Difference Between Kindle Back Button and Previous Page Button
by Jason Schramm in Tips on January 21, 2008
I am writing this because I have seen some confusion in Kindle reviews as to what the Back button does, and how it differs from the Previous Page button. Some people think they sometimes act the same, but that is just not correct.
The Previous Page button takes you to the previous page in the book you are currently reading. The Back button, however, will take you to your Kindle’s Home screen if you are reading a book. If on another screen, like the dictionary, the Back button will take you back to the page that you launched the “Lookup” function from. If you are in the Experimental web browser the Back button will take you to the last website you visited, while the Previous Page button takes you to the previous section in the website you are currently viewing.
So to recap: the Previous Page button takes you to the previous book page, and the Back button takes you to the previous area/feature you were in. I hope this eliminates the confusion.
Tags: Amazon Kindle, Tips, Tricks
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Except for the fact that hitting the previous page, when there is no previous page, operates exactly the same as the back button. Try it out. Do a search, going to the page allowing you to search the book, the web, wiki, or the store. Hit the back button. Then, try the same thing, only hit previous page instead of back. Same result.
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