Scrolling and page-turning

Everyone everywhere always agrees that between scrolling (like a web page) or page-turning (like a book) there is one and only one proper way of reading a substantial amount of text. The opposite way is just useless.

As for which of these two ways is the right way, opinions differ.

The Universalis apps on iPhone/iPad and Android let you do both. This post is to remind you of that fact and tell you how to set up the proper way of reading text.

iPhone/iPad

Tap the rightmost button in the toolbar. This brings up the Fonts screen, which lets you choose fonts and font sizes and dark-on-light mode.

At the bottom of the Fonts screen, the “Scrolling View” switch will let you choose between scrolling and page-turning.

You can find some brief instructions here.

Android

Tap the cog-wheel on the right-hand side of the toolbar. This brings up the Settings screen.

In the “Display” section of that screen, there is a switch labelled “Page by page”, which you can turn on or off.

• If you want the page-turning mode and “Page by page” doesn’t give it to you, have a look at the “Advanced” section of the Settings screen. You probably have the Screen Reader mode turned on. That mode is intended for blind users, and it gives a simplified view which is more suitable for screen reader software to read out loud. You probably don’t need that mode. Turn it OFF, and the page-by-page mode will work.

There are some instructions here.