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    Keep your device awake while reading

    The following article was translated from English using a machine translation service.

    You can prevent your iPhone or iPad from auto-locking while using PDF Expert. It’s handy when you’re reading a book for a long time without performing any actions on the screen.

    Mac iPad iPhone

    Here are the steps for Mac:

    For now, there isn't such an option in PDF Expert for Mac. As a workaround, you can set sleep and wake settings for your Mac, and this will affect PDF Expert as well.

    Here are the instructions for iPad:

    How to prevent the iPad from automatically sleeping:

    1. Open any PDF file.
    2. Tap  at the top right.
    3. Enable the Keep iPad Awake toggle.

    Here are the instructions for iPhone:

    How to prevent the iPhone from automatically sleeping:

    1. Open a PDF file and tap ... at the top right.
    2. Tap View Settings and enable the Keep iPhone Awake toggle.
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