Kindle 2nd edition User Guide User Manual

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Kindle User's Guide

2nd

edition

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Chapter 3

Reading Kindle

Documents

select button on the 5-way controller. Other options include "create note" and "start

highlight".

Search: To perform a search, simply press the Keyboard button to display the keyboard.

Type the text you want to search for, then press the Done button or use the Keyboard

button to dismiss the keyboard. Right-click the 5-way controller to select the "find" option,

then use the centre select button of the 5-way controller to display the search results. You

can also search other content on your Kindle, the Kindle Store, Google, Wikipedia or the

built-in dictionary by using the Right Arrow on the 5-way controller to scroll past "find" and

choose the type of search you want.

Highlights: You can add highlights by placing the cursor where you want to start the

highlight, pressing the centre select button on the 5-way controller, and selecting the "start

highlight" option. Scroll the cursor to the end of the text you want to highlight, press the

centre button, and select the "end highlight" option. The highlighted text is underlined.

Highlights are added to the My Clippings file on your Home screen.

If several other Kindle users have highlighted a particular passage in the book you're

reading, you'll see that passage underlined with a note giving the number of highlighters.

You can view these popular highlights by pressing the Menu button and selecting View

Popular Highlights. To turn off this option, select Settings from the Home screen menu,

select Popular Highlights, and change the setting. Note that Popular Highlights are not

available in all countries.

You can also display highlights and notes from people that you follow on

https://kindle.amazon.com. To turn off this option, select Settings from the Home screen

menu, select Popular Highlights, and change the setting.

Notes: You can add notes to any content on Kindle. Place the cursor where you want to

add your thoughts, press the centre select button of the 5-way controller and select

"create note". When you have finished, highlight the "save note" option and press the

centre select button of the 5-way controller to select it. Select the "save & share" option to

share your note with other readers. Notes appear as superscripted numbers within the

text. To view a note, use the 5-way controller to move the cursor over the notation

number.

You can also display highlights and notes from people that you follow on

https://kindle.amazon.com. To turn off this option, select Settings from the Home screen

menu, select Public Notes, and change the setting.

Bookmarks: Amazon's Whispersync technology automatically saves your place in

whatever content you are reading. You can add a permanent bookmark by using the

Menu button and selecting Add a Bookmark. The upper right corner of the page will

appear folded down.

You can view and delete your highlights, notes and bookmarks at any time by using the

Menu button from the book you are reading and selecting View Notes & Marks. They are

also archived at Amazon, at kindle.amazon.com, so that they will not be lost.

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