Guide
How to use Papyro.
Five short lessons, each with a recording from the app. It takes about two minutes to read the lot.
Adding books
- In your library, tap the round + button.
- Choose Add books.
- Pick one PDF or several, then tap Select.
Papyro copies each file into its own storage and makes a cover from the first page. It also reads the title, author and publisher from the PDF where it can.
If a file won't open, Papyro tells you why: password-protected, damaged, or not really a PDF.
Shelves
- Tap + and choose New shelf. Give it a name, say Novels.
- Open the shelf from the row of buttons under Continue reading.
- Tap + again to add books to it, either new PDFs or ones already in your library.
You can also long-press any book and choose Add to shelf.
A book lives on one shelf at a time. If you put it on a second shelf, it moves, and a short note tells you where it came from.
Turning pages
- Put your finger near the right edge and pull to the left.
- Past the middle of the page, let go and it turns.
- To go back, pull from the left edge to the right.
Lift a corner and it folds like a dog-ear. Let go early and the page lies back down. Taps never turn a page, so you can rest your thumb on the screen.
Page colour
Choose Day, Sepia or Night from the reading menu under Display.
For plain black text on white, go to Settings, then Appearance, and pick B&W pages. Only the book pages change; the rest of the app keeps following your phone's light or dark setting.