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Rescan for files: ALT+Z

Jump to page: then click or ENTER To type numbers, use ALT+Q to P for 1 to 0

Jump to Author or Title: then click or press ENTER when in Author or Title sort order respectively. For example, to go to titles beginning with 'M': First make sure it says 'By Title' on the right near the top of the Home screen; if it doesn't: Use the 5-way to move up to that line

Move right with the 5-way to display the sort options

Use the 5-way to underline 'Title' and click the 5-way

Back on the Home screen, press the letter 'm'

The search box will appear with the letter 'm' showing, along with the wording 'click to got to M titles'

Click the 5-way

General

Capital letters when typing: Hit SHIFT first, then the letter; no need to hold them down together

Numbers: ALT+Q to P = 1 to 0 or press SYM when search/edit box is active Like SHIFT for capital letters, ALT is sticky, so you can type ALT followed by a letter on the top row (ALT, Q, ALT, W, ALT, E types 123)

Redraw screen: ALT+G (removes ghosting)

Screenshot: ALT+SHIFT+G or ALT+SHIFT+H (saves a .GIF in the Kindle document directory) The screen flashes for both ALT+G and ALT+SHIFT+G. As it is easy to do an ALT+G by mistake, ALT+SHIFT+H may be a safer way to do a screenshot.

Display the time: MENU displays the time at the top of the screen

Display amount of space left on the Kindle: MENU from the Home, Settings, or Experimental screen

To see if you still have books indexing, from the home screen type a nonsense search like 'xzwwx' [or even just a period, which is quicker] and press ENTER. If the search result says 'No items', indexing has finished; if one or more items are listed, indexing is still in progress. If a book gets 'stuck' on indexing, delete it, let other items finish indexing, then re-download the book to see if it will index.

Shop in the Kindle store: ALT+HOME

The search window can be used as a simple calculator. Simple expressions like "5+6", "2*8/3" and "sin(8)" work. See Kindle Calculations below for details. v1.11

Display Serial No and Barcode: ALT+SHIFT+. (period)

To restart your Kindle 3 (solves a myriad of problems): If it is charging, disconnect from the power/computer

Soft restart (when the buttons are working): HOME->MENU->Settings->MENU->Restart

Hard restart (when everything seems frozen): Slide and hold the power switch for 30 seconds, then wait a minute or two

When you restart, you will see the boy reading under the tree and a progress bar If you wait a couple of minutes and still only see a blank screen, you have not held the power switch for long enough and have turned the Kindle off

To turn the Kindle off completely (blank screen), slide and hold the power switch for around 7 seconds. It is recommended to only turn the Kindle off if it is not going to be used for a long time (weeks).

If you are in the habit of turning the Kindle off rather than letting it go to sleep, always go to the Home screen first so it has a chance to save your current book location. v1.9

From Settings screen: Change 3G provider: type 311 (ALT+EQQ)

Kindle Serial No et al: type 411 (ALT+RQQ)

3G Modem information: type 611 (ALT+YQQ)

Wi-fi Modem information: type 711 (ALT+UQQ)

Reading

Add/remove a bookmark for the current page: ALT+B

Bookmark a specific location: use the 5-way to position the cursor at the location, then double-click the 5-way's centre button. This is useful when viewing bookmarks because the first few lines are displayed. v1.9

Zoom in on an illustration: use the 5-way to position the cursor over the picture; the cursor will change to a magnifying glass with a + sign; click to zoom; the K3 will display the illustration in landscape if that is a better fit than portrait

Chapter marks: some, but not all, books have dots along the reading progress bar when you first open them You can use the 5-way to move left and right between chapters

Your bookmarks, notes and highlights also add dots to the progress bar; you cannot use the 5-way to move between these