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Kindle for PC keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 7/28/2018 on
https://defkey.com/amazon-kindle-for-pc-shortcuts

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.

Kindle for PC has 58 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Anywhere in the application
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Ctrl + Alt + L          Go to Home
Ctrl + Q                Exit the Application
F5                      Sync
F1                      Help
Tab                     Move focus to next enabled control


From Library
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Up arrow                Move the focus to the book above the current selection
Right arrow             Move the focus of the book to the right of the current selection
Left arrow              Move the focus of the book to the left of the current selection
Down arrow              Move the focus of the book below the current selection
Page Up                 Scroll the list of books up one page (but do not change the current focus)
Page Down               Scroll the list of books down one page (but do not change the current
focus)
Enter                   Open selected book to last (go to last page read)
Ctrl + O                Open selected book to last (go to last page read)
Ctrl + Alt + R          Sort by Most Recent
Ctrl + Alt + T          Sort by Title
Ctrl + Alt + U          Sort by Author


While Reading a Book
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Page Down               Next Page
Right arrow             Next Page
Page Up                 Previous Page
Left arrow              Previous Page
Backspace               Back
Ctrl + +                Increase Font Size (doesn't work on comics or content for children)
Ctrl + -                Decrease Font Size (doesn't work on comics or content for children)
Ctrl + D                Bookmark
Ctrl + B                Open Notes and Marks (if closed)
Ctrl + B                Close Notes and Marks (if opened)
Ctrl + G                Go to Location
Ctrl + W                Close Book
Ctrl + F                Search
F11                     Toggle Full-Screen Mode
Esc                     Exit Full-Screen Mode
Alt + 1                 Single Column
Alt + 2                 Two-Column
Alt + 3                 Multi-Column
Ctrl + Shift + F        Open Flashcard Side Panel
Ctrl + Y                Open and close X-Ray for Textbooks (only works on eligible Textbooks)
Ctrl + Space            Flip Flashcards (only works when in the Flashcards deck)
Ctrl + Shift + N        Export to Flashcards from Notebook (when using the Notebook)
Ctrl + Alt + E          Export notes from Notebook (when using the Notebook)


Using Text-to-Speech
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  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.

Ctrl + T                Toggle Text-to-Speech
Space                   Pause or resume reading (while in a book)
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Read the previous sentence
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Skip forward one sentence
Shift + +               Increase speech rate
Shift + -               Decrease speech rate
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.



Navigating Within Tables (NVDA)
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T                       Go to the next table
Shift + T               Go to the previous table
Shift + +               Enter first cell
Ctrl + Alt + Right arrow Cell to right
Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow Cell to left
Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow   Cell above
Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow Cell below
K                       Next / Previous link
Shift + K               Next / Previous link
G                       Next / Previous image
Shift + G               Next / Previous image
+                       Exit table

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