Using Kindle Fire HD

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 1-2

3. Initial Setup

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 3-5

4. The Kindle Fire

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 7-10

5. The Settings Menu

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 11-13

6. Using Your Kindle

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 15-20

7. Device and Cloud Storage

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 21-23

8. Games and Apps

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 25-29

9. Books

   • Kevin Wilson

   Pages 31-35

10. Music

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 37-39

11. Photographs and the Camera

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 41-45

12. Browsing the Web

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 47-51

13. Setting up E-mail

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 53-56

14. Calendar and Skype

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 57-60

15. Watching Videos

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 61-65

16. Adding Your Music

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 67-70

17. Parental Controls

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 71-77

18. Sending Documents to the Kindle

    • Kevin Wilson

    Pages 79-88

19. Back Matter

    Pages 89-90

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Learn how to use your Kindle Fire with ease and no jargon. Clear, concise, short and to the point... Using Kindle Fire HD, is the essential guide to getting around Amazon’s tablet/e-book reader. This book explores setting up your new Kindle and registering; navigating around the interface and what all the buttons, lists and icons are for; configuring your WiFi; keeping your kids safe when they use the device with parental controls; setting up, sending and receiving emails using Yahoo, Gmail or Hotmail; and browsing the web with the new version of Amazon Silk.

This book also looks at the relationship of your device to cloud storage; buying and downloading games and apps from the Amazon App Store; buying and reading books; buying and listening to music; transferring your own tunes from your PC; sending documents to your Kindle Fire. Furthermore, this book shows you how to watch videos, use YouTube, and project movies onto your TV from Kindle.

Lastly, you learn how to use the built-in camera; share photos with your friends on Facebook; and Skype. Techniques are illustrated step-by-step using photography and screen prints throughout, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field, provide a quick guide to the Kindle Fire.

Whether you have just bought your first Kindle or a keen user, this brief book will provide you with a firm grasp of the underpinning foundations and equip you with the skills needed to use a Kindle Fire.

Kevin Wilson, a practicing computer engineer and tutor, has had a passion for gadgets, cameras, computers and technology for many years.After graduating with masters in computer science, software engineering & multimedia systems, He has worked in the computer industry supporting and working with many different types of computer systems, worked in education running specialist lessons on film making and visual effects for young people. He has also worked as an IT Tutor, has taught in colleges in South Africa and as a tutor for adult education in England.The popular computer training series was created in the hope it will help people to use their computer with greater understanding, productivity and efficiency.

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