Amazon 23-000491-01 User Manual

Kindle User’s Guide

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Contents

Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started .......................................................................... 5

Registering your Kindle ............................................................................. 5

Kindle controls ........................................................................................ 5

Onscreen actions ..................................................................................... 6
Onscreen keyboard .................................................................................... 6
Tap zones ............................................................................................... 7
Toolbars ................................................................................................. 8

Status indicators .................................................................................... 10
Wireless status indicators ........................................................................... 10
Battery status indicator .............................................................................. 10
Activity indicator ...................................................................................... 10
Parental Controls indicator ........................................................................... 10

Setting up your Kindle Paperwhite .............................................................. 10
Network connectivity ................................................................................ 10

Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers ................................................... 11
Screensaver ........................................................................................... 11
Special Offer banners ................................................................................ 11

Recommended content ............................................................................ 12

Chapter 2 Acquiring & Managing Kindle Content ............................................. 13

Shop the Kindle Store anytime, anywhere ..................................................... 13

Device and Cloud storage ......................................................................... 13

Removing items from your Kindle ............................................................... 14

Managing your Kindle Library .................................................................... 14
Using collections ..................................................................................... 14

Chapter 3 Reading Kindle Documents .......................................................... 16

Understanding Kindle display technology ..................................................... 16

Customizing your text display .................................................................... 16

Comic and Manga books .......................................................................... 16

Children’s books ..................................................................................... 16

Zooming images .................................................................................... 16

Panning tables ....................................................................................... 16

Enhanced viewing mode .......................................................................... 17

Interacting with your documents ................................................................ 17