The Kindle Fan Guide
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1. Thanks to Igor Skochinsky lt http igorsk blogspot com gt for finding most of the Kindle 1 keyboard commands listed Thanks are also due to the many wonderful members of the Kindle forums on Amazon com for their tips and advice particularly Charles Meyrick and Danielle Shillcock2. NOT AVAIL NOT AVAIL as your location or an incorrect address You may be able to fix this by pressing Shift Alt R to reboot your Kindle Alt 2 Find nearby gas stations Alt 3 Find nearby restaurants Alt 5 Find whatever you type in nearby Alt D Highlight the default item or don t Alt Z Draw zone or not Audio Player Alt P Start playing or pause playing Alt F Skip to next song These last few commands work in the search field You only have to type enough of the word for it to be unique for example wi is enough for Wikipedia help web wikipedia store time Colophon This book was written by Brent P Newhall using NeoOffice on a MacBook In the paper and PDF versions of this book the headers are Abadi MD Condensed and the text is Baskerville This book is licensed under a Creative Gommons Attribution by 3 0 license This allows you to distribute remix tweak and build upon this book even commercially as long as you credit me for the original creation See http creativecommons org licenses by 3 0 for more information This is the fifth edition of this book which is available in three versions a free PDE a Kindle ebook and a physical book published through Lulu com You can read more about all versions at www brentnewhall com kindlefanguide To contact the author visit his website at www brentnewhall com for an up to date list of contact information
3. kindle com note the absence of free Your Amazon account will be charged a small fee 15 cents per megabyte and the converted file will be sent wirelessly to your Kindle Note that the Kindle DX can display PDFs without any conversion You can email them to your Kindle or drag them onto your Kindle using the instructions above and they ll be displayed on your Home menu To set your Kindle s name see the Cool Customizations section below A note about conversion Amazon s software does the best it can to convert each file into a Kindle friendly form but it doesn t always work perfectly Most documents look fine and are perfectly readable but a PDF with highly complex layout probably won t look exactly the same on the Kindle You can see screenshots that compare PDF s with their Kindle ized counterparts at www brentnewhall com kindlefanguide Using the Keyboard As you may have noticed the Kindle keyboard is slightly different than a standard computer keyboard The letters and numbers work like you d expect fortunately For capital letters press the up arrow key this is the Shift key in the lower left corner of the keyboard This will capitalize just the next letter If you hold the Shift key down any other letters you press will be capitalized until you release the Shift key To type a number press the ALT key in the lower left corner of the keyboard then press a number key at the top of the keyboard Kind
4. read Kindle books on my computer You can now Amazon recently released Kindle for PC a desktop application that can download and display Kindle books The Kindle for PC app is currently only for Windows computers Amazon says a Mac version is coming soon What types of e books can I use on my Kindle The Kindle can read the following book formats directly e Kindle format azw MobiPocket mobi and prc e Plain text txt and asc Rich Text Format rtf You can convert the following book formats into Kindle azw files Microsoft Word up to the 2003 version doc Web pages html and htm Adobe Acrobat PDF pdf except for very complicated documents You can also use mp3 and aa music files on your Kindle and you can convert jpg png gif and bmp files into greyscale images for your Kindle Microsoft Word 2007 can save documents in the 2003 version you ll have to do that to any Word document you want to send to your Kindle for conversion What happens with a non international Kindle outside the U S The Kindle will still switch on and you ll be able to happily read books on it You ll also be able to transfer books directly to the Kindle using the USB cable However the wireless feature won t work outside of the United States and even a few areas inside the U S on non international Kindles That means you won t be able to order books from the Amazon Kindle store and have them delivered wireles
