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Kindle Convert User Guide

version 2015.02

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Published for Kindle Convert 1.5.

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Contents

1 Welcome to Kindle Convert ................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Specifications ................................................................................................................................. 4

1.2 System Requirements .................................................................................................................... 5

1.3 Installing Kindle Convert ................................................................................................................ 5

1.4 Registering Kindle Convert ............................................................................................................ 5

1.5 Scanning Pages into Images ........................................................................................................... 5

2 Using Kindle Convert .............................................................................................................................. 6

2.1 Dashboard ...................................................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Project Details Tab ......................................................................................................................... 7

2.3 Create Pages Tab ........................................................................................................................... 8

2.4 Organize Tab ................................................................................................................................ 11

2.5 Align and Crop Tab ....................................................................................................................... 13

2.6 Structure Tab ............................................................................................................................... 15

2.6.1 Zone Actions ...................................................................................................................... 16

2.6.2 Paragraph Continuations ................................................................................................... 18

2.7 Content Tab ................................................................................................................................. 20

2.7.1 Error Navigation................................................................................................................. 21

2.7.2 Spell Check ......................................................................................................................... 21

2.7.3 Replace Letters .................................................................................................................. 22

2.7.4 Paragraph Styles ................................................................................................................ 22

2.8 Send to Kindle Tab ....................................................................................................................... 25

3 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................... 26

3.1 Terminology ................................................................................................................................. 26

3.2 Keyboard Shortcuts ..................................................................................................................... 27

3.3 Troubleshooting Guide ................................................................................................................ 29

3.4 Online Resources ......................................................................................................................... 31


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1 Welcome to Kindle Convert

Kindle Convert is a software application that allows you to convert scans of your personal books and documents into high quality Kindle books. You can convert your most treasured books, documents and keepsakes into Kindle books to preserve and enjoy them forever

Kindle Convert works with commonly available low-cost scanners and PCs running Windows 7 & 8. Kindle Convert turns scans of English language printed books into eBooks that can be read on all Kindle devices and free Kindle reading apps for iPad, iPhone, Android smartphones, and Android tablets.

Kindle Convert eBooks are intended for personal use only and may not be commercially distributed or sold.

Scan the pages of your book and Kindle Convert will extract the text and construct the book for you. You can then edit your book’s structure, content, and presentation. When you are satisfied with your Kindle book, you can upload it to Amazon, then download it whenever you like to any Kindle device registered to your Amazon account.

This Kindle Convert User Guide presents the book conversion process step-by-step, from project set-up through delivery of the book to your registered Kindle device.

1.1 Specifications

Supported Page Image Format

• JPEG, TIFF or PDF files, 24-bit depth for color and 8-bit depth for greyscale. For JPEGs compression quality 85 and above,

Scan DPI

• 300-600 DPI

Supported Page Image Content

• Single page

• Facing pages

• Single page with part of facing page [including book spine]

NOTES: Kindle Convert supports English language books that read in left to right, top to bottom order only.


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1.2 System Requirements

Before installing Kindle Convert, please verify that your system meets the necessary requirements.

• Windows 7 or 8

• Free disk space: At least ten times the size of your page images

• Minimum 4GB RAM

• An internet connection

• Administrator rights to your system

• U.S. Amazon account

• Scanner capable of producing compatible files

1.3 Installing Kindle Convert

You will need an internet connection to download and to use the Kindle Convert software

1. Download the Kindle Convert installer for your operating system from Amazon.com.

2. Double-click the installer to launch it.

1.4 Registering Kindle Convert

The first time you launch Kindle Convert, you must register the application with your United States Amazon.com account, in the Register your Kindle Convert dialog.

1.5 Scanning Pages into Images

• Before you start a new project in Kindle Convert, scan the book and save its pages as JPEG, TIFF or PDF files. 24-bit depth for color and 8-bit depth for greyscale with a resolution of 300-600 DPI. For JPEGs compression quality of 85 and above,

TIPS: Scan against a black background. Minimize warps and distortion in the scans by keeping pages as flat as possible. Scan your book starting from the front cover, and in correct order from first to last page. Scan the front and back cover as separate single page scans


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2 Using Kindle Convert

2.1 Dashboard

The Kindle Convert Dashboard is the first screen displayed after you sign in. The Dashboard lists all of your book projects, both those completed and those in progress, indicates by percentage the status of each project, and provides the following controls:

File Menu

Use the Dashboard File menu to Open, Close, and Remove book projects, to Exit from the Kindle Convert program, or to De-register the program from your Amazon account.

