iBooks: Mark text and take notes

With iBooks you mark your texts and can also make your own notes. This is how you memorize important passages in your favorite books and write useful notes. In this practical tip you will learn how this works.

Mark text via iBooks

Text passages from books can be marked on iBooks. Different colors are available.

1. Start iBooks, open your library and select a book.
2. Mark the desired passage with your mouse pointer. To do this, you must hold down the mouse button and move over the text.
3. A dialog window then appears. Here you select the desired marking color.

Add notes to iBooks

You can add your own notes anywhere in your books on iBooks to save your thoughts on the pages.

1. After starting iBooks, select a book.
2. Mark the desired line of text again.
3. In the dialog box that appears, select "Add note".
4. Now you can write your notes. In future, these will be displayed to the left of the text.