Kindle User’s Guide
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Chapter 3 Reading Kindle Documents
Interacting with your documents
Your Kindle gives you access to features that are not available with printed materials, such as
instantly viewing word definitions and searching for specific content. Just as with a traditional
book, you can also highlight favourite passages, add notes, and create bookmarks.
Dictionary:
Your Kindle includes one or more dictionaries for each supported language. After
you have successfully registered your Kindle, all of your dictionaries will either be available
in the Dictionaries collection on the Home screen or the Dictionaries collection in Archived
Items. Available dictionaries will differ depending on the language you select.
To change your default dictionary:
1. On the Home screen, tap the Menu button and select Settings.
2. On the Settings page, select Device Options and then Language and Dictionaries.
3. Select the Dictionaries option.
4. Tap the dictionary language to view all of the available dictionaries for that language. 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.
5. Use the radio buttons to select the dictionary or dictionaries that you want to use, and then
tap the OK button.
To look up the definition of a word while reading, simply press and hold to highlight the word.
The definition dialog box will display the definition. To see a longer definition, tap Show Full
Definition from the displayed options. You can also highlight the word, add a note, or tap
“More...” to display additional actions, including viewing the definition in another available
dictionary, looking up the word in Wikipedia, sharing it, translating it, or reporting an error
with the content.
Search:
To perform a search, tap the top of the screen and then tap in the Search field to
display the onscreen keyboard. Enter the text you want to search for and tap the Go button to
perform the search. The default search is within the current book/document. Tap This Book in
the Search field to display a dialog box with other search options, including My Items, Kindle
Store, Wikipedia, and Dictionary.
Highlights and notes:
You can add notes and highlights by pressing and holding on text, and
then dragging your finger across the screen to select it.
If you select a single word, a definition of the word displays and options include Show Full
Definition, Highlight, and More. Tap “More...” to display additional options including, sharing
the selection, adding a note, looking up the word in Wikipedia, translating it, or reporting an
error.
If you select a sentence or multiple words, a dialog box will appear with options to Share,
Add Note, Highlight, and More. Tap “More...” to display additional actions, including viewing
the definition in a dictionary, looking up the selection in Wikipedia, translating it, or reporting
an error.
Text you highlight will be underlined, and notes will appear as superscripted numbers within
the text. To view a note the next time you visit that page, simply tap on the number.
If several other Kindle users have highlighted a particular passage in the book you are
reading, you will see that passage underlined. To turn off these highlights, select Settings
from the Home screen menu, then tap Reading Options and change the Popular Highlights
setting.
