Kindle Shortcuts
Here are the Amazon-authorized Kindle shortcuts**, posted today on Amazon’s Kindle Blog:
As you’re reading your content:
Alt + B = bookmark
Alt + T = spell out time
Alt + Next Page = Jump ahead by 5% go forward to next annotation or “chunk” of text
Alt + Prev Page = Jump back by 5% go back to previous annotation or “chunk” of text
In “Home”:
Alt + T = show time
Number keys = jump to corresponding page in the Home Menu
Alphabet keys = jump to corresponding page from alpha-sorted Home Menu
Search (push the Search bar):
@store = store search shortcut
@web = Web search shortcut (Google)
@wiki = Wikipedia search shortcut
@time = show current date and time
Font (aA options)
J = show/hide justification options
Audio Player:
Alt + F = next song
At any time, you’re able to put your Kindle to sleep and wake it up with Alt + aA.
More shortcuts to come in a little while.
** however — Amazon is wrong! they said “Alt + Next Page = go forward to next annotation or “chunk” of text”, which does NOT WORK: it jumps you forward 5% of the length of the book, but it does NOT jump you to the next annotation!
If you are on a page of shortcuts or book titles you can jump to any of the pages 1-9 by just clicking the number, i.e. 4 will bring you to page 4.
Guy Smiley
August 28, 2008 at 9:02 am