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Kindle Fire

1. Power on and off – hold power button on bottom for both

a. Sleep – touch power button or screen times out

b. To change length of time for screen time out

i. Tap Settings cog – upper right corner of screen

ii. Tap More

iii. Tap Display

iv. Tap Screen time out

v. Select time before screen times out

c. Wake – touch power button

d. Slide to open

e. Lock

i. Settings cog

ii. More

iii. Security

iv. Turn on lock screen password

v. Enter password and confirm

2. Home

a. Top row

i. Kindle name and notifications

ii. Time

iii. Settings Cog

iv. Wi-Fi

v. Battery

b. Second row

i. Search box

ii. Tap in box

iii. Type search query

iv. Choose library or web search

v. Choose from automated list or hit search

c. Third Row – Menu

i. Each item opens with an options bar across the bottom

1. Home

2. Back

3. Menu

4. search

ii. Newsstand – opens bookshelf with your periodicals, see those stored in the cloud, and on the device, or go to store. Sort by recent/title.

iii. Books – opens bookshelf with your books. Cloud/Device/Store. Sort by Author/Recent/Title

iv. Music - add music at to share with your device or purchase. Cloud/Device/Store. Sort by Playlists/artists/albums/songs

v. Video – Purchase or rent movies and TV shows – prime members can watch some for free or less money. From the library – Cloud/Device/Store. Sort by Movies/TV and By recent/by name

vi. Docs – shows bookshelf of documents - cloud/device. Author/Recent/Title

vii. Apps – bookshelf of apps –cloud/device/store. Recent/title

viii. Web – opens web browser – can open tabs – glasses reading option changes to article view for easier reading

d. Fourth Row – First Shelf – Carousel

i. Recently opened items

ii. Scroll through

iii. Tap to open

iv. Touch and hold to open menu

1. Add to favorites

2. Remove from carousel

3. Remove from device (?)

4. Keep (?)

e. Fifth Row – Second Shelf

i. List of favorites

ii. Tap to open

iii. Touch and hold to

1. Remove from favorites

2. Remove from device

3. Settings Cog

a. Unlocked/locked = changes page orientation

b. Volume – adjust slider

c. Brightness – adjust slider

d. Wi-Fi – turn on/off and choose network connection

e. Sync – sync your devices

f. More

i. Help and Feedback – get help with FAQ, contact customer service, feedback

ii. My Account – gives registration info, deregister

iii. Parental Controls – turn on/off. When on create a password

iv. Sounds – adjust volume and set notification sounds

v. Display – adjust brightness and set screen timeout

vi. Security – set lock screen password, credential storage, device adminsitrators

vii. Applications – filter by – running, third party, all – shows status of apps – stop or uninstall apps

viii. Date & time – automatic, set time, set date, select time zone,

ix. Wireless network – turn on/off and choose network connection

x. Kindle keyboard – sounds on/off, auto capitalization on/off, quick fixes on/off

xi. Device – information about device and storage capacity

1. App storage

2. Internal storage

3. Battery remaining

4. System version

5. Serial number

6. Wi-Fi Mac address

7. Allow installation of apps

8. Reset to factory defaults

xii. Legal notices – all legal notices info

xiii. Terms of use – opens website with all Kindle terms of use

4. Books

a. Tap to open

b. Tap on right or swipe to turn to next page

c. Tap on left or swipe to turn back a page

d. Tap center of page for Options Bar – also opens top row info

i. Bookmark

1. ribbon at top of page

2. tap to add or tap to remove

ii. Location – slider bar to show where you are in the book

iii. Home – returns to home page

iv. Back – returns to previous screen

v. Text

1. Text size

2. Line spacing

3. Margins

4. Color mode

5. typeface

vi. Menu

1. Cover

2. Table of contents

3. Beginning

4. Location

5. Sync to furthest page

6. Book extras

7. My notes & marks

vii. Share - share notes and quotes on social media

viii. Search - Enter a search term and search the book

e. Touch and hold on a word or drag across several words for options

1. Definition – touch and hold on single word and definitions appears at top of box, with option for full definition

2. Note – tap and type. Tap note to edit or delete

3. Highlight – drag blue wedges to highlight more, tap highlight to keep

4. Share- share the quote with social media

5. Search – search for the word or phrase in the book, Wikipedia, or the web

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