5. changes are ready Amazon already done this several times Over the course of several weeks Amazon sends updates to all the Kindles in service Many people don t even know that their Kindles have updated This means that you should turn on wireless occasionally just to catch any Kindle updates if they come On Kindle 1 do this by turning over the Kindle then sliding up the silver switch on the right into the ON position On other versions of the Kindle go to the Home screen then press the Menu button and select Turn Wireless On To see which version of the Kindle software that your Kindle has installed press the Home button at the bottom of the keyboard then select Menu at the bottom of the screen On the menu that appears select Settings The version number will be displayed at the bottom of the screen As of March 2009 the latest version of the Kindle 1 software is 1 2 296020014 and the latest version of Kindle 2 software is 2 0 291330095 Does Kindle display color Nope it s only greyscale 16 shades of grey from dark black to a putty colored off white The E Ink company which creates the screen is working on a color version but it s still very expensive and has technical limitations it looks washed out 1 See http money cnn com 2009 03 03 technology copeland_epaper fortune index h tm postversion 20090303 11 Your Kindle Has Arrived Congratulations Unwrap it carefully The Kindle comes with a pow
6. down on that clasp and push it into the slot Kindle 1 The Kindle 1 has a slot on the back which should fit snugly into the tab on its cover When it fits you should hear a muted click Your Kindle Is a Precious and Unique Snowflake Much as people love the Kindle new owners often stumble over a few eccentricities in the Kindle s design Here are some hints to get you used to the Kindle s unusual interface The Kindle s designed to be held like a paperback book with hands on the bottom corners of the device Kindle 1 Hold your Kindle 1 by the bottom You can press the keys while in a book and nothing will change The screen isn t a touch pad nor is there a track pad Instead use the small joystick called the 5 way controller to navigate Selected items are underlined Move the controller up down left or right then press it in to click Pressing the controller is like pressing the button on a computer mouse Kindle 1 Use the select wheel to move the cursor bar on the right hand side of your Kindle up and down then press the select wheel to select a line or option The cursor bar also uses E Ink but it s silvery instead of black As you press buttons you ll notice that it can take about a second for the Kindle to respond You may also notice a brief black flash as the screen changes That s okay that s perfectly normal If you put your Kindle down after a few minutes it will change the screen to a book related im
7. for the books magazines newspapers and the web While you re reading a book magazine or periodical or using the web browser press the aA button in the lower right corner of the keyboard and select your desired text size You can also set the Kindle to do full justification or left justification by pressing the J key while the text size menu is displayed You can t change the size of the text used for the rest of the Kindle Note that the text size for books and periodicals is separate from the text size for the web browser Naming Your Kindle If you want to email documents to your Kindle especially to convert documents you ll need to give your Kindle a name To do that go to www amazon com on a normal computer click on the Your Account link and click on the Manage Your Kindle link in the Kindle Management section You may be asked for your password In the Your Kindle s section click the Edit Info link to give your Kindle a name Your Kindle s name appears at the top of your Home menu You may want to put your phone number in your Kindle s name so that if your Kindle s ever lost whoever finds your Kindle will see your phone number right on the Home menu There are lots of other creative ways to identify your Kindle You can tape a business card to the cover or make an image with your contact information and turn that into your screen saver see the Adding Pictures to the Screen Saver sect
8. has a small tab in it which should fit into a small slot in the back of your Kindle to keep it snug in the cover If not gently pry the tab up so it sticks out a bit more If your Kindle still won t stay in its cover a bit of velcro will hold it nicely You can also loop the cover s elastic strap around the Kindle itself while reading Note that if you put your Kindle into a bag or purse with the cover closed while the Kindle is turned on the cover may press against the select wheel or one of the side buttons This could drain the battery in a few hours There are a few ways to keep the Kindle from accidentally pressing the select wheel One is to fasten washers to the inside front cover so that the select wheel will fit into the hole in the center of the washers Several companies other than Amazon sell their own covers for the Kindle Among them http www buymedge com http www sfbags com http www oberondesign com The Kindle 2 and Kindle DX Cover The Kindle 2 fits very securely into its cover so how do you remove it The cover has two small metal knobs that the Kindle fits into Press down on the top knob pressing towards the bottom of the Kindle then pull your Kindle out of the knob Then rotate the Kindle clockwise to remove it from the bottom knob How do I update the Kindle s software Thanks to the miracle of Whispernet you don t have to Amazon will send any updates directly to your Kindle when
