Asus Asus Nexus 7 Manual

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NEXUS 7 GUIDEBOOK ii
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Table of contents
1. Get started 1
Turn on & sign in 1
Charge the battery 2
Why use a Google Account? 3
Jelly Bean tips 4
2. Play & explore 7
Browse Home screens 7
Swipe up for Google Now 8
Swipe down for notications 10
Get around 12
Touch & type 14
Try Face Unlock 15
3. Make yourself at home 17
Relax with Google Play 17
Manage Downloads 20
Use apps 21
Organize your Home screens 22
Start Gmail 24
Find People 24
Manage your Calendar 24
Change sound settings 24
Change the wallpaper 25

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4. Make Search personal 26
About Google Now 26
About Google Now cards 29
Use Google Now cards 29
Turn off Google Now 31
Control location reporting & history 32
Search tips & tricks 36
Use Voice Actions 37
Voice Actions commands 38
Search settings 40
Privacy and accounts 42
5. Tune performance 44
Optimize battery life 44
Optimize data usage 46
Optimize memory usage 47
6. Enter & edit text 51
Use the keyboard 51
Type text by speaking 53

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7. Connect to networks 55
Connect to Wi-Fi networks 55
Connect to virtual private networks 59
Control airplane mode & other network settings 61
8. Connect to devices 63
Beam screen content 63
Connect to Bluetooth devices 64
Connect to keyboards, mice, & other devices 67
Connect to a Windows computer via USB 69
Connect to a Macintosh computer via USB 70
9. Manage accounts 72
Add or remove accounts 72
Congure sync options 74
Change backup & reset options 76
10. Secure your tablet 78
Set screen lock 78
Encrypt your tablet 80
Work with certicates 82

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11. Accessibility
Accessibility overview
Set up your tablet
Use Talkback
Use Explore by Touch
Accessibility settings

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1
Get started
Turn on & sign in
To turn on your Nexus 7, press the Power button on the right edge
near the top for a few seconds, then release it.
The rst time, you’ll see a Welcome screen.
• To choose a different language, touch the menu.
• To continue, touch Start and follow the instructions.
When prompted, sign in using the email address and password
for your Google Account. If you don’t have one yet, go ahead and
create one.
An email address that you use for any of the following counts as
a Google Account:
• Gmail
• YouTube

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• Google Apps
• AdWords
• Any other Google product
When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, contacts,
Calendar events, and other data associated with that account are
automatically synced with your tablet.
If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add the others
later.
Charge the battery
The printed Quick Start Guide that comes with Nexus 7 contains
basic operating instructions for your new tablet.
The battery may not be fully charged at rst. It’s a good idea to
fully charge it as soon as you can.
Connect the micro USB cable to Nexus 7 and to the charging unit,
and the charging unit to a power outlet:
a

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IMPORTANT: Use the charging unit and micro USB cable
that come with your Nexus 7. Other charging units and USB
cables may charge more slowly or not at all.
Why use a Google Account?
A Google Account lets you organize and access your personal in-
formation from any computer or mobile device:
• Use Google Play. Google Play brings together all your favorite
content in one place: movies, books, music, magazines, apps,
and more. When you sign in with your Google Account, you can
reach any of this content from any of your devices – as long as
you have a network connection. You can also shop for more in
the Google Play store.
• Synchronize and back up everything. Whether you draft an
email, add an event to your calendar, or add a friend’s address,
your work gets backed up continuously by Google and syn-
chronized with any computer where you use the same Google
Account.
• Access from anywhere. Check your latest calendar, email, text
messages, or social stream, no matter what computer or mo-
bile device you’re using.
• Keep your stuff secure and available. Google works round the
clock to protect your personal data from unauthorized access
and to ensure that you get it when you need it, wherever you
need it.
• Simplify shopping. You can connect your Google account with

