Highlight Colour and Style
Change the colour of the highlighter and how text is highlighted while reading.
To adjust your highlight settings:
Web and Mobile
Click or tap the menu (three dots) > More > Text Highlight
Use the drop-down menu to choose how text is highlighted:
Sentence and word
Sentence only
Word only
None
Choose your highlight colour from the preset options.
The highlight colour you select here will also be used for your annotations. To change the colour of individual annotations, see Working with Text and Audio – Personal Version.
Dark Mode
Switch to a dark background to reduce screen glare while reading.
Web and Mobile
Click or tap the menu (three dots)
Click or tap to toggle Dark Mode on or off
Note: Dark Mode applies to the interface and the reading view. For uploaded documents, the original background colour cannot be directly modified, so images may appear colour-inverted.
Closed Captions
Display real-time subtitles at the bottom of the screen during playback.
Web
Click the CC icon in the top toolbar to toggle closed captions on or off
When enabled, word-by-word highlighting will appear in the CC panel
You can still follow along in the original document with sentence-level highlighting
Mobile
On mobile, Closed Captions are integrated with the Text View feature.
Tap the View icon (eye icon) in the top toolbar to enter Text View mode
Tap CC to switch to Closed Captions mode
From here, tap the View button to turn CC on or off
To return to Text View mode, turn CC on and tap the TXT button from the CC window
More about Text View is covered in the next section.
Text View
A distraction-free, full-screen reading experience available on mobile only. Text View extracts the text from your document into a clean, simplified interface. This mode is ideal for focused reading and offers smooth visual tracking.
To open Text View:
Tap the View icon (eye icon) in the top toolbar
If you're in Closed Captions mode, tap the TXT button in the CC window to switch to Text View
While in Text View:
Individual word highlighting is active
Autoscroll, return to reading, navigation, and annotations are all supported
Tap the collapse icon in the top left to exit Text View
Tap the location icon in the top toolbar to return to the current reading position if you've scrolled away
Tap any text to begin reading from that spot
Tap the < and > buttons next to the play button to move forward or back by page
Tap A- or A+ in the top toolbar to adjust the font size
Tap the pages icon in the bottom toolbar to navigate by page
Tap Annotate in the bottom toolbar to annotate the current reading
Font Settings
Adjust text appearance for better readability and accessibility when working with typed-in text.
Web and Mobile
Font settings apply only to typed-in text.
Click or tap the menu (three dots) > Font
From here, you can:
Click or tap to adjust font size
Click or tap to toggle extra text spacing
Click or tap to toggle the Dyslexia-friendly font
These options are designed to support accessibility and personal reading comfort.