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02-22-2009, 10:32 PM | #1 |
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Is the kindle practical(fast) for extensive text selecting(highlighting&clipping)
Say..... compared to a screen that you could just touch to highlight
That would be my primary use, so i'm looking for feedback from some actual users. Does the cursor scroll slowly or too fast? |
02-22-2009, 10:37 PM | #2 |
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The Kindle 1 is very fast at this. Because it uses the LCD cursor which is the little silver bar thing that runs along the right side of the screen.
You scroll the bar up to the first line you want to highlight, press the button, choose highlight from the menu, then choose the last line, and press select. Done. As for the K2... well, you'll have to wait till someone gets one to answer the question about that. But, I assume it would be similar, except you are using the joystick to select the first place/word. BOb |
02-22-2009, 10:40 PM | #3 |
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Oh, so on the kindle you can only highlight or clip an entire line and not a partial line? That sounds pretty annoying and worthless. Say it ain't so.
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02-22-2009, 10:50 PM | #4 |
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Douglasco, if you decide to buy a K2, you have 30 days to return it for a full refund (minus shipping)if you are not satisfied.
Gives you plenty of time to play with it, download books, (free ones so you aren't out any money) and see if it does what you need it too. Good luck with your choice. |
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Page 46 of the Kindle 2 User Guide (which you should read if you're really interested in a Kindle).
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02-22-2009, 11:15 PM | #6 |
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On the Kindle 1, the on-screen highlighting is a box around the lines in question. The selection is for whole lines, but lines depend on the font size (and perhaps how you reached a spot in the ebook). The on-screen box is always entire lines, and it seems to always include the highlighted region but may include extra text to pad to a full number of lines. The grey underline on the K2 gives you finer control of the underlining, but may not be as visible as the K1's box. |
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02-23-2009, 02:22 PM | #11 |
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Kindle 1 differentiates between clipping a whole "page" and highlighting. If you highlight text, only those lines are saved in "My Clippings" and highlighted. If you select "Save Page As Clipping", it saves the whole "page". I don't see the "Save Page As Clipping" option in the K2 User's Guide. You can read the whole guide online if you want.
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