Kindle 3 - Center justification??

Stratogirl · 05-27-2011, 06:47 AM

I finally got my Kindle and have been using it for a couple of weeks now.
I've been reading a book and everything was ok but today something weird happened.

I turned the Kindle on to continue reading and the text was all center justified.
Until a few minutes ago it was left justified.

I checked other books and they are all correctly left justified. Only the one that I am currently reading became center justified.

Did I press some keyboard shortcut that changes text justification by chance?

Kenneth_irl · 05-27-2011, 07:45 AM

If you haven't unlocked left justification on your Kindle, you connot have done this yourself. (or at least I connot on 3.0.3) Some books are simply formated with left or center justification and sometimes even with the justification unlocked, you connot change this without reformating it first. Also, if it's DRM'd you connot to so without removing the DRM first.

You did say that at first this particular text had left justification. It might be that the pages before this particular point in the book was indeed left justificatied, but then it might have changed to center justification at this point in the book. Try to go back in the book and see if this is indeed the case. If so, then it might be bad formating on the publisher's side.

Also, try to unlock justification on your Kindle. See link below:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99661

Stratogirl · 05-27-2011, 08:04 AM

Of course I have gone back and forth in the book and it was all center justified. I tried other books and they were left justified. I came back to the book I was reading and it was center. I tried putting it on sleep mode and on again. I tried to restart by moving the switch right and holding for several seconds and booting up again and nothing.

And now it went back to normal. All center justified.
I didnt do anything except putting it on sleep mode and leaving for the few minutes since I posted the thread.
Now I turned it on and it is left justified...

I will try the justification unlock later when I'm home from work.

Thank you.

Kenneth_irl · 05-27-2011, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratogirl

Of course I have gone back and forth in the book and it was all center justified. I tried other books and they were left justified. I came back to the book I was reading and it was center. I tried putting it on sleep mode and on again. I tried to restart by moving the switch right and holding for several seconds and booting up again and nothing.

And now it went back to normal. All center justified.
I didnt do anything except putting it on sleep mode and leaving for the few minutes since I posted the thread.
Now I turned it on and it is left justified...

I will try the justification unlock later when I'm home from work.

Thank you.

LOL, weird indeed. I haven't encountered anything like this before, I must say. Maybe someone else has.

alansplace · 05-27-2011, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratogirl

Of course I have gone back and forth in the book and it was all center justified. I tried other books and they were left justified. I came back to the book I was reading and it was center. I tried putting it on sleep mode and on again. I tried to restart by moving the switch right and holding for several seconds and booting up again and nothing.

And now it went back to normal. All center justified.
I didnt do anything except putting it on sleep mode and leaving for the few minutes since I posted the thread.
Now I turned it on and it is left justified...

I will try the justification unlock later when I'm home from work.

Thank you.

if anything odd happens concerning most any computing device (kindle included) a restart (reboot) is usually a good bet to fix the problem.

HarryT · 05-27-2011, 01:04 PM

Go back to the Kindle home-screen, then use Windows Explorer to delete the ".mbp" file associated with the book. Then re-open the book; you'll be back at the start, and will have lost any bookmarks you put in the book, but I suspect that it'll be OK again.

Stratogirl · 05-27-2011, 01:15 PM

I have already tried a reboot and nothing changed.
But as I said, I put it in sleep mode for about half an hour and when I turned it on again it was all back to normal.

Thank you.

alansplace · 05-27-2011, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratogirl

I have already tried a reboot and nothing changed.
But as I said, I put it in sleep mode for about half an hour and when I turned it on again it was all back to normal.

Thank you.

first off, harryt's suggestion is excellent. but i feel the need to mention that sometimes a second restart is necessary.

Kenneth_irl · 05-27-2011, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratogirl

I have already tried a reboot and nothing changed.
But as I said, I put it in sleep mode for about half an hour and when I turned it on again it was all back to normal.

Thank you.

We agree that this problem is limited to this particular piece of text, yes? If so then I doubt a reset/factory reset make much sense in the first place. Try what HarryT mentioned.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stratogirl

I have already tried a reboot and nothing changed.
But as I said, I put it in sleep mode for about half an hour and when I turned it on again it was all back to normal.

