[Ann in Arlington]

At least, the Windows version has. I discovered this when I used it the other day and got a pop up. They have fixed the 'bug' that was causing Word files to be converted to a locked sans serif font on the PaperWhite.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_201016420_s2kpc?nodeId=200768410

 

[Linjeakel]

At last! When I got my PW I had to go back to converting stuff to .mobi files first, which was a step backwards really.

Now I should be able to upload Word files directly and not have to worry about the dreaded fixed font.

Do we have to download and reinstall, or does it update itself?

 

[Steph H]

Linda, all you have to do is click on the install or update (I forget exactly what it says, I did it over the weekend) button, and it automatically uninstalls the old version, installs the new version, and takes you back where you were.

So, for instance, I did a right-click, send to kindle on a book. When the usual screen popped up is when I got an additional pop up about the new version. I clicked on the install/update/whatever button, it did its thing, and then took me right back to the usual screen of the book I was trying to send. Easy peasy painless!

There's probably other ways to update, but that might be the easiest. Just pick any book or document; once it updates and gets you back to the usual screen, you can cancel out without actually sending it if you don't really want to send that particular document.

 

[Linjeakel]

Thanks, Steph. The whole thing took less than a minute and I'm good to go. 

 

[Steph H]

Yay! Too bad all software updates aren't that easy, eh?

 

[Ann in Arlington]

Yep.  Mine worked the same as Stephs. . . .at the time, I was sending a .prc file anyway, but I went and found a word file and sent it to see what happened.  Then came and shared!

(Actually, I would have shared last night but Harvey had the board down, so I had to wait until this morning. )

I expect if you download it directly you can simply install the new one.