Widgets

When you first turn on your tablet, there are various widgets on the center Home screen. They can also appear on the Home screens to the left and right of the center Home screen.

Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place on the Home screens to access your favorite features.

For more information, refer to “Applications” on page 94.

Adding Widgets to a Home screen

1.Navigate to the Home screen on which you want to

place the Widget and touch Apps.

2.Touch the Widgets tab.

Note: Swipe across the screen horizontally to view all Widgets.

3.Touch and hold the widget’s icon until the Home screen displays, then slide your finger where you want to place the icon and release it.

Note: There must be room on the screen where you want to place the widget, otherwise the widget will not add to the Home screen.

Removing Widgets

Touch and hold the Widget until Remove displays, then drag the widget to the Remove icon.

Note: This action does not actually delete the Widget, it just removes it from the current Home screen.

Folders

Place Folders on a Home screen to organize items together.

Adding Folders

To create a folder on a Home page:

1.Navigate to the desired Home screen.

2.Touch and hold on an empty area of the screen until the Home screen pop-up displays and then touch Folder.

The Create folder pop-up displays.

3.Touch the Unnamed folder field, use the keyboard to enter a name for the folder, and touch OK.

A new folder displays on the Home screen.

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Samsung SM-T217AZKAATT user manual Adding Widgets to a Home screen, Removing Widgets, Adding Folders