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Google Wallet, which makes it easy to purchase music, books,
apps, and more on Google Play and other online stores.
• Use other Google services. Your Google Account also lets you
take full advantage of any other Google apps and services that
you may want to use, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Naviga-
tion, Google Play, YouTube, Google Talk, Messaging, and many
more.
Jelly Bean tips
Whether you’re new to Android or an old hand, check out these
new features in Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).
Home screen
Google Play
widgets
New widgets on your Home screens
display recently used apps, music,
movies, books, or games you already
have – including free content that
comes with your Nexus 7. Other wid-
gets offer suggestions for browsing
Google Play.
Touch a widget to
access content from
Google Play.
Touch & hold a
widget to resize or
remove it.
Rearrange
Home
screen
Slide an icon slowly to move other
icons or widgets gently aside. This
makes it much easier to change your
Home screen layout.
Touch & hold an icon
and slide slowly to
the location of your
choice.
Slide an icon quickly
to drop it into a
folder.

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Google Search
Google Now Google Now gets you just the right
information, at just the right time –
such as today’s weather before you
start your day, how much trafc to
expect before you leave for work, and
even your favorite team’s score while
they’re playing.
Swipe up from the
bottom center of any
screen.
Touch the Google
Search bar at the top
of any Home screen.
Say
“Google”
When the Google Now screen is open,
you can just say “Google” to activate
a voice search.
Touch the Google
Search bar at the top
of any Home screen,
or swipe up from
the bottom of any
screen. Say “Google”
and your query to
search.
Notications
Notica tion
shade
Supports expandable
notications that let
you perform additional
actions right from the
notication itself.
Swipe one nger from the
top of any screen to open the
notication shade.
Swipe two ngers vertically
or pinch-zoom to expand or
collapse a notication.
Touch an icon inside certain
notications to handle a task
directly.
Swipe to dismiss a notication.
Email
guests for
a calendar
event
You can email attendees
from the Calendar app, or
send a canned or custom
response directly from a
calendar notication.
Touch Email guests in the calen-
dar event or notication. From
the notication, you’ll have the
option to choose a canned or
custom response.

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Notica tion
volume
You can now control the
volume for notications
separately from your tab-
let’s main volume.
Press the volume button on
the side of your tablet, then
touch the Settings icon. Drag
slider to change the volume for
notications.
Rotation
lock
Lock your screen to keep
it in portrait mode.
Pull down the notication shade
and touch the Rotation icon.
Other improvements
Chrome Chrome for Android includes
unlimited tabs, incognito tabs,
and syncs your tabs across your
devices when you sign in to your
Google Account.
Important: Flash isn’t available
with Chrome for Android. If you
need Flash, download the Browser
from the Google Play Store app .
Swipe to navigate un-
limited tabs, or touch,
hold, & drag a tab to a
different position.
Touch the tab switcher
icon to switch back
and forth between in-
cognito mode tabs and
regular tabs.
Accessi-
bility
Gesture Mode supports naviga-
tion by using touch and swipe
gestures in combination with
speech output.
Platform supports external Braille
input and output devices via USB
and Bluetooth.
To navigate, swipe:
Right & down: Next
Left & up: Previous
Left to right: Scroll up
Right to left: Scroll
down
Blink for
Face Unlock
For improved security, you can
now set Face Unlock to request a
blink when you unlock your tablet.
Touch Settings >
Security > Screen lock.
Add an
account
Easily add an email account
to your device from the main
Settings screen.
Touch Settings >
Accounts > Add
account.

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2
Play & explore
Browse Home screens
To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
The My Library widget displays apps, music, movies, books, and
games you already have – including free content that comes with
your Nexus 7:
Touch any
title to
open it

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When you’re ready to shop for more, try the suggestions in one of
the Play Recommendations widgets:
To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go and drag the blue
dots. To remove it, touch & hold, then drag it to the Remove icon
at the top of the screen.
Swipe up for Google Now
Google Now is about getting you just the right information, at just
the right time.
It tells you today’s weather before you start your day, how much
trafc to expect before you leave for work, the next train as you’re
standing on the platform, and even your favorite team’s score
while they’re playing.
And all of this happens automatically. Google Now intelligently
brings you the information you want to see, when you want to see
it. No digging required.
For example, here’s a Google Now card that appears when you’re
Touch to see a
different suggestion
Touch to
avoid future
suggestions
like this
Touch to learn more

