If you’re one of those who prefers accessing their Kindle collection via their PC, it’s always a better idea to get used to the keyboard shortcuts in order to get the work done in a jiffy.

Be it browsing the application, library, using text-to-speech, while reading a book or navigating within tables, there is a keyboard shortcut for every need, making Kindle app on Windows PC even more accessible.

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Kindle keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Application-wide

• Go to Home: CTRL, ALT, L
• Exit the Application: CTRL, Q
• Sync: F5
• Help: F1
• Move focus to next enabled control: Tab

In the library

• Move the focus to the book above the current selection: Up Arrow
• Move the focus of the book to the right of the current selection: Right Arrow
• Move the focus of the book to the left of the current selection: Left Arrow
• Move the focus of the book below the current selection: Down Arrow
• Scroll the list of books up one page (but do not change the current focus): Page Up
• Scroll the list of books down one page (but do not change the current focus): Page Down
• Open selected book to last (go to last page read): Enter, CTRL O
• Sort by Most Recent: CTRL, ALT, R
• Sort by Title: CTRL, ALT, T
• Sort by Author: CTRL, ALT, U

While reading a book

• Next Page: Page Down or Right Arrow
• Previous Page: Page Up or Left Arrow
• Back: Backspace
• Increase Font Size: CTRL, + (doesn’t work on comics or content for children)
• Decrease Font Size: CTRL, – (doesn’t work on comics or content for children)
• Bookmark: CTRL, D
• Open Notes and Marks (if closed): CTRL, B
• Close Notes and Marks (if opened): CTRL, B
• Go to Location: CTRL, G
• Close Book: CTRL, W
• Search: CTRL, F
• Toggle Full-Screen Mode: F11
• Exit Full-Screen Mode: ESC
• Single Column: Alt + 1
• Two-Column: Alt + 2
• Multi-Column: Alt + 3
• Open Flashcard Side Panel: Ctrl, Shift, F
• Flip Flashcards: Ctrl, Spacebar (only works when in the Flashcards deck)
• Export to Flashcards from Notebook: Ctrl, Shift, N (when using the Notebook)
• Export notes from Notebook: Ctrl, Alt, E (when using the Notebook)

Also read: Kindle keyboard shortcuts for Mac

While using text-to-speech

To use the Kindle keyboard shortcuts for Windows PC, you must enable text-to-speech first. To do that, press Ctrl,T or select the Tools menu and choose Start Text-to-Speech.

• Toggle Text-to-Speech: Ctrl, T
• Pause or resume reading: Spacebar (while in a book)
• Read the previous sentence: Ctrl, Shift, Up arrow
• Skip forward one sentence: Ctrl, Shift, Down arrow
• Increase speech rate: Shift, +
• Decrease speech rate: Shift, –
• Toggle continuous reading: Ctrl, Shift, C

This feature only works on eligible Kindle content. The text-to-speech language can be configured via the System Preferences on your computer.

While navigating within tables (NVDA)

• Go to the next table: T
• Go to the previous table: Shift + T
• Enter first cell: Shift + ,
• Cell to right: Ctrl + Alt + rightArrow
• Cell to left: Ctrl + Alt + leftArrow
• Cell above: Ctrl + Alt + upArrow
• Cell below: Ctrl + Alt + downArrow
• Next (Previous) link: K (Shift + K)
• Next (Previous) image: G (Shift + G)
• Exit table: ,

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