My Kindle Fire HDX
Que Corporation,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7897-5293-2 (ISBN)
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Help when you run into Kindle Fire HDX problems or limitations
Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your Kindle Fire HDX
Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your Kindle Fire HDX working just the way you want. Learn how to:
Quickly set up your Kindle Fire HDX or HD
Connect to practically any network, including unlisted WiFi networks
Smoothly transfer content between cloud, computer, and tablet
Find your favorite books, audiobooks, newspapers, or magazines
Read and write reviews at Amazon’s global Goodreads community
Move your Amazon printed book purchases online with MatchBook
Play your music and video, wherever it comes from (even iTunes)
Display movies on your TV and use Kindle Fire as a remote
Control subscriptions so you pay for only the content you want
Do more than ever with the newest Kindle Fire apps
Connect via Facebook, Twitter, Skype, and email
Edit personal documents and photos on your Kindle Fire HDX
Manage your life, contacts, and calendar on your Kindle Fire HDX
Make the most of Kindle Fire’s built-in cameras
Browse the Web with Kindle Fire’s newly-upgraded Silk browser
Find great apps for kids and control how they use Kindle Fire
Get free Amazon personal support whenever you need it
Jennifer Kettell is the author of Scrivener Absolute Beginner’s Guide and has written and contributed to dozens of other books about software applications, web design, and digital photography. She also writes fiction. When Jenn isn’t writing, she can usually be found curled up with a good book, reading almost a book a day. Jenn has lived all over the United States but currently calls upstate New York home. Visit her website at www.jenniferkettell.com.
Introduction 1
An Overview of the Various Kindle Fire Models ........2
What’s New on the Kindle Fire ....................3
What You’ll Find in This Book .......................4
How to Navigate This Book ...........................5
Let’s Light This Fire .........................................7
Chapter 1 Getting Started with the Kindle Fire 9
The Hardware..........................10
Initial Setup ............................................11
Setting Up Your Kindle Fire .........................12
Connecting to an Unlisted Wi-Fi Network ............14
Connecting to Facebook and Twitter ..............15
The Home Screen ..............................15
Downloading Items .........................17
Removing Downloaded Items from Your Kindle Fire .........18
Adding an Item to Favorites ......................18
Removing an Item from Favorites ..................19
Rearranging Favorites ...............20
Navigating the Kindle Fire .........................20
Accessing Content Libraries ................22
Opening Navigation Panels .............24
Notifications and Options ......................25
Viewing Notifications ..............................26
Using the Options Bar .............................26
Switching Applications or Content ........................27
Settings ....................................................27
Locking the Screen Orientation ........................28
Adjusting Screen Brightness ....................................29
Enabling Airplane Mode ..............................29
Using Quiet Time to Disable Notifications .................30
Changing the Screen Timeout .............31
Checking Device Information ..................33
Using the Keyboard ...........................35
Entering Text ..........................................35
Positioning the Cursor ...........................36
Selecting and Editing Text .........................36
Copying/Cutting and Pasting Text ............................37
Entering Punctuation and Numbers..................37
Adding Accent Marks and Diacriticals ............38
Splitting the Keyboard ........................................38
Connecting to Other Hardware..........................39
Adding Bluetooth Accessories ............................39
Searches ...........................41
Searching Your Library ...................41
Searching the Web ..............................42
Searching Amazon Stores .....................42
Getting Help .................................................44
Using the Mayday Button ...........................44
Accessing the Kindle Fire User Guide ....................45
Chapter 2 Accessing Amazon’s Cloud Services 49
Amazon Prime ........................................50
Setting Up Amazon Prime ...................51
Amazon Cloud Drive ............................................52
Accessing Your Cloud Drive ......................53
Creating Folders ......................................................54
Deleting Folders .............................55
Recovering Deleted Items ............................55
Adding Files to Your Cloud Drive ...................56
Downloading the Cloud Drive Application ..................57
Accessing Cloud Drive Files from Your Kindle Fire ................58
Saving Files to Your Device ...........59
Amazon Cloud Player ...........................60
Launching Cloud Player ................................61
Importing Your Music .................................62
Playing Music on Your Computer ..........................67
Creating Playlists ......................................69
Downloading Songs to Your Kindle Fire ...............70
Amazon Instant Video ................................72
Getting Videos from Amazon Instant Video .................73
Kindle Reader Applications and Kindle Cloud Reader ..............74
Accessing Kindle Reader Applications .............74
Accessing Kindle Cloud Reader..........................75
Opening and Downloading Books.....................76
Reading Books on the Kindle Cloud Reader .........77
Transferring Files from Your Computer ............................78
Transferring Files from a PC .........................79
Transferring Files from a Mac ................79
Chapter 3 Using Amazon’s Manage Your Kindle Page 83
Managing Your Books and Documents ..............83