Help Menu

You can display this User Guide from the Dashboard Help menu.

TIP: See the Dashboard’s left panel for quick help on each field of the current tab.

Display Books

Click the Display Books buttons to have the Dashboard display the covers of your Kindle books (left button), or list your book projects by their titles (right button).

Sorted by

Use the Sorted by drop-down list on your Dashboard to choose how to sort your book list.

Search

Use the Search field to find and select a particular item on your Dashboard book list.

Open or Remove Project

Right-click an existing book project on your Dashboard book list to display its shortcut menu, where you can Open or Remove the project.

Feedback

Click the Feedback link, displayed on the Dashboard and on the toolbar above each project tab, to send the Kindle team your questions and suggestions for Kindle Convert improvements.

Progress Indicator

The Progress Indicator, displayed on the toolbar above the project tabs, indicates by percentage how much of each project is done.


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Home

Click Home, displayed on the toolbar above the project tabs, to return to the Dashboard.

Click Start a New Project in the Library panel to begin a new Kindle book project.

2.2 Project Details Tab

This is the first step in the conversion process. The Project Details tab provides text fields for entering your book’s Title, Author, and the path to your Project Files (the scanned images of your book).

You can come back at any time to edit the title and author of your book, or to import additional scanned images.

After you enter the Title and Author of your book, Kindle Convert will search to find out if Kindle editions of your book are available, and display links that will allow you to purchase a Kindle edition instead of converting your book, if you wish.

Title

(Required) Your book’s title

Author

(Required) The full name of your book’s Author

NOTE: After you enter the Title and Author of your book, Kindle Convert will search to find out if Kindle editions of your book are available, and display links that will allow you to purchase a Kindle edition instead of converting your book, if you wish

Project Files

(Required) To select the source files for your pages:

1. Click Browse to open the Select Files dialog box.

2. Navigate to the desired folder on your computer.

3. CTRL + A to select all files in the folder, SHIFT + Click to select contiguous files or CTRL + Click to select non-contiguous files.

TIP: You can use Windows file explorer to select the files in a particular order. It allows you to choose the source format of the files (.jpg, .tiff and .pdf format) that you would like to import. Kindle Convert will order the pages of your book in the same order as they are sorted in the Project Files dialog box, and will use the first scan imported as the cover image for your book. You can manually rearrange the order of pages, but it is not possible to resort pages en masse. Be sure you scan your book in the correct order and choose the correct order in the Project Files dialog box.


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4. Click Open.

NOTE: Kindle Convert accepts source files in .jpg, .tiff, and .pdf formats. It converts the content of these files into reflowable text and images.

When you have filled in the fields on the Project Details Tab, click Continue to save all entries, and move on to the Create Pages Tab.

↑ Using Kindle Convert

2.3 Create Pages Tab

This is the second step in the conversion process. Use the Create Pages tab to rotate pages, split pages, and adjust splits from your Project Files (added from the Project Details Tab).

To Edit a Page

Select a page in the bottom ribbon to display it in the enlarged view. The yellow highlight indicates that the pages are not viewed by the user.

TIP: To select a page not visible in the bottom ribbon, drag the ribbon’s horizontal scroll bar to the right or left until other pages appear, then select the desired page.

To Rotate a Page

To toggle the alignment of a page from portrait to landscape:

1. Select a page to rotate in the bottom ribbon.

2. Set the Apply To field to "This Image."

3. Click a Rotate button on the toolbar. The page rotates 90° with each click, clockwise or counter-clockwise.

To Rotate All Pages:

1. Select a page to rotate in the bottom ribbon.

2. From the menu of the Apply To field, select "All Images."

TIP: You can come back to this screen to add multiple images at any later time.


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3. Click a Rotate button on the toolbar.

4. An Apply Rotation Setting message appears. Click Yes. The pages in the ribbon all rotate 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Splitting Pages

Kindle Convert will automatically detect whether your scanned image is one or two pages. When this occurs, the Two Pages Button will be highlighted and an orange bar will display, indicating the position of the split.

If you do not want to split a page, click the One Page button.

To Adjust a Split

To shift the position of the spine that divides a split page, click and drag the middle handle on the orange spine to the desired position, then drag the end handles to the desired angle.

