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My Kindle Fire HD
Step-by-step instructions with callouts to Amazon Kindle Fire HD photos that show you exactly what to do
Help when you run in to Amazon Kindle Fire problems or limitations
Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Amazon Kindle Fire
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping Your Amazon Kindle Fire working just the way you want. Learn how to
• Quickly master all the basics: reading, playing, watching, browsing, and more
• Read an eBook and listen to the audiobook at the same time
• Read periodicals in full color and zoom in on articles
• Discover Calibre, a powerful eBook management tool
• Control even the largest music libraries
• Stream the latest movies, and even watch them on your TV
• Instantly find out the name of a familiar actor in a movie
• Use your Kindle Fire as a digital photo frame
• Set up a safe and fun Kindle Fire environment for your kids
• Set up your email account to work on your Kindle Fire
• Talk to friends and family over Skype
• Post to Twitter and Facebook
• Surf the Web with Amazon’s innovative Silk browser
• Use Amazon Cloud to get your stuff anywhere—even if you left your Kindle at home
CATEGORY: Consumer Electronics
COVERS: Amazon Kindle Fire HD
USER LEVEL: Beginning—Intermediate
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780133372281 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Pearson Education |
| Publication date: | 11/29/2012 |
| Series: | My... |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 352 |
| File size: | 156 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
About the Author
Jim Cheshire has been writing about the Kindle since the very first Kindle device was released. Jim is an expert on technical devices such Amazon’s Kindle, Windows Phone, and Windows 8, as well as Web design and programming. Jim has written a dozen books on these topics and also shares his passion and knowledge with readers via online columns and articles. Jim helps developers make the most of Microsoft technologies. When he’s not working, Jim spends time enjoying his family and especially loves spending time outdoors.
Jennifer Kettell has written and contributed to dozens of books about software applications, web design, and digital photography. She also writes fiction. When Jenn isn’t writing, she can usually be found with her Kindle, reading almost a book a day. Jenn has lived all over the United States but currently calls upstate New York home. Visit her website at www.jenniferkettell.com.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Kindle Fire
The Hardware
Initial Setup
Connecting to a Listed Wi-Fi Network
Connecting to an Unlisted Wi-Fi Network
Setting Your Time Zone
Registering with Amazon
Connecting to Facebook and Twitter
Basic Usage of the Kindle Fire
The Home Screen
Downloading Items
Removing Downloaded Items from Your Kindle Fire
Adding an Item to Favorites
Removing an Item from Favorites
Rearranging Favorites
Changing the Screen Timeout
Notifications and Options
Notifications
Options
Settings
Locking the Screen Orientation
Adjusting the Volume
Adjusting Screen Brightness
Checking Device Information
Turning Off Wi-Fi
Using the Keyboard
Entering Text
Positioning the Cursor
Selecting and Editing Text
Copying/Cutting and Pasting Text
Entering Punctuation and Numbers
Adding Accent Marks and Diacriticals
Connecting to Other Hardware
Adding Bluetooth Accessories
Searches
Searching Your Library
Searching the Web
Searching Amazon Stores
Chapter 2 Loading Your Kindle Fire
Amazon Prime
Setting Up Amazon Prime
Amazon Cloud Drive
Accessing Your Cloud Drive
Creating Folders
Deleting Folders
Recovering Deleted Items
Adding Files to Your Cloud Drive
Downloading the Cloud Drive Application
Accessing Cloud Drive Files from Your Kindle Fire
Saving Files to Your Device
Amazon Cloud Player
Launching Cloud Player
Importing Your Music
Playing Music on Your Computer
Creating Playlists
Downloading Songs to Your Kindle Fire
Changing How Amazon Handles Purchased Music
Amazon Instant Video
Getting Videos from Amazon Instant Video
Kindle Reader Applications and Kindle Cloud Reader
Accessing Kindle Reader Applications
Accessing Kindle Cloud Reader
Opening and Downloading Books
Reading Books on the Kindle Cloud Reader
Transferring Files from Your Computer
Transferring Files from a PC
Transferring Files from a Mac
Chapter 3 Using Amazon’s Manage Your Kindle Page
Managing Your Books and Docs
Accessing Manage Your Kindle
Viewing Books and Docs
Sending Books and Docs to Your Kindle
Downloading Books to a Computer
Deleting Books and Docs
Changing Your Kindle E-mail Address
Adding an Approved E-mail for Docs
Disabling Doc Archiving
Managing Subscriptions
Changing Where a Subscription Is Delivered
Canceling a Subscription
Reactivating a Canceled Subscription
Changing Subscription Privacy Settings
Updating Kindle Payment Information
Changing Amazon Purchases Credit Cards
Changing Current Subscriptions Credit Cards
Managing Your Kindle Devices
Deregistering a Kindle
Renaming Your Kindle Fire
Deregistering a Kindle App
Turning Off Whispersync
Turning Off Special Offers
Chapter 4 Reading on the Kindle Fire
Finding Content
Buying Books
Purchasing After Sampling
Using the Kindle Lending Library
Lending Books to Friends and Family
Subscribing to Periodicals
