Amazon Kindle tips & tricks
These tips are for the Amazon Kindle 1. You can also check out the tips for the Kindle 2 and the Kindle DX
- Picture viewer
There is a basic picture viewer in Kindle. To activate it:
Make a new folder and name it “pictures”. It must be created in the root of your Kindle drive or SD memory card.
Copy your pictures for a single “book” into a folder inside that. The subfolder name will be used as the “book” name. (supported formats are jpg, png and gif)
In the Home screen press Alt-Z. A new “book” should show up. Open it to view your images.
In the local menu you can toggle dithering, resize to fit and full screen mode!
Keyboard shortcuts
Many of these shortcuts are not documented
- Global keys
Alt-Shift-R reboot Kindle
Alt-Shift-. restart GUI
Alt-Shift-G make screenshot
due to an implementation bug, screenshots can only be stored on SD card, not the main storage. A gif file is saved in the card root.
- Home
Alt-Shift-M Minesweeper
Alt-Z rescan picture directories
Alt-T show time
- Minesweeper
I,J,K,L up,left,down,right
M mark mine
R restart
Space open cell
Scroll move cursor up/down
Alt-Scroll move cursor left/right
H return to Home screen
- Audio Player
Alt-F next
Alt-P play/stop
- Text Input
Alt-Backspace clear all
Alt-H/Alt-J move cursor
(the following don’t work in search field for some reason)
Alt-6 ?
Alt-7 ,
Alt-8 :
Alt-9 ”
Alt-0 ‘
- Reader
Alt-B toggle bookmark
Alt-T spell out time
Alt-0 enable/disable slideshow
Alt-1 start slideshow (if enabled)
Alt-2 stop slidehow
Alt-PageForward/PageBackward go to next/prev annotation or one “chunk” (1/20th of a book) forward or backward
