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- Drag while pausedStep word by word. Left moves on, right goes back.
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Where shall I begin?
asked Alice.
Begin at the beginning,
the King said.
Rhythm can colour a novel’s dialogue by who’s speaking, so a conversation reads like a script. Classics marked Speaker colours in Discover show them straight away.
Choose Off, One colour or By speaker under Settings → Dialogue or in the reader’s settings. The Characters tab beside Chapters lists who’s speaking, in their colours.
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