Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Owners Manual

							Applications and Widgets       166 4.Touch an app and then touch 
Allow automatic updating 
to enable automatic updating.
5.Touch 
Open to open the app on your device.
6.Touch 
Update to update the app on your device.
Polaris Office
Polaris® Office Mobile for Android is a Microsoft Office 
compatible office suite. This application provides a central 
place for managing your documents online or offline.
The application can also open Adobe PDF (Portable 
Document Format) files.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔ 
Polaris Office.
2.Enter your Email information, if desired, and touch 
Register to complete the process.
– or –
Touch 
Later to ignore this registration.
The main Polaris Office screen displays. 
Recent Files 
displays a list of recently opened documents.
3.Touch  
Search to search for document files by 
using a text string.4.Several options are listed under 
Category. Touch one of 
the following:
 Local Storage: Where you keep documents on this device. You 
can manage documents or send them to others, and upload 
the documents.For more information, refer to 
“My Files”  on 
page 160.
: Provides your online storage information at 
Box.net. You can also share your documents to others without 
using email attachments.
 Add Account: Once you sign up at Box.net, enter your email 
address and password to add your account on this device.
 New File: Create a new office document. Touch the type of 
document you want to create.
: Displays the following options:
File list settings
–Create back-up file: Touch the check box to enable creating a 
back-up file when you save documents.
–Display file extensions: Touch the check box to enable the 
display of file extensions. 
						

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–Clear Recent Files: Touch to clear your recently opened 
documents list.
General settings–Live update: Touch to make sure you have the latest version of 
Polaris Office.
–About: Displays the Polaris Office version and build numbers.
Pulse
Pulse News gives you news visually in bite-sized pieces. 
Each article is a small square filled with the headline and an 
associated image. Pulse incorporates colorful panning story 
bars and fills them with content from your favorite websites.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔  Pulse.
The Pulse main menu displays.
Samsung Apps
Connect to Samsung Apps and make your smart device even 
smarter. Simply and easily download an abundance of 
applications to your tablet such as games, news, reference, 
social networking, navigation, and more.
Tip: A shortcut to Samsung Apps displays on the main Home screen by default.
  From the Home screen, touch Samsung Apps.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Samsung Apps.
Search
Search the internet using the GoogleTM search engine.
For more information, refer to “Search”  on page 101.
Tip: The Google Search widget displays by default on all Home 
screens. For information about displaying widgets on the 
Home screen, see “Adding Widgets to a Home screen” on 
page 32.
  From a Home screen, touch   Google.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Search. 
						

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Settings
Configure your device to your preferences.
For more information, refer to “Settings”  on page 174.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Settings.
Smart Remote
Allows you to locate and watch programming on your tv and 
then control your entertainment system with gestures from 
the device.
For more information, go to: 
http://www.peel.com.
Discover and control TV programming right from your device. 
Lose your remotes, once and for all. Quit scrolling those 
tiresome grid guides. See what you want, right at your own 
fingertips: your shows, your controls, your friends.
Peel
® suggests Top Pick TV shows for you based on what 
you watch and like. Instead of a long, boring channel grid, 
Peel presents an easy-to-use mosaic of your favorite shows, 
filtered by type and genre in the order you like.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔Smart Remote.
The Samsung Disclaimer displays.2.To u c h  
Agree.
3.Touch Set Up Smart Remote Now: 
Inside the US.
4.Follow the on-screen instructions.
Social Hub
Access your social networks, like Facebook, Twitter, and 
LinkedIn, and your email all in one place.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔Social Hub.
The Welcome to Social Hub screen displays.
2.To u c h  
Set up now to add an account.
– or –
To u c h  
Set up later to skip adding an account and 
display the Social Hub Feeds screen.
3.To u c h  t h e  
Feeds tab to display your social network 
feeds or touch the 
Messages tab to display your email 
and SNS messages. 
						

