Sliding section in templates portrait view

I'm new to iBooks Author and gradually working it out, but am unable to find any information about how this 'sliding section' at the foot of Portrait View is supposed to work, or what its purpose is.
Can anyone enlighten me?

I've understood the answer myself, which, in case anyone stumbles across this topic with the same question ... portrait mode is a continuous scrolling page and this sliding part allows you to lengthen or shorten the pages to fit the content, so that everything runs together without leaving white spaces in between.

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I'm attempting to write my first book using iBooks Author. I've got everything looking pretty good so far in landscape view, but when it changes to portrait view, I don't like the automatic formatting and I can't figure out how to change it. I chose the "Contemporary" template. In landscape view, I changed the section title and the default formatting (white over an image) looks fine. When I change to portrait mode, the section title turns to red, which I would like to change to another color. However, I can't even select the text in this view. I can see the style in the paragraph styles drawer, but I don't know how to change it there either. Is it possible to change the color, and if so, how? Thanks.

Already advised....
Basically, after each chapter or section is finished in LS, use the Orientation icon, top menu bar to change to portrait and edit content. Images are automatically reduced in size etc,.
Fig 1 - I used this to demonstarte Bookmarks ( in red) but take this as your start point in LS
Fig 2
As you can see from the Orientation icon shaded in Blue at top - this is Portrait mode.
The image has changed to the tempate default - so you need to change the template or drop the same image in. I had changed the background and removed the top embellisment in LS so again, you may need to change your template - that aside the section title and text are white in both examples.
Fig 3.
I have changed the section and text colour. Apps is in white intentionally and the bookmark stays in the link colour red
Fig 4 Back in LS mode - see icon top menu
The section colour stayed white, but the text changed to yellow
Fig 5
I changed the section colour to red.
OK thats how changing things affects each mode including the image sizes.
IF the red section title ( in LS) is selected - in the styles drawer you can see it - switch to portrait, select the section title and apply the same style. Essentially, think you are creating two separate books and edit the potrait to match - where possible the LS version.
Apple have deemed some things, like TOC page images cannot be changed individually in Portrait mode.

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Did you try to select the section number header in the style drawer and remove it from the master layout?

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When I modify my chapter template, how come it doesn't modify in the portrait view and only modifys in landscape view?
I changed the colors and they look great in landscapte, but no change in portrait.
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iBA: layout in landscape; edit content in portrait - test in both. Disable portrait if it offends you.
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My photo book was rejected today because it's not viewable in portrait format. My intention was to have the book ONLY be viewable in landscape format and that it's more than obvious that you need to turn the pad to landscape to view it–the thing is primarily composed of landscape-format images!
I saw in today's "disappearing shapes" thread that you need to edit in portrait and layout in landscape, so I'm trying out that approach.
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Never click on anything like that and resubmit.
Test it on a device first.
Testing it goes without saying, right? Seems to work. You saved me a ton of work redesigning a compromised layout. If I could give you doube bonus points I would!
So by clicking disable portrait view it will force the landscape layout to resize smaller to fit portrait view like a pdf does?
No idea what that means, sorry. How could something resize from something it doesn't do...
Where did you learn that iBA's portrait view supports PDFs?
I was talking about looking at a PDF version of this book in iBooks. When you rotate the pad the landscape image simply rotates and resizes. Disabling portrait in .iba just locks the book in landscape no matter how you turn the pad. Perfect for my needs.
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