Basic Operations & Home screen

Opening the Notifications panel

Tap the status bar to open the notifications panel. The notifications panel displays a list of your current notifications. Notifications about ongoing activities are listed first, followed by notifications about events, such as a new mail notifications.

Responding to a notification

To respond to a notification, follow the below steps:

1.Open the notifications panel.

Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description.

2.Tap a notification to respond to it.

The notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification.

Closing the Notifications panel

Tap the area out of the notifications panel to close the notifications panel.

Locking your screen

You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to access your data, run applications and so on. See Location & security section for other ways to protect your tablet and privacy.

Locking your screen with a Pattern lock

For example, you can use a Pattern lock to lock your screen with following steps.

1.Open the Location & security settings by tapping the Apps Settings Location & security.

2.Tap Configure lock screen Pattern.

The first time you open it, a short tutorial about creating an unlock pattern will appear. Then you’re prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the creation.

The next time you turn on your tablet or wake up the screen, you will be prompted to draw your unlock pattern to unlock the screen.

Customizing the Home screen

You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets and other items to any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper.

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