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Add an Account
To add an account:
1.Touch 
Add account.
The Add account screen displays.
2.Touch the account you want to add and then enter the 
required information, such as email address and 
password.
The added account now appears on the Social Hub 
Accounts screen with any other accounts.
3.Touch an account entry to start the application.
Update Your Status
To update your status:
1.Touch the 
Feeds tab.
2.Touch  
Status update and use the keypad to enter 
your status.
3.Touch  
Upload to upload a picture or video, or take 
a picture or capture a video to upload.
4.Touch   to post your status and photos.
Social Hub Messages Options
To display Social Hub messages options:
1.To u c h  t h e  
Messages tab.
2.To u c h  
 Menu.
The following options display:
: Touch the check box to select each message to delete, 
or touch 
Select all, then touch Delete.
: Lists all accounts accessed by Social Hub.
–To u c h  Add account to add another account.
–To u c h   Remove account and touch the check box next to 
each account you want to delete, then touch 
Delete.
 Mark as unread: Touch the check box to select each message 
to mark as unread, then touch 
Mark.
: Set how you want to list messages. Options are: Date 
(Most recent), Date (Oldest), or Sender.
Talk
Use Google Talk to chat with other Google Talk users.
For more information, refer to “Google Talk”  on page 79.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔  Ta l k. 
						

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Task Manager
View and manage active applications on your device.
For more information, refer to “Task Manager”  on page 12.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔Task manager.
– or –
Touch  
Navigation and then touch Task manager.
To quickly display the Task manager pop-up:
  Touch and hold   Home.
– or –
From any screen, touch   
Mini App Tray at the 
bottom, center of the screen and then touch 
Task manager.
The Task manager pop-up displays.
Video Player
View and manage videos stored on your tablet.
For more information, refer to “Video Player”  on page 124.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Video player.
World Clock
View the date and time in any time zone.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔World clock.
A map of the world displays with the locations you 
have added flagged.
2.To u c h  
 Add to add a city to display.
A list of world cities displays in landscape mode.
3.Scroll through the list and touch the city you want to 
add.
Tip: Touch the first letter of the city’s name, to the right of the list, to find the city more quickly.
– or –
In portrait or landscape mode, touch and turn the globe 
to locate a city and touch the city you want to add.
A pop-up displays the city name, the current time and 
date there, and the GMT offset. 
						

							1714.Touch the 
 on the pop-up to add the city.
5.Touch  
Reorder to change the order of the cities. 
Touch the grid   on an entry and drag the entry to a 
new position in the list. Touch 
Done to change the 
order.
6.Touch  
Remove to delete entries. Touch the box to 
check the cities you want to delete (a green check 
mark displays), then touch 
Remove.
7.Touch and hold an entry to remove it or to set the 
DST settings, which enable or disable Daylight Savings 
Time adjustments.
Yahoo! Finance
Stay on top of the markets with the Yahoo! Finance app for 
Android devices. Get real-time quotes, follow the market, or 
check out a particular stock. View headline news, top stories, 
and videos from Tech Ticker. Yahoo! Finance lets you keep up 
with the market movers from your Android phone.
To add the Yahoo! Finance widget to a Home screen, see 
“Adding Widgets to a Home screen” on page 32.
Adding Your First Stock
To add your first stock:
1.From a Home screen, touch the 
Yahoo! Finance widget.
The Yahoo! Finance main screen displays with 
Samsung and Yahoo stocks listed by default.
2.To u c h   
Add.
3.Type in a stock name.
4.Touch the   key on the keyboard to start the search 
and touch an entry in the list of stocks that is 
displayed.
5.The Yahoo! Finance widget displays with information 
about the stock just added.
Managing Stocks
Once you add a stock, there are additional Yahoo! Finance 
options you can use to add more stocks and set up how they 
are displayed and refreshed.
1.From a Home screen, touch an entry in the Yahoo! 
Finance widget.
Information about the stock displays.
2.To u c h   
Refresh to update the information. 
						

