Search a book and go to a page

How to find words in the book you are reading and jump to a page number, a Roman numeral page or a chapter.paragraph reference.

Windows

Yes

Mac

Yes

iPad

Yes

iPhone

Yes

Use Search to find words in the open book, and Go to to jump to a page or a reference. Both move only the view: the voice keeps its place until you choose to read from the new spot.

Search in this book

1. Open the Search panel with the magnifier button in the top bar.
2. Type in Find in this document and press Enter, or select the search button next to the box.
3. The panel lists the results with a short snippet around each match.
4. Select a result to show that place in the text.

Search ignores accents, so "tara" also finds "țară".

Open search from the keyboard

Go to a page or reference

1. Select Contents in the top bar. The Go to box is at the top of the panel.
2. Type one of these and select Go:
   • a page number, such as 147
   • a Roman numeral page, such as xii
   • a chapter.paragraph reference, such as 3.12 for chapter 3, paragraph 12
3. The view moves there and the spot flashes briefly.

Open Go to from the keyboard

Read from the new place, or go back

After a search result or Go to, two buttons appear over the text:

• Read from here starts the voice at the place you are looking at.
• Back to the current position returns the view to where the voice is.

Good to know

• Page numbers come from the book itself when it has them: the page labels of a PDF or the page list of an EPUB. Other documents get an estimated page number.
• A chapter.paragraph reference works in any book, with or without pages.
• To look around the book quickly, drag the chapter bar on the right edge. See Find your way around the reading view.
• To search every book in your library at once, use the library's search box. See Search your library.

Last updated 13 November 2026