Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 User manual

Samsung Tab A8 User Guide

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Tablet Basics………………………………………………………………………………………….2
CHAPTER 1B: Photos and Videos ……………………………………………………………..……………..15
Chapter 2: YouTube………………………………………………………………………………………….….…..18
Chapter 3: Google Chrome……………………………………………………………………………….….…..23
Chapter 4: Google Translate …………………………………………………………………………….…..…..29
Chapter 5: Zoom…………………………………………………………………..………………………….….……..37

CHAPTER 1A
Tablet Basics
2

Chapter 1: Tablet Basics
•Tablet hardware
•Turning tablet on and off
•Restarting tablet
•Charging tablet
•Gestures
•Interacting with your tablet using touch
•Navigation Bar
•Keyboard
•Language
•Writing function
3

Tablet and Accessories
Headphones
Stylus
Tablet
Tablet
Case
Power
adapter
USB-C
Charging
cable
Plugging in your headphones
2.
1.
4

Back
Camera
Speaker
Headphone
jack
Charging
port
Speaker
Bottom View
Top View Side View
Volume
up and
down
Power
on/off
Front
Camera
Tablet Hardware
Back 5
Front

Restarting Your Tablet
WHY RESTART
MY TABLET?
1. 2. 3. 4.
Press down on the “Power”
button for 3seconds
Tap the green
“Restart” button
Success! Your tablet is now
restarting
Tap the green
“Restart” button one
more time
•Applications such as Google Duo, YouTube, or Camera are not working as usual
•Touchscreen is slow to respond or not responding at all
•Device is unexpectedly heating up
•If you are experiencing any issues with your tablet, the first thing to try is restarting it!
6

1. Plug in USB-C charging cable to power adapter
2. Plug USB-C charging cable into to tablet
charging port
3. Plug power adapter into power source
2.
1. 3.
Charging Your Tablet
To preserve your tablet battery, remove the device from the
charging cable when it is completely charged TIP
7

8

Gestures
TAP
•Gently tap your finger on the
tablet screen and release
•The primary gesture used to
select buttons and open
applications
SCROLL
•Lightly press your finger on the
tablet screen and drag across
vertically or horizontally
•Scrolling is used to fast forward
or rewind YouTube videos, scroll
up and down websites, etc.
9

SPREAD
•The spread gesture is used to
zoom in on photos or text
•Lightly press your pointer finger
and thumb on the screen at the
same time and spread them
apart
PINCH
•The punch gesture is used to
zoom out of photos or text
•Lightly press your pointer finger
and thumb pads on the screen at
the same time and pinch them
together
Gestures
10

Navigation Bar
View all open
applications HOME Screen
Go to previous
screen
11
View all open
applications

Navigation Bar –In Action
Go back to previous screen
Home screen
View all open applications
12

Change the keyboard
from English to
Korean by tapping
the globe symbol
Keyboard –Basics
Korean Keyboard
English Keyboard
Access symbols by
tapping the “symbol”
key
Access emojis by
tapping the smiley
face
Tap to go back to
keyboard 13

The keyboard will disappear and you will see a gray box
Start search!
1. 2.
3. 4.
With your finger or stylus, write in the gray box what you are looking
for –you will see your writing turn into text in the search bar
Success! Your handwriting was translated
into text!
Tap on the “Handwriting” icon on the top
row of the keyboard
Start search!
Keyboard –Handwriting Feature
14

CHAPTER 1B
Photos and Video
15

Tap on the Camera app Tap the white button to take aphoto
Start search!
1. 2.
3.
For more detailed shots, zoom in on your subject
and THEN tap the white button to take aphoto
Taking Photos
TIP
•Zoom in on your subject by
SPREADING your index finger and
your thumb on the screen.
•Zoom out by PINCHING your index
finger and thumb.
Refresh your memory on gestures
on page 9!
16

Tap on the Camera app On the bottom of the screen, tap “VIDEO”
Start search!
1. 2.
3.
Tap the white and red “Record” button
Taking Videos
4.
You are now recording a video! You will see
the timer on the top blinking
17

CHAPTER 2
YouTube
18

WHAT is YouTube?
YouTube is an app where users from all over the world
can upload videos to share. Users are able to watch, like,
share, comment, and upload their own videos.
WHY should I use it?
YouTube is an amazing resource –whether you want to
listen to your favorite song, learn how to cook a healthy
breakfast for one, learn a new exercise routine, or just
want to catch up on the latest news, it’s all on YouTube.
HOW do I start using YouTube?
First –think of something that makes you smile. Is it a song
from your childhood? Cute baby animals? Learning a new
recipe? Learning a new craft? Exercising? Now, let’s start
searching on YouTube!
19