Chapter 3 Reading Kindle Documents; Understanding Kindle Display Technology; Customizing Your Text Display; Comic And Manga Books - Amazon KINDLE PAPERWHITE Manual

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Chapter 3

Reading Kindle Documents

Understanding Kindle display technology

Your Kindle 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, your Kindle features fast, smooth page turns, minimizing 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.

Customizing your text display

Your Kindle provides a quick way to adjust the appearance of books and periodicals. To access

those settings when reading, tap the top of the screen to bring up the toolbars, then tap the

Text button (Aa). A dialog box will appear that lets you change the font size, typeface, line

spacing, and margins 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.

Comic and Manga books

Comic and Manga books now come alive with Kindle Panel View. To enter Kindle Panel View,

double tap the screen. To navigate through the panels, swipe your finger across the screen or

tap the sides of the screen. To exit Kindle Panel View, double tap the screen again.

Zooming images

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.

Panning tables

To pan a table, press and hold your finger on the table to display a panning icon. Tap the

icon, then 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 mode

Enhanced viewing of images and tables is available for select Kindle books, enabling you to

both pan and zoom. Press and hold your finger on the image or table and then release to

display a magnifying-glass icon. Tap the icon to enter enhanced viewing mode. To zoom in

further, place two fingers close together on the center of the screen and move them apart.

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