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Old 05-03-2014, 13:22
IvanIV
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I have this Kindle and from time to time when I want to turn a page I manage to open a small popup with font sizes, it changes the size to something bigger and closes again. I tried to do it on purpose, but it never works, it turns a page. It drives me mad, I'd like to avoid it. I did not find anything in documentation either. Does anybody know the gesture or is it just a glitch in software?
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Old 05-03-2014, 14:34
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Hmm. Not seen that myself, I do know that to turn the page you should keep to the middle sides, and not go to far up or down.
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Old 05-03-2014, 14:38
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Hmm. Not seen that myself, I do know that to turn the page you should keep to the middle sides, and not go to far up or down.
I should have said I swipe from right to the left in the middle or lower part of the screen to turn pages.
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Old 05-03-2014, 16:05
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It should only happen when you swipe up or down the screen using two fingers.
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Old 05-03-2014, 16:31
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It should only happen when you swipe up or down the screen using two fingers.
I only use one finger, are my fingers that fat? But I'll give it a go, thanks.
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Old 06-03-2014, 08:59
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I tried that, but it works very randomly. But I guess I should avoid a gesture that is not completely horizontal, thanks.
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Old 06-03-2014, 09:21
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I tried that, but it works very randomly. But I guess I should avoid a gesture that is not completely horizontal, thanks.
The only time this ever happens is when I am giving the screen a clean. I turn pages by just tapping with my thumb not swiping.

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Old 06-03-2014, 09:28
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I tried that, but it works very randomly. But I guess I should avoid a gesture that is not completely horizontal, thanks.
I thought it was more a verticle pinching gesture. Pinch in to reduce font, pinch out to increase font.
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Old 06-03-2014, 09:54
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I thought it was more a verticle pinching gesture. Pinch in to reduce font, pinch out to increase font.
That is what it's supposed to be.

Never happens to me by accident., have you got a bad cut on your finger IvanIV which is squelching open when you turn the page.
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Old 06-03-2014, 10:38
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I thought it was more a verticle pinching gesture. Pinch in to reduce font, pinch out to increase font.
Oh, I did not get the pinching part, that works quite well, I just tried that. It means my swipe gesture gets misinterpreted somehow for it.

When I mentioned horizontal, I meant page turning gesture, sometimes it's more an arc than a straight line and that's what probably gets confused for a pinch

I know I could just touch the screen in left/right part of the screen, but I find swiping more comfortable.

Thanks for help everybody, I think I got it now. I would have never thought you could use pinch to resize the font size.
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