Figure 1: Split Page with yellow spine marking the split

To Split a Page

1. Set the Apply To field to "This Image."

2. Select a page to split in the bottom ribbon.

3. Click Two Pages. An orange spine marks the position of the split, which you can adjust (see Figure 1),

TIP: To split further pages, just select the image and click Two Pages.


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To Remove a Spine Line:

1. Set the Apply To field to "This Image"

2. Select a split page to remove spline line in the bottom ribbon.

3. Click One Page. The orange spine disappears, indicating that the page is no longer split.

TIP: To remove spine lines in further pages, just select the image and click One Page.

To Split All Pages

1. Select a page to split in the bottom ribbon.

2. Click Two Pages. An orange spine appears which marks the position where the page will get split.


4. An Apply Page Setting message appears. Click Yes. Orange spines mark appears where all images will get split.

To Remove All Spine Lines:

1. Select a page to remove spine lines in the bottom ribbon.

2. Click One Page. The orange spine disappears, indicating that the page is no longer split.


4. An Apply Page Setting message appears. Click Yes. The orange spines disappear from all pages, indicating that they are no longer split.

When the orientation and splitting of all of your pages is correct, click Continue on the toolbar to save all changes, and move on to the Organize Tab.

TIP: You can rotate pages, split pages, adjust page splits, and remove spine lines as many times as you wish while you remain on this tab.



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2.4 Organize Tab

This is the third step in the conversion process. Use the Organize tab to correct the order of the pages imported from your Project Files folder (see section 2.2, Project Details Tab), and to insert pages that were not included. You can also rotate, split, rejoin, and remove page image files from your Kindle Convert project, as required.

To Edit a Page

Click any page thumbnail to select it. An enlarged view of the selected page appears.

To Deselect a Page

Select another page, or click outside the enlarged view to close it.

To Adjust Thumbnail Size

Move the slider to make the page thumbnails larger or smaller.

To Zoom on Hover

Click to select the Zoom button on the toolbar. As your mouse hovers over a page thumbnail, a magnified view appears. Click again to deselect the button and turn off Zoom on Hover.

To Move from Page to Page

1. Complete any changes to the page displayed in the enlarged view.

2. Click the "<<" button to display the previous page, or the ">>" button to display the next page.

TIP: Click the button once, then wait a moment for the next page to load. Your changes to the current page are saved before the next page is displayed.


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To Reorder Pages

Drag and drop page thumbnails into the desired locations (see Figure 2).

Figure 2: Reordering pages by drag-and-drop onto the Insert Page icon.

NOTE: The first page will be the cover of your book. Scan the front and back cover as separate single page scans.

NOTE: Moving one half of a split page will move both halves of the page.

To Add a Page

1. Click between page thumbnails to display the Insert Page icon, then click the icon. The Select an Image dialog box appears.

2. Click Browse. The Insert Page dialog box appears.

3. Browse to the source file for the new page, and click Open.

NOTES: Kindle Convert accepts source files in .jpg, .tiff, and .pdf formats but allows inserting only .jpg and .tiff files. The pages added can include pages previously deleted. You cannot insert a page between the two halves of a split page, or select a page file that is already part of the book.

To Remove a Page

1. Select the page to display it in the enlarged view.

2. Click Delete to remove this page from your book project.

TIP: To restore a page that you have deleted, re-insert it between existing pages.


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To Rotate a Page

To toggle the alignment of a page from portrait to landscape:

1. Select the page in the enlarged view.

2. Click a Rotate button beside the image. The page rotates 90° with each click, clockwise or counter-clockwise.

To Split a Page

If you clicked One Page on the Create Pages Tab to remove a split, or clicked Insert Page in the expanded view on this tab, or removed a split via Revert to Scanned Image, you can again choose to split that image into two pages that will be processed separately by Kindle Convert.

1. Select the page to display it in the expanded view.

2. Click Split. An orange spine marks the position of the split, which you can adjust (see Figure 1),

To Remove a Split

If you clicked Two Pages to split a page on the Create Pages Tab, or clicked Split in the expanded view on this tab, you can remove that split:

1. Select either half of the split page to display it in the expanded view.

2. Click Revert to Scanned Image. The split page is rejoined, as it reverts to the original unsplit image.

When you have adjusted the order and orientation of all of your books pages on the Organize Tab, click Continue on the toolbar to save all changes, and move on to the Align and Crop Tab.

