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Kindle Previewer User Guide for Kindle Previewer 2.94 English Kindle Previewer

Kindle Previewer User Guide for Kindle Previewer 2.94 English Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 2 Copyright © 2014 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Published for Kindle Previewer version 2.94. Apple®, Mac OS® and iTunes® are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows® Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation registered in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 3 Contents 1 Welcome to Kindle Previewer ................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Specifications ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 System Requirements .................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Installing Kindle Previewer ............................................................................................................ 6 1.3.1 Downloading Installers ........................................................................................................ 6 1.3.2 Installing on Windows® Systems ......................................................................................... 6 1.3.3 Installing on MacOS® Systems ............................................................................................. 7 2 Using Kindle Previewer ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Launching Kindle Previewer ........................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Welcome Page Settings ................................................................................................................. 8 2.3 Device Bar ...................................................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................... 9 2.4.1 Resizing Content ................................................................................................................ 11 2.5 Menus .......................................................................................................................................... 11 2.5.1 File Menu ........................................................................................................................... 11 2.5.2 View Menu ......................................................................................................................... 12 2.5.3 Go to Menu ........................................................................................................................ 12 2.5.4 Devices Menu .................................................................................................................... 14 2.5.5 Utilities Menu .................................................................................................................... 15 2.5.6 Help Menu ......................................................................................................................... 17 3 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................... 18 3.1 Glossary ....................................................................................................................................... 18 3.2 Keyboard Shortcuts ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.3 Command Prompt Launch ........................................................................................................... 20 3.4 Customer Support ........................................................................................................................ 21 3.4.1 Updates .............................................................................................................................. 21 3.4.2 Kindle Publishing Tools ...................................................................................................... 21 3.4.3 Kindle Publishing Guidelines.............................................................................................. 21 3.5 Using KindleGen to Build Kindle e-Books .................................................................................... 21 3.5.1 KindleGen for Windows® ................................................................................................... 22 3.5.2 KindleGen for MacOS® ...................................................................................................... 22 Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 4 3.6 Online Resources ......................................................................................................................... 24 3.7 Release Notes and Known Issues................................................................................................. 26 3.7.1 Release Notes .................................................................................................................... 26 3.7.2 Known Issues for Kindle Previewer ................................................................................... 26 Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 5 1 Welcome to Kindle Previewer Kindle Previewer is a free downloadable viewer that enables your computer to emulate how a broad range of Kindle devices and apps will display your book. Kindle Previewer makes it easy for publishers to preview e-book layouts, see how their text will look on specific Kindle devices, and adjust display orientation, font sizes, paragraph styles, and editorial conventions accordingly. Kindle Previewer is designed to help authors, publishers, and e-book converters produce the highest- quality Kindle books. You can navigate through an e-book quickly and easily, turning the pages one by one to confirm that your book is ready to be published to the Kindle Store, and downloaded to Kindle devices. Use Kindle Previewer independently, or as a companion to the KindleGen book-building tool. 1.1 Specifications Kindle Devices Emulated Kindle Previewer can display e-books as they will appear on these Kindle devices: • Fire HD • Fire HDX • Fire HDX 8.9" • Kindle Voyage • Kindle DX • Kindle for iPhone (Kindle Reading App) • Kindle for iPad (Kindle Reading App) Supported File Formats Kindle Previewer can display e-books created in the following formats: • .mobi • .epub • .azw • .html • .opf • .prc • .zip (XMDF) Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 6 1.2 System Requirements Hardware requirements Kindle Previewer requires that your computer and monitor meet these minimum requirements: • 1GHz processor • 512 MB of RAM • 15-inch display size • 1024 by 768 screen resolution Operating systems Kindle Previewer is compatible with the following operating systems: • Windows® 7 and above • MacOS® X (10.7 or later) NOTE: Your Macintosh computer must have an Intel processor. 