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Using Other Applications on Your NOOKcolor

Your NOOKcolor includes music players, a photo gallery, a contact management application for storing addresses and

phone numbers, and games such as Chess and Sudoko.

Your NOOKcolor includes the following applications:

• Contacts – a contact management application

• Gallery – an application for viewing and organizing photos that you load on your NOOKcolor

• LendMe™ – software for Barnes & Noble’s exclusive LendMe technology, which lets you lend and borrow

NOOKbooks

• Music – a music player for playing MP3 and AAC music ﬁles that you load on your NOOKcolor

• Pandora

Internet Radio – the mobile application for the Pandora music-streaming service

Viewing the Applications Installed on Your NOOKcolor

To see icons for all the applications on your NOOKcolor, do this:

1. Tap the arrow button in the status bar to open the Quick Nav Bar.

2. Tap the Extras icon.

Your NOOKcolor displays a grid showing the applications installed on your NOOKcolor.

Launching an Application

To launch an application, tap on its icon on the Extras screen.

Quitting an Application

To leave an application and return to other activities, do any of the following:

• Press the Home key to return to the Home Screen.

• Tap the Quick Nav arrow to call up the Quick Nav Bar, then select an icon such as Shop from the menu.

• Tap the Resume Reading icon (the outline of an open book) in the Status Bar.

You do not need to quit an application on NOOKcolor the way you would quit an application on a desktop com-

puter. Simply move to the next feature you want to use.

Working with Microsoft Oce Files

Your NOOKcolor can open Microsoft Oce ﬁles compatbile with Oce 2003 and Oce 2007. Files are readable,

not editable. Your NOOKcolor can read ﬁles in the following formats: xls, .doc, .ppt, .pps, .txt, .docm, .xlsm, .pptm,

.ppsx, .ppsm, .docx, .xlx, .pptx.