K3 Interface questions

nessin · 10-15-2010, 10:38 AM

Just had a couple quick questions hopefully someone can answer for me:

1) Is there any way to get the screen to display the curren time while reading a book?

2) How in the world do you access the book metadata and/or is there a way to display series information on the main home screen? At the very least (or maybe most because it would solve the primary problem) is there a way to display series information within a collection or sort the books in a collection so they are ordered by series or ordered manually? I really don't want to rename all my documents I've collected so they fit in order based on book name.

curstpriest · 10-15-2010, 02:45 PM

You can't display metadata of any sort really.
You can see some minimal data by selecting a book, and selecting right on the joystick/rocker.

As far as the time goes.. I don't think you can display it without exiting the book. There may be a command you can enter in the search box to use TTS to say it or something stupid, but its easier to just exit the book and come back to it.

sirmaru · 10-15-2010, 04:09 PM

Press the Menu button and it will display the time you have set under Settings.

Move the cursor up at the Home screen to the top and then press the 5-way to go to the right. There you can arrange sorts by:

1. Collections
2. Title
3. Author
4. Most recent first

I use collections and it displays last read under each collection.

Type DATE at the Home screen to get today's date and time based on your time zone.

tomsem · 10-15-2010, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nessin

Just had a couple quick questions hopefully someone can answer for me:

1) Is there any way to get the screen to display the curren time while reading a book?

2) How in the world do you access the book metadata and/or is there a way to display series information on the main home screen? At the very least (or maybe most because it would solve the primary problem) is there a way to display series information within a collection or sort the books in a collection so they are ordered by series or ordered manually? I really don't want to rename all my documents I've collected so they fit in order based on book name.

Current time: press Menu. For date, type 'date' when on an item list. The first search result will show current time; Select will show even more current time and time zone relative to GMT.

Metadata: depends on what you mean. Kindle will only show Title and Author. But there is the Kindle Store description (if you got the book from amazon) and of course your own annotations, both accessible by Menu options. If you use calibre on your computer, you can view and modify metadata using it.

cuteseal · 10-17-2010, 08:15 AM

For the book information, highlight a book on the homescreen and press the right key.

It will take you to the book page with a more detailed description, cover art etc. From there you can also jump to the book in the Kindle store which shows more information such as reviews and other useful stuff.

10-15-2010, 10:38 AM	#1
nessin Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: None	K3 Interface questions Just had a couple quick questions hopefully someone can answer for me: 1) Is there any way to get the screen to display the curren time while reading a book? 2) How in the world do you access the book metadata and/or is there a way to display series information on the main home screen? At the very least (or maybe most because it would solve the primary problem) is there a way to display series information within a collection or sort the books in a collection so they are ordered by series or ordered manually? I really don't want to rename all my documents I've collected so they fit in order based on book name.

10-15-2010, 04:09 PM	#3
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Menu button and sorts Press the Menu button and it will display the time you have set under Settings. Move the cursor up at the Home screen to the top and then press the 5-way to go to the right. There you can arrange sorts by: 1. Collections 2. Title 3. Author 4. Most recent first I use collections and it displays last read under each collection. Type DATE at the Home screen to get today's date and time based on your time zone.

10-17-2010, 08:15 AM	#5
cuteseal Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 170 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	For the book information, highlight a book on the homescreen and press the right key. It will take you to the book page with a more detailed description, cover art etc. From there you can also jump to the book in the Kindle store which shows more information such as reviews and other useful stuff. Last edited by cuteseal; 10-17-2010 at 07:47 PM.

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10-15-2010, 02:45 PM	#2
curstpriest Confused Posts: 402 Karma: 5538 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bay Area Device: Kindle DXG	You can't display metadata of any sort really. You can see some minimal data by selecting a book, and selecting right on the joystick/rocker. As far as the time goes.. I don't think you can display it without exiting the book. There may be a command you can enter in the search box to use TTS to say it or something stupid, but its easier to just exit the book and come back to it.

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