One of the main reasons for me buying a Kindle was to reduce the eye fatigue. Probably the first setting I've changed was to increase the font size by one step. Doing so I've noticed how large portion of the Kindle screen is being wasted and left blank. Sure you could alter the "Words per Line" setting under "Change Font Size" section, but it lets you only increase the margins around the text, thus waste even more of your 6'' screen.
With some very easy tweaking (no skills required) there is a way to reclaim the full screen for reading. This is not hacking, you can not kill your device that way and it will not void the warranty. Still you can alter only the horizontal margins, the vertical ones are fixed. Here are the required steps:
- Connect your Kindle to a computer via the USB cable.
- Open system folder (hidden by default) on the Kindle. Open com.amazon.ebook.booklet.reader subfolder.
- Open reader.pref file with notepad or similar text editor.
- Change the value of HORIZONTAL_MARGIN to 10 (default is 40). You can put only values that are multiple of 10. In other words you can use 10, 20, 30 etc., but not 15 or 17.
- Save the file.
- Restart Kindle, i.e. from home screen go to settings, then press settings button and select restart.
- Now enjoy a bit (more than 10% wider) wider screen and less page turning.
Note: If you can't find system folder, go to Windows Explorer settings and check Show hidden/system files.
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