Zooming Images; Panning Tables; Enhanced Viewing Mode; Interacting With Your Documents - Amazon kindle paperwhite Getting Started

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. To zoom out, place two fingers a little apart on the
screen and pinch them together. While zoomed, 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 or image.

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..
Dictionary: Your Kindle includes one or more dictionaries for each supported language
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 actions, including sharing the selection, adding a
note, looking up the word in Wikipedia, instantly translating the selected word, or reporting an error
with the content.
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 looking up the selection in
Wikipedia, instantly translating the selected words, or reporting an error with the content.
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. 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, tap
Reading Options, and change the Public Notes setting. The Public Notes feature is not supported in all
countries.