More About My Clippings - Amazon KINDLE - MANUAL 2 User Manual

To clip an article in a periodical:
1. Go to the periodical article that you want to clip.
2. Press the Menu button.
3. Use the 5-way controller to navigate down until "Clip this Article" is underlined.
Press the 5-way to select.
Kindle adds your clipping to the "My Clippings" file. You can review your clippings later,
search for words or terms you clipped, and transfer the "My Clippings" file to your
computer.
To view your clippings, press the Home button to display the Home screen. Use the
5-way to navigate down until "My Clippings" is underlined. Press the 5-way to open it.
While viewing the file, you cannot navigate through to the materials referenced in the
file.

More about My Clippings

You can edit the "My Clippings" file on your computer.
To edit the "My Clippings" file:
1. Connect your Kindle to your computer using the USB cable.
2. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would
normally find an external USB drive.
3. Open your Kindle. You should see a folder entitled Documents. Transfer the "My
Clippings" file out of this folder.
4. Open the "My Clippings" file on your computer using an application that can read
or import a .txt file.
5. Make the changes and save the edited file as a text file.
6. Transfer the "My Clippings" file back to the "Documents" folder on your Kindle.
7. Eject your Kindle from your computer before removing the USB cable.
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