TIP: You can return to the Organize tab whenever you wish to adjust page order and rotation, and to split pages or revert to their scanned images.


2.5 Align and Crop Tab

This is the fourth step in the conversion process. Use the Align and Crop tab to ensure your pages


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include the desired content and that the lines run straight across the page.

To Edit a Page

Select a page in the bottom ribbon to display it in the enlarged view. The yellow highlight indicates that the pages are not viewed by the user.

TIP: To select a page not visible in the bottom ribbon, drag the ribbon’s horizontal scroll bar to the right or left until other pages appear, then select the desired thumbnail.

To Move from Page to Page in the Ribbon

← → Click any page in the bottom ribbon, or press the arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the previous (←) or the next (→) page.

TIP: Press the arrow key once, and then wait a moment for the next page to load. Your changes to the current page are saved before the next page is displayed.

To Zoom in / Zoom out

Click Zoom in (CTRL + "+") or Zoom out (CTRL + "-") in the toolbar.

To Adjust the Grid Level

Use the Grid drop-down list to select the size of the grids. The options include None, Large, Medium, and small.

TIP: The zoom and grid tools are particularly helpful when aligning columns of text.

To Define the Page Content

You can adjust the box to ensure it includes all the text and other content you want to appear in your book without extending past the edge of the page, and as much as possible excludes any unwanted marks such as smudges, page folds or shadows.

1. Drag and resize the box so it contains only the content that you want to include in your book.

2. Click and drag each side of the guide by its middle handle to the desired positions.

3. Drag the corner handles to reshape the guide.

TIP: Your positioning of the guide need not be exact. Just make sure that you've enclosed the desired content on the page, and excluded the areas that you don't need.

To Align Text

1. Select a thumbnail in the bottom ribbon to display the page in the enlarged view.

2. Click the rotate arrows until the text is aligned with the grid lines. Each time you click, the content shifts just 0.1°.


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To Mark a Page as TOC

Use the Page Type drop-down to mark the page as TOC.

NOTE: Marking a page as TOC will improve the formatting of that page on moving to Structure Tab

To Reset a Page

1. Select a thumbnail in the bottom ribbon to display the page in the enlarged view.

2. Click Reset on the toolbar.

NOTE: This discards any changes made to the page on this page, reverts the page image to its original appearance, and moves align and crop guide to its original location. This action cannot be undone.

When you have adjusted page reading areas and text alignment on the Align and Crop Tab, click Continue on the toolbar to save all changes, and move on to the Structure Tab.

TIP: You can define the reading area and align text on each page as many times as you wish while you remain on this tab.


2.6 Structure Tab

This is the fifth step in the conversion process. Use the Structure tab to define how the different elements on the page (paragraphs, pictures, headings etc) will be displayed on your Kindle. Kindle Convert detects the various elements on the page and divides them into Zones, which are displayed as red boxes around the element.


← → Click any page in the bottom ribbon, or press the arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the previous (←) or the next (→) page.

TIP: Press the arrow key once, then wait a moment for the next page to load. Your changes to the current page are saved before the next page is displayed.


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Click Zoom in (CTRL + "+") or Zoom out (CTRL + "-") on the toolbar.

To Undo / Redo an Action

Click Undo or Redo on the toolbar.

NOTE: One button is enabled when the other is clicked.

2.6.1 Zone Actions

A content zone is a segment of a page where Kindle Convert has detected some predefined chunk of a page: for example, a paragraph, a section heading, or a page header or footer. You can display, create, remove, redefine, reorder, and split zones on each page of your book.

To Display or Conceal Zones

Click Show Zones or Hide Zones on the toolbar

NOTE: The label on the button toggles when you click it.

To Create a New Zone

1. Click and drag your cursor to select a portion of the page content.

2. When you release the mouse, a new zone is created.

3. Select a Zone Type for your new zone.

TIP: To break a lengthy paragraph into shorter paragraphs, create multiple zones. Drag the zone boundaries to enclose the desired lines. On the Content Tab, you can trim words from the last line of a paragraph zone, and add words to the first line of the next.

To Merge Zones

To combine several fragmentary zones into one continuous zone:

1. Click and drag so that the existing zones are enclosed within the same selected area.

2. Choose a zone type. The enclosed zones are merged into the new zone.

To Delete All Zones

To combine and delete all the zones in one single action:

1. Click and drag so that the existing zones are enclosed within the same selected area.

2. Press Delete button in the Keyboard to remove all the zones.


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To Set the Zone Type The Zone type will tell your Kindle how to display the zones content.

