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Old 03-01-2011, 09:16 PM   #3
StickMaker
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sorry, I asked toooooooooo fast; got it figured out except why in some cases the "Add a Note or Highlight" does NOT SHOW. Here is my "Note to self:"

taking some text out of a (book) and emailing it:

Sometimes you are reading some kind of document and find some text that you really "need" to share with somebody. You
can do this easily with a Kindle; here is how I did it: (note, you can't do this in a PDF file)

Kindle is not connected with any cable and I am "in" a book.

I'm in a book, at some text which I want to email.

press the "Menu" button
Use the 5-way controller to navigate down to "Add a Note or Highlight"
(this option won't show if you are in a PDF file)

A flashing cursor will appear in front of the last line of the page.

With the 5-way to move that cursor up to where you want your clip to start.

Press the 5-way; the cursor changes from vertical, to slanted.

Move the cursor with right and down 5-way buttons; when done, press the middle again.

The text you selected is now underlined. The text is instantly saved.

To view your clippings, in the "Home" list, select "My Clippings"

If you now plug the Kindle into the 'puter, in Windows Explorer you will see, in the "documents" folder, a file
"My Clippings.mbp" and another "My Clippings.txt" and you can open the latter in Notepad or similar Text Editor.

To remove a highlight from a book:
while "in" the book:
Menu
choose "View notes and marks"
press the "Del" button on the keyboard to delete that underlined text.
move down to "Close Note & Marks" and click there.
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