Read Books & Periodicals

While you are reading, you can change the text display, add bookmarks, add annotations, look up words in the dictionary, view your reading progress.

• Quick Guide to Reading
• Change Fonts, Line Spacing, or Margins
• Go to a Page or Location
• Sync to the Furthest Page Read
• View Bookmarks, Highlights, and Notes
• Add or Remove Bookmarks
• Add or Remove Highlights
• Add, Remove, or Edit Notes
• Look Up Words in the Dictionary
• View Your Reading Progress
• Listen to a Book with Text-to-Speech
• View the Book Description
• Navigate Graphic Novels and Comics

You can turn pages, add bookmarks or notes, and highlight text while you are reading Kindle books, just like with print books.

1. Change typeface, line spacing, words per line, or screen rotation – While reading, press the Aa key on the keyboard to display the text size menu.
2. Turn pages – Press the right arrow to go to the next page. Press the left arrow to go to the previous page.
3. Add a bookmark – Press the Menu button, and then select Add Bookmark.
4. Go to different locations in the book – Press the Menu button, and then select Go to.
5. Add highlights – Use the 5-way controller to navigate to the text you want to highlight, and then press the center of the 5-way controller to highlight the text.
6. Add notes – Use the 5-way controller to navigate to the section where you want to place a note, and then begin to typing to create a note.
7. Look up a word in the dictionary – Use the 5-way controller to place the cursor in front of a word to show the definition.
8. Track your reading progress As you read, you'll see your progress displayed at the bottom of the screen as a percentage in the Progress Indicator.

You can change the fonts, font size, or words per line of the page display for a Kindle book.

1. While reading, press the Aa key on the keyboard to display the text size menu.
2. Select the desired text size, words per line, or screen rotation.

You can go to the beginning of a book or to a specific place or location.

You can manually sync your device to go to the furthest page read for books you are reading on other Kindle devices or reading apps.

1. Make sure that your device is connected to a wireless network.
2. Open your book, press the Menu button, and then select Sync to Furthest Page Read.

You can view all the bookmarks, highlights, and notes that you have added to a Kindle book or personal document.

1. While reading, press the Menu button.
2. Select View Notes & Marks to view your bookmarks, highlights, and notes.

You can add or remove bookmarks at any location in a Kindle book or personal document.

1. While reading, press the Menu button. Use the 5-way controller to select Add Bookmark.

   You will see the Bookmark icon appear in the upper-right corner of the page.

2. To remove a bookmark, go to the page that has the bookmark you want to remove, and then press the Menu button. Select Delete Bookmark.

You can add or remove highlights at any location in a Kindle book or personal document.

1. Highlight a word or phrase:
   
   1. Use the 5-way controller to position the cursor, press the center of the 5-way controller, and then select the text.
   2. After you've selected your text, press the center of the 5-way controller.
2. Remove a highlight:
   
   1. Use the 5-way controller to position the cursor at the beginning of the highlighted text.
   2. To delete the highlight, press the DEL button.

You can add notes at any location in a Kindle book or personal document.

1. Add a note:
   
   1. Press the Menu button, and then select Add Note or Highlight. Move the cursor to a location, and then begin typing to create a note. When you are finished, press the center of the 5-way controller to save.
2. Remove or edit a note:
   
   1. While reading, press the Menu button, select View Notes & Bookmarks, and then use the 5-way controller to select the note.
   2. Press the DEL button to delete the note or the return key to make changes.

While reading, you can look up dictionary definitions on your Kindle Keyboard.

1. While reading, place the cursor in front of the word you want defined.

   If the word is in the dictionary, an extract of its definition will be at the bottom of the screen.

2. To see a complete definition of the word, press the Return key. You will now be placed in the dictionary and can use Previous Page and Next Page to view other word definitions.
3. Press the Back button to return to your reading.

While you are reading, you can view pages read or the percentage of a book read on your Kindle Keyboard.

Listen to most books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and personal documents with Text-to-Speech. From a newspaper's Front-Page view, use Text-to-Speech to read newspaper abstracts.

1. While reading, press the Aa key on the keyboard.
2. Use the 5-way controller to select turn on next to Text-to-Speech.

   Press Aa again to adjust speaking voice and rate.

While you are reading a Kindle eBook, you can read reviews about your book, see related titles, and learn more about the author.

1. While reading, press the Menu button, and then use the 5-way controller to select Book Description.
2. Press the Back button to return to your reading.

Kindle Keyboard supports graphic novels and comics that contain enhanced Kindle Format 8 content features such as Kindle Panel View, Kindle Text Pop-Up, and zooming in on and panning across images and tables.