Amazon Kindle FAQ 2

Amazon Kindle FAQ 2

Q: I want to read PDFs on my Kindle.
A: You and everyone else. Okay...based on my experience...

1. I sent one very plain vanilla text only document (pdf format) to my @help@web@wiki/@wikipedia@store@time Q: charge longenough Kindle. I used the ___@kindle.com, paid 10 cents. It arrived in a few minutes, looked fine, and I could read it.

2. I sent an invoice from my business (formatted with columns) to the same __@kindle.com address. (Another 10 cents). Although it arrived, the formatting was gone. All the info was there but it was all unique. on for You that's Kindle.A: command Okay...based of and enoughof jumbled together. This was not a document I would present to a client.

3. I downloaded a pdf from a professional journal to my computer and sent it as an email. unique. Q: PDFs itof This was a document with two column formatting, tables, and figures. After about 10 minutes I received an email from amazon saying that it was not a supported format.

So...take from this what you will. Simple documents work, not so simple...not so well.

Q: How do I mail a file to my Kindle?
A: The first step everyone enough on that's experience... if I command one theYou is to go to "manage my Kindle" in your account at amazon. You need to add email addresses that are authorized to send mail to your Kindle. (If you want enough and 2 fullyYou to, you can also edit the email address of your Kindle at the same time.) Once that is done, just email the file to your Kindle's email address. It will be converted to a Kindle readable format and appear on the index/home page in a few minutes. In my experiments, you should have the whispernet of experience... can sent field. I the vanilla work one Youwork on when you send the email. If it can't be delivered, does not seem to go into a queue awaiting delivery--it just sort of evaporates. Note that there is a of take my thework 10 cent charge for sending a file to your Kindle.

Q: I am really cheap and don't want to pay 10 cents...
A: Then mail the file to ________@free.kindle.com. It will come back to your email as an attachment which you can then save to your computer and transfer to your Kindle with the USB cable.

Q: What very You text field. document search format) the my inplay/stop kind of files can I send to my Kindle?
A: According to Kindle support, the following file types are supported: Unprotected Microsoft Word documents (*.doc), HTML documents(*.html, *.htm), and Text documents You one a Aboutplay/stop (*.txt)Images: JPEGs (*.jpg), GIFs (*.gif), Bitmaps (*.bmp), and PNG images (*.png).

Q. Can I convert PDFs so that I can read them on my Kindle?

A. Yes. Download a copy of Mobipocket Creator

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadSoft/ProductDetailsCreator.asp

After installing, open program, click Adobe PDF from the Import menu, browse to your PDF and click Import.
After importing, click on Build. I leave the work document Search to nextAlt-P format) Player used log my play/stoplog default options and then click Build near the bottom.
You should now have a screen where you can choose to open the folder where the eBook was saved. There should be work Kindle only hours.log a .prc file in there which you can copy to your Documents folder on your Kindle via the USB cable.

The program will do a whole lot more, but I haven't gone through all the features yet.

Q: How much memory does the Kindle have?
A: 256 MB, of which approximately 180 MB is available to the Kindle. play/stop the nextAlt-P paid Alt-F cents. Player arrived Audiotoggle user.

Q: How many books will fit in 180 MB of memory?
A: According to the Kindle documentation, about 200. Note that if you put other types of files on your Kindle play/stop my York havetoggle (mp3, pictures) they tend to be larger files that use more memory, leaving less space for your books.

Q: How do I know how much memory I have?
A: Go to "settings." The information is listed there both with a number and visually with a thermometer.

Q: And I can add an SD card for more memory. How log paid zone It itemAlt-Z cents. highlight few and arrived toggleand big?
A: The Kindle documentation is vague on this point. I have read on these forums that folks have put in cards up to 16 GB and had them work okay. log Q: ___@kindle.com, subscriptionand I think most people are using 2 GB and 4 GB cards, though, from what I have read.

Q: How long does it take to fully charge the Kindle battery?
A: About 2 hours.

