User's Guide

Kindle User’s Guide

Chapter 3

Reading Kindle Documents

 Manage this feature in Settings

 Send us feedback

To enable or disable this feature, tap the Menu button and select Settings. On the Settings

page, select Reading Options, Notes & About This Book, then About This Book.

Dictionary

Your Kindle includes one or more dictionaries for each supported language. After you

have successfully registered your Kindle, all of your dictionaries will be available in the

Dictionaries collection either on the Home screen or in the Cloud. Available dictionaries

will differ depending on the language you select.

To change your default dictionary:

1. On the Home screen or when reading, tap the Menu button and select Settings.

2. On the Settings page, select Device Options and then Language and Dictionaries.

3. Select the Dictionaries option.

4. The currently selected dictionary displays below the dictionary language. An arrow to the

right of the language indicates that there are multiple dictionary options for that language.

Tap the dictionary language to view all of the available dictionaries for that language.

5. Use the radio buttons to select the dictionary that you want to use, then tap the OK button.

To look up the definition of a word while reading, press and hold to select the word. A

dialog box displays with the definition of the word. You can change your dictionary by

tapping on the name of the current dictionary in the dialog box. An option to select a new

dictionary will display.

The Smart Lookup feature integrates a full dictionary with X-Ray and Wikipedia so you

can access definitions, characters, settings, and more without leaving your page. If the

selected word is also an X-Ray topic, Smart Lookup will display the X-Ray tab. For more

information, see X-Ray.

To perform a search, tap the Search button to display the search field and onscreen

keyboard. When you search from the Home screen, the default search is everywhere,

including the results from your library, Kindle Store, Goodreads, Text in Books, Dictionary,

and Wikipedia. To initiate a full search, tap the Return key on the keyboard or click on the

Search Everywhere option in the dropdown menu that appears as you type in search

criteria.

To search within a book or document when reading, tap the top of the screen to bring up

the toolbars, then tap the Search button and enter the text you want to search for.

Search tips:

 For results from All Items, your Kindle will actively display title/author matches in a

dropdown menu as you type in the search criteria. To go directly to an item, tap the match

in the dropdown. If a match is found for a book, it will take you to the most recent page

read or download the book if you have it in the Cloud.