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Kindle 2: Use Symbol Shortcuts for Entering Frequently Used Punctuation Marks

Contributed by shamanstears on March 18, 2009 under Entertainment

Amazon’s Kindle relies on using the SYM button to input punctuation marks and special symbols. Unfortunately, this can make for slow typing when it comes to the usage of normal punctuation. By using these keyboard shortcuts, you can save a great deal of time when you need to use commas, apostrophes, colons, double quotes, and/or question marks.

Kindle 2: How To Delete Ebooks, Photos and Items

Contributed by shamanstears on March 12, 2009 under Entertainment

It’s easy to get books, pictures, music files and other items on your Kindle. At some point, you are going to need to remove some of this to make room for more stuff. Here’s how to delete the files off of your Kindle 2.

Kindle 2: Using Search Options to Extend the Searching Capacity of the Device

Contributed by shamanstears on March 11, 2009 under Entertainment

It’s bound to happen, you are reading an ebook and come across something that you would like to find some more information on. By using your Kindle’s search line and selecting the appropriate option, you can search your items, the Kindle Store, Google, Wikipedia, the Dictionary as well as any notes you have attached to the ebook.

Kindle 2: How to Increase the Size of Images in Ebooks

Contributed by shamanstears on March 10, 2009 under Entertainment

While reading a book on your Kindle, you come across an image that you’d like to take a closer look at. You can magnify the image by following this tech-recipe.

Kindle 2: Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Contributed by shamanstears on March 5, 2009 under Entertainment

Keyboard shortcuts provide a quick way of performing various tasks on your Kindle. Once you get used to them, you will use them all of the time.

Create Photo Albums for Viewing Images on Your Kindle 2

Contributed by shamanstears on March 3, 2009 under Entertainment

The Kindle 2’s 6″ high-resolution screen with 16 shades of gray makes it a decent and convenient way to view your favorite photos while you are on the go. By creating different directories for each subject type (such as family, friends, etc.), you can have your own photo albums for easily viewing the desired photos.

Kindle 2: Listen to Music While You Read

Contributed by shamanstears on March 2, 2009 under Entertainment

If you enjoy listening to music while you read, then you’re in luck. By loading some of your favorite MP3’s onto your Kindle, you’ll be able to listen to your favorite songs as you read your ebook goodness.

Convert PDF, DOC, TXT, and HTML Files for Reading on Your Kindle 2

Contributed by shamanstears on February 26, 2009 under Entertainment

You’ve acquired a large collection of ebooks in various file formats over the years and want to put them on your Kindle, but how? If you are running a Windows computer, you can easily and freely convert them so that you can read them on your Kindle.

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