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Table Of Contents

Getting started
- New features and enhancements
- Getting to know your tablet
- Using the touch screen
- Insert a micro SIM card
- Personalizing your home screen
- View your notifications
- Status bar icons
- Switch to a new tablet
- Setting up your tablet
- About your BlackBerry ID
- About BlackBerry Balance
- Overview of tablet settings
- Supported audio, video, and picture file formats and codecs
Messages
- Add an email address or social networking account
- Adding an email account using advanced setup
  - Prerequisites: Adding an email account using advanced setup
  - Add an email account using advanced setup
- View your messages
- View your folders
- Send an email
- Refresh your messages and folders
- Messaging tips
- Conversation threads
- Change your default email address
- Change email account options
- Troubleshooting: Email
Contacts
- Add, change, or delete a contact
- Merge your contacts
- Contact views
- Add a contact picture
- Search for a contact
- Sort your contacts
- Filter your contacts
- I can't synchronize my contacts
Calendar
- Add, change, or delete an event
- Respond to a meeting invite
- Calendar views
- Change your calendar settings
- Switch calendars
- Troubleshooting: Calendar
Browser
- Browsing the web
- Bookmarking webpages
- Change browser options
- I can't play a song or video on a webpage
BlackBerry Bridge
- About BlackBerry Bridge
- New features
- Connect your tablet and smartphone using BlackBerry Bridge
- BlackBerry Bridge basics
- Remote control
- BlackBerry Bridge vs Tethering
- Do data charges apply?
- About synchronizing Wi-Fi and VPN profiles
- About using BlackBerry Bridge in your organization
- Troubleshooting: BlackBerry Bridge
Connections
- Connect to a mobile network
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth technology
- Tether your tablet to a Bluetooth enabled device
- Share files between your computer and tablet using Wi-Fi
- Share files between your computer and tablet using a USB connection
- Turn on airplane mode
- Connect your tablet to an HDMI display
- Troubleshooting: HDMI connections
Keyboard and typing
- Using the keyboard
- Typing tips
- Copy and paste
- Setting spelling checker options
- Troubleshooting: Keyboard and typing
- BlackBerry Mini Keyboard
Documents To Go
- Getting started with Documents To Go
- Using Word To Go
- Using Sheet To Go
- Using Slideshow To Go
- Shortcuts: Documents To Go
Print To Go
- Using Print To Go
- Troubleshooting: Print To Go
Facebook
- Navigating Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook tablets
- New features
- Contacting your friends
- Posting and tagging photos and videos
- Posting comments and liking items
- Adding friends and pages
- Keeping up with events
- Check in to a place
BlackBerry App World
- Download apps with BlackBerry App World
- Hide items intended for adult, mature, or teen audiences
- I can't find an app in the BlackBerry App World storefront
Camera
- Taking pictures
- Recording videos
Pictures
- Viewing your pictures
Videos
- Playing videos
Music
- Playing your music
- Creating playlists and organizing your music
Music Store
- Buy and download music
- I accidentally deleted music that I purchased
Battery and power
- Turning off your tablet and using standby mode
- Battery power level icons
- Extending your battery life
- Charge your tablet
Applications
- Delete an app
- Move applications to the dock
- Add or rename a folder on the tablet home screen
- Deleting folders and icons from the tablet home page
Clock
- Setting the clock
Video chat
- About video chats
- Starting video and voice-only chats
- Add, change, or delete a contact
- View chat history
- Turn off the Accept Calls feature
- Troubleshooting: Video chat
Video Store
- Downloading videos
Bing Maps
- Finding a location or business
- Get directions
- I can't find my current location
BlackBerry News
- Getting started with the BlackBerry News app
- Customizing the BlackBerry News app
- Reading articles in a news feed
Security
- About tablet passwords
- Set or change a password
- Managing VPN profiles
- Managing certificates
- Import a certificate from your computer using a Wi-Fi connection
- Import a certificate from your computer using a USB connection
- Delete all your tablet data
Podcasts
- Downloading and subscribing to podcasts
Voice notes
- Recording voice notes
Legal notice

File extensions Video codecs

Audio codecs

MKV

MPEG-4

AVI

• H.264

• MPEG-4

• Xvid

• MPEG-2

MP3

ASF

WMA

WMV

• VC-1 • Windows Media Audio 9 and Windows

Media Audio 9 Professional

• Windows Media Audio 10 and Windows

Media Audio 10 Professional

MP3

MKA

AAC

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• AAC

• MP3

• PCM

AMR — AMR-NB

F4V VP6 Sorenson Spark

WAV — PCM

BMP — —

JPG — —

GIF — —

PNG — —

For information about media file extensions and media file formats for your tablet, visit www.blackberry.com/docs/

smartphones and click Tablets > Supported Media.

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