Kindle for Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

You can use many keyboard shortcuts to navigate the Kindle for Mac application.

Anywhere in the Application

  • Open Library - Command, ALT, L
  • Sync - Command R
  • Kindle for Mac: Preferences - Command ,
  • Kindle for Mac: Quit Kindle for Mac - Command Q
  • File: Close Book - Command W
  • Actions: Sync and Check for New Items - Command R
  • Go: Sync to Furthest Page Read - Command R
  • Move the focus of 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 - Page Up, Command, Up Arrow
  • Scroll the list of books down one page - Page Down, Command, Down Arrow
  • Open selected book (go to last page read)* - Return, Command, O
  • Next Page - Page Down, Command Down Arrow, Enter, Right Arrow, Space, or Down Arrow
  • Previous Page - Shift Enter, Shift Space, Page Up, Command Up Arrow, Left Arrow, or Up Arrow
  • Back - Delete, Backspace
  • Increase font size - Command +
  • Decrease font size - Command -
  • Bookmark - Command D
  • Open/Close Notes and Marks - Command B
  • Go to Location - Command G
  • Search - Command F
  • Open Flashcard side panel - Command, Shift, F
  • Open and close X-Ray for Textbooks - Command Y (only works on eligible Textbooks)
  • Export to Flashcards from Notebook - Command, Shift, N (when using the Notebook)
  • Export Notes from Notebook - Command, Alt, E (when using the Notebook)

Text-to-Speech is only supported with Mac OSX 10.10 or above.

To use these shortcuts, you must enable Text-to-Speech first. Press Command T or select the Tools menu and choose Start Text-to-Speech.

  • Toggle Text-to-Speech - Command T
  • Pause or resume reading - Space bar (while in a book)
  • Read the current sentence - Command S
  • Read the previous sentence - Command, Shift, Up arrow
  • Skip forward one sentence - Command, Shift, Down arrow
  • Increase speech rate - Shift +
  • Decrease speech rate - Shift -
  • Toggle continuous reading - Command, Shift, C
  • Text-to-Speech Read Instructions - Command I

Note: This feature only works on eligible Kindle content. You can configure the Text-to-Speech language from the System Preferences on your computer.