Acknowledgments

This small eBook is the result of the experience and experimentation of a fine group of people who belong to the MobileRead forum. I have merely compiled our tips for using the new 4th Generation Kindle with no physical keyboard and no touchscreen. Amazon simply calls this the Kindle, but I refer to it herein as the Kindle Non-Touch or K4 NT for short. Many thanks to all who have contributed.

This eBook will be updated as we discover more tips. If you have tips for inclusion please email them to jack@w5jck.com.

This eBook may be freely distributed.

1st Edition

11 October 2011

Set Page Refresh Rate

1. Press the Home button to go to the Home screen.

2. From the Home screen, select Settings in the Menu.

3. From the Settings screen, go to page 3 of 3 then scroll down to the Page Refresh option. The screen reads, "Refresh the E Ink display with every page turn."

4. Click turn on to activate or turn off to deactivate.

Using Picture Viewer

Picture Viewer works similar to how it does on the Kindle 3rd Generation models.

To view a collection of pictures:

1. Create your pictures.

2. Place the pictures in a compressed ZIP file.

3. Copy the compressed ZIP file to the K4 NT's documents folder. The compressed ZIP file now displays as a book by the same name and when opened it displays your pictures.

Note: Pictures display best when they are smaller than 600 x 800 pixels. A picture width of 520 x 640 displays well. If you Enable Full Screen Mode from the Menu, then 600 x 800 pixel images will work. It is a bit flaky, but if you page through a few images it seems to clear up any issues and then displays them okay.

Import Collections from Kindle for PC

Creating Collections directly on the K4 NT is possible, but many will find it tedious without a physical keyboard. A good alternative is to use the latest version of Kindle for PC and create your Collections with it. The computer interface is much easier to work with than any of the Kindles.

Once you have your Collections within Kindle for PC, import them into your K4 NT:

1. On your K4 NT, load all the eBooks you will place into Collections.*

2. Press the Home button to go to the Home screen.

3. On the Home screen, scroll down to and select Archived Items.

4. In the Archived Items screen select Add Other Device Collections. A list of eligible devices from which to import Collections is displayed.

5. Select the device corresponding to your Kindle for PC. All the Collections from Kindle for PC will be created (imported) on your K4 and all the eBooks associated with each Collection will be moved into the appropriate Collection.

*Important: If you do not load the eBooks to your K4 prior to importing the Collections, the import will only create empty Collections. But if the eBooks are already on your K4 when you import the Collections then they will be moved to the appropriate Collection(s) as reflected in your Kindle for PC Collections.

Unsubscribe to Special Offers

1. Go to your Amazon Manage Your Kindle / Manage Your Devices web page.

2. In the Subscribe column, click Edit next to your K4 SO.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen that displays.

Note: You will be charged $30, which is the amount you received as a discount for buying a K4 SO model.

Important: Once you unsubscribe you cannot re-subscribe.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following is a list of keyboard shortcuts for the K4 NT.

Make a Screen Capture

Press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Menu button. About 5 seconds later the screen will briefly flash as the screen is captured. A .gif of the screen is saved to the documents folder.

Refresh the Screen

Press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Back button.

Quickly Cycle through Keyboard Tabs

With the onscreen keyboard open, press the Next Page button to move to the tab to the right, or the Previous Page button to move to the tab on the left.

Capitalize One Letter

With the onscreen keyboard open, navigate to the letter and press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Center button on the 5-way controller.

or

With the onscreen keyboard open, navigate to the letter and press the Next Page or the Previous Page button to move the tab focus to the uppercase letters.

Jump 7 Letters

With the onscreen keyboard open, press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Right or Left button on the 5-way controller.

Delete

With the onscreen keyboard open, press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Previous Page button on the right side of your Kindle.

Space

With the onscreen keyboard open, press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Next Page button on the right side of your Kindle.

Cursor Right

With the onscreen keyboard open, press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Next Page button on the left side of your Kindle.

Cursor Left

With the onscreen keyboard open, press and hold the Keyboard button then press the Previous Page button on the left side of your Kindle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1st Edition

Set Page Refresh Rate

Using Picture Viewer

Import Collections from Kindle for PC

Unsubscribe to Special Offers

Keyboard Shortcuts

Make a Screen Capture

Refresh the Screen

Quickly Cycle through Keyboard Tabs

Capitalize One Letter

Jump 7 Letters

Delete

Space

Cursor Right

Cursor Left