1. Click inside the zone. The Zone Type drop-down list appears at the zone's bottom right corner. 2. Choose a zone type from the Zone Type list.

Figure 3: Applying the “Chapter Heading” zone type

NOTE: Zones marked as zone types Header or Footer will not appear in the book, so their content will not be visible on the Content tab.

Before you can change a zone type, you must remove any paragraph continuations that it may include.

To Remove a Zone

1. Click inside the zone to select and highlight it.

2. Click Remove Zone Boundary on the toolbar, or press the Delete key.

TIP: To extend a paragraph zone, remove the old zone(s), then click and drag to insert a new zone that encloses the desired area.

To Reorder Zones Kindle Convert displays numbers representing the order in which elements will appear as you scroll the page on your Kindle. To change the Reading Order:

1. Click Change Reading Order.

2. Select the zones on the page in the desired order.

3. Do not select header, footer and destination paragraph continued zones while selecting zones.

4. To save the new reading order for the page, double click anywhere on the page.

To Reshape an Image Zone

To manipulate the shape of an image zone, enable its polygon controls and add control points.

NOTE: The Add Polygon Controls option is enabled when you right-click on an image zone. Selecting that option enables the Add Control Points option.

1. Right-click on the image zone that you wish to reshape.


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2. Select Add Polygon Controls from the shortcut menu. The image zone now has multiple handles which you can click and drag.

3. As needed, select Add Control Points to add an extra set of points for finer shape adjustments.

To Split a Zone

Use Split Zones to divide a content zone into multiple zones.

NOTE: If any line in the zone includes an image, the Split Zones options will not be available.

1. Right-click on the zone that you wish to split.

2. Select one of the Split Zone options from the shortcut menu:

a. At Point Horizontally – The zone splits into halves above and below the point clicked.

b. At Point Vertically – The zone splits into halves to the left and right of the point clicked.

3. By Lines –Each line within the zone is enclosed in its own zone of the same type.

TIP: "By Lines" is a useful choice for poetry, lyrics and TOC pages. Click and drag to enclose a stanza in a paragraph zone, and then split that zone "By Lines." On the Content Tab, you can define and apply paragraph styles to set the desired Left Margin and Line Spacing for each line (for example, Left Margin 1. 0", Line Spacing 1.0).

2.6.2 Paragraph Continuations

When a paragraph of text begins on one page and concludes on the next, or when an image or an equation falls in the middle of a paragraph, you can mark the first half of the paragraph to be continued, and the second half as its “Destination.” This ensures that the “Destination” half is formatted as part of the preceding “Source” paragraph, rather than as a new paragraph.

To Mark the “Source” and “Destination” portions of a paragraph

1. Right-click on the first half of a paragraph, and choose Continue this paragraph from the shortcut menu.

2. Then right-click on the “Destination” portion of the paragraph, and choose Select as destination paragraph for paragraph continuation.

This tags both portions of the paragraph. The bottom-right corner of the “Source” portion is marked in green:


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Figure 4: “Source” portion of a Paragraph Continuation

The upper-left corner of the “Destination” portion is also marked in green, so that it will be formatted as part of the preceding “source” paragraph, rather than as a new paragraph:

Figure 5: “Destination” portion of a Paragraph Continuation

To Cancel a New Paragraph Continuation

To cancel a new paragraph continuation, press the Esc key, or right-click on the green tag marking the “Source” half and choose Cancel paragraph continuation from the shortcut menu.

To Remove an Existing Paragraph Continuation

To remove an existing paragraph continuation, right-click on the paragraph with green tag marking the “Destination” half and choose Remove paragraph continuation from the shortcut menu.

NOTE: You must remove a paragraph continuation before you can remove a zone.

When you are finished editing content zones and paragraph continuations on the Structure Tab, click Continue on the toolbar to save all changes, and move on to the Content Tab.

TIP: You can add and edit content zones, redefine zone types, and mark and unmark paragraph continuations as many times as you wish while you remain on this tab.



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2.7 Content Tab

This is the sixth step in the conversion process. Use the Content tab to edit the text and paragraph styles on each page of your book.

The Content tab has two working panes, placed side-by-side. When you select a page thumbnail in the bottom ribbon, a Zone View of the selected page opens in the left pane.

TIP: To edit the zones on a page, go to the Structure Tab.

