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TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with Your Kindle 1.1 Views of Kindle Front View Back View Bottom View 1.2 Getting Around Using the Buttons Using the Menus Using the Special Keys 1.3 Entering Text Lowercase and Uppercase Letters Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols 1.4 Status Indicators Whispernet Status Indicators Battery Status Indicators CHAPTER 2 Getting to Know Kindle Content 2.1 The Home Screen
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Home Screen Features Show and Sort Options The Home Screen Menu 2.2 Content Manager Moving or Removing Kindle Items The Content Manager Menu The Show and Sort Menu More about Managing Items CHAPTER 3 Reading on Kindle 3.1 Types of Content Books Newspapers Magazines Blogs Personal Documents Audiobooks Background Music 3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle Changing the Text Size 3.3 Moving from Place to Place Using the Menu to Get Around Selecting Internal Links 3.4 Looking Up Definitions The Lookup Fea
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Using Bookmarks Using Highlights Using Notes Using Clippings 3.6 Listening to Audio Materials Audiobooks Playing Music CHAPTER 4 Searching on Kindle 4.1 Introduction to Search Types of Searches Performing a Search 4.2 The Search Results Page Showing a Specific Instance Dictionary Results 4.3 Performing Remote Searches Searching Wikipedia Searching the Web Searching the Kindle Store Ask Kindle NowNow CHAPTER 5 The Kindle Store 5.1 Getting Started at the Store Connecting to the Kindle Store
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5.2 Kindle Store Pages The Kindle Storefront Browsing the Store Getting the Details Saving Items for Later 5.3 Recommendations, Reviews, and Ratings Your Recommendations Looking Up Reviews Writing Your Own Ratings and Reviews 5.4 Making Purchases Trying a Sample Book Buying Your Selections Returning an Item CHAPTER 6 Accessing the Web 6.1 Using Basic Web Entering a URL Using Bookmarks and Adding Your Own Using Next Page and Previous Page Selecting Links, Buttons and Boxes Using History The Basic
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CHAPTER 7 Settings and Experimental 7.1 Adjusting Your Kindle Settings Registering or Deregistering Kindle Personalizing Your Kindle Changing Annotations Backup Viewing Available Memory The Settings Menu 7.2 Experimental CHAPTER 8 Kindle and Your Computer 8.1 Getting Started System Requirements Making the Connection 8.2 Handling Files through USB Managing Your Documents Transferring Your Clippings 8.3 Converting and Transferring Your Documents Supported Formats for Conversion Sending Your Docume
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CHAPTER 9 Your Kindle and Amazon.com 9.1 Shopping for Kindle Content on Amazon.com Browsing the Kindle Store Searching the Kindle Store Getting the Details Ordering Content 9.2 Managing Your Kindle on Amazon.com Managing Your Device Managing Your Orders Your Media Library 9.3 Contacting Kindle Support Kindle Support Web Address Kindle Support Phone Numbers APPENDIX Safety Information Maintaining Your Kindle One-Year Limited Warranty Notices and Certifications Product Specifications * * *
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Thank you for purchasing Amazon Kindle. You are reading the Welcome section of the Kindle User's Guide. This guide provides an overview of Kindle and highlights a few basic features so you can start reading as quickly as possible. You can leave this guide at any time by pressing the Home key on the keyboard. To turn to the next page, press and release one of the Next Page buttons on either side of the display. Congratulations! You are reading your first Kindle book. If you haven't done so alread
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To choose a particular item such as a menu choice or a line of text in what you are reading, roll the select wheel to move the silver cursor up and down the cursor bar and then press and release the select wheel to make your choice. Try rolling the select wheel now. You can press the Next or Prev Page buttons to move forward or backward in your reading material and press the Back button to retrace your steps on Kindle. The keyboard allows you to type text to search for words or for items in the
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If you would like to try it now, simply press the text key , roll the select wheel to move the cursor next to the size you prefer from the menu, and press the select wheel. The text is now shown in the new size. Repeat the same steps to change the text size back or to change it to a different size that is most comfortable for you to read. Look It Up Your Kindle includes The New Oxford American Dictionary. You can easily look up a particular word without leaving the content by rolling the cursor
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The search feature can be used anywhere on Kindle; press the Search key on the keyboard, and the Search line appears. Type in what you are looking for and select "Go". Kindle will automatically search for the phrase in your books, newspapers, blogs, personal documents, and annotations. It will also provide a link to The New Oxford American Dictionary definition of the phrase you entered. You can also extend your search to the Kindle Store, Wikipedia, and the Web. Keep Track of Your Favorites Hav
