Did you guys know about this?

desertgrandma · 07-02-2008, 02:42 PM

So far I've got 10 pages of books on my kindle, sorted by author. So every time I want to find a particular author, I'm scrolling like mad, and God forbid I should want HG Wells. I just found out, that from the home page, if I just type in the first letter of the author I"m looking for, it takes me to the page where all authors of that letter start...I now just hit the "w" key and it takes me to the "W'"'s.......why didn't anyone tell me about this???

pilotbob · 07-02-2008, 02:43 PM

Yea, did you read the Kindle user guide?

You can also do a search if you'd like.

Actually one of the screensavers gives you that tip too. Read the screensaver tips?

BOb

desertgrandma · 07-02-2008, 02:49 PM

Yeah, I read the Kindle users guide. Somehow I missed that part. Thats the problem with THINKING you know what you are doing....... BUT I did get it off the screensaver part.

RickyMaveety · 07-02-2008, 03:14 PM

Yup .... knew about that. But, thanks for bringing it up anyway.

badgoodDeb · 07-02-2008, 03:21 PM

Note that this trick only works if you have the index SORTED by author. If you have it sorted by title, or by "latest", then you can press the number keys to jump to a numbered index, but I don't believe the letter keys work.

Nate the great · 07-02-2008, 03:24 PM

This also works when sorted by title.

pilotbob · 07-02-2008, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Note that this trick only works if you have the index SORTED by author. If you have it sorted by title, or by "latest", then you can press the number keys to jump to a numbered index, but I don't believe the letter keys work.

If you have it sorted by Title you can jump to the first letter of the Title.

From the User Guide:

Tip: [FONT=Times New Roman,Times New Roman]If you sort your Home screen by title or author, you can type a letter to jump to the first item that begins with that letter or a number to jump to a particular page of your Home listing.
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BOb

Ervserver · 07-03-2008, 08:27 PM

great tip

MoSo · 07-03-2008, 08:37 PM

The only problem with the trick is that sometimes the formatting is off - I have a couple of books I bought off of Amazon in which the author is sorted, on one book, in the "L"s (her first name) and in the other book, in the "S"s (her last name). Even though her name is displayed correctly on the line (first name, last name with no comma).

I almost bought a book twice because of that, but fortunately Amazon remembered I had already bought the book and warned me first.

07-02-2008, 02:42 PM	#1
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Did you guys know about this? So far I've got 10 pages of books on my kindle, sorted by author. So every time I want to find a particular author, I'm scrolling like mad, and God forbid I should want HG Wells. I just found out, that from the home page, if I just type in the first letter of the author I"m looking for, it takes me to the page where all authors of that letter start...I now just hit the "w" key and it takes me to the "W'"'s.......why didn't anyone tell me about this???

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07-02-2008, 02:43 PM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Yea, did you read the Kindle user guide? You can also do a search if you'd like. Actually one of the screensavers gives you that tip too. Read the screensaver tips? BOb

07-02-2008, 02:49 PM	#3
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Yeah, I read the Kindle users guide. Somehow I missed that part. Thats the problem with THINKING you know what you are doing....... BUT I did get it off the screensaver part.

07-02-2008, 03:14 PM	#4
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Yup .... knew about that. But, thanks for bringing it up anyway.

07-02-2008, 03:21 PM	#5
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,538 Karma: 64201357 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Note that this trick only works if you have the index SORTED by author. If you have it sorted by title, or by "latest", then you can press the number keys to jump to a numbered index, but I don't believe the letter keys work.

07-02-2008, 03:24 PM	#6
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	This also works when sorted by title.

07-03-2008, 08:27 PM	#8
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	great tip

07-03-2008, 08:37 PM	#9
MoSo Crankier than average Posts: 143 Karma: 345 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southern Oregon mountains Device: Kindle #1, Kindle #2; internet appliance - The Chumby.	The only problem with the trick is that sometimes the formatting is off - I have a couple of books I bought off of Amazon in which the author is sorted, on one book, in the "L"s (her first name) and in the other book, in the "S"s (her last name). Even though her name is displayed correctly on the line (first name, last name with no comma). I almost bought a book twice because of that, but fortunately Amazon remembered I had already bought the book and warned me first.