Quick Setup

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NOTE: Your tablet has a factory-sealed battery. Before you press the power button to turn on the tablet for the first time, make sure that the AC adapter is connected to the tablet.

Depending on your tablet model, the tablet initially displays the Windows® desktop or the Windows Start screen.

Quick Tour

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1WWAN antennas (2)*

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8Audio-out (headphone)/Audio-in (microphone) combo jack

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NOTE: Tablet color, features, and accessories may vary.

Navigating the Windows Start Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Windows Start screen provides a central location where you can access your information and email,

 

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Tap a Start screen app. To quickly return to the Start screen, press the Windows button .

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Display the charms (Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings)

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Swipe from the upper-right or lower-right corner of the Start screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Swipe from the lower-left area of the Start screen, and then tap the arrow .

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Swipe from the upper-left corner of the Start screen to reveal a list of open apps, and then tap an

 

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Display the Start menu
Desktop Tap the Start icon.

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Tap the Desktop app, and then tap the Start icon

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Go wireless

Tap the network icon in the lower-right corner of the screen, and then connect to a network.

NOTE: To set up a WLAN and connect to the Internet, you need a broadband modem (either DSL or cable) (purchased separately), high-speed Internet service purchased from an Internet service provider, and a wireless router (purchased separately).

Locate system information

Important system information is located on the back of the tablet. You may need the information when travelling internationally or when you contact support.

?Find more information

Windows models To learn about Windows, select the Getting Started with Windows 8 app on the Start screen.

To access the user guides, select the HP Support Assistant app on the Start screen, select My computer, and then select User guides.

Guides are also available on the Web at the HP Support Center: http://www.hp.com/go/bsc.

NOTE: You do not need to connect to the Internet to access Help and Support and the user guides.

Landscape and portrait views

The tablet allows you to rotate the display between landscape and portrait view.

•To rotate the display from landscape to portrait view, hold the tablet vertically with the display facing you, and then turn the tablet 90 degrees to the right (in a clockwise direction).

•To rotate the display from portrait to landscape view, hold the tablet vertically, and then turn the tablet 90 degrees to the left (in a counter-clockwise direction).