How to Take Personal Notes on the Kindle

For many people, the Kindle has become a way of life. With the ability to store thousands of ebooks and an experimental web browser, users can use their Kindle for many of their daily activities, such as checking email, reading newspapers and magazines and reading their favorite novel. One feature the Kindle doesn't readily offer is the ability to take personal notes, or those outside of a book. However, there is a workaround which will allow you to take notes for a grocery list, write a to-do list or even write documents using basic word processing while out with your Kindle.

How to Take Personal Notes on the Kindle

On your computer, create a Blank Word document and title it "Notes." Within the document, type "Note 1," Note 2," and so on, up until 10. Save the document as a DOC file. You will use this file to take your notes.

Using your email address listed with your Kindle account, (this should be the email address associated with your Amazon account) attach the document to your email and send it to your Kindle email. In order to avoid the fee for converting documents, you will need to send it to yourname@free.kindle.com.

Amazon will convert the file and send it back to your email address. This may take about five minutes. When the email arrives, open it and click on the link to download file, taking note of the containing folder. Open the containing folder.

Plug in your Kindle and turn it on. Select "Open folder to view files," when prompted by your computer.

Open the "Documents" folder on your Kindle. Drag the AZW file to your Documents folder.

Scroll to your task bar and select Safely remove hardware. Unplug your Kindle.

The new file should be located on your main screen, right after your categories. Highlight it, using the navigational button and then click in on the button to open it.

Place the cursor next to "Note 1" and begin typing. A box will appear along the bottom displaying your note. Select Save note when finished. Move onto "Note 2" to enter the next note.

Push the Home button to return to the home screen. Click on My Clippings to view all of your notes.

To retrieve or print your notes, plug your Kindle into your computer and open the Kindle's Documents folder. There will be a TXT folder titled MyClippings. Open it to view your personal notes. Then print as you normally would for a hard copy of your personal notes.