9. The Kindle Fan Guide An unofficial handbook for Amazon s awesome e book reader Fifth Edition by Brent P Newhall CC Copyright 2008 2009 Brent P Newhall Table of Contents Frequently Asked Questions by the CUriOUS sesssssesesssesseeseessesssesnseeneesneessseeneesnees 3 Where can get books for the Kindle esesssssessesssesseessesssesneeneesnsesnseeneesnenes 3 What types of e books can use on my Kindle ees esecsessesseeseesseseeneesneenes 3 What happens when leave the U S for my Grand Tour of EUrOpe eee 3 Can give e books to other people s ssssssssrssesessssesrssssessssnsnnsnsnssnssnsrrrrnnsrrrressnrrree 4 Is the Kindl screen backlit vase atciindsrisdarscniidenintentinn mnreaniauiern tans 4 COVER SSUES kns ienie sara A Non Ea a anion ibd Mohini T 4 How do update the Kindle s software sssssssssssessssessssssessssnssssnsnnsnnnnsnsnnnrrrennene 5 What s the difference between the first Kindle and the Kindle 2 usseeseeee 5 Your Kindle Has ArriVeds renean oannes ienee a PTEE Ka 6 Start Your ENGINES sevice irei a E EEEN N n aa 6 Your Kindle Is a Precious and Unique Snowflake cscs 6 How to Use Your KINGS artim tuasuen oie iisiecsiniinninniniiniiabaabenhannane 8 Using Your Kindle While Reading a Book sss 8 Getting Books Onto Your Kindle cssessesessecsessessseesessesssessesnessuesssesneensensenes 9 Using thes Keyboard svarinn iont aa EE 10 Ch rging Uieir nsnstaanninaredetsasvnide
10. age This is the screen saver and your Kindle is in sleep mode To take it out of sleep mode slide the power switch all the way to one side briefly You can do the same thing to put your Kindle back into sleep mode Kindle 1 Hold down the ALT key and press the 4A key to bring your Kindle out of sleep mode How to Use Your Kindle This is not as weird as it may first appear The Kindle is just a little different than most other handheld devices When you re reading a book you can comfortably use the Next Page and Previous Page on the sides of the Kindle Note that the Back button on the Kindle like the back button on your web browser it takes you to the last thing you were looking at not necessarily the last page So if you jump from the main menu to a book pressing the back button will take you back to the main menu not to the previous page of the book To get back to the list of all your books and magazines and newspapers press the Home button on the bottom right of your Kindle To navigate the menus use the 5 way controller on the right hand side of the Kindle next to the Back button The select wheel works in conjunction with the cursor bar above it which displays silvery dots to indicate your selection Scroll the wheel up and down to move the selection and push the wheel in to select something Kindle 1 Use the scroll wheel to navigate menus The cursor bar above it will display a silvery dot to indicate your se
11. creen and select the Experimental item at the bottom of the list The experimental menu has three items in the current edition of the Kindle Basic Web provides you with a simple web browser NetFront 3 3 which is designed for mobile devices like phones and PDAs You can use Basic Web to browse the world wide web as long as wireless is switched on and you have a signal If it s off the word OFF will be displayed at the bottom of the Kindle screen next to the battery bar If you don t get a signal the five bars next to the battery will be white If you ve loaded music files onto your Kindle using the USB cable Play Music will play your music in random order You can also hold the ALT key and press the P key to play or pause the music no matter what you re doing on the Kindle Press ALT F to skip to the next song If you want a little privacy you can plug headphones into the headphone jack on the bottom of your Kindle and the music will play through the headphones only On all Kindles except Kindle 1 Text to Speech will read certain books to you using a computerized voice Note that the speaker on the Kindle is rather tinny while headphones will provide much higher quality sound The headphone jack is on top of the Kindle Kindle 1 The headphone jack is on the bottom of the device Adding Pictures to the Screen Saver on Kindle 1 Note This only works on the Kindle 1 Yes you can add your own images to your Kindle and use t
12. d to Me or Text to Speech in which it can read certain books out loud using a computerized voice The DX has all the same features as the Kindle 2 but has a much larger screen and can display Adobe PDF files without requiring a conversion first The International Kindle is exactly the same as the Kindle 2 except that it uses different internal hardware components to access the Kindle Store wirelessly This different hardware allows the International Kindle to be used in countries outside the U S Note Much as I loved my Kindle 1 it can t be purchased new any more and it has a very different user interface than other Kindles So this manual focuses on use of the newer versions of the Kindle I still mention ways of doing things on the Kindle 1 though Where can I get books for the Kindle The first choice for Kindle books is Amazon s Kindle Store http www amazon com kindlestore There are a number of sites that provide free and low cost e books A number of classic books have been converted into e book format Some of the most popular websites for e books among Kindle users are http www manybooks net http www feedbooks com http www gutenberg org You can also convert any plain text file and most Word and PDF files into the Kindle format Can I read Kindle books on my iPhone or iPod Touch Yep Go to the App Store and download the Kindle app This will act very much like another Kindle Can
