Viewing Locations, Page Numbers And Progress - Amazon Kindle User Manual

Kindle User's Guide 2nd
12
edition
CHAPTER 3
Reading Kindle
Documents
Search: To perform a search, simply press the Keyboard button to display the keyboard.
Type the text you want to search for, then press the Done button or use the Keyboard
button to dismiss the keyboard. Right-click the 5-way controller to select the "find" option,
then use the centre select button of the 5-way controller to display the search results. You
can also search other content on your Kindle, the Kindle Store, Google, Wikipedia or the
built-in dictionary by using the Right Arrow on the 5-way controller to scroll past "find" and
choose the type of search you want.
Highlights: You can add highlights by placing the cursor where you want to start the
highlight, pressing the centre select button on the 5-way controller, and selecting the "start
highlight" option. Scroll the cursor to the end of the text you want to highlight, press the
centre button, and select the "end highlight" option. The highlighted text is underlined.
Highlights are added to the My Clippings file on your Home screen.
If several other Kindle users have highlighted a particular passage in the book you're
reading, you'll see that passage underlined with a note giving the number of highlighters.
You can view these popular highlights by pressing the Menu button and selecting View
Popular Highlights. To turn off this option, select Settings from the Home screen menu,
select Popular Highlights, and change the setting. Note that Popular Highlights are not
available in all countries.
You can also display highlights and notes from people that you follow on
https://kindle.amazon.com. To turn off this option, select Settings from the Home screen
menu, select Popular Highlights, and change the setting.
Notes: You can add notes to any content on Kindle. Place the cursor where you want to
add your thoughts, press the centre select button of the 5-way controller and select
"create note". When you have finished, highlight the "save note" option and press the
centre select button of the 5-way controller to select it. Select the "save & share" option to
share your note with other readers. Notes appear as superscripted numbers within the
text. To view a note, use the 5-way controller to move the cursor over the notation
number.
You can also display highlights and notes from people that you follow on
https://kindle.amazon.com. To turn off this option, select Settings from the Home screen
menu, select Public Notes, and change the setting.
Bookmarks: Amazon's Whispersync technology automatically saves your place in
whatever content you are reading. You can add a permanent bookmark by using the
Menu button and selecting Add a Bookmark. The upper right corner of the page will
appear folded down.
You can view and delete your highlights, notes and bookmarks at any time by using the
Menu button from the book you are reading and selecting View Notes & Marks. They are
also archived at Amazon, at kindle.amazon.com, so that they will not be lost.

Viewing locations, page numbers and progress

Because Kindle books can be read on devices with different screen sizes, locations
identify specific places in a book, just like a page number would for a printed book.
Location numbers allow you to direct a friend to exactly the same place in a Kindle book
you are reading, and are always displayed.