The Send to Kindle feature lets you send Microsoft Word documents directly to your Kindle library in mere minutes. A transferred file can appear like a Kindle book with adjustable font sizes or like a printed document with fixed layouts so as to preserve your page-design formatting.
Kindle book format
This formatting style enables adjustable font sizes and page layouts. It also supports handwritten sticky notes with Kindle Scribe. It works well for storing documents with simple text formatting for better readability on smaller screens.
Word document format:
This formatting style preserves the page layouts and text formatting of your Word document. Your content will display in Kindle as it would appear when printed (except tracked changes and comments, which will not appear).
Note: Files transmitted via Send to Kindle will become available on all supported Kindle apps and e-reader devices associated with the Amazon account that was used for authorizing the Send to Kindle function.
With your source document open, take these steps:
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Go to File > Export > Send to Kindle.
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In the right-side pane, select the Send to Kindle button.
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In the Sign in pane, enter your Amazon credentials and select Sign in. (Upon first usage only, a subsequent panel requires you to click Allow to permit sending.)
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Select which format will be applied to your file in Kindle, then Send.
Note: The Web version of Send to Kindle is coming soon. Standby.
With your source document open, take these steps:
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Go to File > Export > Send to Kindle
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In the Sign in panel, enter your Amazon credentials and click Sign in. (Upon first usage only, a subsequent panel requires you to click Allow to permit sending.)
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Select which format will be applied to your file in Kindle, then Send.
Note: The Mac version of Send to Kindle is coming soon. Standby.
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Go to File > Share > Send to Kindle...
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In the Sign in pane, enter your Amazon credentials and select Sign in. (Upon first usage only, a subsequent panel requires you to click Allow to permit sending.)
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Select which format will be applied to your file in Kindle, then Send.
In just a few minutes, the document will appear in your Kindle library. Optionally visit amazon.com/sendtokindle to view your file’s status or to learn more about Microsoft Word files sent to Kindle.
FAQ
A: Send to Kindle supports .doc and .docx files.
A. Send to Kindle supports all of the following:
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Kindle app
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Paperwhite 3
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Kindle Oasis
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Kindle (2016)
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Kindle Oasis (2017)
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Kindle Oasis (2018)
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Kindle Paperwhite (2018)
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Kindle (2019)
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Kindle Oasis (2019)
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Kindle Paperwhite (2021)
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Kindle (2022)
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Kindle Scribe (2022)
A: Microsoft uses an identifier code for each document sent to Kindle via Send to Kindle for Microsoft Word. The identifier does not contain any customer data but it could potentially be used to link back to a customer’s account. Microsoft will only share this identifier code with Amazon to help resolve transfer errors.
A. To disable user access to Send to Kindle, you can go the cloud policy link, locate the [Turn off Send to Kindle] policy and set it to [Enabled]. The policy will automatically be set in place and users will not have access to this feature. Alternatively, you can set your optional connected experiences policy to off thus disabling all optional connected experiences for your users.