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about to start your commute home:
Give it a try! Swipe your nger up from the bottom of any screen,
or touch the Google Search bar at the top of the screen.
When you want to see more cards, touch Show more cards at the
bottom of the screen. When you don’t need them any more, swipe
them out of the way.
You’re in control
When you opt in to Google Now, you’re also turning on location
reporting and location history. Google Now also uses location
information provided by Google’s location service and GPS, if
those are currently turned on. Google’s location service must be
turned on for Google Now to work.
Google Now also uses data from other sources, such as your
data in Google products or in third-party products that you allow
Google Now to access. For example, your tablet’s synced calendar
may include entries from non-Google calendar products.
For example, if you have a synced calendar entry for a dentist
appointment that includes the dentist’s address, Google Now can

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check trafc and suggest when to leave. And if you have searches
stored in your Web History, Google Now can also show cards
based on sports scores, flight status, and so on.
You’re in control. You can choose exactly which cards you’d like
to see, adjust the details of what they display, and adjust your
privacy settings.
For more information about Google Now and your location
information, see “Chapter 4, Make search personal,” on page
26.
Swipe down for notications
Notications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar
events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as video
downloads.
When a notication arrives, its icon appears at the top of the
screen. Icons for pending notications appear on the left, and
system icons showing things like Wi-Fi signal or battery strength
on the right:
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, &
battery status
Pending
notications

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To open the notications shade, swipe down from the top:
Certain notications can be expanded to show more information,
such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is
Toggle screen
rotation lock Dismiss all
Go to
settings
Touch to
respond
to other
guests
Swipe up or
down with
two ngers
to open or
close an
expandable
notication

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always expanded when possible. To expand or collapse a notica-
tion, use two ngers to either swipe vertically or twist together.
To open the related app, touch the notication icon on the left.
Some notications also allow you to take specic actions by
touching icons within the notication. For example, Calendar no-
tications allow you to Snooze (remind you later) or send email
to other guests.
When you’re nished with a notication, just swipe it away to the
left or right. If you want to dismiss all notications, touch the Dis-
miss icon [icon] at the top of the notication shade. drawer.
Get around
At the bottom of each Home screen, notice the Favorites tray: an-
other quick way to get to your books, magazines, apps, movies,
and music:
At the bottom of every Nexus 7 screen, no matter what you’re do-
ing, you’ll always nd these three navigation buttons:
Open folder of
popular apps
View all
your apps
Shop on
Google Play

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Back
Opens the previous screen you were working in,
even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to
the Home screen, you can’t go back any further in
your history.
Home
Opens Home. If you’re viewing a left or right Home
screen, opens the central Home screen. To open
Google Now, swipe up. Google Now gives just what
you need to know, right when you need it.
Recent apps
Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve
worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To
remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or
right.
After a short time without getting used, these buttons may shrink
to dots or fade away, depending on the current app. To bring them
back, touch their location.
On the All Apps screen available from the Favorites
tray, notice the Settings icon. This brings you to the
Settings screens for your tablet, where you can ad-
just things like network, sound, and account set-
tings, among many others.
Settings

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TIP: To get to Settings quickly no what screen you’re on,
swipe down your Notications from the top of any screen
and touch the small Settings icon near the top.
At the top of the screen you’ll nd Google Search, which lets you
search your tablet or the Internet. Touch Google to type your
search terms, or to speak them.
Touch & type
Use your ngers to manipulate icons, buttons, menus, the on-
screen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can
also change the screen’s orientation.
To select or activate something, touch it.
To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms,
just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets
you type into the eld.
Other common gestures include:
• Touch & hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching
it and not lifting your nger until an action occurs.
• Drag: Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lift-
ing your nger, move your nger on the screen until you reach
the target position. For example, you can move apps around
on the Home screen.
• Swipe or slide: Quickly move your nger across the surface of
the screen, without pausing when you rst touch (so you don’t