Types Of Searches; Searching What You Are Currently Reading; Searching All Your Content; Searching Remotely - Amazon Kindle User Manual

Types of Searches

Kindle supports several types of search as summarized below.

Searching What You are Currently Reading

You can limit a search to only what you are currently reading. You enter your search term or phrase and Kindle searches in the
body of the text in the current item.

Searching All Your Content

You can alternatively search all the reading material that you have stored on Kindle, including books, newspapers, magazines,
and other items. You enter your search term or phrase and Kindle searches in the body of the text, in the metadata (for example,
the title or author), and in your "My Clippings" file. For PDFs, Kindle searches for the term in the metadata only (author's name
and file name). Additionally, Kindle also keeps and searches the metadata for the content you have stored on Amazon.

Searching Remotely

Kindle can perform remote searches in several different locations using Whispernet. Each of these remote location searches are
described in the final section of this chapter.
Searching for Definitions
You can limit a search to the dictionary. Kindle searches your default dictionary for definitions of the word you have entered.

Performing a Search

To perform a search in a book, follow these steps:
1. Type in your search term; the Search line will automatically appear. You can use whole words, and no distinction is made
between lower and upper case.
2. To find the word or phrase in the content you are currently reading, use the 5-way to navigate to the right to highlight
"find." Or, to choose the type of search, continue navigating to the right. You can search all your items, the Kindle Store,
Google, Wikipedia, or the dictionary.
3. Press the 5-way to submit your search.
If you select "Search" from the Home page menu, the screen will display a full Search page.

4.2 Search Results Page

When searching all your content, Kindle looks in the reading materials you have on your Kindle and the metadata (like title and
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