Chapter 3
Reading Kindle
Documents
the left of the Search field to display search targets, including My Items, Kindle Store,
Dictionary, and Wikipedia.
Highlights and notes: You can add highlights and notes by pressing and holding on text,
then dragging your finger across the screen to select it. To highlight across pages, drag
your finger to the bottom corner of the screen and the page will turn.
If you select a single word, a definition of the word displays and options include Show Full
Definition, Highlight and More. Tap More to display additional actions, including sharing
the selection, adding a note, looking up the word in Wikipedia, instantly translating the
selected word, or reporting an error with the content.
If you select a sentence or multiple words, a dialog box will appear with options to Share,
Add Note, Highlight, and More. Tap More to display additional actions, including looking
up the selection in Wikipedia, instantly translating the selected words, or reporting an error
with the content.
Notes will appear as superscripted numbers within the text. To view a note the next time
you visit that page, simply tap on the number. If several other Kindle users have
highlighted a particular passage in the book you are reading, you will see that passage
underlined. To turn off these highlights, select Settings from the Home screen menu, then
tap Reading Options and change the Popular Highlights setting. You can also display
highlights and notes from people that you follow on https://kindle.amazon.com. To turn off
this option, select Settings from the Home screen menu, tap Reading Options, and
change the Public Notes setting. The Public Notes feature is not supported in all countries.
Bookmarks: Amazon's Whispersync technology automatically saves your place in
whatever content you are reading. To add a bookmark, select Add Bookmark from the
menu or simply tap in the upper right corner of a page. The top right corner of the page
will appear folded down. To delete a bookmark, tap in the upper right corner again or
select Delete Bookmark from the Menu.
Highlights, notes and bookmarks are added to a file on the Home screen called My
Clippings. To manage them for a specific book, tap the Menu button and select View
Notes & Marks. When Annotations Backup is set to On, these items are stored in the
Cloud for you so they won't be lost.
X-Ray: The X-Ray feature lets you explore the "bones" of a book with a single tap. For
example, you can see all of the passages in a book that mention specific ideas, fictional
characters, historical figures, and places or topics. Note that X-Ray is not available for all
Kindle books.
When you're reading a book, tap the top of the screen to display the toolbars. The
secondary toolbar contains an X-Ray button. If X-Ray is not available for a book, the
button will be disabled or the Sync button will display. X-Ray scans your entire book for
characters, historical figures, and terms. It can also provide detailed information from
Wikipedia and Shelfari, Amazon's community-powered encyclopaedia for book lovers. To
find out if a book has X-Ray, look for X-Ray Enabled in the Kindle Store description of the
book. X-Ray is not available in all countries.
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