User's Guide

2 Basic setup and operation
Using the touchscreen
Your T100 tablet can be easily operated with the touchscreen (using your fingers or the
EMRstylus), a mouse, and the keypad. You can easily switch between any of these input
methods. The main input gestures and functions supported on this device are:
Tap
Tap once on
something.
Opens/executes the action of what you tap on.
To enter text, tap where you want to type; the
onscreen keypad displays.
Press and hold
Press and hold your
finger or the EMR
stylus down for a few
seconds.
Shows a menu with options related to what
you’re doing (like right-clicking with a mouse). On
the pop-up menu that appears, tap the action
you want to perform.
Double-tap
Double-tap on
something.
Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other
screen to zoom. Double-tapping after pinching
to zoom in some apps, such as Browser, reflows
a column of text to fit the width of the screen.
Slide / swipe
Slide / swipe your
finger or the EMR
stylus across the
screen.
Scrolls through what’s on the screen. Quickly
move your finger across the surface of the
screen, without pausing when you first touch it,
to scroll a page or a list up or down. Scrolls
vertically or horizontally.
Drag
Drag your finger or
the EMR stylus
across the screen.
Hold your finger or the EMR stylus on an item for
a moment and then, without lifting your
finger/the EMR stylus, move across the screen
until you reach the target position.
l Drag in a list to select multiple items.
l Drag items on the screen to reposition them.
Pinch / stretch
Pinch your thumb
and forefinger
together or move
them apart.
Zooms in or out of a website, map, or picture.
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