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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Kindle Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts I must try on the Kindle. Oh yes, I bought a Kindle DX. Steve.
Alt + Shift + G = Screenshot.
Highlight Text + Enter = Save as a quotation. This allows users to quickly find their favorite quotes and saves them online for others to see too.
Highlight Text + Alt + Return = Share Text via Social Network. This allows users to tweet or share on Facebook.

Alt + Space = Turns music on or off. Any music that has been stored in the memory of the Kindle using a USB cable will be played in order. Pressing Alt + F will skip to the next track.

Browser

  • Alt+1 show current location in Google Maps
  • Alt+2 find gas station nearby
  • Alt+3 find restaurant nearby
  • Alt+5 find custom keyword nearby
  • Alt+D dump debug info to the log and toggle highlight default item
  • Alt+Z toggle zone drawing and show log

Audio Player

  • Alt+F next
  • Alt+P play/stop (Kindle)
  • Alt+Space play/stop (Kindle 3)

Search Commands

Note: These commands are to be entered into a search box, followed by keywords (e.g. "@wiki amazon kindle" will search Wikipedia for articles about the Kindle).
  • @help
  • @web
  • @wiki/@wikipedia
  • @store
  • @time

Lots more shortcuts: MobileRead Wiki - Amazon Kindle Keyboard Shortcuts

Image viewer:
q = zoom in
w = zoom out
e = reset zoom
c = actual size
f = full-screen
nav controller = panr = rotate
page forward and back = cycle through images



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