Kindle Scribe is Amazon’s first e-reader to support a stylus for taking notes on Kindle ebooks, PDFs, and other imported files, as well as its own note-taking app on the e-ink tablet itself. You can sketch your notes at work meetings or school lectures. No need to distract your teachers with other apps.
But before you buy Amazon Kindle Scribe, or if you have one and need help with Kindle Scribe, here’s how to take notes in Kindle Scribe, the tools at your disposal, and how to save or share those notes later. need to know. you’re done On that note, let’s dive right in.
How to take notes with Kindle Scribe
After setting up Kindle Scribe, the mechanics of taking notes in a notebook are pretty straightforward and require little guidance.
1. Tap . notebook Tabs at the bottom of the display.
2. Tap . + Click the icon, then create a notebook From the pop-up menu that appears
3. Enter something recognizable name I’ll let you know how to find it later.
4. Select one from 18 types template for your notes. These include lined paper, tables, bulleted checklists, schedules and calendars, and blank pages.hit next create.
Your Kindle Scribe notebook is now open and ready to go. But we’re just getting started with what you need to know.
Using the Kindle Scribe Toolbar
On the Scribe display side, you’ll see various pen type options in the toolbar. The tools at your disposal are:
- the top icon is arrow You can tap to collapse or expand the toolbar. This is useful if you want to use full screen with fewer distractions.
- of pen icon is the primary note-taking tool.Tap once to select, tap again thickness menu There are 5 options: thin, thin, medium, thick and thick.
- of highlighter There is no way to customize opacity or lightness/darkness, but there are also five thickness options.
- of eraser You have the same 5 size choices, but also in the secondary menu Erase selection a tool that allows you to circle something and delete it, or clear page clean up everything.
- of selector The tool (hand icon) is a way to navigate out of your notebook or switch to a new page.
- of Undo Pressing the button deletes the last thing you wrote until you lift the stylus from the display. Easier to use than an eraser redo Re-add the line if you decide it belongs there.
- of ellipsis icon including move left and right Option to rearrange the toolbar to the other side. There is no other way to change its position.
How to adjust premium pen shortcuts
1. Go to Kindle Scribe settings.You can find the settings in either more tab on the main menu of the tablet, or ellipsis icon It’s in the upper right corner.
2. Selection Pen > Pen Shortcuts.
3. Choose whether to display a highlighter, pen, eraser, or sticky note when you press the shortcut button on your Kindle Scribe stylus. Personally, I prefer the eraser option because I don’t like hard edged erasers on the back end of premium pens.
How to Add Multiple Pages to Your Kindle Scribe Notebook
If you run out of space for notes, you can’t scroll down to create more space. However, if you select the hand icon and tap the right side of the display, new pageshould be clear from Page X of X Text at bottom left of display. Tap the left side to return to the previous note page.
Unfortunately, you cannot change templates between pages within the same notebook.However, when I tap the top of the display, the first right-hand icon changes to Notebook settingsyou can change cover So another page is the main[ノートブック]Shown as tab thumbnails. Or, if you accidentally create an extra page you don’t need, tap the ellipsis icon to Delete current page option.
One final note. Page 1 of X Text by tapping the bottom left corner with the selector icon.
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How to share personal documents on Kindle
There are two main options for sending documents to Kindle.one is this Send to Kindle Link (opens in new tab) This allows you to drag and drop files to make them appear temporarily in your Kindle Scribe library. However, this only works if you’re logged into your girlfriend’s Amazon account.
If you’re using a shared device and can’t log in, or if you want someone to add files to Kindle Scribe, you can actually email the files to a specific email address on your tablet. However, to prevent spam, this address only receives email from pre-approved email addresses.
1. go to Amazon.co.jp and choose Content and device management,continue Environmental setting tab.here is the direct link (opens in new tab).
2. Personal document settings section. Displays the email address associated with a particular Kindle. You can copy this and share it with others.
3. at the bottom Email list of approved personal documents. select Add a new approved email address Enter the email address of the person who needs access.
4. Colleagues, classmates, or family members can now email documents directly to Kindle Scribe. For email forwarding to work, it must be in one of the following formats: PDF, documents, DOCX, TXT, RTFs, HTM, HTML, PNG, GIFs, JPGs, JPEG, BMP, Also ePub.
5. Find a document in your library and start annotating it.
How to Share Kindle Scribe Notes
Kindle Scribe doesn’t have a third-party app like Microsoft OneNote to sync notes across devices. You can also access your document library with other Kindle apps on your phone or computer. Annotation It will not appear on devices other than Kindle Scribe. So your best bet is to export your notebook as a PDF.
1. In a note, tap at the top of the page. selector icon to display the navigation menu. share icon (second from right) and click[共有]Display the menu.
1a. Or from main notebook tabtap the ellipsis under Documents to select share from the options that appear.
2. To send the note directly, tap quick send Options associated with Amazon Email. Within a minute, you will receive an email from Amazon with a PDF download link.
3. If you choose share by emailyou can send files directly to up to 5 email addresses at once.
How to Add Notes to Kindle eBooks
Amazon intentionally limited the ability to take detailed notes on Kindle ebooks. So the only option is to add “sticky notes” to your ebook.
When you open a Kindle ebook, you’ll see a small toolbar with just a selector tool and a sticky note icon. When placing a sticky note, it should be associated with a specific word. If you try to put it in the margins or between paragraphs, it will narrow down to the closest word. This is because changing the theme, font, or layout changes the margins and spacing.
Once you place the sticky note, a small note window will appear allowing you to write a handwritten note (using the same tools as above) or a text note using the digital keyboard. When you’re done, press the X button to close the note and it will automatically save. Then you can tap the sticky note icon to reopen it and see what you wrote earlier.
You can also directly select and highlight text in the document itself. Tap and hold a word in the text, slide right and down to select more words, then release. A pop-up menu allows you to highlight that text or add a note that appears at the end of the highlighted text.
Is Kindle Scribe the note-taking tablet you need?
There isn’t a wide selection of stylus-supported e-ink tablets available today, and only Kindle Scribe offers the advantage of first-party access to Kindle eBooks. Other Onyx Boox products support the Android Play Store. can Access Kindle apps from your app library or other note-taking apps. But only Kindle Scribe lets you annotate your Kindle ebooks with sticky notes.
Other e-ink tablets have displays with full color ink and more memory for faster performance. If you want more colorful notes and better customization and sketching options, you can opt for a drawing tablet instead. Plus, other tablets give you access to productivity software that Scribe can’t.
But despite the Kindle Scribe’s somewhat limited software, many fans of the smaller Kindle appreciate the Scribe’s bright display, long battery life, comfortable stylus, and easy access to ebooks. I will.
This chunky e-ink tablet lets you easily access your favorite Kindle e-books and take low-latency notes on its large pixel-rich display. We don’t yet have an in-depth note-taking tool, but hopefully Amazon engineers will improve the options over time.