1.3 Installing Kindle Previewer 1.3.1 Downloading Installers • Kindle Previewer The Kindle Previewer home page provides Windows® and MacOS® installers. • KDP Tools and Resources Provides Windows® and MacOS® installers for Kindle Previewer, Kindle Comic Creator, Plugin for Adobe InDesign®, KindleGen (also Linux), and Kindle Reader. 1.3.2 Installing on Windows® Systems To install Kindle Previewer on a Windows® system, do the following: 1. Download the Kindle Previewer installer to your computer. 2. Double-click the KindlePreviewerInstall.exe file to launch the installer. 3. Select a language for the installer, then click OK. 4. Review the Software End User License Agreement, then click I Agree. 5. Select the installation folder. The default paths for installing Kindle Previewer on a PC are: Windows® 7, and Windows® Vista: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle Previewer Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 7 Windows® XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Application Data\Amazon\Kindle Previewer To install Kindle Previewer in different location on your computer, click Browse and select the target folder. 6. Wait a moment for the installation to complete. You can now launch Kindle Previewer. 1.3.3 Installing on MacOS® Systems To install Kindle Previewer on a MacOS® system, do the following: 1. Download the Kindle Previewer installer to your desktop. 2. Extract the Kindle Previewer application file from the .zip archive. 3. Drag the Kindle Previewer application file to your Applications folder. You can now launch Kindle Previewer. Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 8 2 Using Kindle Previewer 2.1 Launching Kindle Previewer • If you set Kindle Previewer as your computer’s default application for opening Kindle books, you can double-click on any Kindle book to display it in Kindle Previewer. • Otherwise, right-click any Kindle book, select Open With, and choose Kindle Previewer. • Or send a Kindle Previewer shortcut to your desktop, then drag your book file and drop it onto that shortcut. • Or launch Kindle Previewer from Start  All Programs  Amazon  Kindle Previewer, set a Default Device Mode, and click the Open Book link or select File  Open Book. • Or launch a book in Kindle Previewer from the Command prompt (see section 3.3, Prompt Launch). 2.2 Welcome Page Settings The default settings on the “Welcome” page preconfigure Kindle Previewer to emulate a family of Kindle devices, set the Previewer screen to Portrait or Landscape orientation, and display its menus and toolbars in your language of choice. Default Language Select a language from the drop-down list for Kindle Previewer’s menus and toolbars. The choices include English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. Default Orientation Select whether Kindle Previewer will open an e-book for viewing in Portrait (longer sides vertical) or Landscape (longer sides horizontal) orientation. NOTE: This default setting will be overridden if an e-book’s metadata locks Orientation. Default Device Mode Select a Kindle device or app from this drop-down list of Kindle families for Kindle Previewer to emulate. The choices include Fire HD, Fire HDX, Fire HDX 8.9”, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DX, Kindle for iPhone, and Kindle for iPad. Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 9 2.3 Device Bar The Device Bar located just beneath the Toolbar offers choices from the family of Kindle devices that Kindle Previewer is currently emulating. To reset the Device Mode of Kindle Previewer so that it emulates another Kindle device or app: • Click any member of this Kindle family listed in the Device Bar. [or] • Press the TAB key or SHIFT + TAB to toggle through the current Device Bar choices. [or] • Click Home in the Taskbar, then reset the Device Mode to another Kindle family. TIPS: On setting the Device Mode: • When Device Mode is set to the Fire device family, Kindle Previewer can display fixed-layout children’s books, comics, and graphic novels. • When Device Mode is set to “Kindle for iPhone” or “Kindle for iPad,” you can to play video or audio clips in a Kindle Enhanced Edition or Audible Audio See “Transcode” in section 2.5.5, Utilities Menu. 2.4 Toolbar Use the Kindle Previewer Toolbar to navigate through your current e-book and adjust display options. Back Returns to the page displayed before the last page change. Home Returns to the “Welcome” page of Kindle Previewer. Previous Section Jumps back to the start of the previous section or chapter. Next Section Jumps ahead to the start of the next section or chapter. Previous Page Displays the previous page. Next Page Displays the next page. Kindle Previewer User Guide Amazon.com page 10 Rotate Screen Turns the orientation to Portrait (long sides vertical) or Landscape (long sides horizontal). Enabled for e-books whose metadata settings do not lock the book’s reading orientation. Set Font Selects from the text font faces and sizes available on the Kindle device. Enabled for e-books with flowing text. Zoom In Enlarges the size of the current page. Enabled for fixed-layout books in “Kindle Voyage” Device Mode. Zoom Out Reduces the size of the current page. Enabled for fixed-layout books in “Kindle Voyage” Device Mode. Zoom Fit Switches in one click from a zoomed view to the default view of the current page. Enabled for fixed-layout books in “Kindle Voyage” Device Mode. Scale Down Reduces the size of the current page from large to medium to small. Enabled when Device Mode is set to “Kindle Voyage” or “Fire.” Scale Up Enlarges the size of the current page from small to medium to large. Enabled when Device Mode is set to “Kindle Voyage” or “Fire.” Cover Displays the cover page of the current e-book. Table of Contents Displays the Table of Contents for the current e-book. Enabled when a book uploads/s3/ kindlepreviewer-user-guide.pdf