Kindle Basics #6: Sleep Mode
Putting your Kindle in sleep mode allows you to prevent buttons from being pressed without turning the Kindle completely off. It’s especially useful when you’re only going to stop reading for a short period of time - switching trains during your commute, putting the Kindle down to answer the phone, etc. It prevents you, or others (such as young nephews attracted to buttons) from losing your spot in your reading material.
It’s extremely easy to put Kindle in sleep mode. Just press ALT and the text key. The text key is the one with two As on it that you can use to change the font size. It’s the button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Kindle keyboard.
Once you’ve pressed those two buttons together, the screen will blink as it does when you turn a page, and an image will appear. The images rotate so you might get a tip about the Kindle, an image of a famous author, or just an interesting image.
To wake your Kindle up, just use the same two buttons. Press ALT and the text key together during sleep mode and your Kindle will wake right up and you’ll be right where you left off in your reading material.
