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Volume controls — controls the headphone or speaker volume for audiobooks, background music, and text-to-speech.

Home button — shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content archived at Amazon.

Previous Page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material.

Next Page button — takes you to the next page in your reading material.

Menu button — displays application and navigation choices that are related to the screen you are viewing.

5-way controller — selects an item or action when pressed down. Moves the on-screen highlight or cursor up and down when moved up and down. Moves the on-screen highlight or cursor side-to-side when moved left or right. Holding the 5-way controller up or down without releasing it accelerates the cursor movement, making it faster to navigate through lists or text.

Back button — retraces your steps on Kindle just like the back button on a web browser. For example, you can follow a link in a book and then press the Back button to return to your place.

Keyboard — use to enter search terms, notes in your content, URLs for Web sites, etc.

Symbol key — presents a menu of punctuation marks and symbols. Move the 5-way controller to select the desired symbol and press the 5-way to select.

ALT key — provides a way to enter numbers. Hold down the ALT key and press the appropriate letter in the top row of the keyboard to enter the number you want. Alternatively, you can press and release the ALT key and then press the desired letter.

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