User`s guide

Kindle User’s Guide

Chapter 1

Getting Started

Sections and Articles: Tap to go to the content list of sections and articles in a newspaper

or magazine. This option is not available in blogs.

A secondary toolbar is available when you're reading a periodical and are on the article

detail page. Options include:

Text (Aa): Tap to display font and text options for your periodicals, including font size,

typeface, line spacing and margins.

Clip This Article: Tap to clip an entire periodical article to the My Clippings file. The My

Clippings file is located on your Home screen and stores your notes, bookmarks, highlights

and clipped articles.

Status indicators

At the top of the Home screen, you'll see indicators that inform you about the status of your

Kindle. To view these indicators within a book or document, tap the top of the screen to

display the toolbars.

Wireless status indicators

The Amazon Whispernet service delivers content wirelessly to your Kindle whenever and

wherever you want it. Your Kindle can connect to Whispernet via its built-in Wi-Fi

capability. The more bars on the Wi-Fi status indicator that are filled, the stronger the

signal.

Your Kindle is connected to Whispernet using Wi-Fi.

Your Kindle is in Aeroplane Mode and you have no wireless connectivity.

Battery status indicator

The Kindle battery indicator shows the various states of the battery as it discharges. When

your Kindle is charging, a lightning bolt appears on the battery icon. Note that a weak

wireless signal can increase power consumption.

Activity indicator

This indicator appears in the top left corner of your Kindle screen when it is scanning or

connecting to a network, busy downloading new content, syncing and checking for new

items, searching for an item, opening a large PDF file or loading a web page.

Parental Controls indicator

This indicator appears when Parental Controls are enabled, either because you have turned

on specific restrictions or because a Kindle FreeTime profile is active. For more information,

see Parental Controls.