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In .mobi format – with Table of Contents and chapter marks

In .azw format – no TOC or chapter marks

Searching

To copy text from a book to the search box (eg to search for a character's name): Use the 5-way to cursor down to the beginning of the text you want to copy

Click the 5-way to mark the beginning

Use the 5-way to move right, selecting the word(s) you want to search for

Instead of clicking again as you would to save a highlight, press SPACEBAR

The selected words are now in the search box. Move the cursor down or right, delete any extraneous characters, then move down and right to highlight 'Find'. Click to search.

Clear text from search/edit box: ALT+DEL

Default search action: when the action on the right of the search box is the one you want, you do not have to use the 5-way to move to highlight it first; you can just press ENTER (or click) Similarly, if the cursor is in the URL field of the web browser, the action shown to the right is the default and you can just press ENTER

The SYM key is only active when a search/edit box is active To start a search from the Home screen with a symbol, press DEL or ENTER to open up a search box, then press SYM

In other screens, DEL or ENTER will not work; to open a search/edit box so you can use SYM, type a space and then delete it

For when you don't even know what day of the week it is: Search for DATE or TIME from the home screen

The current date and time is the first item in results; select it to see the day and time zone information To just see the time without searching, press MENU

@help - list all functions available for searching from the Home screen: @dict

@help

@print [no idea what this does]

@store

@url (goes to browser if no URL)

@web

@wiki

@wikipedia

Text-to-Speech (TTS)

Start/Stop: SHIFT+SYM To start at a specific spot, use the 5-way to position the cursor first

When TTS is on, BACK turns it off

Pause/Restart: SPACEBAR When TTS is turned on, most of the keyboard is locked; if you press SPACEBAR or use Aa to pause TTS, you cannot manually navigate through the book because TTS is still active, and it may appear that the Kindle has frozen. Press SPACEBAR to resume TTS, or press SHIFT+SYM, BACK or HOME to turn off TTS entirely. The Aa key also still works.

TTS only works when you have a book open

TTS won't work if the publisher has disabled TTS for the book; TTS status can be found under the book pricing in the Kindle bookstore

When TTS is on, use the Aa key to: v1.12Change between male and female voice

Change the reading speed

Stop or pause TTS

Pages are turned automatically when TTS is turned on. By turning the volume right down and adjusting the reading speed, this feature can be used as an automatic page turner.

TTS continues playing even if you put your Kindle to sleep by sliding and releasing the power button. Sleeping your Kindle while TTS is playing allows you to continue listening but locks all of the keys and buttons so you don't inadvertently press one.

Voice Guide

Turn on/off: HOME->MENU->Settings->Page 2->click 'turn on'/'turn off' If you only have one page of settings, the Kindle is not yet registered or has not yet 'talked' to the Amazon servers; you need to turn on wireless (if you don't have wi-fi (or 3G) yourself, you may need to find a wi-fi hotspot)

I don't know of any keyboard shortcut for turning the voice guide on/off; it seems the most obvious candidate for a shortcut

The voice guide, which lets you navigate your Kindle with spoken menus, selectable items, and descriptions, is separate from TTS, which reads the text of a book/document (unless the publisher has disabled that ability)

Background Music

Play/Stop: ALT+SPACEBAR

Next track: ALT+F

Music files must be MP3s in the Kindle's 'music' folder

Games

Minesweeper: ALT+SHIFT+M from Home screen MENU for game options

GoMoku: G from Minesweeper