13. er cord a USB cable and a manual The Kindle 1 also comes with a cover Start Your Engines First off you need to charge the Kindle After you ve pawed through the packaging plug the power cable into the little power plug on the bottom of the Kindle and plug the other end into an outlet It should take one to two hours to charge fully You can use the Kindle while it s charging To switch on your Kindle look at the top edge of the device You should see a small silver slider Press that slider to the side it s on a spring hold it for a moment then release it It may take a few moments for your Kindle to power on the first time Kindle 1 Slide up the silver power switch on the back of the device to switch it on If you ve already ordered books or other content for your Kindle it won t show up on your Kindle immediately Your Kindle has to download that content from the Amazon Kindle Store so you ll have to be patient for a few minutes You can read the user manual on the Kindle in the mean time To put your Kindle into its cover The cover has two metal clasps the top is spring loaded and the bottom one is shaped like a hook The Kindle has two slots in the side which line up with the clasps Align your Kindle so that its slots are next to the clasps then rotate the Kindle clockwise and slip the lower slot into the lower clasp Rotate the Kindle counter clockwise until the upper slot 1s next to the spring loaded clasp then press
14. ess the zero key Wait a few seconds then the current image will be added to your screen savers Use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to navigate between images and repeat step 11 for each image The Kindle screen is exactly 600 pixels wide and 800 pixels tall so you ll want pictures in approximately that shape Your Kindle will scale any overly large images to a maximum of 600x800 To remove pictures from your screen saver plug your Kindle into your computer and select your Kindle Select the system folder and select the screen_saver folder Delete everything in this folder When your Kindle next goes to sleep you will initially see the last image you had as a screen saver then you ll see the standard screen saver images and you won t see any of your images again There are some very cool screen saver pictures at http jacksonunit googlepages com kindleunit Adding an SD Memory Card on Kindle 1 Note This only works on Kindle 1 You can add an SD memory card to your Kindle which will increase the number of books you can store on it SD cards cost a few dozen dollars depending on how much they can store A 1 GB gigabyte SD card can hold about 3 000 books Adding an SD card is easy too Flip your Kindle over and remove the grey back plate Slide the SD card into the slot on the right side next to the warning Power off Kindle before removing SD memory card Note that you can insert a memor
15. hem for the screen saver Note that if you do then the images you add are the only ones that the Kindle will display for the screen saver You can use your own images or the Amazon supplied ones but not both at the same time This is a fairly involved procedure so I ll lay out the steps one by one Ls 10 11 12 Plug the USB cable into your Kindle and plug the other end into your computer Using the instructions explained in the Getting Your Books Onto The Kindle section navigate to your Kindle s folder Create a new folder named pictures Select that folder Create a new folder named My Pictures This should be inside the Y pictures folder Note that you can actually name this folder whatever you want I ll just use My Pictures for consistency Drag and drop the images you want for your screen saver into the My Pictures folder Eject or unmount the Kindle if appropriate and unplug the USB cable from both ends On your Kindle press the Home button Press and hold the Alt key and press the Z key which tells the Kindle to rescan for pictures You should now have a My Pictures item in your home menu If your menu is sorted by date viewed the default it ll show up at the end of the list Select the My Pictures item This will display a picture viewer Press the F to enter full screen mode Press Shift Alt 0 press and hold down the Shift and Alt keys and pr
