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Chapter 3 Kindle Fire Content
Within the Amazon Appstore for Android, you can tap the Menu icon in the Options bar to view app categories, recommendations, your app subscriptions, app updates, and access settings. Tap Settings to obtain gift card balances, manage Parental Control settings, enable/ disable
To launch an application, tap the app’s icon in the Apps library, Carousel, or Favorites, or tap the Open button on a product page in the Store. Tap the Menu icon on the Options bar to display the
To add an app to Favorites, press and hold the app’s icon in the Apps library and select Add to Favorites. To see a list of apps currently installed on your device, tap Device at the top of the Apps library.
If you want to uninstall an app, press and hold its icon, select Remove from Device, and follow the directions on the screen. If you want to install it again at a later time, you can find it in your Apps library under Cloud.
Setting up E-mail
Your Kindle Fire contains an
With the provided Quickoffice® document viewer, you can easily view Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations that are sent to you as attachments. Tap the Open button next to the attachment you want to view. If the attached file does not automatically open, then select the Quickoffice option.
Note that documents sent to your personal
The integrated
Web
Your Kindle Fire features Amazon Silk, an
To access Amazon Silk, tap Web on the Home screen. Silk supports bookmarks, history, and searches. When you open a new tab, a list of your most visited pages will display as thumbnails. Simply tap a thumbnail to return to that page. To visit a new page, type the URL in the field at the top of the page and tap the Go button. You can clear your visited pages at any time by opening the Settings menu and choosing the “clear history” option. To search, type in your search criteria and tap Go. To open another browser tab, tap the “+” symbol in the upper right corner of the browser.
The Options bar at the bottom of the screen contains the Home icon, forward and back arrows, a menu icon, bookmark icon, and a full screen browsing icon.
To view or add bookmarks, tap the Bookmark icon in the Options bar. You can display your bookmarks in a list or grid view by clicking the sort icons at the top of the screen.