Kindle 3 Keyboard Shortcuts ver 1.12 [2]
Nudge the selection frame when a PDF document is zoomed, or when panning a zoomed document: SHIFT+5-way direction
Delete multiple bookmarks, highlights, notes: Select 'View My Notes & Marks' from the Menu
Use the 5-way to move to the note/mark to be deleted
Press DEL
Repeat for each note/mark to be deleted
When reading an Amazon format book, use the Aa key to: Change font size and typeface
Change line spacing and words per line
Turn on Text to Speech if enabled for your current book
Change screen orientation
When reading a PDF, use the Aa key to: Change zoom level
Change contrast
Change screen orientation
Sorting Collections
When in Collections sort order, the collections will display in sequence of most recently accessed, followed by subscriptions and books not in any collection
When in Title sort order, the collections display along with all your individual books, in Title sequence
You can control the Title sort order by using collection names that start with a symbol that sorts before the alpha characters in book titles. My collections are: (Reading: current)
(Reading: fiction)
(Reading: non-fiction)
[Genre 1]
[Genre 2]
[Genre 3] etc
{Author 1}
{Author 2} etc
On the Home screen, use the 5-way to move to the top line, move right, and change sort order to 'Title'
When in Title sort order, my collections display first in the order shown, followed by all the individual books
Other naming options include using different or multiple starting symbols, starting collection names with AAA or numbers etc. It has been reported that starting collection names with a period causes problems and that if you start with an asterisk, you should put a space after the asterisk.
To see just your collections (plus subscriptions and books not yet in a collection), on the Home screen, use the 5-way to move to the top line, move right, and change sort order to 'Collections'
Adding Books to Collections
To add multiple books to a collection: On the Home screen use the 5-way to move to the collection
Move the 5-way to the right to display the collection's detail page and click on 'Add/remove items'
Use the 5-way to move up and down the list of all your books, clicking on each book you want in the collection
A check-mark appears next to books in the current collection; click again to remove a book from the collection
Use Next Page and Previous Page if you have multiple pages of books
When you are in the list of books, pressing MENU gives the option of adding all items on the current page of the list v1.12
To add a book to one or multiple collections: On the Home screen use the 5-way to move to the book title
Move the 5-way to the right to display the book's detail page and click on 'Add to collection ...'
Use the 5-way to move up and down the list of collections, clicking on each collection you want the book to be in
A check-mark appears next to each collection in which the book will be listed; click again to remove it from that collection
Use Next Page and Previous Page if you have multiple pages of collections
Books added to collections will still be listed on the Home screen unless you change your sort order to 'By Collections'
Your Kindle must be registered and must connect to Amazon's servers at least once in order for Collections to become available. v1.10 If your device is registered but you have not yet connected to Amazon's servers, then: When you press MENU from the Home screen, the option to 'Create New Collection' will be greyed out
When you go to the Settings screen, you will have only 1 page of settings
If you do not have wi-fi or 3G at home, you can go to somewhere that provides free wi-fi (eg Starbucks, McDonalds), connect to their wi-fi, and do a 'Sync & Check for Items'
Photo Albums
Make sure your pictures are not too big - 600 x 800 is recommended
Connect your Kindle via USB
Method 1 Create a folder called 'pictures' in the root directory of the Kindle; it should be on the same level as the 'documents' folder and you must use the name 'pictures'