Dell Streak 7 Tablet User Manual

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Dell™ Stage Widgets
The Dell™ Stage widgets give you direct access to your most recently 
used applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos, contacts, Facebook 
& Twitter updates, and frequently viewed websites.
You can create your own Stage widgets on free Home screens to 
access the desired items.
Adding a Stage Widget
1Flick to the desktop screen where you want to add a Stage 
widget.
2To reserve enough space for the widget, remove unwanted items 
from the...

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Using Stage Widgets
Touching the label of any Stage Widget opens the supporting 
application in its default screen. For example, touching the label of the 
MUSIC widget opens the Music player in the same manner as it would 
by touching the Music icon in the application drawer.
To use the HOME Stage Widget
From the HOME Stage widget, you can touch application shortcuts to 
access your most recently-used applications.
To use the CONTACTS Stage Widget
From the...

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To use the SOCIAL Stage Widget
The SOCIAL Stage widget provides widgets to display the latest 
postings from your Twitter or Facebook account. To use the Twitter 
a nd Facebook wid gets, you need to sign in to your Twitter or Fa ceb ook 
account with your e-mail address and password.
 NOTE: The SOCIAL Stage Widget displays either Facebook or Twitter. If 
you want to display both applications on the Home screen, add another 
SOCIAL widget to a different screen and...

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Customizing Your Home screen
To add an item to a Home screen
1Touch the Home button  .
2Flick to the screen where you want to add the item.
3To access the Add to Home screen menu, either:
• Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen.
• Touch the Menu button   and then touch the Add option.
4Touch the item you want to add on the Home screen:
Items Steps
Shortcuts
Add shortcuts for items that you want 
to access directly from the Home 
screen.Applications:...

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Shortcuts Directions & Navigation: Create a 
shortcut that you can touch to open 
Google Maps and view directions to a 
location.
1Type your destination in the text 
box.
2Choose how you want to get to 
your destination by touching the 
driving, public transportation, or 
walking icon (from left to right).
3Enter a name for the shortcut.
4Touch the shortcut icon that you 
want to use for the shortcut.
5Touch the Save button.
NOTE: For more information on 
getting...

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Widgets
Add widgets to display active Home 
screen windows or controls for your 
favorite applications or web-based 
services, such as 
an analog clock, the 
music player, the Google Quick Search 
Box, or a calendar showing upcoming 
events
.
1Touch and hold an empty area on a 
Home screen.
2To u c h  Widgets in the Add to Home 
screen menu that appears.
3Flick through the available 
applications or services to locate 
the desired application or service.
4Touch...

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Wallpapers
Change the wallpaper of your Home 
screen.Gallery: Open the Gallery application 
and select a saved picture as a 
wallpaper, or touch   to open 
the camera application and capture a 
picture that you can set as a 
wallpaper.
1Touch a picture category from your 
collection, such as Camera, 
downloaded, and so on.
2Flick the picture thumbnails 
horizontally to locate the desired 
picture.
3Touch the picture to display it.
4To cut a portion of the picture...

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To add an application shortcut from the main applications view
1Touch the Launcher button   at the bottom of the screen to enter 
the main applications view.
2On the main applications view, touch and hold a desired application and 
drag it onto the current Home screen. The application’s icon appears on 
the Home screen.
To move a Home screen item
1Touch and hold the item you want to reposition until it magnifies 
and becomes movable. The device vibrates to...

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 NOTE: Widgets and folders cannot be moved inside a folder.
To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder
1Touch a folder on the Home screen to view the contents.
2Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable. The shortcut pops 
out and the folder closes automatically.
3Drag the shortcut to another location on the Home screen.
To rename a Home screen folder
1Touch a folder to open the folder panel.
2Touch and hold the top area of the folder panel 
, until the...

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The status area may also display some of the following icons:
2Status area • Displays status icons to show the current state 
of your device, such as battery power, 
charging progress, alarms set, network 
connections, and so on.
• Touch and drag down the status bar to view 
the information regarding the carrier currently 
in use, remaining battery charge, and so on.
3Time area Displays the current time.
Alarm is setUMTS data network is 
connected (only available...