16. ion below Specific Kindle Settings Your Kindle sports several settings to change them press the Home button select the Menu and select Settings You can change the following items on the Settings page which also shows you how much space you ve used on your Kindle Deregister your Kindle from your Amazon com account This is mostly used if you re selling or giving away your Kindle You can change the Device Name e You can enter Personal Information so that if your Kindle is ever lost people can use this to contact you e If you ve bought a dictionary from the Kindle store you can set it as your Primary Dictionary instead of the included New Oxford American Dictionary You can disable or re enable backups of your Annotations You can delete books from your Kindle or move them back and forth between the Kindle memory and an SD card Press the Home button select the Menu and select Content Manager Use the select wheel to select items that you want to delete then select the Menu and select Remove Selected Items Follow the same steps to transfer books between the Kindle memory and an SD card You can always re send any books you ve bought to your Kindle from your Amazon com account even if you ve deleted them from your Kindle You won t have to buy them again Experimental Extras Your Kindle comes with several bonus experimental features just for fun On the home menu select Menu at the bottom of the s
17. le 1 has separate number keys at the top of the keyboard The and symbols are on the keyboard To type other characters press the SYM button and select the character from the list On Kindle 1 you can also press the Shift key and one of the right hand number keys to get a common symbol 67890 COON gt gt Charging Up During the first few weeks of its life your Kindle may need to recharge every few days After that your Kindle should last a week or two before it needs to recharge The current battery life is displayed as a black bar in the battery icon at the bottom of the screen Recharge your Kindle with the power cable that came in the box It has a regular power plug on one end and another plug on the other Plug that end into the bottom of your Kindle there s only one opening where it will fit next to the volume buttons You can also recharge the Kindle 2 using the USB cable unplug the power adapter from the end of the cord and plug it into your computer While you can charge a Kindle this way it will take a long time the Kindle draws very little power over USB Picture Viewer That s right your Kindle comes with a picture viewer You can load images onto your Kindle and view them anywhere though they ll be black and white of course To do this plug your Kindle into your computer using the USB cable Then f you re using Windows open Windows Explorer by clicking on Start gt Accessorie
18. lection Push the wheel in to select something Your Home menu lists all the books magazines and newspapers you ve bought or transferred to your Kindle To read a book use the controller to move the underline next to the book s name and press the controller If you have more items on your Home menu than fit on the screen use the Next Page and Previous Page buttons to move to the next and previous pages You can return to your Home menu at any time by pressing the Home button Using Your Kindle While Reading a Book To go to the next page press the Next Page button To go back a page press the Previous Page button Makes sense huh Kindle 1 If you want to move forward or backward in larger steps than a page hold down the Alt key while you press the Next Page or Previous Page buttons to move 5 of the way Jorward or back in the book On the bottom of the screen just below the last line of text is a progress bar This is the ruler which shows you how far along you are in the book The ruler also displays your current locations in the center and the number of locations total in the book on the right Since text on a Kindle can change size there s no standardized page numbers increase the size of the text and text that was at the bottom of one page is now at the top of the next So Kindle uses locations as standard references within ebooks You can use location numbers to quickly jump to a particular place in an ebook and
19. ll be displayed If a word isn t in your Kindle s dictionary it won t be displayed at all Settings From the Home menu select the Menu then select Settings Picture Viewer Create a pictures folder on the Kindle using the USB cable then create a new folder inside that with your pictures When next using the Kindle press Alt Z from the Home menu On the Main menu select the item with the same name as the new folder you created Basic Web From the Home menu select the Menu select Experimental then select Basic Web Music Player From the Home menu select the Menu select Experimental then select Play Keyboard Reference Global Home Home button bottom row of keyboard Return to Home menu Shift Alt R Reboot the Kindle Shift Alt period Restart just the GUI graphical user interface Shift Alt G Grab a screenshot Screenshots can only be stored on an SD card A gif image file will be saved to the SD card Shift SYM Start a demo Needs a special demo script on the SD card Shift Alt M Play Minesweeper Alt Z Rescan your Kindle for pictures Alt T Show the time Number Keys Jump to that page of your Home menu 1 to jump to page 1 2 for page 2 etc If your Home menu is sorted by book name or author start typing the name or author and the Kindle will jump to it While you re reading Alt B Set a bookmark or clear a bookmark previously set here Al
