Reader Settings
Reader settings let you make each document comfortable to read. Some settings apply to fixed-layout documents such as PDFs and comics. Other settings apply to EPUB books.
Opening Settings
Open Settings from the reader chrome or with your configured keyboard/controller mapping.
Use Back to leave Settings and return focus to the reader controls.
Theme
Themes change the reader background and UI colors.
Available themes:
- Black
- Dark
- Light
- Sepia
Dark or black themes are useful for TV and couch reading. Light and sepia themes can be more comfortable for book-style reading.
Layout
Layout controls how pages are arranged.
- Single page: one page at a time.
- Spread: two-page reading when space allows.
- Stacked: pages arranged in a continuous strip.
Split Sheets
Some scanned booklets and magazines are scanned one physical sheet at a time, so a single image holds two book pages side by side. Split Sheets controls whether the reader separates that image into two pages.
- Auto: work it out for each page. A booklet scanned sheet by sheet is split throughout, and a single oversized page in an otherwise normal document is split on its own.
- Never: never split. Every page is shown exactly as it was scanned.
- Always: split every page down the middle, whatever its shape.
Auto suits almost every document. Use Never when a wide page is genuinely a single page, such as a fold-out map or a landscape photo book, and the reader has cut it in half. Use Always when a scan really is a two-page sheet but the reader is showing it whole, which can happen when the scan is trimmed unusually close to the page edges.
This setting is remembered per document, so changing it for one awkward scan leaves the rest of your library alone.
Fit Mode
Fit mode controls how fixed-layout pages are sized.
- Fit: show the whole page.
- Fit width: fill the reader width.
- Fit height: fill the reader height.
- Free zoom: use manual zoom.
Margins
Margins add space around fixed-layout pages. Larger margins can make scanned pages feel less crowded, especially in fullscreen or on a TV.
Reading Direction
Reading direction controls page movement for documents that should be read left-to-right or right-to-left.
Use right-to-left for manga or documents designed for that reading order.
Page Turn Style
Page turn settings control how page changes feel.
- Premium 3D: animated page turning.
- Instant: immediate page changes.
Use instant if you prefer speed and simplicity.
EPUB Typography
For EPUB books, you can adjust:
- Font family
- Text scale
- Line spacing
- Margin level
- Page layout
These settings help EPUB books feel more like a dedicated ebook reader.
Saving Preferences
LaunchBox Reader remembers your reading state and preferences so documents reopen the way you left them.