Quick start guide

YACReader is the reading app in the YACReader suite. Use it to open a comic file directly, open a folder of images, or continue reading something launched from YACReaderLibrary.

This guide focuses on the current essentials. For the full list of keyboard shortcuts, and to customize them, open the Shortcuts dialog from the toolbar, menu, or settings dialog.

Start reading

• Open a comic file, open a folder, or drag and drop content into the window.
• YACReader supports the usual comic archive workflow and image folders. Some builds also support PDF reading.
• If you open a folder, YACReader can move through the neighboring files in that folder so it works well for sequential reading.
• The app remembers your recent files and your last reading position for each comic.

Choose a reading mode

• Use the toolbar to switch between fit width, fit height, fit page, full size, and continuous scroll mode.
• Enable double page mode when it fits the comic better, or switch to manga double page mode to reverse the reading order.
• The page flow lets you browse visually before jumping to a page.
• The magnifying glass is available while reading and can be resized and zoomed independently.

Move around the comic

• You can read with the keyboard, mouse wheel, trackpad, or the mouse mode selected in the options dialog.
• Use the Go To dialog for an exact page jump, or open the page flow for quick visual navigation.
• Bookmarks are useful for favorite pages, and YACReader also keeps track of the latest page you were reading.
• The information overlay can show page progress while you read, and the translator tool can be toggled from the toolbar or menu.

Shortcuts

• Open the Shortcuts dialog to discover every available shortcut and change it to your liking.
• The dialog groups actions by area, so it is the best place to learn what is available in the viewer.
• This help page avoids a fixed shortcut table because shortcuts are customizable and may not match your setup anymore.

Useful settings

• The options dialog includes language selection, appearance and theme settings, background color, page flow behavior, and image adjustment controls.
• You can tune brightness, contrast, gamma, scaling quality, and whether small images should be enlarged to fit the page.
• If you use a trackpad or prefer a specific click behavior, review the scroll and mouse mode settings first.
• Light and dark themes can follow the system setting, and custom themes can be loaded too.

If you mainly want to manage a collection, search across it, or edit comic metadata, use YACReaderLibrary and open the selected comic from there.

More information about the project is available at https://www.yacreader.com.