Thank you.

Did you try to unlock justification?

Kenneth_irl · 05-27-2011, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillipA82

And on some rare occasions even a 3rd restart is good...

How can more than one reset make any logical sense, guys? There would have to be some random element involved then, I think. Like an unstable core processor, bad memory chip, ect. I don't think that is the case here, though.

alansplace · 05-27-2011, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

We agree that this problem is limited to this particular piece of text, yes? If so then I doubt a reset/factory reset make much sense in the first place. Try what HarryT mentioned.

Did you try to unlock justification?

factory reset

shoud not be mentioned in the same breath with a restart. factory resets destroy data!!

alansplace · 05-27-2011, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

How can more than one reset make any logical sense, guys? There would have to be some random element involved then, I think. Like an unstable core processor, bad memory chip, ect. I don't think that is the case here, though.

can't tell you why, but it sometimes works and it can't hurt.

tlrowley · 05-27-2011, 05:39 PM

I had a book center itself like that, once, a very long time ago (maybe even on my 1st gen Kindle). A reboot (from the menu) fixed it.

very strange....

Kenneth_irl · 05-27-2011, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alansplace

factory reset

shoud not be mentioned in the same breath with a restart. factory resets destroy data!!

I can at least comfort you, sir, with the fact that I did all the cleansing rituals for my soul after making that dirty, dirty post. Also, I can assure you that no Kindles were harmed during the process of typing said post.

kranu · 05-27-2011, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillipA82

And on some rare occasions even a 3rd restart is good...

Then why not restart is 100 times?

I completely agree with 1x restart. 2x restart on rare occasions, but 3x restarts is ridiculous!

05-27-2011, 06:47 AM	#1
Stratogirl Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	Kindle 3 - Center justification?? I finally got my Kindle and have been using it for a couple of weeks now. I've been reading a book and everything was ok but today something weird happened. I turned the Kindle on to continue reading and the text was all center justified. Until a few minutes ago it was left justified. I checked other books and they are all correctly left justified. Only the one that I am currently reading became center justified. Did I press some keyboard shortcut that changes text justification by chance?

05-27-2011, 07:45 AM	#2
Kenneth_irl Addict Posts: 212 Karma: 55934 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3 + Paperwhite 7th gen	If you haven't unlocked left justification on your Kindle, you connot have done this yourself. (or at least I connot on 3.0.3) Some books are simply formated with left or center justification and sometimes even with the justification unlocked, you connot change this without reformating it first. Also, if it's DRM'd you connot to so without removing the DRM first. You did say that at first this particular text had left justification. It might be that the pages before this particular point in the book was indeed left justificatied, but then it might have changed to center justification at this point in the book. Try to go back in the book and see if this is indeed the case. If so, then it might be bad formating on the publisher's side. Also, try to unlock justification on your Kindle. See link below: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99661 Last edited by Kenneth_irl; 05-27-2011 at 07:57 AM.

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05-27-2011, 08:04 AM	#3
Stratogirl Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	Of course I have gone back and forth in the book and it was all center justified. I tried other books and they were left justified. I came back to the book I was reading and it was center. I tried putting it on sleep mode and on again. I tried to restart by moving the switch right and holding for several seconds and booting up again and nothing. And now it went back to normal. All center justified. I didnt do anything except putting it on sleep mode and leaving for the few minutes since I posted the thread. Now I turned it on and it is left justified... I will try the justification unlock later when I'm home from work. Thank you.

05-27-2011, 01:04 PM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Go back to the Kindle home-screen, then use Windows Explorer to delete the ".mbp" file associated with the book. Then re-open the book; you'll be back at the start, and will have lost any bookmarks you put in the book, but I suspect that it'll be OK again.

05-27-2011, 01:15 PM	#7
Stratogirl Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	I have already tried a reboot and nothing changed. But as I said, I put it in sleep mode for about half an hour and when I turned it on again it was all back to normal. Thank you.

05-27-2011, 05:39 PM	#13
tlrowley Quilt Geek Posts: 472 Karma: 91775 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA Device: Kindle	I had a book center itself like that, once, a very long time ago (maybe even on my 1st gen Kindle). A reboot (from the menu) fixed it. very strange....

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