10th Generation
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 Navigating Your Kindle
- Chapter 3 Acquiring & Managing Content
- Chapter 4 Reading Kindle Documents
- Chapter 5 Playing Audible books
- Chapter 6 Features
- Chapter 7 Getting More from Your Kindle Oasis
- Chapter 8 Settings
- Chapter 9 Finding Additional Assistance
- Appendix A Product Information
- Safety and Compliance Information
- Maintaining Your Kindle Device
- Water Protection
- General Care
- Servicing Your Device
- Battery Safety
- Headphone Safety
- Other Safety Considerations
- Wireless Safety and Compliance
- Turn Off Wireless When Flying
- Using Your Kindle Around Other Electronic Devices
- Steps to Minimize Interference
- Watch for Signs
- For U.S. Customers
- For Canadian Customers
- For European Customers
- Maximum Radio Frequency Power:
- RF Exposure Compliance
- For Mexico Customers
- For Brazil Customers
- Recycling Kindle Properly
- Product Specifications
- LEGAL TERMS
- ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
- Patent Notices
- Copyright, Trademark and Other Notices
About This Book
Before starting a new book, you can get valuable information and perform actions to improve your
reading experience. Options vary by book, but may include:
• Typical time to read
• About the series
• Update your reading status on Goodreads
• About the Author
• More by the Author
• X-Ray
• See All Images
• Popular Highlights
• Mentioned in this book
• Customers who read this book also bought
• Settings
To enable or disable this feature, tap the Quick Actions icon on the toolbar, then tap All
Settings. On the Settings page, tap Reading Options, Highlights & About This Book, then About This
Book.
Item menus
To view more information about a specific item and access a menu of applicable options, tap the
Menu icon on an item’s cover when in Grid view or on the right side of the screen when in
List view. You can also view these options by pressing and holding on the item's name or cover.
The available options are contextual, which means they change depending on what you're currently
doing with the device and your services and subscriptions. Actions may include Play Audible, Add to
Goodreads Shelf, Add to FreeTime Library (Add to Amazon Fire for Kids Library in the UK), Return
Kindle Unlimited Book (known as Return Abonnement Kindle Book in France), Add to Collection, Go
To, Search This Book, Remove from Device, View on Goodreads, and Share. Note that About the
Author is only available for books that support author profiles. On devices that are waterproof, you
will find a Disable Touchscreen option. This option temporarily turns off touch functionality. Page
turn buttons will still turn the page. To re-enable touch again, press the power button to put your
device in sleep mode and press once again to wake it up.
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 Quick Actions icon on the toolbar,
then tap All Settings.
2. On the Settings page, tap Language & Dictionaries.
3. Tap 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 card displays
with the definition of the word. You can change your dictionary by tapping on the name of the
current dictionary. An option to select a new dictionary will display.
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