The Content Editor opens in the right pane. Text may be highlighted for three different reasons:

• In the Content Editor misspelled words are underlined in red. (For more on using the spell checker, see section 2.7.2, Spell Check.)

• In the Content Editor, letters that were not clear recognized are displayed in red. (For more on correcting these characters, see section 2.7.3, Replace Letters.)

• In the Zone View, the word currently selected in the Content Editor is highlighted in blue.


1. Click in the bottom ribbon.

2. Click any page in the bottom ribbon. [or] Press the arrow keys on your keyboard to view the previous (←) or the next (→) page.

TIP: Press the arrow key once, and then wait a moment for the next page to load. Your changes to the current page are saved before the next page is displayed.


Click Zoom in (CTRL + "+") or Zoom out (CTRL + "-") in the toolbar to adjust the magnification of the zone view in the left pane.

To Undo / Redo an Action

Click the Undo or Redo on the toolbar.

NOTE: One button is enabled when the other is clicked.

To Display or Conceal Zones

Click the Show Zones or Hide Zones on the toolbar.

NOTE: The label on the button toggles when you click it.

To Edit Text

You can insert and remove letters, paragraphs, numbers, spaces, symbols, and special characters.


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• To insert characters, click and type at the desired location in the content editor.

• To replace text, select the unwanted text, and then type the replacement text.

• To remove text, select the unwanted text, then press Delete.

• To add space, click at the desired location and press the Spacebar.

• To insert a paragraph break, press Enter.

• To remove an image, select it and press Delete.

2.7.1 Error Navigation

You can easily navigate across the misspelled words(words with red underline) and suspect letters(letters displayed in Red) using the below shortcuts.

a. CTRL + N : Navigate to the next error.

b. CTRL + P : Navigate to the previous error.

2.7.2 Spell Check

The Content Editor’s spell checker underlines words in red whose spelling it does not recognize.

To Check Spelling

1. Right-click on a marked word to display its shortcut list.

2. Select a spelling. [or] Select Check Spelling Option from the shortcut list. The Shortcut Options dialog box opens.

3. Select or type the desired spelling, and choose an option:

a. Spelling suggestions: Select the desired spelling.

b. Use this word: Select this checkbox to enable the Custom replacement field.

c. Custom replacement: Type the desired spelling in this text field.

d. Replace once: Change the spelling of this word only.

e. Replace all on page: Change every instance of this word on the page.

f. Replace all in book: Change every instance of this word in the book.

g. Skip this one: Unmark this word only.

h. Ignore all: Tell the spell checker never to mark this word.

i. Add to dictionary: Tell the spell checker to recognize this word wherever it occurs.


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2.7.3 Replace Letters

The Content Editor will sometimes highlight certain letters, even after a word has passed the spell checker. Kindle Convert is asking you whether these suspect letters might have been detected incorrectly. As needed, you can replace the marked letters with the desired letter.

To Replace a Letter

1. Right-click on a character highlighted in the Content Editor, and select Replace Similar Letters from the shortcut menu. The Replace Letter dialog box appears.

2. Select a letter from the instances pane on the left.

This letter appears in the Original Letter field.

3. Type the desired letter in the Replacement Letter field.

4. Click Preview Change.

The preview pane on the right displays how words with this letter will look after this change.

5. Click Replace to make this change. [or] Click Cancel to discard this change and close the Replace Letter dialog box.

2.7.4 Paragraph Styles

In the Content Editor, use the Styles tool bar to apply and edit paragraph styles. You can apply the default style templates, or you can define, save and reuse paragraph styles of your own.

To Change Paragraph Styles

Click on the paragraph you wish to edit and perform any of the following actions.

To Apply a Predefined Style

1. Choose a style from the drop-down Styles list.

To Modify and Apply a Predefined Style

1. Click the Edit Styles button . The style editor toolbar will appear.

2. Set the desired values for your custom style:


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a. Font Family: Select a font from the drop-down list.

b. Bold / Italic: Click the B / I buttons to format all text in the paragraph.

c. Font Size: Measured in points.

d. Margins: The extra space added on each side of the entire paragraph, in inches.

e. First Line Indent: Can be positive or negative, in inches. A negative value creates a hanging indent.

f. Line Spacing: The extra space added beneath each line of text.

g. Text Alignment: Can be set to Left, Center, Right, or Justify.

3. You can also copy all the attributes of an existing style to the current style by choosing a style from copy styles from drop-down.

