Kindle User’s Guide 2 Contents Contents Congratulations! ..................................................................................... 10 Getting Around ....................................................................................... 10 Getting Registered ................................................................................... 11 Easy-to-Read Display ................................................................................ 11 Wireless Access with Amazon Whispernet ...................................................... 12 Your Choice of Text Size, Typeface, and Line Spacing ......................................... 12 Your Choice of Number of Words per Line ...................................................... 12 Adjust Screen Rotation ............................................................................. 13 Read PDF Files ........................................................................................ 13 Let Kindle Read to You or Guide You ............................................................. 13 Look It Up ............................................................................................. 13 Take It All with You ................................................................................... 13 Shop Anytime, Anywhere ........................................................................... 14 Automatic Delivery .................................................................................. 14 Search Your World .................................................................................... 14 Collections ............................................................................................. 14 Clip Your Favorite Passages ......................................................................... 15 Bookmark Your Reading ............................................................................. 15 Add Your Own Notes ................................................................................ 15 Stay in Sync ........................................................................................... 15 Convert Your Own Documents ..................................................................... 15 Loan Books ............................................................................................ 16 Social Networks ...................................................................................... 16 Popular Highlights ................................................................................... 16 Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers .................................................... 16 Learning More ........................................................................................ 17 Getting Assistance ................................................................................... 17 Kindle User’s Guide 3 Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started with Your Kindle ..................................................... 18 1.1 Views of Kindle ................................................................................. 18 Front View ........................................................................................................................ 18 Bottom View ...................................................................................... 20 Back View ......................................................................................... 21 1.2 Getting Around.................................................................................. 21 Using the Buttons ................................................................................ 21 Using the Menus................................................................................. 21 The Application Menu ........................................................................... 22 1.3 Entering Text ..................................................................................... 22 Lowercase and Uppercase Letters ............................................................. 22 Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols .......................................................... 22 1.4 Screen Rotation ................................................................................. 23 1.5 Status Indicators ............................................................................... 23 Whispernet Status Indicators ................................................................... 23 Battery Status Indicators ........................................................................ 24 Activity Indicator ................................................................................. 24 Monitoring Download Status ................................................................... 24 1.6 Wi-Fi and 3G Connectivity .................................................................... 25 U.S. Customers Traveling Outside the U.S. ................................................... 25 1.7 Using Wi-Fi ....................................................................................... 25 Connect to a Wi-Fi Network .................................................................... 26 Add a New Wi-Fi Network ...................................................................... 27 Forget a Wi-Fi Network .......................................................................... 28 Chapter 2 Getting to Know Kindle Content ..................................................... 29 2.1 The Home Screen ............................................................................... 29 Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers ................................................. 29 Kindle Books ...................................................................................... 29 Periodicals ........................................................................................ 29 Collections ........................................................................................ 29 Blogs .............................................................................................. 29 Audible Audiobooks .............................................................................. 30 PDF Files .......................................................................................... 30 Personal Documents ............................................................................ 30 Home Screen Features .......................................................................... 30 Sort Options ...................................................................................... 31 Changing How the Home Screen Is Sorted .................................................. 31 The Home Screen Menu ........................................................................ 32 2.2 Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers .............................................. 33 Screensaver ...................................................................................... 33 Home Screen ..................................................................................... 33 View Special Offers .............................................................................. 33 2.3 Organizing With Collections .................................................................. 34 Creating a Collection ............................................................................. 34 Adding an Item to a Collection ................................................................. 34 Adding Multiple Items to a Collection ......................................................... 35 Kindle User’s Guide 4 Contents Viewing Collection Details ...................................................................... 35 Renaming a Collection ........................................................................... 36 Deleting a Collection ............................................................................. 36 Adding Collections from Another Kindle ...................................................... 36 2.4 Managing Your Content ....................................................................... 37 Removing Kindle Content ....................................................................... 37 More About Managing Items ................................................................... 37 Chapter 3 Reading on Kindle ...................................................................... 39 3.1 Types of Content ................................................................................ 39 Books .............................................................................................. 39 Newspapers ..................................................................................................................... 39 Magazines ........................................................................................................................ 39 Blogs ................................................................................................................................ 39 Personal Documents ........................................................................................................ 39 Audible Content .................................................................................. 40 Background Music ............................................................................... 40 3.2 Content Formatting on Kindle ............................................................... 40 Progress Indicator ................................................................................ 41 Changing the Text Size, Typeface, and Line Spacing 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