12-31-2012, 07:50 PM | #1 |
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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! |
12-31-2012, 09:18 PM | #2 |
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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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01-02-2013, 05:11 AM | #3 |
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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
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01-02-2013, 05:17 AM | #4 |
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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.
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01-02-2013, 08:42 AM | #5 |
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+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?
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01-02-2013, 08:44 AM | #6 |
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01-03-2013, 05:13 AM | #7 |
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01-03-2013, 08:25 AM | #8 |
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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.
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01-03-2013, 08:52 AM | #9 |
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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.
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01-03-2013, 10:29 AM | #10 |
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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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01-03-2013, 09:55 PM | #12 |
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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.
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01-04-2013, 11:39 AM | #13 |
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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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01-04-2013, 03:23 PM | #14 |
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Anyone else with tricks like these? Thanks, everyone! |
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