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Kindle Touch For Dummies, Portable Edition
If you turn off your Kindle Touch (or don't put it in Sleep
mode), make sure you're at the Home screen. Some users
have reported problems with the Kindle Touch losing your
place in the book if it's turned off with the book open. This
isn't an issue with Sleep mode, however, which is another
reason why Sleep mode is preferred over completely turning
off your Kindle Touch on a routine basis.
Navigating with the touchscreen
on your Kindle Touch
Prior versions of the Kindle e-reader had a variety of buttons
on the device to navigate through e-books and other content.
The Kindle Touch has a touchscreen — revolutionizing how
you move around the screen and in books and other content.
Even if you're a seasoned Kindle owner, you need to discover
some new techniques for navigation. The following is a primer
to get you started.
The basics: Tap, swipe, tap and hold, pinch, and stretch
The e-ink screen on your Kindle Touch is touch-sensitive, so it
can detect your finger taps and movements. This gives you an
easy and intuitive way to control your Kindle Touch.
All your common uses of the Kindle Touch — opening books,
turning pages, placing bookmarks, and so on — involve a
handful of simple touchscreen gestures, such as finger taps
and swipes. For the most part, these gestures are used
consistently throughout your use of Kindle Touch. (We point
out the few cases where the behavior is a bit different than
you might expect.)
We begin by examining how and when you use different finger
motions as well as where on the screen you use them.
Tapping
A simple tap is the most common gesture you use with Kindle
Touch. When an onscreen button appears, for example, you
tap the button to activate it. When you view a list of your
e-books, tapping an e-book opens it. And when you're reading
an e-book, you tap to page forward (display the next page),
page backward (display the previous page), or bring up a
menu of commands. The effect of tapping a book's page