Kindle Skills - Kindle 3 Bookmarks

Bookmark a page:

You can still press the Alt +B keys and bookmark any page you are on, but here is a new (additional) twist...

Try using the 5 way switch to navigate to a place on a page, then press the center key twice (like a double click)

How about that! You will need to press Alt+B to remove the bookmark you just created. A "double click" won't do it. And I'm not sure if you can double click the toggle on the Kindle 2 (don't have one handy), but if you have one, give it a try. Who knows?!

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Kindle Skills - Saving Your Place

July 7, 2010 Cindy O'Neal

Well, there are bookmarks, if you want to mark a particular spot (or spots) in a book.

• With your book open, press the Menu button, then toggle the 5-way switch down until the words Add a Bookmark is underlined. Press in on the 5-way to make it happen
• The keyboard command to quickly add a bookmark is ALT+B. While holding down the ALT key on the keyboard, press the letter B once.

You don't need a bookmark though, to save your place when you are reading a book (or several at a time). Your Kindle will always remember where you are at any given moment. If you put the Kindle down, or switch to another book. Whenever you return to something you have are already into, the moment you open it, you will be faced with the last page you were reading. Now isn't that nice?

Keep your Kindle close. You never know when the opportunity to escape into a book will happen!

Kindle Skills

Originally Posted May 15, 2010 by Cindy O'Neal
A very special Thank YOU to all of you who have been reading From The Desk Of Mrs. Wizard since I began sharing my thoughts, tips and free ebooks in February. My goal is to keep my posts short so you can learn little bits each day without being overwhelmed. Free books are always welcomed, and I share the ones that appeal to me. I hope you will like them too. Since that with my first Kindle inside arrived, it has been wonderful knowing I would always have a great read at my fingertips. I sincerely hope you are looking forward to more in the future as much as I am.

Kindle Web Bookmarks
Your Kindle has a very nice connection to the Internet, any time you need one. It can get on the Internet when no one else can (it seems sometimes). If you are in a car, or doctor's office, you may have special web sites you want to keep up with. Instead of typing in the URL (web address), bookmark your favorite pages for viewing any time you want.

Go to the web site

• With your Kindle on the Home page, type the web address you want to go to (mobile.allrecipes.com - no need to type the http:// stuff). 
• Toggle your 5-way switch to the right until the words go to are highlighted. 
• Press in on the 5-way switch to make it happen.
• When you arrive at the web site, press the Menu button on your Kindle.
• Toggle down until the words Bookmark This Page is underlined.
• Press in on the 5-way switch to make it happen.

Using your bookmarks

• When on any web page, press the Menu button.
• Toggle the 5 way switch until the word Bookmarks is underlined.
• Press in on the 5-way to view your bookmarks list.
• Your bookmarks list could be several pages (like your Home screen). Toggle the 5-way until the bookmark you want to go to is underlined.
• Press in on the 5-way switch to go there.

Bookmarks

Originally posted March 29, 2010 by Cindy O'Neal

Bookmarks are good, and very useful in paper books. I'm not so sure about on a Kindle, because it always remembers where you were in any book when you turn it on, even if you are reading several books at a time. You may have other reasons to mark certain pages in books. That's what bookmarks are for.

There are two ways to create a bookmark.

• Press Alt+B on the keyboard (will bookmark or unbookmark the current page)
• Press the Menu button, then toggle to and select the words Add a Bookmark and press in on the 5-way switch.

A dog-ear icon will appear in the upper right corner of the page to let you know that page is bookmarked. You can place a bookmark anywhere in a book, and you can have as many as you want in whatever book you are reading. When you add a bookmark, it is associated with the first location number on the page, so if you change text size, your bookmark will still be accurate. You can return to a bookmarked location any time.

View your Bookmarks
Press the Menu button and select My Notes & Marks. You will see them in the order they occur. Each bookmark shows the location number and the first line text from that location. To go to a particular bookmark, toggle the 5-way switch until the one you want it underlined (highlighted), press in on the 5-way to make it happen.

Use the Back button to go back easily to the bookmarks list to make another selection.

Delete bookmarks: you can also delete bookmarks (one or several at a time) in this area by pressing the Del (delete) key when a bookmark is highlighted in the My Notes & Marks area.

Another way to delete bookmarks

• Go to the bookmarked page.
• Press the Menu button
• Toggle the 5-way down until the words Delete Bookmark is underlined. Press the 5-way to remove it.
• You can also remove a bookmark on a page by holding down the Alt key and pressing the letter B on the keyboard. (Alt+B)