The Settings Contextual Menu; Carrying And Reading Your Personal Documents; Reading Kindle Documents On Other Devices; Sharing Comments Via Social Networks - Amazon Kindle User Manual

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Chapter 4 Getting More From Your Kindle
Page Refresh: Use to set your Kindle to refresh the E Ink display every time you turn the
page.
Personal Info: Lets you enter contact information such as an address or phone number, in
case you lose your Kindle.

The Settings contextual menu

When you're on the Settings page, the menu offers some important functions that aren't
available from the Home screen or book menus.
Update Your Kindle: Installs the latest software for your Kindle. This option is dimmed if
there are currently no software updates available on your Kindle.
Restart: Restarts your Kindle. You will not lose the books, clippings, or other files stored
on the device. In the event your Kindle freezes up, you can do a hard reset by pressing the
power button for 20 seconds.
Reset to Factory Defaults: Resets your Kindle to its original factory settings and restarts it.
You should select this action only if instructed to do so by Kindle Customer Service. Once
your Kindle restarts, you will need to download your items from Archived Items. If you want
to continue to passcode-protect your Kindle, you must set up a passcode again.
Legal: Provides trademark, copyright, and other notices about the software installed on
your Kindle.

Carrying and reading your personal documents

Your Kindle makes it easy to take your personal documents with you, eliminating the need
to print them. You and your approved contacts can e-mail documents to your Kindle. Your
personal documents will be backed up in your Kindle library and ready to download at
any time.
You can send Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), PDF , HTML, TXT, RTF , JPEG, GIF , PNG, BMP ,
PRC, and MOBI files to your Kindle and read them in Kindle format. You can add notes,
highlights, and bookmarks, which are synchronized across devices along with the last page
you read via our Whispersync technology. Synchronization of notes, highlights, bookmarks,
and last page read is available only for personal documents archived in Kindle format. You can
also read documents in PDF and TXT format natively.

Reading Kindle documents on other devices

You can synchronize your Kindle books with other supported devices you own. Amazon's
Whispersync technology keeps track of your last reading location in each book. For example,
you can read a few pages using the Kindle application on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device
and then pick up right where you left off when you return to your Kindle. To learn more about
supported devices, go to www.kindle.com/support.

Sharing comments via social networks

You can share your Kindle notes and highlights with friends using social networks such as
Twitter and Facebook. To link your Kindle to your social network accounts, from the Home
screen, press the Menu button and select Settings. On the Settings page, select "manage"
next to Social Networks. This feature is not available in all countries.