4. Click Done or anywhere on the text editor to close the style editor tool bar.


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To Save a Custom Style

1. Click the Edit Style button and select Edit style for only the current paragraph check box.

2. Type a name for your style in the Current style template field (optional).

3. Set the desired values for your custom style (or directly copy from other styles using Copy styles from drop-down):

a. Font Family: Select a font from the drop-down list.

b. Bold / Italic: Click the B / I buttons to format all text in the paragraph.

c. Font Size: Measured in points.

d. Margins: The extra space added on each side of the entire paragraph, in inches.

e. First Line Indent: Can be positive or negative, in inches. A negative value creates a hanging indent.

f. Line Spacing: The extra space added beneath each line of text.

g. Text Alignment: Can be set to Left, Center, Right, or Justify.

4. Click Done or anywhere on the text editor to save changes.

Example: To Set a Default Text Alignment

The Text Alignment setting of a paragraph style determines the alignment of all text formatted in that style. To make the text alignment consistent throughout your book:

1. Click inside a paragraph of text, formatted in a style widely used.

2. Click Edit Styles in the toolbar.

3. Take note of the style name (for example, "text_4").

4. Choose the desired Text Alignment setting for this style (Left, Center, Right, or Justify).

5. Edit any other style settings as you wish (for example, Font Family and Font Size). Click Done Your changes to the"text_4" style template will be applied to the all paragraphs with that style, and your changes to the style will be saved.

When you have finished editing text and styles on the Content Tab, click the Continue button on the toolbar to save all change and move on to the Send to Kindle Tab.

TIP: You can check spelling, assign paragraph styles, and replace letters as many times as you wish while you remain on this tab.



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2.8 Send to Kindle Tab

This is the seventh and final step in the conversion process. Use the Send to Kindle tab to upload your eBook to Amazon, and make it available to your Kindle devices and apps.

To Send This Book to a Kindle Device

1. Select a method for sending the completed book: Wi-Fi: Sends your book over your local Wi-Fi network. This option is free. Whispernet: Sends your book via Amazon Whispernet. Charges may apply.

2. Select a Kindle device from the Deliver to list to receive your book.

To update this list, click the Refresh Devices button.

3. Click Send to send the book to the selected Kindle device. Your book will be processed by Amazon servers and delivered to the selected device as a Personal Document in a few minutes.

You can deliver the book to another device later, by visiting Manage Your Content and Devices or by opening the book from the Kindle Convert library.

[or]

Click Go back to Library to send this book at a later time and go back to the Dashboard



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3 Appendix

3.1 Terminology

Spine

An orange bar that marks where an image has been split into separate pages (see section 2.3, Create Pages Tab).

Revert

Restore a page to the way it looked before editing (see section 2.4, Organize Tab).

Grid

Horizontal and vertical lines displayed to help align text (see section 2.5, Align and Crop Tab).

Zone

An area that encloses a block of content that can be formatted with a paragraph style (see section 2.6.1, Zone Actions and section 2.7.4, Apply Styles).

Styles

Text settings applied to content within paragraph zones that specify font family, size, and appearance, margins, indents, and line spacing, and text alignment (see section 2.7.4, Apply Styles).

Replace Similar Letters

A command on the Content Tab shortcut menu that replaces a character highlighted in the Content Editor with a specific letter (2.7.3,Replace Letters).

Devices List

List of Kindle devices and apps registered to your Amazon account that can display your books (see section 2.8, Send to Kindle Tab).


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3.2 Keyboard Shortcuts

Project Details Tab

Shortcut Task

TAB Move to next field

SHIFT + TAB Move to previous field

Create Pages Tab

Shortcut Task

→ Select next page

← Select previous page

CTRL + R Rotate page 90° clockwise

SHIFT + CTRL + R Rotate page 90° counter-clockwise

Organize Tab

Shortcut Task



CTRL + R Rotate page 90° clockwise

SHIFT + CTRL + R Rotate page -90° counter-clockwise

Delete Remove selected page from project

Align and Crop Tab

Shortcut Task



CTRL + "+" Zoom in

CTRL + "-" Zoom out

CTRL + R Align text clockwise (rotates page 0.1°)

SHIFT + CTRL + R Align text counter-clockwise (rotates page 0.1°)


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Structure Tab

Shortcut Task



CTRL + "+" Zoom in

CTRL + "-" Zoom out

Delete key Remove the selected zone

CTRL + ALT + D Remove paragraph continuation from the selected destination paragraph back to its source

