Experimental, Kindle Shortcuts, Home Shortcuts

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Chapter 7 Settings and Experimental

7.2 Experimental

The Experimental page is a place for you to try out and experiment with some of the concepts we have under development. We encourage you to send us your feedback to help us decide how to improve the concepts and whether or not you think we should make them part of the Kindle device. To open Experimental, follow the steps below.

1.If you are not already on the Home screen, press the Home button.

2.Press the Menu button.

3.Use the 5-way to navigate down until “Experimental” is underlined and press the 5-way to select.

4.Select the concept you would like to try.

For more information on the experimental concepts, see “Accessing the Web,” “Background Audio,” and “Text-to-Speech.”

To give us feedback on items on the Experimental page, send an e-mail to kindle-feedback@ amazon.com (U.S. and other countries) or kindle-feedback@amazon.co.uk (UK customers). We are really interested in hearing what you have to say, so type as much as you want. Based on your feedback, we may add or remove content from the Experimental page, so

let your thoughts be known.

7.3 Kindle Shortcuts

Global Shortcuts

While typing, you can use the top row of the keyboard to enter numbers. From left to right, starting with Q, the letters in the top row of the keyboard represent the numbers 1 through

9. The letter P represents the number 0. To enter a number: Press and hold Alt		and press
a letter in the top row of the keyboard. For example, Alt	+ Q types the number 1, and Alt
+ U types the number 7.

When typing, delete all the characters you typed: Alt + Del .

Home Shortcuts

If your Home page is sorted alphabetically by either Title or Author, press a letter key and then press the 5-way to go to the first item starting with that letter.

In Home, to search for a word in all your books and periodicals: Type a word, then press Return .

Reading Shortcuts

To tweet or share a highlight in a book: Alt + Return .

Add or remove a bookmark: Alt + B.

Add annotation: Press 5-way up or down to display a blinking cursor on the page. Move the cursor to a location on the page, then begin typing to create a note or click to start a highlight.

In most books, to go to the beginning of the next or previous chapter, section, or article, press the 5-way controller right or left.

PDF Shortcuts

To nudge the selection frame when a PDF document is zoomed, or when panning a zoomed

document: Hold down the Shift key while using the 5-way controller to nudge up, down, left, or right.