notes in an enhanced e-book.

Adobe Reader also allows you to print an e-book with your mark-ups. From the Print window simply select Comment and Forms/Document and Markups.

How to Extract Pages

If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro, save the page you want to extract as a PDF and all the enhanced features, such as the typewriting tools, editing tools, and read alouds, will function. However, if using Adobe Reader, the extracted content is saved as an image rather than as dynamic content, and the enhanced features will not work on the extracted page.

How to Look Up Word Definitions

You can highlight a word in the text of an enhanced e-book (but not a standard e-book) and look up the definition of the word online.

To look up the definition of a word in an enhanced e-book, simply follow these easy steps:

From the Tool menu select Select Zoom/Select Tool.
Using the Select tool highlight the word you would like to look up.
Right-click (Windows) or command-click (Mac) on the word you have highlighted.
From the options list select Look Up.
This will automatically launch your default web browser and take you to the word's definition page on Dictionary.com.

How to Take a Snapshot

Using the Snapshot tool you can take a snapshot of a section of an enhanced e-book (but not a standard e-book) and paste it into a new document as if it were an image.

To take a snapshot of a section of your enhanced e-book, follow these steps:

From the Tools menu select Select & Zoom, then Snapshot Tool.
Drag a box around the content you would like to copy. A message will appear telling you that the selected area has been copied to your clipboard.
Click OK to copy the content you selected.
Paste the selection into the digital format of your choice.

How to Type in Your E-book

Using the text tool, you can type anywhere on an e-book page.

In order to access the text toolbar for an e-book simply select Show Comment Toolbar from the Tools menu. From this toolbar you will be able to change the font, size, color, and leading of your type.

To type into your document, simply select the text tool, click on the area of your enhanced e-book where you would like to add text, and begin typing.