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Amazon Technologies Kindle D00511 User Manual

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KINDLE USER’S GUIDE 4

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EDITION

Volume controls — controls the headphone or speaker volume for audiobooks,

background music, and text-to-speech.

Previous Page button — takes you to the previous page in your reading material.

Home button — shows content stored on your Kindle as well as content archived

at Amazon.

Next Page button — takes you to the next page in your reading material.

To accommodate different ways of holding the Kindle, there is a Next Page button

on both sides.

Menu button — displays application and navigation choices that are related to the

screen you are viewing.

5-way controller — selects an item or action when pressed down. Moves the

on-screen highlight or cursor up and down when moved up and down.

Moves the on-screen highlight or cursor side-to-side when moved left or right.
Holding the 5-way controller up or down without releasing it accelerates the cursor

movement, making it faster to navigate through lists or text.

Keyboard — use to enter search terms, notes in your content, URLs for Web sites, etc.

Back button — retraces your steps on Kindle just like the back button on a web
browser. For example, you can follow a link in a book and then press the Back button

to return to your place.

Symbol key

— presents a menu of punctuation marks and symbols. Move the

5-way controller to select the desired symbol and press the 5-way to select.

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