Kindle for PC keyboard shortcuts

Kindle for PC  

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6 years ago
- Shortcuts

You'll probably want to use some keyboard shortcuts when reading a Kindle book. To avoid distractions because of using the mouse, take a look at the shortcuts below.

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Ctrl + Alt + L

Go to Home

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Ctrl + Q

Exit the Application

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F5

Sync

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F1

Help

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Tab

Move focus to next enabled control

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Move the focus to the book above the current selection

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Move the focus of the book to the right of the current selection

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Move the focus of the book to the left of the current selection

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Move the focus of the book below the current selection

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Page Up

Scroll the list of books up one page (but do not change the current focus)

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Page Down

Scroll the list of books down one page (but do not change the current focus)

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⤶ Enter

Open selected book to last (go to last page read)

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or Ctrl + O
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Ctrl + Alt + R

Sort by Most Recent

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Ctrl + Alt + T

Sort by Title

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Ctrl + Alt + U

Sort by Author

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Page Down

Next Page

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or
0
Page Up

Previous Page

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or
0
Backspace

Back

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Ctrl + +

Increase Font Size (doesn't work on comics or content for children)

0
Ctrl + -

Decrease Font Size (doesn't work on comics or content for children)

0
Ctrl + D

Bookmark

1
Ctrl + B

Open Notes and Marks (if closed)

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Ctrl + B

Close Notes and Marks (if opened)

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Ctrl + G

Go to Location

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Ctrl + W

Close Book

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Ctrl + F

Search

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F11

Toggle Full-Screen Mode

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Esc

Exit Full-Screen Mode

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Alt + 1

Single Column

1
Alt + 2

Two-Column

1
Alt + 3

Multi-Column

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Open Flashcard Side Panel

1
Ctrl + Y

Open and close X-Ray for Textbooks (only works on eligible Textbooks)

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Ctrl + Space

Flip Flashcards (only works when in the Flashcards deck)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Export to Flashcards from Notebook (when using the Notebook)

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Ctrl + Alt + E

Export notes from Notebook (when using the Notebook)

  To use these shortcuts, you must enable Text-to-Speech first. Press "Ctrl + T" or select the Tools menu and chose Start Text-to-Speech.
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Ctrl + T

Toggle Text-to-Speech

1
Space

Pause or resume reading (while in a book)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Read the previous sentence

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Skip forward one sentence

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↑  Shift + +

Increase speech rate

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↑  Shift + -

Decrease speech rate

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Toggle continuous reading

  Note: This feature only works on eligible Kindle content. You can configure the Text-to-Speech language from the System Preferences on your computer.
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T

Go to the next table

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↑  Shift + T

Go to the previous table

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↑  Shift + +

Enter first cell

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Ctrl + Alt +

Cell to right

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Ctrl + Alt +

Cell to left

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Ctrl + Alt +

Cell above

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Ctrl + Alt +

Cell below

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K

Next / Previous link

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or ↑  Shift + K
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G

Next / Previous image

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or ↑  Shift + G
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+

Exit table


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Program information

Program name: Kindle for PC Kindle for PC (Productivity)

Kindle for PC allows ebooks from Amazon's store or personal ebooks to be read on a personal computer. Therefore it doesn't require the user to have a Kindle device.

Web page: amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp

Last update: 11/11/2019 8:10 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 82%

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Shortcut count: 58

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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? Emil OP says : 3 years ago 1/24/2021 11:22 PM
I need to disable or change the "Start Kindle" Alt-Shift-K hotkey on Windows 7 computer