Accessing Manage Your Kindle..............84
Viewing Books and Docs ...................................85
Sending Books and Docs to Your Kindle ...................86
Downloading Books to a Computer ...................87
Deleting Books and Docs ................88
Changing Your Kindle Email Address ..........................88
Adding an Approved Email for Docs ...............89
Disabling Doc Archiving .................................90
Managing Subscriptions ..........................................91
Changing Where a Subscription Is Delivered ...............91
Canceling a Subscription ....................................92
Reactivating a Canceled Subscription .....................93
Changing Subscription Privacy Settings ..........94
Updating Kindle Payment Information ............................94
Changing Amazon Purchases Credit Cards ..................95
Changing Current Subscriptions Credit Cards...................96
Managing Your Kindle Devices .......................97
Deregistering a Kindle or Kindle App ...........97
Renaming Your Kindle Fire ............................98
Turning Off Special Offers .........................................99
Turning Off Whispersync ......................... 100
Chapter 4 Reading on the Kindle Fire 103
Finding Content ................................. 103
Buying Books ................................................ 104
Using the Kindle Lending Library......................... 106
Completing Your Book Collection with MatchBook ........ 107
Lending Books to Friends and Family ........... 109
Subscribing to Periodicals ............ 110
Organizing Your Books ................................... 111
Browsing Your Library ............................. 112
Downloading a Book to Your Device ................... 112
Removing a Book from Your Device ................. 113
Creating a Collection ................................. 114
Editing a Collection ....................................... 115
Adding a Book to a Collection .......................... 116
Removing a Book from a Collection ......... 117
Reading on Your Kindle .......................... 118
Reading a Book ................................. 118
Navigating a Book ........................... 120
Changing Font Styles .................................. 121
Looking Up Definitions ................................. 122
Working with Notes and Highlights ....................... 123
Adding a Note .................................................. 124
Viewing an Individual Note ........................... 125
Editing a Note........................................ 125
Deleting a Note ........................................ 126
Adding a Highlight ................................................... 126
Viewing All Notes and Highlights ........................ 127
Deleting a Highlight .............................. 127
Working with Bookmarks .......................... 128
Adding a Bookmark ..................................... 128
Removing a Bookmark ..................................... 129
Moving to a Bookmark................................................... 129
Reading Magazines and Newspapers .......................... 129
Reading Magazines ........................................ 130
Reading Newspapers ...................... 133
Listening to Audiobooks ................................. 134
Downloading Audiobooks ........................... 134
Listening to Audiobooks .................................. 135
Immersion Reading ................................................ 137
Using Text-to-Speech .................................................................................. 139
Searching Content and Accessing Reference Materials ....... 140
Using X-Ray for Books ...................................... 140
Searching the Current Item .............................. 141
Searching Wikipedia or Bing from Books ......................... 143
Chapter 5 Listening to Music on the Kindle Fire 145
Browsing and Downloading Your Music .............. 145
Browsing Music ................................ 146
Scrolling Through Your Music ................................ 149
Monitoring Downloads from an Album ............... 150
Searching Your Music Collection............. 150
Playing Music ........................ 151
Listening to Music .................. 151
Viewing Song Lyrics ............................... 153
Accessing Music Controls ............. 154
Managing Playlists............................. 155
Creating a Playlist ..................................... 155
Editing a Playlist ..................................... 156
Adding Artists or Albums to a Playlist .............. 157
Playing a Playlist................................. 158
Downloading a Playlist .............................. 159
Deleting a Playlist ............................. 160
Chapter 6 Watching Video on Your Kindle Fire 163
Navigating the Video Store .......................... 163
Browsing the Video Store .......................... 164
Viewing Movie Details ........................................ 165
Renting or Purchasing a Movie ................... 166
Purchasing TV Show Episodes .............................. 168
Purchasing Complete TV Show Seasons ................ 169
Accessing Movies and TV Shows from Prime Instant Video .. 170
Buying a Season TV Pass ................... 171
Working with Your Video Library ................ 172
Watching a Movie or TV Show ................. 172
Using X-Ray for Video ............................... 174
Adding a Video to Your Watchlist ........... 175
Removing a Downloaded Video .................. 176
Using Second Screen ........................................ 177
Watching Video with Second Screen ....................... 178
Chapter 7 Installing and Using Apps 181
The Appstore ................................ 181
Browsing Apps ............................ 183
Viewing and Purchasing Apps ................... 184
Testing Driving an App ............... 186
Viewing Subscriptions ........................ 187
Your Apps Library ....................................... 188
Browsing Your Apps Library .................. 188
Installing a Purchased App............................ 189
Adding an App to Favorites ................. 190
