Dell Streak 7 Tablet User Manual

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RingtoneOpen the Select audio menu. Touch a desired 
preloaded ringtone, and then touch OK to attach 
it to your message.
You can also manually copy new ringtones to the 
SD card and attach a ringtone to your MMS. To 
do so, follow the steps below:
1Create a folder named Ringtones in the SD 
card.
2Open the Ringtones folder.
3Copy the ringtone you want to attach to your 
MMS into the Ringtones folder.
4On the MMS composer screen, touch the 
Menu button 
→ Attach→...

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SlideshowOpen the Edit slideshow screen to create a slide 
show and attach it to your message. 
1To u c h  Add slide to create new slides.
2Touch a created slide such as Slide 1 to open 
the slideshow editor screen.
3To u c h  Add picture, and then select the picture 
you want to add to the slide.
4You can touch the text field at the bottom of 
the screen to compose a caption for the 
displayed slide.
5Touch the Menu button   to preview the slide, 
remove the picture,...

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Receiving text and multimedia messages
Depending on your notification settings, the device rings, vibrates, or 
displays a message briefly in the status bar as a new text or multimedia 
message is received.
A new message icon 
 appears and stays in the notifications area of 
the status bar to remind you of a new message.
 NOTE: To alter the notification settings for new messages, in the 
Messaging application, touch the Menu button 
→ Settings→ 
Notification settings....

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To forward the message
1Touch and hold the message. The Message options menu pops 
up.
2Select Forward to forward the message.
To view a multimedia message
1Touch and drag down the status bar where the new message icon 
 is displayed. A list of notifications opens. Touch a new 
message notification to open the message. 
Or
To u c h  → Messaging   to open the message list, and 
then touch a multimedia message or message thread to open the 
message.
2Touch the thumbnail of...

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To delete a message or a message thread
1In the Messaging list, touch and hold the message thread that you 
want to delete.
2To delete the entire thread, touch Delete thread and then touch 
Delete to confirm deletion.
To delete a message within a thread, touch and hold the message 
to delete, and then touch Delete message on the Message 
options menu. Touch Delete to confirm deletion.
 NOTE: To delete all messages in the Messaging list, touch the Menu 
button 
→ Delete...

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Android Keyboard
You can type text using the Android on-screen keyboard. The 
keyboard automatically rotates to either the portrait or landscape 
mode based on the device orientation.
To open the Android keyboard
Touch a text box, or touch and hold the Menu button .
To close the keyboard
Touch the Back button   or touch and hold the Menu button  .
Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail
1• Touch to type letters into the text box where the cursor appears.
• Touch and...

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To configure the keyboard settings
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ Android keyboard. Or from the Android 
keyboard, touch and hold   to open the Android keyboard 
context menu→ Android keyboard settings.
2To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check 
box  ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the 
check box  .
Available keyboard settings
3• Touch once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing...

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Word suggestion settings
Create your personal dictionary
The keyboard displays suggested words as you type using the default 
dictionary. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not 
found in the main dictionary. Word suggestions also appear from your 
personal dictionary, if you have created it.
To add a word to the dictionary
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.
2Touch the Menu button → Add.
3Type a...

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To delete a word from the dictionary
1Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ 
Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.
2Touch the word to delete.
3To u c h  Delete.
Google Search
You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and 
information on Google, applications installed on your device or 
available from Android Market, and contacts stored in your Contacts 
list.
To search by typing
1From the Google Search widget you created on the Home screen,...

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6Touch the desired link if you want to view a web page.
To search by voice
1Touch   that appears beside the search box.
2Say the name or keyword of the item you want to search.
3The browser with matching web links opens.
 NOTE: You can also access the Voice Search function by touching the 
Launcher button → Voice Search .
Power Control Widget
 NOTE: To use the Power Control widget, you need to add it on the 
Home screen of your device. For information on adding widgets...