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Android Tablets For Dummies
by Dan Gookin
Android Tablets For Dummies, 3rd Edition
Cover
Cover
Introduction
About This Book
How to Use This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started with Android Tablets
Chapter 1: That Out-of-the-Box Experience
Initial Procedures
Tablet Exploration
Optional Accessories
Where to Keep Your Tablet
Chapter 2: Android Tablet On and Off
Greetings, Android Tablet
More Accounts
The End of Your Android Tablet Day
Chapter 3: How Android Tablets Work
Basic Operations
There’s No Place Like Home Screen
The World of Apps
Common Android Icons
Chapter 4: Creating and Editing Text
Behold the Onscreen Keyboard
Everybody Was Touchscreen Typing
Android Tablet Dictation
Text Editing and Correcting
Part II: Stay in Touch
Chapter 5: All Your Friends
The Tablet’s Address Book
Even More Friends
Manage Your Friends
Chapter 6: You’ve Got Email
Android Tablet Email
Message for You!
Write a New Email Message
Message Attachments
Email Configuration
Chapter 7: Tablet Web Browsing
The Web Browser App
The Web on a Tablet
The Art of Downloading
Web Browser Controls and Settings
Chapter 8: Text, Voice, and Video
Can We Hangout?
Connect to the World with Skype
Chapter 9: Digital Social Life
Your Life on Facebook
The Tweet Life
More Social Networking Opportunities
Part III: Omni Tablet
Chapter 10: There’s a Map for That
A Map That Needs No Folding
It Knows Where You Are
Find Things
Android the Navigator
Chapter 11: Everyone Say “Cheese!”
Android Tablet Camera 101
Camera Settings and Options
Chapter 12: Image Management
The Digital Gallery
Edit and Manage Images
Set Your Pictures and Videos Free
Chapter 13: Music, Music, Music
Listen Here
Add Some Music to Your Life
Organize Your Music
Music from the Stream
Chapter 14: Amazing Tablet Feats
Clock
Calculator
Calendar
eBook Reader
Game Machine
Google Now
Video Entertainment
Chapter 15: Play Store Shopping
Hello, Google Play Store
Play Store Tricks
Part IV: Nuts and Bolts
Chapter 16: It’s a Wireless Life
The Wonderful World of Wireless
The Bluetooth World
Android, Beam It to Me
Chapter 17: Connect, Share, and Store
The USB Connection
Files Back and Forth
Android Tablet Storage
Chapter 18: Apps and Widgets
Apps and Widgets on the Home Screen
App Management
Apps Drawer Organization
Chapter 19: Customize Your Android Tablet
Home Screen and Display Settings
Lock Screen Settings
Keyboard Settings
Audio Adjustments
Chapter 20: Android Tablet Security
Lock Your Tablet
Other Tablet Security
It’s Everyone’s Tablet!
Chapter 21: On the Road
You Can Take It with You
The Android Tablet Goes Abroad
Chapter 22: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Help
The Maintenance Chore
Battery Care and Feeding
Help and Troubleshooting
Valuable Tablet Q&A
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 23: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
Quickly Switch Apps
Install Apps from a Computer
Shooting a Panorama
Avoid Data Surcharges
Share Mobile Data
Make the Tablet Dream
Add Spice to Dictation
Add a Word to the Dictionary
Add Useful Widgets
Take a Screen Shot
Chapter 24: Ten Things to Remember
Dictate Text
Change the Tablet’s Orientation
Work the Quick Settings
Employ Keyboard Suggestions
Avoid the Battery Hogs
Unlock and Launch
Make Phone Calls
Check Your Schedule
Snap a Pic of That Contact
Use Google Now
About the Author
Cheat Sheet
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
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Table of Contents
Cover
Introduction
About This Book
How to Use This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started with Android Tablets
Chapter 1: That Out-of-the-Box Experience
Initial Procedures
Tablet Exploration
Optional Accessories
Where to Keep Your Tablet
Chapter 2: Android Tablet On and Off
Greetings, Android Tablet
More Accounts
The End of Your Android Tablet Day
Chapter 3: How Android Tablets Work
Basic Operations
There’s No Place Like Home Screen
The World of Apps
Common Android Icons
Chapter 4: Creating and Editing Text
Behold the Onscreen Keyboard
Everybody Was Touchscreen Typing
Android Tablet Dictation
Text Editing and Correcting
Part II: Stay in Touch
Chapter 5: All Your Friends
The Tablet’s Address Book
Even More Friends
Manage Your Friends
Chapter 6: You’ve Got Email
Android Tablet Email
Message for You!
Write a New Email Message
Message Attachments
Email Configuration
Chapter 7: Tablet Web Browsing
The Web Browser App
The Web on a Tablet
The Art of Downloading
Web Browser Controls and Settings
Chapter 8: Text, Voice, and Video
Can We Hangout?
Connect to the World with Skype
Chapter 9: Digital Social Life
Your Life on Facebook
The Tweet Life
More Social Networking Opportunities
Part III: Omni Tablet
Chapter 10: There’s a Map for That
A Map That Needs No Folding
It Knows Where You Are
Find Things
Android the Navigator
Chapter 11: Everyone Say “Cheese!”
Android Tablet Camera 101
Camera Settings and Options
Chapter 12: Image Management
The Digital Gallery
Edit and Manage Images
Set Your Pictures and Videos Free
Chapter 13: Music, Music, Music
Listen Here
Add Some Music to Your Life
Organize Your Music
Music from the Stream
Chapter 14: Amazing Tablet Feats
Clock
Calculator
Calendar
eBook Reader
Game Machine
Google Now
Video Entertainment
Chapter 15: Play Store Shopping
Hello, Google Play Store
Play Store Tricks
Part IV: Nuts and Bolts
Chapter 16: It’s a Wireless Life
The Wonderful World of Wireless
The Bluetooth World
Android, Beam It to Me
Chapter 17: Connect, Share, and Store
The USB Connection
Files Back and Forth
Android Tablet Storage
Chapter 18: Apps and Widgets
Apps and Widgets on the Home Screen
App Management
Apps Drawer Organization
Chapter 19: Customize Your Android Tablet
Home Screen and Display Settings
Lock Screen Settings
Keyboard Settings
Audio Adjustments
Chapter 20: Android Tablet Security
Lock Your Tablet
Other Tablet Security
It’s Everyone’s Tablet!
Chapter 21: On the Road
You Can Take It with You
The Android Tablet Goes Abroad
Chapter 22: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Help
The Maintenance Chore
Battery Care and Feeding
Help and Troubleshooting
Valuable Tablet Q&A
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 23: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
Quickly Switch Apps
Install Apps from a Computer
Shooting a Panorama
Avoid Data Surcharges
Share Mobile Data
Make the Tablet Dream
Add Spice to Dictation
Add a Word to the Dictionary
Add Useful Widgets
Take a Screen Shot
Chapter 24: Ten Things to Remember
Dictate Text
Change the Tablet’s Orientation
Work the Quick Settings
Employ Keyboard Suggestions
Avoid the Battery Hogs
Unlock and Launch
Make Phone Calls
Check Your Schedule
Snap a Pic of That Contact
Use Google Now
About the Author
Cheat Sheet
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
Guide
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