HP 12 Pro manual Getting to know your tablet, Using the Home screen

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Getting to know your tablet

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*Note: Features may vary by model and country.

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First Edition: September 2014

Using the Home screen

All apps—Displays a list of all apps installed. To configure your preferences, touch , and then touch .

Back—Opens the previous screen.

Home—Opens or returns to the Home screen.

Recent apps—Opens a list of apps used recently.

NOTE: The icons on the Home screen and the appearance of the Home screen may vary.

Search*

Search—Allows you to type one or more keywords to search with the installed search app.

Voice search—Allows you to speak one or more keywords to search with the installed search app.

*The search feature varies by model and country.

Use gestures

The following gestures can be used with your tablet:

Use the pen

You can use the pen directly on the tablet or on paper (select apps only), which is duplicated on the tablet.

Touch to share files

Tap the Near Field Communication

(NFC) tapping

area on the back of your tablet to the NFC tapping

area of another NFC-enabled tablet to transfer files. A chime sounds when an NFC connection is detected.

Use GPS

To access the GPS feature, touch , touch Location, touch Mode, and then select the Location mode you want.

Lock and unlock

Lock—Press the power button . Unlock—Press the power button to turn on the tablet, then place your finger on and slide to the position.

Display apps, widgets, and notification

Apps—Touch , and then touch the Apps tab to see a list of all apps.

Widgets—Touch , and then touch the Widgets tab to see a list of all widgets.

Notification—Swipe down from the top of the screen to see your notifications.

Change your tablet’s view

The Auto-rotate feature allows you to change your tablet’s view. For landscape view, hold the tablet horizontally. For portrait view, hold the tablet vertically.

NOTE: Some apps do not rotate automatically.

To change the Auto-rotate setting, swipe down from the top to display notifications, and then touch Auto-rotate to lock or unlock the screen rotation.

Download apps from the

Google Play™ Store*

You must be connected to a wireless network and signed into a Google account before you can access the Play Store to download apps.

1.On the Home screen, touch , and then touch the Play Store app.

2.To search for an app, touch the Search icon, and then type a keyword, or touch a category.

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3.Scroll down to see the available apps, and then touch an app to select it.

4.Touch Install, and the app begins to download and install.

*Select models only.

Turn off the tablet

Press and hold the power button , touch Power off, and then touch OK. If your tablet becomes unresponsive, press and hold the power button for several seconds to turn off the tablet.

Back up your data

HP strongly encourages you to periodically back up your personal data and media on your tablet to another computer,

a dedicated storage device, or to the cloud using one of several commercially available solutions.

For more information, you can access the user guide from the HP User Guides app.

Use a micro SD card

Insert a micro SD card (purchased separately) in the micro SD slot.

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