							Applications and Widgets       172 3.Touch   Add to add another stock. For more 
information, refer to “Adding Your First Stock”  on 
page 171.
4.Touch  
Menu to display the following options:
: Touch to delete the stock being displayed.
 Change order: Displays your stocks list. Touch and drag stocks 
to change the order in which they are displayed.
: Touch to search for a new stock.
: Displays the following option:
–Auto refresh: Choose a time interval for automatic refreshing 
of stock information. The choices are: None, Every 30 minutes, 
Every 1 hour, and Every 3 hours. When the setting is None, 
touch the refresh icon on the Yahoo! Finance widget to update 
stock information.
5.Under the My Stocks tab, touch a stock entry to display 
the full stock information screen.
6.Touch the 
Major indices tab to display a summary of 
the performance of major groupings of stocks, 
classified by the exchange on which they trade.
7.Touch the 
Currencies tab to display the currency 
exchange rate for various currencies.
Additional Options
There are more options available from the full stock 
information screen.
1.From a Home screen, touch the 
Yahoo! Finance widget.
The full stock information screen for one of your stocks 
displays.
2.If you have added more than one stock, touch a 
heading bar to display the full stock information screen 
for the stock.
3.Near the center of the screen, touch 
1d (1 day), 
5d(5 days), 1m (1 month), 3m (3 months), 6m (6 
months), or 
1y (1 year) to view a stock performance 
graph for the requested period.
4.At the bottom, right of the screen, touch 
Y! More 
Information
 to link to the Yahoo! Finance website.
5.At the bottom of the screen, touch 
Quotes delayed to 
read about real-time exchange quotes and access 
other Yahoo! Finance online options, such as Top 
Stories and a currency converter. 
						

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YouTube
View and upload YouTube videos, right from your device.
For more information, refer to “YouTube”  on page 101.
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps ➔  
YouTube. 
						

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Section 11: Settings
This section explains Settings for customizing your device.
Accessing Settings
  From a Home screen, touch   Apps 
➔
Settings.
– or –
From any screen, touch the Time in the System Bar, 
then touch 
Settings. For more information, refer to 
“Quick Settings”  on page 28.
The Settings screen displays.
The Settings Screen
The Settings screen has tabs on the left side of the screen. 
Information related to the tabs displays on the right side of 
the screen. There are four major groups of settings: Wireless 
and network, Device, Personal, and System.
Wireless and Network
Control your device’s wireless connections.
Wi-Fi
Your device supports Wi-Fi a/b/g/n. Use Wi-Fi settings to 
manage your device’s Wi-Fi connections.
For more information about using your device’s Wi-Fi 
features, see “Wi-Fi” on page 135.
Tur ning Wi-Fi On or Off
When you turn Wi-Fi service on, your device automatically 
searches for available, in-range Wireless Access Points 
(WAPs).
  From any Home screen, touch the time, then touch 
Wi-Fi from the Quick Settings menu.
For more information, refer to “Quick Settings”  on 
page 28.
– or –
From a Home screen, touch   
Apps 
➔
Settings. On the Wi-Fi tab, touch the OFF / ON 
icon   to turn Wi-Fi on or off. 
						

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Add Wi-Fi Network
To open a dialog where you can add a Wi-Fi network by 
entering its Network SSID (the name it broadcasts), security 
type, and other properties:
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Settings 
➔ Wi-Fi, and then touch   Add network.
2.Use the keyboard to enter 
Network SSID.
3.Touch the 
Security field and then touch a security type.
Note: Depending on the Security protocol used by the WAP, 
additional network information may be required, such as 
a Password.
4.If necessary, touch 
Password and enter the password or 
hex key.
5.Touch 
Save.
Advanced Settings
Set up and manage wireless access points.
1.From a Home screen, touch   
Apps ➔  Settings 
➔
 Wi-Fi.
2.To u c h   
Menu ➔ Advanced.
The following options display:
 Network notification: Have your device alert you to new 
Wireless Access Points (WAPs). Touch 
Network notification to 
turn notifications On or Off. When enabled, a check mark   
appears in the check box.
 Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: Specify when to disconnect from 
Wi-Fi. Option are: Always, Only when plugged in, or Never.
 Wi-Fi frequency band: Touch to set the Wi-Fi frequency band 
to Auto, 5 GHz only, or 2.4 GHz only.
: View your device’s MAC address, required 
when connecting to some secured networks (not configurable).
: View your device’s IP address.