Kindle User’s Guide
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Chapter 3 Reading Kindle Documents
Chapter 3
Reading Kindle Documents
Understanding Kindle Touch display technology
Your Kindle Touch uses a high-resolution display technology called electronic ink (E Ink). The
display is reflective, which means you can read it clearly even in bright sunlight. E ink uses ink
just like books and newspapers, but it displays the ink particles electronically.
A “flash” may appear when you turn pages. This is part of the process of updating the E Ink.
By default, Kindle Touch features fast, smooth page turns, minimising the number of flashes.
To refresh the page with every page turn, from the Home screen tap the Menu button and
select Settings. Tap Reading Options and use the Page Refresh setting to set your preference.
Customising your text display
Kindle Touch provides a quick way to adjust the appearance of books and periodicals. To
access those settings, tap the top of the screen to bring up the toolbars, then tap the Text
button
. A dialog box will appear that lets you change the font size, typeface, line
spacing, and number of words per line of the content on the Kindle screen.
The Publisher Font option is available on select books that include the ability to view the fonts
embedded by the publisher. Note that selecting this option will disable Typeface controls..
Zooming in on images and tables
You can increase the size of an image in a Kindle book for easier viewing. Press and hold
your finger on the image and then release to display a magnifying-glass icon, and then tap on
the icon. To return the image to normal size, tap on the image again. For Kindle books with
enhanced image viewing, tap the X in the top right corner of the image to return the image to
normal size.
To pan a table, press and hold your finger on the table to display a panning icon. Drag your
finger across the screen in the direction you want to pan. You can select text in a table by
pressing and holding on the text, and then dragging your finger across the screen to select it.
A dialog box will appear with options to highlight the text, add a note, and share. To exit this
mode, tap the Done button.
Enhanced viewing for images and tables is available for select Kindle books, enabling you to
both pan and zoom. Double tap your finger on the image or table to enter enhanced viewing
mode. To zoom in further, place two fingers close together on the center of the screen and
move them apart. To zoom out, place two fingers a little apart on the screen and pinch them
together. While zooming, drag your finger across the image or table to move to the area of
interest. To return to reading, tap the X in the top right corner of the table image.