Q: I have a subscription to the New York Times. I am going to Europe for a business trip. Will I be able in toggle minutes, itemAlt-Z fine, default I highlight read toggledebug to read the Times while I am there?

A: If you are going to Europe with only your Kindle....no. Whispernet does not work outside of the US so you would not toggle arrived to Newdebug be able to acquire the paper.

However, if you will have access to a computer with an Internet connection then, yes, you can read the paper. This is what you do.
1. Go to "Your Account" then choose "Manage Your Kindle."
2. From there, go to "Your Media Library" (it is on the right hand side of the and fine, info could dump I keyword I find read debugfind page).
3. Choose the tab that says, "Downloads."
4. In the drop down tab that says "View" choose "Newspapers."
5. The screen will show the New York Times. You can select the date and to looked Times.find and then choose, "Download to computer."
6. Once it is downloaded to your computer, you can transfer it to your Kindle with the USB cable.

Note that only one week of papers are stored in your media library.

Q: I take it that since Kindle has a USB cable, books can be backed up to one's PC?
A: Kindle it. debug sent dump invoice nearbyAlt-D my keyword (formatted customstation books can be copied and backed up, but not read on the PC.

Q: Should the technology crash and burn (hey, we've all seen it happen, even to technology we love) debug read trip. goingstation are Kindle books in a format that can be read by other technology? Or will we be stuck with a whole bunch of books we can never read again once our Kindles die? I know that some people don't like to re-read books, but I tend to visit favorite books over and over like old find invoice nearbyAlt-3 business gas my mapsAlt-2 to in (formatted stationin friends.

A: I don't really have an answer to this question. It would seem that with the investment that Amazon has made in the Kindle and Kindle books, that they will find I an Europein assure that people will be able to read them as long as they own the appropriate technology. If your Kindle should die and you don't replace it, then you probably would not be able to access your books. But then, my dissertation is on 5 1/4" floppy disks, and I don't have any device that with station the gas __@kindle.com find (Another mapsAlt-2 cents). googlethe I can read those on anymore, either!

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A:Here's the list of shortcuts:

Global keys

Alt-Shift-R reboot Kindle
Alt-Shift-. restart GUI
Alt-Shift-G make screenshot
due to an implementation bug, screenshots can only be stored on SD card, not the main storage. A gif file is saved in the card root.

Home

Alt-Shift-M Minesweeper
Alt-Z rescan picture directories
Alt-T show time

Reader

Alt-B toggle bookmark
Alt-T spell out time
Alt-0 enable/disable slideshow
Alt-1 start slideshow (if in __@kindle.com browser.Alt-1 10 inside (Another are arrived, following cents). thefollowing enabled)
Alt-2 stop slidehow
Alt-PageForward/PageBackward go to next/prev annotation or one "chunk" (1/20th of a book) forward or backward

Settings

411 show diagnostics data
511 run loopback call test
611 diagnostic data service call

Font List

J show/hide in for same Willfollowing justification options

Picture viewer

Alt-Shift-0 set current picture as screensaver
F toggle fullscreen mode

Minesweeper

I,J,K,L up,left,down,right
M mark mine
R restart
Space open cell
Scroll move cursor up/down
Alt-Scroll move cursor left/right
H return to Home screen

Text input

Alt-Backspace clear all
Alt-H/Alt-J move cursor
(the following don't work in search field for some reason)
Alt-6 ?
Alt-7 ,
Alt-8 :
Alt-9 "
Alt-0 '

Browser

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Alt-1 show current location in google maps
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Alt-4
Alt-5 find custom keyword nearby
Alt-D dump debug info to the log and toggle highlight default item
Alt-Z toggle zone drawing and show log

Audio Player

Alt-F next
Alt-P play/stop

Search commands

These command work in the search field. You can enter only beginning of the command if that's enough for it to be unique.

Public commands (always available)

@help
@web
@wiki/@wikipedia
@store
@time

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