Organizing Your Books
Browsing Your Library
Downloading a Book to Your Device
Removing a Book from Your Device
Reading on Your Kindle
Reading a Book
Navigating a Book
Changing Font Styles
Looking Up Definitions
Working with Notes and Highlights
Adding a Note
Viewing an Individual Note
Editing a Note
Deleting a Note
Adding a Highlight
Viewing All Notes and Highlights
Deleting a Highlight
Working with Bookmarks
Adding a Bookmark
Removing a Bookmark
Moving to a Bookmark
Reading Magazines and Newspapers
Reading a Page View—Enabled Magazine
Reading in Text View and Reading Newspapers
Listening to Audiobooks
Downloading Audiobooks
Listening to Audiobooks
Setting a Sleep Timer
Immersion Reading
Using Text-to-Speech
Searching Content and Accessing Reference Materials
Using X-Ray for Books
Searching the Current Item
Searching Wikipedia or Google from Books
Chapter 5 Managing Content with Calibre
Getting Started with Calibre
Using the Welcome Wizard
Adding Content to Calibre
Importing Books
Searching for New eBooks
Editing Book Information
Downloading Metadata
Manually Editing Metadata
Transferring eBooks to the Kindle Fire
Converting to MOBI Format
Deleting Non-MOBI Formats
Transferring an eBook to Your Kindle
E-mailing eBooks to Your Kindle
Chapter 6 Accessing and Listening to Music
Browsing and Downloading Your Music
Browsing Artists
Scrolling Quickly in Music
Monitoring Downloads from an Album
Monitoring All Music Downloads
Canceling Downloads
Searching for Music
Searching Your Music Collection
Playing Music
Listening to Music
Accessing Music Controls
Managing Playlists
Creating a Playlist
Editing a Playlist
Adding Artists or Albums to a Playlist
Playing a Playlist
Downloading a Playlist
Renaming a Playlist
Deleting a Playlist
Buying New Music
Navigating the Music Store
Sampling and Buying Music
Changing Music Delivery Preferences
Chapter 7 Watching Video on Your Kindle Fire
Navigating the Video Store
Browsing the Video Store
Viewing Movie Details
Renting or Purchasing a Movie
Viewing TV Show Details
Buying TV Shows by Episode
Purchasing Complete TV Show Seasons
Purchasing a TV Show from Prime Instant Video
Buying a Season TV Pass
Working with Your Video Library
Watching a Movie or TV Show
Using X-Ray for Video
Adding a Video to Your Watchlist
Downloading Movies
Downloading a TV Show
Removing a Downloaded Video
Sideloading Videos
Copying Video to Your Kindle Fire
Watching Sideloaded Videos
Deleting Sideloaded Videos
Chapter 8 Installing and Using Apps
The Appstore
Browsing Apps
Viewing and Purchasing Apps
Viewing Saved or Recently Viewed Apps
Viewing Subscriptions
Your Apps Library
Browsing Your Apps Library
Installing a Purchased App
Adding an App to Favorites
Uninstalling an App
Updating an Application
Application Settings
Force-Stopping an Application
Clearing Application Data
Indispensable Apps
Evernote
Pandora
ES File Explorer
Games for Your Kindle Fire
Accessing Games
Chapter 9 Using Social Media and Chat
Sharing with Facebook, Twitter, and the Kindle Community
Setting Up Your Social Networks
Sharing General Comments About Books
Sharing Highlights from Books
Before You Go in Books
Importing Your Facebook Photos
Using the Facebook App
Video Chatting over Skype
Setting Up Skype
Adding Skype Contacts
Making a Call with Skype
Sharing Game Achievements with GameCircle
Identifying GameCircle Games
Creating a GameCircle Profile
Adding Friends on GameCircle
Accessing Game Achievements
Accessing Leaderboards
Viewing Game Summaries
Chapter 10 Reading and Sending E-mail
E-mail Accounts
Accessing the Add Account Page
Adding a Gmail, Hotmail, AOL, or Yahoo! Account
Adding a POP3 or IMAP Account
Modifying Your Account Settings
Removing an Account
Managing Your E-mail Inbox
Choosing an Inbox
Choosing a Folder
Searching E-mail
Synchronizing E-mail and Loading More Messages
Selecting and Managing Multiple Messages
Reading E-mail
Reading a Message
Viewing Attachments
Composing a New E-mail Message
Chapter 11 Managing Your Personal Documents and Data
Managing Personal Documents
Viewing PDF Documents
Viewing Word Documents
Viewing Spreadsheets
Using the Contacts App
Viewing Contacts
Adding a Contact
Editing a Contact
Changing Contact Sort Order and Name Display
Chapter 12 Browsing the Web with Silk
Browsing the Web
Using the Starter Page
Browsing to a Website
Navigating a Page
Sharing Pages on Facebook
Sharing Pages with E-mail
Copying a Link to the Current Page
Copying a Hyperlink on a Page
Searching in the Current Page
Searching the Web
Working with Tabs
Opening Links in a New Tab
Navigating Tabs
Using Bookmarks and History
Bookmarking the Current Page
Bookmarking a Hyperlink
Viewing and Following Bookmarks
Editing a Bookmark
Viewing History
Downloading Files
Starting and Monitoring Downloads
Sharing Downloaded Files
Deleting Downloaded Files
Configuring Silk Settings
Setting Your Search Engine
Enable Location
Chapter 13 Giving Your Kids a Kindle Fire
Setting Up Kindle FreeTime
Accessing Kindle FreeTime
Setting Up Child Profiles
Manage Content on FreeTime
Setting Daily Time Limits
Changing the Parental Controls Password
Teaching Your Kids How to Use Kindle FreeTime
Using the FreeTime Interface
Navigation for Nonreaders
Exiting FreeTime
Parental Controls for Older Children
Setting a Parental Controls Password
Managing Parental Controls Settings
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