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Note: These are questions I've answered from KinWorm blog readers. The questions may be shortened for brevity and I won't be posting names, links back to people or any other personal info which is given to me. The answers are based on the Latest Kindle 3 which is updated with the latest firmware but may also work with older Kindle generations.
Q1: Can I add more than one book to a Collection at a time?
A1: A collection is a way of grouping the books on your Kindle. They are not folders but are basically labels of text which are applied to your books. The advantage of collections is that a book can belong to more than one collection (e.g. a book could belong to a Research collection and a History collection) without requiring more than one physical copy of that book. For a book to belong in more than one folder, you would need more than one physical copy of it which is a downside with the folder system - it can lead to unnecessary duplication.
Discover how to create a collection in my Cruising with my Kindle post if you don't already know. Just scroll down a little on the page.
To add multiple books into the same collection:
1) Use the 5-way controller button (the large square button under Menu) to click to the right on the collection you want to add books into.
2) Click down to select Add/Remove items, then click OK which is the middle area of the 5-way controller.
3) You now get a list of all the available items you can place in your collection. Select a book you want to add (it will say add to this collection) and press OK to add. The item will have a tick against it when it is added. You use exactly the same method to remove an item from the collection.
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FAST ADDING TIP If you are adding all or nearly all the items shown on the page, please press the Menu button and select Add All Items on This Page. You can use method 3 to deselect any of the items if necessary.
Q2: Is there a Copy and Paste function on the Kindle?
A2: Not as such! You cannot modify the original text of your ebook in any way which you can do in word processing software. Neither can you simply copy text from one ebook and paste it say as a note into another ebook on your Kindle.
However, you can copy text on the latest Kindle 3 and have it "pasted" into a note for your own use or to
share via facebook and or twitter using the Kindle Social networking feature.
OR you can use the copied text to hunt through your book, the items on your Kindle, the Amazon Kindle store, Google or Wikipedia for the search string you have entered.
You might wonder how this would come in handy.
Sometimes when I'm reading, I want to know more about a character. Perhaps it is a character in a long and complex book who I have forgotten. Or perhaps I want to look them up online, or hunt for a book on them in the Amazon store.
You could simply type the name out but what if it's a long or unusual name. I can save myself the bother of typing it out by copying it and then doing a search and here is how:
1) While reading your book, press down (or up) on the 5-way controller to activate the vertical cursor.
2) Position the cursor just in front of the text you want to copy.
3) Press the OK button (middle of the 5-way controller) and you see the cursor change so it is now slanted.
4) Move the 5-way controller to the right until you have highlighted all the text you want ie King Charles the First - if you make a mistake, press your back button and start from instruction 2.
5) Press the spacebar - the long horizontal button on your Kindle. It is very important that you do NOT click the OK button at the end of step 4 as you would normally do to highlight on the Kindle 3 otherwise this tip will not work.
6) The text you highlighted should now show in a note. You have a number of options from this point:
a) To add more text into the note, click to the right on your 5-way controller and start typing
b) Save and Share your text to
share via facebook and or twitter using the Kindle Social networking feature
c) Save Note which saves the text as a note "attached" to your book - if it is an Amazon purchased ebook, your
note will be saved by Amazon after a sync to an online website where you can view all your notes and highlights.
d) Click down and to the right with your 5-way controller and you will see more options - Find (current book) My Items (all your Kindle items) Store (Amazon Kindle Store) Google and Wikipedia - which will initiate a search for the text you have entered in any of those options.
Q3: The number keys have disappeared on the latest Kindle. How do I access numbers?
A3: There are 2 ways to access numbers using the Kindle 3.
1) Press the Sym button (you may have to press Del to bring up the search box if you are on your home page OR the spacebar if you're reading a book) and navigate to the numbers you want to use with the 5-way controller, then press OK - middle area of the 5-way controller - for each number.
2) Press the Alt button plus a letter on the top QWERTY row of your Kindle. Numbers start with 1 at Q and end with 0 at P. So Alt+Q = 1, Alt+W=2 etc. The Alt key is "sticky" meaning you don't need to press it at the same time as the letter - just press Alt and then press the letter you want to type in your number(s).
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