When reading how to toggle page numbers and mini thumbnails at bottom of page?

When reading how to toggle page numbers and mini thumbnails at bottom of page?


Was reading and bumped iPad, now I get mini page icons at the bottom of each page; touching them (which happens by accident) jumps to some other page, without a clear way to return. How do I go back to the regular X out of Y pages?


Apple's online site for manuals shows the Books icon but has no manual in the application category for it.

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 9:27 PM

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Nov 3, 2019 5:56 PM in response to QuickPost

It is not a PDF.


Normally, when I read a book, I have this at the bottom:


However, I accidentally touched, swiped, or gestured and now the book displays this:


All I want to do is get back to the prior view.


    • The mini-thumbnail view is way to easy to accidentally bump and jump to somewhere else in the book.
    • The simple page-number view maintains a helpful stack, so if you follow a footnote or link, you can easily return to the prior page you were reading.
    • And if Apple's listening, it's not obvious how I got into this mode, that it was available, or how to return from it -- attempting to find documentation online about the Books applications has been very problematic. I'd be really useful if an extra long hold on control pulled up a help overlay.


Appreciate the help -- and if there's a more correct name than mini-thumbnail, that might explain why I can't find it.

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