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Kindle User’s Guide
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Contents
Welcome. ........... ........................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 1 Getting Started.................................................................. . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the controls........................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 5
Charging the battery........................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . 6
Status indicators. . ........................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 6
Wi-Fi status indicators......................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 6
Battery status indicator....................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 6
Activity indicator. ............................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 7
Airplane Mode indicator...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 7
Parental Control indicator...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up your Kindle....................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 7
Wi-Fi Connectivity. ............................................................................ . . . . . . . . . . 7
Registering Your Kindle. . ...................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . 7
Special Offers & Sponsored Screensavers.............................................. . . . . . . . . . . 7
Screensaver. .................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 7
Home screen.................................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2 Acquiring & Managing Kindle Books........................................ . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shop the Kindle Store anytime, anywhere............................................... . . . . . . . . . 9
Managing your Kindle library.............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using collections. .............................................................................. . . . . . . . . . 9
To create a new collection:.................................................................... . . . . . . . . 10
Archiving and deleting content. . ............................................................. . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3 Reading Kindle Documents................................................... . . . . . . . . . 11
Understanding Kindle display technology............................................... . . . . . . . . 11
Customizing your text display. . ............................................................ . . . . . . . . 11
Comics and children’s books. . ............................................................. . . . . . . . . . 11
Zooming images. . ........................................................................... . . . . . . . . . 11
Panning and zooming tables.. ............................................................. . . . . . . . . . 12
Interacting with your documents......................................................... . . . . . . . . . 12
Viewing locations, page numbers, and progress...................................... . . . . . . . . . 13
When you’re finished reading.. ............................................................ . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 4 Getting More From Your Kindle.. ............................................. . . . . . . . . . 14
Customizing your Kindle settings.. ....................................................... . . . . . . . . . 14
The Settings contextual menu............................................................ . . . . . . . . . 15