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selecting "Table of Contents" from the menu. An underlined word or words like the line above are another way to navigate. They indicate a link to somewhere else in the material you are reading like a footnote, a chapter, or a web site. In the example above, you can press the select wheel on the line that contains the underlined words and choose "Table of Contents" from the menu that appears. This will jump you right to the beginning of the table of contents. Pressing the Back button, located to
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CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with Your Kindle In the Welcome chapter of the Kindle User's Guide, you read about many of the things you can do with your Kindle. This chapter reviews all of the physical features of Kindle and covers the basics of using the Kindle buttons, menus, and keyboard. 1.1 Views of Kindle Front View The front of your Kindle contains the display, the keyboard, and the navigation controls. These features are illustrated below, and explained in the list that follows. Cursor bar —
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you have read the footnote. Keyboard — use the keyboard to enter search terms, notes in your content, URLs for Web sites, etc. There are also some special keys on the keyboard that are described later in this chapter. Previous page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material. If there is no previous page, acts like the Back button. Back View The back of your Kindle contains the power and wireless on/off switches, the speaker for audio content, and a removable back cover whic
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To remove the cover, follow these steps: 1. Turn your Kindle over so that the back cover is facing you. 2. Slide the power switch to the off position. 3. Slide the back cover off by pressing the cover firmly while sliding the cover to the right with your thumbs. To replace the back cover, follow these steps: 1. Lay the cover flat on the back of the Kindle, and slide it to the left until it clicks into place. 2. Make certain that all of the tabs on the cover are properly seated. There are three tab
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6. Turn your Kindle back on. Typically, you should not have to reset your Kindle. In the unlikely event that you need to reset your Kindle, use a paper clip or other small object to press the Reset button on the left side of the back of the Kindle. Your Kindle will take a few minutes to restart. Bottom View The bottom of your Kindle contains the volume controls, the charge indicator light, and the jacks and ports that you use when you plug cables into Kindle. Headphone jack — plug in headphones
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To get around on your Kindle, you use the buttons, menus, and the keyboard—all of which are explained here. Using the Buttons In the Welcome section you learned about the navigation buttons (Previous page, Next page, and Back). For an explanation of what each button does, see Front View of Kindle. Using the Menus In addition to the physical buttons, you also navigate Kindle using the menus. Kindle has different types of menus, but they all work the same way. For example, to open an application m
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Other Menus In addition to the application menus, you will see menus that appear at the top right of the screen like the Show and Sort menu on the Home screen and the Annotation menu in the Reader screen that appears when you select a line of text. The sample screen below shows the Reader screen with the Annotation menu showing. Using the Special Keys In addition to the usual numbers, letters, and punctuation, your Kindle keyboard contains a few keys that perform specialized functions:
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Home key — takes you to the Home screen which lists all of the reading material you have on your Kindle. Text key — allows you to change the size of the text while you are reading. Press the text key and use the select wheel to choose a different text size. Tip: You can only adjust the text size in reading material. You cannot adjust the text size in Home, the Kindle Store, etc. Search key — shows or hides the Search text entry box for submitting a word or phrase to search for. Symbol key —
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Lowercase and Uppercase Letters To enter lowercase letters press the appropriate letter key. To enter uppercase letters hold down the Shift key, and then press the desired letter key like you do on your computer keyboard. Alternatively, you can press and release the Shift key and then press the desired letter. Only this next letter will be capitalized. Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols The number keys are located at the top of the keyboard. Some symbols and punctuation marks are also provided as
