What's the trick to the PW font-size shortcut?

Olzab · 12-31-2012, 07:50 PM

Hi all, I've searched all over here and in the owners' guide but haven't seen this one:
If I swipe two fingers down my PW, I find a smaller font-choice window appears, like all the choice-type windows, but with just the font sizes and nothing else. I've looked for other tricks like this with no luck. Does anyone know if there's a list somewhere of useful hidden things like this?

Thanks!

mobilewilier · 12-31-2012, 09:18 PM

On any page with text on it, use a two finger pinch movement on the screen (like the zoom pinch on an iPad)

jamadams · 01-02-2013, 05:11 AM

Haha. My 15 month old daughter brought that up on the screen yesterday. No matter what I did, I couldn't replicate what she had done

HarryT · 01-02-2013, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jamadams

Haha. My 15 month old daughter brought that up on the screen yesterday. No matter what I did, I couldn't replicate what she had done

I really would recommend reading - or at least glancing through - the User Guide. It is provided for a reason, and all this kind of stuff is in there.

DuckieTigger · 01-02-2013, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I really would recommend reading - or at least glancing through - the User Guide. It is provided for a reason, and all this kind of stuff is in there.

+1 Best advice ever. Except now you will struggle that people actually follow it. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't that even part of the mini-howto when you turn on the PW for first time?

HarryT · 01-02-2013, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

+1 Best advice ever. Except now you will struggle that people actually follow it. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't that even part of the mini-howto when you turn on the PW for first time?

Yes, I believe it was

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jamadams · 01-03-2013, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I really would recommend reading - or at least glancing through - the User Guide. It is provided for a reason, and all this kind of stuff is in there.

Instruction manuals? Pah.

xendula · 01-03-2013, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

+1 Best advice ever. Except now you will struggle that people actually follow it. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't that even part of the mini-howto when you turn on the PW for first time?

No it wasn't. I should know - I had to set up 8 Paperwhites. I did not even know about the pinch to zoom for font size until I gifted one to my sister and she just did it

I always used to go through the menu at the top.

DuckieTigger · 01-03-2013, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by xendula

No it wasn't. I should know - I had to set up 8 Paperwhites. I did not even know about the pinch to zoom for font size until I gifted one to my sister and she just did it

I always used to go through the menu at the top.

Ah ok, thank you. That is how memory works. Or doesn't. Maybe it just depends what other devices you use. And try it out hoping it might work.

mewmartigan · 01-03-2013, 10:29 AM

speaking of shortcuts, the Kindle app for android has a feature where if you use two fingers and swipe up it increases brightness. Two finger swipe down decreases brightness.

I would LOVE to see this implemented in the paperwhite software to adjust the brightness.

xendula · 01-03-2013, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mewmartigan

speaking of shortcuts, the Kindle app for android has a feature where if you use two fingers and swipe up it increases brightness. Two finger swipe down decreases brightness.

I would LOVE to see this implemented in the paperwhite software to adjust the brightness.

Ooh, that would be awesome!!

omega34 · 01-03-2013, 09:55 PM

Any more shortcuts for the Paperwhite? This might be common knowledge but if you tap in the top right hand corner, it quickly creates a bookmark for that page.

ixtab · 01-04-2013, 11:39 AM

Here's an undocumented one: Tap in the upper right hand corner and the lower left hand corner simultaneously to create a screenshot.

Blossom · 01-04-2013, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ixtab

Here's an undocumented one: Tap in the upper right hand corner and the lower left hand corner simultaneously to create a screenshot.

Olzab · 01-04-2013, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ixtab

Here's an undocumented one: Tap in the upper right hand corner and the lower left hand corner simultaneously to create a screenshot.

I've tried this for a while and never get anything except inadvertent bookmarks and page turns. How can you tell if it works?

Anyone else with tricks like these?

Thanks, everyone!

12-31-2012, 07:50 PM	#1
Olzab Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Kindle	What's the trick to the PW font-size shortcut? Hi all, I've searched all over here and in the owners' guide but haven't seen this one: If I swipe two fingers down my PW, I find a smaller font-choice window appears, like all the choice-type windows, but with just the font sizes and nothing else. I've looked for other tricks like this with no luck. Does anyone know if there's a list somewhere of useful hidden things like this? Thanks!

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mobilewilier Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 496648 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Sony PRS-600	On any page with text on it, use a two finger pinch movement on the screen (like the zoom pinch on an iPad)

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jamadams Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 712900 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Hull, UK Device: Kindle PW, Kindle Keyboard, Kobo Touch, Sony PRS-505, 600 & Librié	Haha. My 15 month old daughter brought that up on the screen yesterday. No matter what I did, I couldn't replicate what she had done

01-03-2013, 10:29 AM	#10
mewmartigan Guru Posts: 852 Karma: 8242060 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Oasis (2019)	speaking of shortcuts, the Kindle app for android has a feature where if you use two fingers and swipe up it increases brightness. Two finger swipe down decreases brightness. I would LOVE to see this implemented in the paperwhite software to adjust the brightness.

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01-04-2013, 11:39 AM	#13
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736092 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	Here's an undocumented one: Tap in the upper right hand corner and the lower left hand corner simultaneously to create a screenshot.

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