Amazon kindle touch User Guide

Kindle User’s Guide

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Contents

Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started ...........................................................................8

Registering your Kindle ..............................................................................8

Using the controls ....................................................................................8

Onscreen actions ......................................................................................9

Status indicators ..................................................................................... 12
Wireless status indicators ............................................................................ 12
Battery status indicator ............................................................................... 12
Activity indicator ....................................................................................... 12

Setting up your Kindle Touch ...................................................................... 12

Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers .................................................... 13
Screensaver ............................................................................................ 13
Home screen ........................................................................................... 13

Chapter 2 Acquiring Kindle Content .............................................................. 14

Shop the Kindle Store anytime, anywhere ...................................................... 14

Managing your Kindle library ...................................................................... 14

Audible audiobooks ................................................................................. 15

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

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

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

Zooming in on images .............................................................................. 16

Interacting with your documents ................................................................. 16

Text-to-Speech ........................................................................................ 17

Viewing page numbers and progress ............................................................ 17

When you’re finished reading ...................................................................... 17

Chapter 4 Getting More From Your Kindle ....................................................... 18

Customizing Your Kindle Settings ................................................................. 18

The Settings contextual menu .................................................................... 19

Listening to background music .................................................................... 19

Carrying and reading your personal documents ............................................... 19

Reading Kindle documents on other devices ................................................... 20