Kindle 3 keyboard shortcuts that I frequently use and some more

This is more of note to self but at the same time I feel it will benefit someone some day

  • alt + shift + G takes a screenshot which gets stored in the document folder as a png file
  • alt + G will refresh the screen, this is useful to remove the ghosting which may at times occur
  • shift + alt + m on home screen will start the built in mine sweeper game and if you are into games on kindle take a look here
  • alt + top row of letters will type out numbers
  • Slide and hold the power switch for long enough and it turns off your kindle – further investigations reveal that this is 7 seconds to turn off and holding it for 15 seconds will reset it
  • alt + B while reading adds and removes bookmarks
  • alt + space turns music on and off (mp3 should be uploaded in Kindle’s ‘music’ folder
  • shift + Sym turns speech on and off Space pauses it
  • Skip chapters in a book by using right and left on the nav controller
  • I discovered that pressing G when in Minesweeper starts GoMoku

The are some things which I want to try but have not as yet –

  • Use the Image Viewer in Kindle
  • Try using Calibre to remove DRM from the books I have purchased
  • Try out the  alternate Kindle OS Duokan. Works without jail breaking and claims better PDF rendering
  • Ninad

    Hi
    Just read your post on kindle3 and keyboard shorcuts
    I was planning to buy an ebook reader and the kindle is the most popular. The only problem is ordering books from amazon would be very expensive.
    Pros (kindle)—Very popular, active forums on the net,
    Cons (kindle)—epub not supported, ordering in india expensive,
    I had decided to go with pre-ordering infibeam pi2 as then i can buy (if reqd) from an indian store in indian rupees)
    But after reading your post again I am for the kindle
    Would you suggest a kindle for a avid reader of books?

    • tariquesani

      Yes I would recommend Kindle over any other – converting to .mobi format is not an issue if you use Calibre. Also there are a whole lot o free ebooks available all over the net for your Kindle

  • As far as removing DRM on your Kindle books, I used those same instructions you linked to. They worked great. Before I actually had a Kindle I would buy and read books on my phone. But occasionally I would remove the DRM so that I could read the books on another ebook reader.

    Thanks for these tips. I have had my Kindle about a month and am still learning little tricks like this.