SHIFT + CTRL + ALT + D Remove paragraph continuation from the selected source paragraph ahead to its destination

CTRL + z Undo last action

CTRL + y Redo last action

Content Tab

Shortcut Task



CTRL + "+" Zoom in (on the zone view in the left pane)

CTRL + "-" Zoom out (on the zone view in the left pane)

→ Move to next character

← Move to previous character

END Move to end of line

HOME Move to start of line

CTRL+ n Move to next error

CTRL+ p Move to previous error

SHIFT + → Select next character

SHIFT + ← Select previous character

CTRL + z Undo last action

CTRL + y Redo last action

↑ Keyboard Shortcuts


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3.3 Troubleshooting Guide

Known issues and best practices for getting good results with Kindle Convert.

SOURCE PRINTED BOOKS:

1. Kindle Convert only works with English language books that read left to right and top to bottom

2. Kindle Convert works best with novels or non-fiction books that are primarily text with non-complex layouts

3. Kindle Convert may not work well with: User interaction books, books that are primarily pictures, books with complex layouts such as textbooks, cook books etc.

4. Kindle convert works best with books with of less than 500 scans (1000 pages if the scans are double-sided.)

5. The following types of content will be converted as static images: • Tables.

• Vertical text

• Drop caps

• Sub scripts and super scripts

6. The following types of text may not be recognized correctly, requiring manual corrections: • Math or other formulas

• Symbols.

• Text on a color or gradient background / text

• White text on black background.

• Color text.

SCAN FILES:

1. Supported file format: JPEG, PDF, TIFF. [We do not support multi-page TIFFs]

2. 300 to 600 DPI. Kindle Convert may crash with scans above 600 dpi.

3. 24-bit depth for color and 8-bit depth for black and white or greyscale

4. For JPEGS, compression with quality of 85 and above,

5. Kindle Convert works with single page scans, double page scan, and single page scans with partial content of the other page [including spine].

6. Best practices for scanning. Results with Kindle Convert are highly dependent on the quality of the scan files. If you are experiencing errors in conversion it is most likely due to issues with the scan files • Scan against a black background

• Minimize warps and distortion in the scans by keeping pages as flat as possible


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DISPLAY SETTINGS:

Kindle Converts User Interface may not display correctly if Windows Display size is set to Medium or Large.

INTERNAL ERROR MESSAGE:

This error is most likely due to insufficient free disk space.

ORGANIZE TAB:

1. Pdf’s cannot be inserted at this Tab though it was accepted at the PROJECT DETAILS Tab

STRUCTURE TAB:

1. The application will not allow you to resize a zone once created and set to a particular zone type

2. To preserve complex layouts, consider zoning the content as a Picture.

CONTENT TAB:

1. “Edit Style” does not have explicit option to save user defined styles.

a. Work around: Use “Edit style for only the current paragraph” option when defining custom styles

2. Valid words may be flagged as misspelled when followed by punctuation marks.

3. Apostrophes may get recognized as quotation marks causing words to be flagged as misspelled

SEND TO KINDLE TAB

1. If you receive any of the following error messages:

“A network error occurred. Please try again.”

“An error occurred when sending the book to your Kindle. Please try again”

“An error occurred during the upload process. Please try again. “

“An error occurred when updating the list of your Kindles. Please try again. “If you are still having issues, please contact Customer Service.

“An error occurred during the conversion process. Please upload your book again. If you are still having issues, contact Customer Service”


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If the issue persists after 2-3 attempts, contact customer support with your Device Serial Number (can be found in Help>About Kindle Convert), time at which the upload was attempted, and the title of the book that was being uploaded

2. After a successful upload , when sending the same book to a second device no further status or error messages are displayed.

KINDLE CONVERT eBOOKS:

1. Table of contents do not link to pages in book.

2. Footnote references do not link to footnotes

3. Internal hyperlinks do not work

FEATURES NOT AVAIALBLE IN KINDLE CONVERT 1.5

1. ORGANIZE TAB: Bulk reordering of pages

2. CONTENT TAB Cut/Copy and Paste

3. CONTENT TAB: Editing style attributes for a group of words (as against the paragraph level styling).

3.4 Online Resources

• Kindle Convert The home page for Kindle Convert provides a Windows® installer.

http://www.amazon.com/kindleconvert

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