Chapter 1 Getting Started ......................................................................................... 5
Setting up your Kindle ................................................................................. 5
Kindle controls ............................................................................................ 5
Status indicators ......................................................................................... 6
Wireless status indicators ............................................................... 6
Battery status indicator .................................................................. 6
VoiceView indicators ...................................................................... 7
Activity indicator ............................................................................ 7
Parental Controls indicator .............................................................. 7
Keyboard .................................................................................................... 7
Network connectivity ................................................................................... 7
Managing your saved Wi-Fi passwords ............................................ 8
Aeroplane Mode ............................................................................. 9
VoiceView screen reader .............................................................................. 9
Special Offers and Sponsored Screensavers .................................................. 9
Screensaver .................................................................................. 9
Special Offer banners ..................................................................... 9
Chapter 2 Navigating Your Kindle ............................................................................ 11
The Kindle Home screen ............................................................................ 11
Toolbars ................................................................................................... 11
Tap zones ................................................................................................ 14
Chapter 3 Acquiring & Managing Kindle Content ....................................................... 16
Shop in the Kindle Store anytime, anywhere ............................................... 16
Recommended content .............................................................................. 16
Device and Cloud storage .......................................................................... 16
Storage space ............................................................................. 17
Transferring content from another Kindle ...................................... 17
Removing items from your Kindle ............................................................... 17
Periodicals ................................................................................... 18
Managing your Kindle Library ..................................................................... 18
Sorting Content ........................................................................... 18
Filtering Content .......................................................................... 19
Navigating Your Library ................................................................ 19
Cloud Collections ......................................................................... 19
Chapter 4 Reading Kindle Documents ...................................................................... 21
Understanding Kindle display technology .................................................... 21
Customising your text display .................................................................... 21
Comic and manga books ........................................................................... 21
Children's books ........................................................................................ 21
Images .................................................................................................... 21
Tables ...................................................................................................... 22
Interacting with your content ..................................................................... 22
About This Book .......................................................................... 22
Item menus ................................................................................ 23
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