Instruction Manual

Section 2: Understanding Your Device
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Customizing the Home Screen
Customize the Home screen to suit your preferences.
For information about changing your tablet’s screen settings, see “Display Settings” on page 46.
Shortcuts and Widgets
You can add, reposition, or remove shortcuts and widgets from the Homescreen.
● Shortcuts: Icons on the Home screen which launch applications.
● Widgets: Self‑contained applications. They appear as on‑screen applications.
Adding a Shortcut or Widget
You can customize the Home screen by adding shortcuts andwidgets.
1. Touch and hold an empty area of the Home screen. Fromthe pop‑up menu, select Apps and widgets.
– or –
Tap Apps to display the Apps screen.
2. For shortcuts, tap the Apps tab, or for widgets, select the Widgets tab.
3. Touch and hold the shortcut or widget, and then drag it to a position on the current screen and release.
Removing a Shortcut or Widget
Note: Removing a shortcut does not delete the application, it simply removes the shortcut from the Home
screen.
► Touch and hold the shortcut or widget until it detaches, and then drag it to Remove and release.
Folders
Place folders on the Home screen to organize items.
Adding Folders
1. From a Home page, touch and hold on an empty area of the screen until the Home screen pop‑up appears.
2. Tap Folder.
3. Enter a name for the folder and select OK.
Using Folders
► Touch the folder to open it and access the shortcuts inside.
► To add shortcuts to the folder, touch and hold the shortcut, and then drag it to the folder and release.
► To delete a folder, touch and hold the folder until it detaches, and then drag it to Remove and release.
Wallpaper
You can choose a picture to display on the Home Screen, Lock screen, or on both the Home and Lock screens.
Choose from preloaded wallpapers, or select a photo you have downloaded or taken with the Camera.
1. Touch and hold an empty area of the Home screen. From the the pop‑up menu, tap Set wallpaper.
2. Select Home screen, Lock screen, or Home and lock screens.
3. Choose a source:
● Gallery: Choose a picture stored on your device or on an optional installed memory card. Touch a picture
to select it, then use the crop tool to resize the picture, if desired. Tap Done to set the picture as wallpaper.
● Live wallpapers: Choose from pre‑loaded interactive moving wallpapers. Touch a wallpaper, then tap Set
wallpaper.
● Wallpapers: Choose from pre‑loaded wallpaper images. Select a wallpaper, then tap Set wallpaper.
Note: You can also set Wallpaper in Settings. For more information, refer to “Wallpaper” on page 49.
Multi Window
Multi task by using two applications at the same time.
Note: Only applications displayed on the Multi window panel can be used with the Multi window feature.
Activate Multi Window
1. In a single motion, touch the Status bar to reveal the Notifications tab, and then drag it to the bottom of the
screen to open the Notifications screen.
2. From the Notification screen, tap Quick Settings to display additional functions.
3. Tap the Multi window entry to activate the feature. The icon turns green when active.
Note: You can also activate Multi window from the Notification Panel. For more information, refer to
“Notifications” on page 12.
Multi Window Panel
Multi window apps are displayed on the Multi window panel.
To display the Multi Window panel:
► Touch and drag left from the right edge of the screen to display the Multi window panel. After a few
seconds, the panel will be hidden again.
To activate Multi window via the Settings menu:
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps
g
Settings
g
Device tab
g
Multi window.
2. Verify feature is active (indicated by
ON
ON
).
3. Press Home to return to the Home screen.
To hide the Multi window tab:
► Press and hold the Back. This action hides the Multi window tab from view.