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Kindle Paperwhite User's Guide, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 3 Reading Kindle Documents
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. You can view all of your notes and highlights by
tapping the Go To option on the secondary toolbar when reading and tapping the Notes tab.
The notes and highlights closest to your current reading location will display first in the list.
You can also view notes by tapping the Menu button and selecting Notes.
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, Notes & Highlights, and change
the Popular Highlights setting. You can also display notes and highlights 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, Notes & Highlights, and change the Public Notes setting.
The Popular Highlights and Public Notes features are not supported in all countries.
Notes and highlights are added to a file on the Home screen called My Clippings. When
Annotations Backup is set to On, these items are stored in the Cloud for you so they won't
be lost.
Bookmarks
Amazon's Whispersync technology automatically saves your place in whatever content you
are reading. To bookmark a page, tap the Bookmark button on the reading toolbar and tap the
plus sign next to the location or page information. A black bookmark will appear in the top
right corner of the page. The Bookmark button on the toolbar changes from white to black on
bookmarked pages.
You can view a list of all of your bookmarks within a book by tapping the Bookmark button on
the reading toolbar or by tapping the top right corner of the page. To preview a bookmarked
page or location, tap any bookmark in the list. To go to the selected location, tap inside the
preview pane. To remain on the current page and exit the bookmark feature, tap outside of the
preview pane.
To delete a bookmark, tap the Bookmark button on the reading toolbar, find the bookmark you
want to delete in the list, tap that bookmark to select it, and then tap the X next to it.
Bookmarks are added to a file on the Home screen called My Clippings. When Annotations
Backup is set to On, these items are stored in the Cloud for you so they won't be lost.
Footnotes
To quickly preview a footnote without having to go to the end of a book, tap the footnote.
To go to the selected footnote location, scroll to the bottom of the footnote and tap Go to
Footnotes. To return to your original location, tap the X on the preview pane. Note that not all
books support the Footnotes feature.
Before you go...
The Before you go... dialog appears when you reach the end of a book, or after you swipe
past the final page of a book. It allows you to rate the book using stars.
X-Ray
The X-Ray feature lets you explore the "bones" of a book with a single tap. For example,
you can see all of the passages in a book that mention specific ideas, fictional characters,
historical figures, places, or topics. Note that X-Ray is not available for all Kindle books, nor in
all countries.
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