Uninstalling an App ....................... 191
Updating an Application .......................... 191
Application Settings .......................................... 193
Force-Stopping an Application ........................ 193
Clearing Application Data ...... 195
Games for Your Kindle Fire ....................... 196
Accessing Games .................... 196
Chapter 8 Using Social Media and Chat 201
Sharing with Social Networks .................... 201
Setting Up Your Social Networks ......... 202
Using the Facebook App ................ 204
Using the Twitter App ................ 206
Talking Books with the Goodreads Community ............ 209
Sharing General Comments About Books ................ 209
Sharing Highlights from Books ......... 210
Before You Go in Books.............. 210
Accessing Goodreads from Your Books Library ...... 211
Video Chatting Over Skype ............... 214
Setting Up Skype ................................... 214
Adding Skype Contacts ............... 217
Communicating via Skype ....................... 218
Sharing Game Achievements with GameCircle .............. 220
Identifying GameCircle Games ................... 220
Creating a GameCircle Profile ........... 221
Adding Friends on GameCircle...................... 222
Accessing Game Achievements ................... 223
Accessing Leaderboards .......................... 223
Chapter 9 Reading and Sending Email 227
Email Accounts ................................ 227
Accessing the Add Account Page ..................... 228
Adding a Gmail, Microsoft, AOL, or Yahoo! Account ....... 229
Adding a POP3, IMAP, or Exchange Account ............. 230
Modifying Your Account Settings .......... 232
Managing Your Email Inbox ........................ 236
Choosing an Inbox .................. 237
Choosing a Folder or Label ........................ 237
Searching Email ....................... 239
Synchronizing Email and Loading More Messages ......... 240
Selecting and Managing Multiple Messages ......................... 241
Reading Email .................................. 241
Reading a Message .......................... 242
Viewing Attachments .................... 243
Composing a New Email Message ..................... 244
Chapter 10 Managing Your Personal Documents and Data 247
Managing Personal Documents ................ 247
Viewing PDF Documents ................................. 248
Viewing Word Documents ............. 250
Viewing Spreadsheets ...................... 252
Using the Contacts App .......................... 254
Viewing Contacts and Marking VIPs ........................ 254
Adding a Contact ........................... 255
Editing a Contact ........................ 257
Changing Contact Sort Order and Name Display ............. 258
Joining Contacts ........................... 259
Deleting Contacts ................... 260
Using the Calendar ................................ 260
Viewing the Calendar .................... 260
Adding an Event ............................... 263
Adding Facebook Events .................. 266
Editing or Deleting an Event......................... 267
Archiving Old Apps and Data .................. 268
Using the 1-Tap Archive ..................... 268
Chapter 11 Taking Photos with Your Kindle Fire HDX 271
Accessing Personal Photos and Videos .............. 272
Importing Your Facebook Photos .................. 272
Viewing Photos ........................... 273
Sharing Individual Photos with Other Apps and Social Media ........ 275
Sharing Photos from the Photos Library Screen ...... 276
Sharing Multiple Photos ............. 277
Editing Photos .................... 278
Entering Editing Mode ............ 278
Enhancing a Photo ................. 279
Cropping a Photo ............... 279
Rotating a Photo ............... 280
Fixing Redeye ................. 280
Using Filters .................... 281
Adding Stickers, Text, or Drawings to a Photo ........... 281
Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Warmth.... 283
Changing the Focus of an Image ........... 283
Adding a Splash of Color to an Image ...... 284
Using the Cameras ......... 284
Taking Photos ............ 285
Taking Panoramic Images ............. 287
Taking Videos ............. 288
Chapter 12 Browsing the Web with Silk 291
Browsing the Web ............ 291
Browsing to a Website ............. 292
Navigating a Page........ 293
Sharing Pages with Social Networks and Other Apps... 294
Sharing Pages with Email ................... 295
Copying a Link to the Current Page ................ 295
Copying and Opening Hyperlinks ............... 296
Searching the Web ............ 296
Working with Tabs ............... 297
Navigating Tabs .............. 297
Using Bookmarks and History .................... 298
Bookmarking the Current Page .............. 298
Bookmarking a Hyperlink ............ 298
Viewing and Following Bookmarks ............... 299
Editing a Bookmark ............... 300
Viewing History....................... 300
Chapter 13 Giving Your Kids a Kindle Fire 303
Setting Up Kindle FreeTime .............. 303
Accessing Kindle FreeTime .............. 304
Setting Up Child Profiles......................... 306
Manage Content on FreeTime ............... 308
Setting Daily Time Limits ............................. 309
Changing the Parental Controls Password ................. 311
Teaching Your Kids How to Use Kindle FreeTime ................ 312
Using the FreeTime Interface ................ 313
Navigation for Nonreaders ............... 315
Exiting FreeTime .................. 315
Parental Controls for Older Children ............. 316
Setting a Parental Controls Password .................... 317
Managing Parental Controls Settings ............... 318
TOC, 9780789752932, 1/13/2014
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Maße | 158 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 554 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Smartphones / Tablets |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7897-5293-X / 078975293X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7897-5293-2 / 9780789752932 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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