Huawei MatePad Paper User manual

MatePad Paper
User Guide

Contents
Direct Your Device with a Wave of the Hand
Transfer Files in an Instant, with Huawei Share
Sign O on Your Lock Screen
Turn Your Scribbles into Legible Text
Take and Share Notes with Newfound Ease
Put Your Work on Full Display, with Wireless Projection
Take Notes to Make Your Mark
Instant Text Translations
Transfer Books Between Devices
A Split Screen to Take Note of
Turn Your Tablet into a Secondary Laptop Display
Add Markers to Recordings
A Whole New Home Screen Design
Light Mode and Refresh Mode
Mark Up Your Screen
Cross-Device File Management
A Navigation Dock for All Your Needs
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Direct Your Device with a Wave of the
Hand
Navigate on your tablet with a few simple hand gestures.
Try it out
Notication Panel: Swipe down from the upper left edge of the screen to view and manage
app notications.
Control Panel: Swipe down from the upper right edge of the screen to display control panel,
to quickly enable or disable frequently-used features.
Gestures: Go to > System & updates > System navigation and select Gestures. You'll
then be able to use the following hand gestures:
•Back: Swipe inward from the left or right edge.
•Return to the home screen: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
•Access recent tasks: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold for a short while.
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Transfer Files in an Instant, with Huawei
Share
Send les between your Huawei phone, tablet, and laptop, without the hassle or expense of
using mobile data or a data cable.
Try it out
1Enable Huawei Share on both the sending and receiving devices.
•For Huawei phones and tablets: Swipe down from the upper right edge to display
Control Panel, and enable Huawei Share in the shortcut switches panel.
•For Huawei laptops: Open Huawei PC Manager and enable Huawei Share.
2When sharing from a phone or tablet, touch and hold to select the le you wish to share,
touch Share, and select the receiving device. When sharing from a laptop, drag the le
you wish to share onto the receiving device name listed on the Huawei Share screen.
3On the receiving device, touch ACCEPT.
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Sign O on Your Lock Screen
Put a personal stamp on your lock screen, by using an image as the wallpaper, and even
adding your signature!
Try it out
1Touch in the lower left corner of the screen, and go to Home screen & wallpaper >
Wallpaper to select a wallpaper.
2When setting the wallpaper, you can touch Set signature in the top right corner, and then
use your stylus to sign your signature, or scribble away in the signature zone. When you're
nished, touch to save your edits.
3Touch Set as lock screen.
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Turn Your Scribbles into Legible Text
Handwrite content into handy text boxes to have it converted into tidy font – talk about
thinking outside-the-box!
Before using this feature, pair your stylus with the tablet by attaching the notch area on your
stylus to the right side of the tablet, and following the onscreen instructions to complete the
connection.
Try it out
1Go to > Accessibility features > Stylus > FreeScript and make sure that FreeScript is
enabled. You can also touch your HUAWEI ID prole picture, and go to My stylus to
enable this feature.
2Touch a search or text box, and begin writing in it. Your handwriting will be automatically
converted into typed text. You can also use your stylus to:
•Select: By drawing a straight horizontal line through the desired text.
•Delete: By drawing a wavy line through the word or words you wish to delete.
•Add or delete spaces: By drawing a vertical line between text or in the spaces
between text.
Note
Some text boxes do not support this feature.
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Take and Share Notes with Newfound
Ease
Create eye-catching notes with the dazzling templates at your disposal – then share your
insights with others, or have them sent to your other devices.
Try it out
Open Notes, touch , and select a template to start editing using your stylus.
•Touch the lasso and circle the area of interest. Then feel free to hold down and drag
on the selected area to relocate it as needed.
•Go to > Handwriting-to-text to convert your handwriting into typed text, and to have
it inserted into your notes.
•Go to > Share to send your notes as images or PDF les to others or your other
devices.
Note
Once you've saved a note, you can categorize it in your notebook, by going to > Move.
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Put Your Work on Full Display, with
Wireless Projection
Project your tablet screen to a large display in a heartbeat, and without having to run a cable
between the two devices!
Try it out
1Turn on the large display, and make sure that its wireless projection feature is enabled.
2Swipe down from the upper right edge of the tablet to display Control Panel, enable
Wireless Projection, and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the connection.
To exit wireless projection, swipe down from the upper left edge to display Notication Panel,
and touch Disconnect.
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Take Notes to Make Your Mark
Eortless handwriting annotations allow you to jot down whatever comes to mind, when
you're reading on your tablet.
Try it out
While reading, swipe left or right, tap near either edge of the screen, or press the Volume up
or down buttons, to turn the page. You can also use your stylus to write annotations
wherever you like.
Touch and hold down to select a passage of text. Then feel free to:
Touch Thought to write a note, or touch Underline to underline the selected text.
Tap the center of the screen to display a oating toolbar, where you can:
Touch to insert bookmarks, and to view bookmarked pages or previous notes and
annotations.
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Instant Text Translations
See something in another language, and curious to learn what it says? Just select the words
or text, and get a direct onscreen translation... just like that!
Try it out
Translate individual words: Touch and hold down to select paragraphs, sentences, or words
that you wish to translate. Then touch Translate.
Translate the full text: Tap the center of the screen to display the oating toolbar. Then
touch to translate all of the text onscreen.
Note
The system will automatically detect the source language, but you can also manually select
the source and target languages for translation.
Only e-books from Bookstore can be translated. More languages will be supported in future
versions.
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