20. n manually put your Kindle to sleep by pressing Alt aA Find out the current time by pressing Alt T This only works on the Home menu or while you re reading a book Reboot your Kindle by pressing Shift Alt R You can also do this if you go to the Home menu select the Menu select Settings select the Menu and select Restart Take a screenshot by pressing Shift Alt G You must have an SD card inserted the screenshot will be added as a gif file on the SD card Your Kindle actually comes with Minesweeper Press Shift Alt M while on the Home menu to start it A full list of keyboard commands for Minesweeper are displayed as you play the game A few convenient typing shortcuts O Alt Left Arrow backspace will clear all the text you ve entered O Alt H will move the cursor to the left without deleting anything O AltJ with move the cursor to the right While on the Settings page you can enter several special number codes to get more detailed information Pressing 411 will run a diagnostic test and show you lots of boring information about the Kindle s guts Pressing 511 will run a loopback call test Pressing 611 will perform a diagnostic data service call If you want to buy a Kindle book that s too expensive at the moment check out http www zoolert com kindlemart it will alert you when a book you want falls at or under a price you specify Quick Reference for Kindle 2 Home Menu Press Home ke
21. nbbigieiealiessteceunvtuerteletedyiitees 10 Picture VieWE Tesseire iorsin ier iet eaU C EaR TETEE E AT Sunes E EAE 11 Advanced Useisiin iaire e E 12 Customizing Your Kindle onransa n a A A 13 Re organizing Yo r HOME iieiea A a 13 Naming Your Kinde aeaa ara aaa ETE 13 Specific Kindle SettingSiicictrixseuhinsicasnnrnirtcaniatianonianianidtanntidiven 14 Experimental Extr aS iraran e EE N E ORE 14 Adding Pictures to the Screen Saveticiseisissciusiissasiisissisnsaernusevnsssnsseniacies 15 Adding an SD Memory Cardi insmeriiriia aniti 16 Neat Little Tip Si eira T i A EAEE 17 QUICK References ses maaa AT TAN E urd E E 18 Feature List And how to get to them sesssssssressssssssrsrerereressssssnrrrirernesnnnrrnrrrrereres 18 Keyboard Referencer np an aa ta bietetndiaies 18 COlPhON isteri serait iasrie sriain inida apasae ie doianian Ean Aaii 22 Frequently Asked Questions by the Curious These are common questions from those curious about the Kindle presented here to satisfy your curiosity What s the difference between the first Kindle the Kindle 2 the International Kindle the Kindle DX The Kindle 2 is thinner about 1 3 of an inch display more shades of grey 16 instead of 4 and has smaller side buttons a longer battery life slightly faster page turns a new joystick style controller and much more storage space than the original Kindle 1 400 MB instead of 115 MB The Kindle 2 offers a completely new feature called Rea
22. pictures and worse on others Advanced Use Your Kindle also has a number of advanced features you can use to search and annotate your ebooks You can highlight text on your Kindle which really just draws a box around it Select a line that you want to use as the beginning or end of your highlighted section On the menu select Add Highlight Select any other line on the page and a box will be drawn around the text starting at the first line you selected Easy Selecting the same line will just draw a box around that line To delete a highlight just select any line in the box then from the menu select Delete Highlight You can also add your own notes to any book creating your own personal footnotes and information scribbled in the margins Using the select wheel select a line then from the menu select Add Note Type in your note and select Done A small note icon will appear to the right of that line If you select that line again you can Edit the Note thus seeing what you wrote or Delete it You can also see your notes by selecting the Menu on a page then selecting My Notes amp Marks What if you want to save some chunk of text to use it outside the Kindle Say printing a short excerpt from a book or article Simple On any page select Menu then select Save Page as Clipping at the end This will save a plain text document called My Clippings in your Home menu The next time you connect your Kindle to your computer with
23. s gt Windows Explorer Click on My Computer in the list on the left then click on KINDLE in the list that appears beneath My Computer if you re using Mac OS X click on the Desktsop and press Command N to open a new Finder window Click on Kindle in the list on the left f you re using Linux mount the USB drive using the appropriate command for your distribution Right clicking on the desktop and selecting the Mount item often works Select File gt New gt Folder from the menu and name the new folder pictures Select it then select File gt New gt Folder again and type a descriptive name like My Pictures drag and drop any pictures you have into this My Pictures folder Right click on the KINDLE icon displayed on your computer and select Unmount Unplug the Kindle from your computer and when you next use it press Alt Z You should now see a My Pictures item in your Home menu it may be at the end If you select it you ll see the first picture To go to the next picture press the Next Page button To go back a picture press the Previous Page button Press the F key to fill the screen with the current image If you select the menu while in Picture Viewer you ll have several options You can switch to full screen mode from here so that each image will fill the screen and you can enable or disable dithering which attempts to improve the quality of your pictures it will look better on some
