Update User Guide to reflect release 0.13.1 (#337)

Please note I have not tested the Calibre features and am not yet in a
position to offer detailed documentation of how they work.
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### Power On / Off
To turn the device on or off, **press and hold the Power button for half a second**. In **[Settings](#35-settings)** you can configure the power button to trigger on a short press instead of a long one.
To turn the device on or off, **press and hold the Power button for approximately half a second**.
In **[Settings](#35-settings)** you can configure the power button to turn the device off with a short press instead of a long one.
To reboot the device (for example if it's frozen, or after a firmware update), press and release the Reset button, and then hold the Power button for a few seconds.
To reboot the device (for example if it's frozen, or after a firmware update), press and release the Reset button, and then quickly press and hold the Power button for a few seconds.
### First Launch
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The Settings screen allows you to configure the device's behavior. There are a few settings you can adjust:
- **Sleep Screen**: Which sleep screen to display when the device sleeps:
- "Dark" (default) - The default dark sleep screen
- "Dark" (default) - The default dark Crosspoint logo sleep screen
- "Light" - The same default sleep screen, on a white background
- "Custom" - Custom images from the SD card, see [Sleep Screen](#36-sleep-screen) below for more information
- "Custom" - Custom images from the SD card; see [Sleep Screen](#36-sleep-screen) below for more information
- "Cover" - The book cover image (Note: this is experimental and may not work as expected)
- "Blank" - A blank screen
- "None" - A blank screen
- **Sleep Screen Cover Mode**: How to display the book cover when "Cover" sleep screen is selected:
- "Fit" (default) - Scale the image down to fit centered on the screen, padding with white borders as necessary
- "Crop" - Scale the image down and crop as necessary to try to to fill the screen (Note: this is experimental and may not work as expected)
- **Status Bar**: Configure the status bar displayed while reading:
- "None" - No status bar
- "No Progress" - Show status bar without reading progress
- "Full" - Show status bar with reading progress
- **Hide Battery %**: Configure where to suppress the battery pecentage display in the status bar; the battery icon will still be shown:
- "Never" - Always show battery percentage (default)
- "In Reader" - Show battery percentage everywhere except in reading mode
- "Always" - Always hide battery percentage
- **Extra Paragraph Spacing**: If enabled, vertical space will be added between paragraphs in the book. If disabled, paragraphs will not have vertical space between them, but will have first-line indentation.
- **Short Power Button Click**: Whether to trigger the power button on a short press or a long press.
- **Reading Orientation**: Set the screen orientation for reading:
- **Text Anti-Aliasing**: Whether to show smooth grey edges (anti-aliasing) on text in reading mode. Note this slows down page turns slightly.
- **Short Power Button Click**: Controls the effect of a short click of the power button:
- "Ignore" - Require a long press to turn off the device
- "Sleep" - A short press powers the device off
- "Page Turn" - A short press in reading mode turns to the next page; a long press turns the device off
- **Reading Orientation**: Set the screen orientation for reading EPUB files:
- "Portrait" (default) - Standard portrait orientation
- "Landscape CW" - Landscape, rotated clockwise
- "Inverted" - Portrait, upside down
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- Back, Confirm, Left, Right (default)
- Left, Right, Back, Confirm
- Left, Back, Confirm, Right
- **Side Button Layout**: Swap the order of the up and down volume buttons from Previous/Next to Next/Previous. This change is only in effect when reading.
- **Side Button Layout (reader)**: Swap the order of the up and down volume buttons from Previous/Next to Next/Previous. This change is only in effect when reading.
- **Reader Font Family**: Choose the font used for reading:
- "Bookerly" (default) - Amazon's reading font
- "Noto Sans" - Google's sans-serif font
- "Open Dyslexic" - Font designed for readers with dyslexia
- **Reader Font Size**: Adjust the text size for reading; options are "Small", "Medium", "Large", or "X Large".
- **Reader Line Spacing**: Adjust the spacing between lines; options are "Tight", "Normal", or "Wide".
- **Reader Screen Margin**: Controls the screen margins in reader mode between 5 and 40 pixels in 5 pixel increments.
- **Reader Paragraph Alignment**: Set the alignment of paragraphs; options are "Justified" (default), "Left", "Center", or "Right".
- **Time to Sleep**: Set the duration of inactivity before the device automatically goes to sleep.
- **Refresh Frequency**: Set how often the screen does a full refresh while reading to reduce ghosting.
- **Calibre Settings**: Set up integration for accessing a Calibre web library or connecting to Calibre as a wireless device.
- **Check for updates**: Check for firmware updates over WiFi.
### 3.6 Sleep Screen
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The role of the volume (side) buttons can be swapped in **[Settings](#35-settings)**.
If the **Short Power Button Click** setting is set to "Page Turn", you can also turn to the next page by briefly pressing the Power button.
### Chapter Navigation
* **Next Chapter:** Press and **hold** the **Right** (or **Volume Down**) button briefly, then release.
* **Previous Chapter:** Press and **hold** the **Left** (or **Volume Up**) button briefly, then release.