Kindle Paperwhite E-reader 6inch User Manual

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this option, tap the Quick Actions icon on the toolbar, then tap All Settings. On the Settings 
page, tap Reading Options, Notes & About This Book, and change the Public Notes setting. The 
Popular Highlights and Public Notes features are not supported in all countries. 
To export your notes and highlights, open your Kindle book, tap the Menu icon, then select 
Notes. All of the notes...

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Before you go... 
The Before you go... dialog box appears when you reach the end of a book, or after you swipe 
past the final page of a book. It enables you to rate the book using stars, find more about the 
author, and purchase the next book if in a series.  

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X-Ray 
The X-Ray feature lets you explore the Bones of the Book with a single tap, enabling you to 
see all of the passages in a book that mention specific ideas, fictional characters, historical 
figures, places, topics, and terms. X-Ray also extracts notable clips, people, terms, and images 
from a book and presents them in a stack of cards organized on a timeline so you can...

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When you tap Flashcards at the bottom of the screen, Vocabulary Builder selects a set of 
words from the current list and displays them as flashcards. To view a word’s definition, tap 
See Definition in the top left corner of the flashcard. Tap Exit Flashcards to return to the 
Vocabulary Builder feature. Tap the Learning link on the Vocabulary Builder main screen to 
see how many words you are...

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To exit, tap the Back button on the toolbar. To access it again, tap the Menu icon and select 
Kindle FreeTime (Kindle for Kids in the UK). To start a session for your child, tap on your 
child’s name. To end a child’s session, tap the Menu icon and select Exit FreeTime (Kindle for 
Kids in the UK). You will be prompted to enter your Parental Controls password. 
Using Kindle FreeTime (Kindle for Kids in...

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6. You will also be given the opportunity to enable sharing. You can choose if you want to share 
all of your purchased books or just individual books with the second adult. By choosing to 
enable sharing, you are authorizing the second adult to use credit cards associated with your 
Amazon account for purchases on Amazon. 
To add a child to your household: 
1. You will be prompted to set a Parental...

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and physical. You can rate books youve read from one to five stars. Rating a book adds it to 
your Read shelf. You can also tap the Shelf icon to shelve the book as Currently Reading 
or Want to Read. Shelved and rated books are publicly visible on your Goodreads profile. You 
can always remove a shelved book later by tapping the Shelf icon and selecting Remove 
from Shelf. 
You can also add a book to...

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Time to Read 
Your Kindle includes Time to Read, a feature that helps you know how long it will take to 
finish a chapter or book and displays that information on the Reading Navigation toolbar 
located at the bottom of the screen. You can customize this feature to display location 
numbers, time left in chapter, time left in book, percentage of content read, or actual page 
numbers. (Not all Kindle...

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Getting More From Your Kindle Paperwhite  
 
 
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Chapter 6  
Getting More From Your Kindle 
Paperwhite 
Carrying and reading personal documents 
Your Kindle makes it easy to take your personal documents with you, eliminating the need to 
print them. You and your approved contacts can email documents to your Kindle. To locate 
your Send-to-Kindle email address, tap the Quick Actions icon on the toolbar, then tap All...

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Using your Kindle with your computer 
Your Kindle uses Amazon Whispernet to deliver books, periodicals, personal documents, 
Kindle Singles, and blogs to your Kindle without the need for a computer. 
When you first connect the Kindle to a computers USB port, it will appear as an external 
storage drive or volume on the computers desktop. Youll see a directory or folder...