24. sly to the Kindle You also won t be able to browse the web from the Kindle In addition you must purchase both your Kindle and any Kindle books using a US credit card and the Kindle must ship to a US address To find out exactly where the wireless feature works go to www evdomaps com How do international books work Each country has its own publishers so book availability and pricing is different in different countries Check the Amazon Kindle Store for your own country for each book you want to purchase Can I give e books to other people Books bought from the Amazon Kindle Store can t be transferred they re tied to your specific Amazon account Free books don t have this restriction and can be sent to anyone The easiest way is to email the file as an attachment Is the Kindle screen backlit Nope The Kindle s screen is made of stuff called E Ink The screen is filled with small white and black capsules that are electrically pushed above and below each other to draw text and images on the Kindle s screen As a result the Kindle s screen doesn t produce any light at all For more information on E Ink visit www eink com If you want to read your Kindle in the dark your best bet is a normal book light Cover Issues The Kindle 1 Cover Some Kindle 1 users have had problems getting their Kindle to fit into the cover This appears to depend on the cover some fit easily and some need a bit more help The cover
25. t T Display the time Alt 0 Enable or disable a slideshow Alt 1 Start the slideshow Alt 2 Stop the slidehow Alt Next Page Previous Page Go to the next or previous annotation or 5 forward or backward Settings 411 Runa diagnostics test and display technical information about your Kindle 511 Runa loopback call test 611 Perform a diagnostic data service call Font List J Show or hide justification options left or full justification Picture Viewer Shift Alt 0 Set the current picture as your screen saver F Make the current picture full screen Minesweeper o Text Inp I Move up J Move left K Move down L Move right M Mark a mine R Restart with a new game Space Open the current cell Select wheel Move the cursor up and down Alt Select wheel Move the cursor left and right H Return to the Home menu ut Alt Backspace Clear all text typed so far Alt H Move cursor left without deleting anything Alt J Move cursor right without deleting anything Alt 6 Type a question mark Alt 7 Type a comma Alt 8 Type a colon Alt 9 Type a double quote Alt 0 Type a apostrophe Browser Alt 1 Go to current location in Google Maps This attempts to locate you by triangulating your location against nearby cell phone towers Note that this doesn t always find the correct location and displays
26. the USB cable check out the clippings folder and you ll see text files with the pages you saved Unfortunately you can only save one page at a time Your Kindle can also search through its entire library Just press the SEARCH button at the bottom of the keyboard type anything and select Go You ll be presented with a list of every document on your Kindle that contains the exact phrase you typed in If you select a document your Kindle will display all the places in that document where the phrase shows up selecting any of the matches will jump to that place in the document Customizing Your Kindle Re organizing Your Home By default your Kindle s home menu will display your books magazines and newspapers in the order you last read them from most recent to oldest You can change that by selecting Show and Sort at the top of the menu This displays your sorting and display options You can show all items just books or just periodicals You can also sort by Most Recent First by Title or by Author If you press the J key while viewing these options it will open a secret area where you can specify full or left justification for text If you sort by Most Recent First then recently updated documents will jump to the top of your Home menu So if you get a new magazine subscription or start reading a book in the middle of the list it will jump to the top of your Home menu You can also change the size of the text used
