Kindle 3 Shortcuts: General
- alt + shift + G = screenshot
- alt + G = screen refresh
- shift + alt + m = play minesweeper (from homescreen)
- alt + home = Kindle Store
- alt + top row of letters on keyboard = numbers 1-9
- from homescreen: enter any number using alt+top row to go to the corresponding page
- hit menu to check the time
- hit menu on homescreen to see available memory
- turn off kindle 3 by pressing and holding the power slide for 7 seconds
- reset the kindle by pressing and holding the power slide for 15 seconds (restart is also in settings then menu)
- change primary dictionary by going to settings then menu
Kindle 3 Hot Keys While Reading
- alt + B = add and remove bookmarks
- right arrow on nav controller = skip to next chapter
- left arrow on nav controller = skip to previous chapter
Text-to-Speech
- shift + Sym = Turn text to speech on and off
- back turns off text to speech
- spacebar pauses text to speech
- set cursor down the page to start text to speech from there
Music Controls
- alt + space = turn music on and off
- alt + f = skip to next track
Kindle 3 Image Viewer
Like the earlier Kindles, the Kindle 3 has a hidden image viewer. It
really doesn’t serve much purpose and doesn’t work all that great, but
here are the steps needed to set up the Image Viewer if you want to try
it.
- Plug the Kindle 3 into your computer with the USB cable.
- Open the Kindle 3 as if you were adding ebooks to it and create a
new folder among the other folders, not inside one of the other folders,
and name it “pictures”.
- Inside the “pictures” folder, create another folder to add the
images into. Adding images directly in the “pictures” folder will not
work. You can create multiple folders to have different collections if
you want.
- Safely unplug the Kindle from your computer and then tap alt + z on the homescreen to add the newly created folders to the book list. Click on the folder and the Image Viewer will launch.
Image Viewer Functions
- q = zoom in
- w = zoom out
- e = reset zoom
- c = actual size
- f = full-screen
- r = rotate
- nav controller = pan
- page forward and back = cycle through images