27. which you can immediately download books Just go to http www feedbooks com help kindle and follow the instructions You can also transfer books using the USB cable Just plug your Kindle into your computer and f you re using Windows open Windows Explorer by clicking on Start gt Accessories gt Windows Explorer Click on My Computer in the list on the left then click on KINDLE in the list that appears beneath My Computer f you re using Mac OS X click on the Desktop and press Command N to open a new Finder window Click on Kindle in the list on the left 1f you re using Linux mount the USB drive using the appropriate command for your distribution Right clicking on the desktop and selecting the Mount item often works The above steps should display a list of folders including documents and music Find your book files and drag them to the documents folder This will work for azw txt prc and mobi files If you re using Windows you can convert PDF files to mobi on your own using the free MobiCreator program which you can download at the following location http mobipocket com en DownloadSoft If you want to read doc or pdf files you can email them as attachments to lt your Kindle name gt free kindle com and you ll get a reply with the document file converted into azw format If you want the converted file sent directly to your Kindle email it as an attachment to lt your Kindle name gt
28. with a little math allow you to jump to a place say about 10 into a book just use the total location count on the right hand side of the ruler You can bookmark a page to return to it quickly later by pressing the Menu button and selecting Add a Bookmark or by pressing Alt B 41 Locations 7255 71 17451 The Ruler on Kindle DX The Ruler on Kindle 1 Kindle 1 You can also use the ruler to navigate around the book Use the scroll wheel to select the ruler All your bookmarks will be displayed as small triangles Pressing the Next Page button now will jump to the next bookmark or the end of the book Pressing the Previous Page button will jump to the previous bookmark or the beginning of the book You can also use the number keys on the keyboard while the ruler s selected pressing 1 will jump to 10 of the way into the book pressing 2 will jump to 20 of the way through the book etc To get out of ruler mode just move the scroll wheel Getting Books Onto Your Kindle The easiest way to get books onto your Kindle is to buy them directly from Amazon com and have them transferred wirelessly You can also get books from one of the many websites that offer ebooks Some of the most popular among Kindle owners are http www manybooks net http www feedbooks com http www wowio com http www gutenberg org In addition Feedbooks offers a book catalog that you can put directly onto your Kindle from
29. y mid right of the Kindle at any time Dictionary While reading use the 5 way joystick to move up and position the cursor to the left of the word you want to define Its definition will appear at the bottom of the screen Press the Enter key bottom right of the keyboard to display a full definition Time Press the Menu button Memory available Press the Menu button Wireless availability Press the Menu button Alt G Refresh the display Alt B Add a bookmark or remove a bookmark if one exists Alt Shift Number Change line spacing for minimal line spacing and 9 for maximum line spacing Shift SYM Start text to speech or stop text to speech if it s currently on Space Pause or resume text to speech Alt Space Pause or resume playing MP3 files Alt F If an MP3 is playing skip to the next MP3 file Alt Shift G Create a screenshot file in the Documents folder Connect your Kindle to a computer to retrieve screenshot files Alt Home Go to the Kindle Store Shift Alt M Play Minesweeper You must be on the home page to do this Quick Reference for Kindle 1 Feature List And how to get to them Home Menu Press Home key bottom row of keyboard at any time Dictionary While reading select a line of text In the menu that appears select Lookup Each uncommon word on that line will be displayed with a brief definition Select a brief definition and a full definition wi
30. y card while the Kindle s turned on If the SD card doesn t work for any reason insert it into another device such as a digital camera Initialize the SD card in the camera then try it in your Kindle again If that doesn t work try a different SD card they do break sometimes To move books from the main Kindle memory to the SD card you have two options 1 Press the Home button on the bottom of your Kindle s keyboard Click Menu then scroll to Content Manager on the menu and select it This displays an alphabetized list of everything on your Kindle Select the books that you want to move to the SD card then select the Menu and select Move to SD Memory Card These books will then have SD Card displayed in the little box beneath them on the Content Manager You can move them back by doing the same thing and selecting Move to Kindle Memory from the menu 2 Plug the USB cable into your Kindle and plug the cable into your computer An icon for your Kindle will appear on your desktop as will an icon labeled SD CARD Double click on each one then double click on the documents folder in each one Drag files back and forth between the documents folders When you re done wait a few seconds for the files to finish transferring then close all these windows and unplug the cable You can also put books directly onto the SD card using the second method above Neat Little Tips for Kindle 1 You ca
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