Samsung Tab 4 User Guide

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Apps Screen
The Apps screen displays all applications installed on your 
tablet. Applications that you download and install from 
Google Play or from the web are also added to a Home 
screen.
The Apps icons can be arranged in various ways. 
To change the arrangement of the Apps icons:
1.From a Home screen, touch  .
2.Touch  Menu ➔ View type.
3.Touch Customizable grid or Alphabetical grid.
To manually change the order of the icons on the Apps 
screen:
1.From a Home...

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Task Manager
Your device can run applications simultaneously and some 
applications run in the background.
Use Task Manager to see which applications are running on 
your device and to end running applications to extend battery 
life. You can also uninstall applications from your device and 
see how much memory is used by applications.
To  a c c e s s  t h e  Ta s k  M a n a g e r :
1.Touch  Recent apps ➔  Ta s k  m a n a g e r.
2.Touch each tab for options:
3. Active applications: View applications...

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Entering Text
Use the Samsung keyboard or the voice input feature to enter 
text.
Note: Text entry is not supported in some languages. To enter 
text, you must change the input language to one of the 
supported languages.
Choose a Text Input Method
Your device offers two text input methods:
Samsung keyboard allows you to enter text by touching 
keys on a virtual QWERTY keyboard. Samsung keyboard 
includes optional predictive text, which matches your key 
touches to...

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Using Samsung Keyboard
The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY 
keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters 
by tapping the onscreen keys with your finger, or use speech 
recognition.
You can enable predictive text, to have the Samsung 
keyboard match your key touches to common words and 
displays them. Select a word from the display to insert it into 
your text.
Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
The default case is lower case (abc). To enter upper and 
lower case...

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Handwriting
Touch and hold   Options ➔  Handwriting, and then 
write a word with a finger. As you write, suggestions are 
offered in the word options area in case the correct letters 
were not recognized. Touch to select a suggested word.
Use handwriting gestures to perform actions, such as 
editing or deleting characters and inserting spaces. To 
view the gesture guides, touch and hold   Options, and 
then touch Settings ➔ Help ➔ Keyboard ➔ 
Using handwriting...

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Using Google Voice Typing
Use your voice to enter text using the Google Voice typing 
feature.
1.While entering text, touch and drag downward from the 
top of the screen to display Notifications, then touch 
Select input method ➔ Google voice typing.
– or –
While using the Samsung keyboard, touch  .
2.At the Speak now prompt, speak your text. As you 
speak, the text displays in the text field.
3.To return to using the Samsung keyboard, touch 
anywhere in the text field.
Note: For more information on...

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Copying or Cutting Text
1.Touch and hold on the text you want to select to display 
the  Selection cursors, then touch and drag the 
cursors to highlight the text you want to cut or copy.
Touch  Cut or   Copy from the pop-up text editing 
menu.
Pasting Copied or Cut Text
1.Touch in a text entry field to display the  Insertion 
cursor (touch and drag the cursor into position in the 
text, if needed).
2.On the pop-up text editing menu, touch Paste to paste 
the last...

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Section 3: Accounts and Contacts
This section explains how to manage accounts and contacts.
Accounts
Your device can synchronize with a variety of accounts. With 
synchronization, information on your device is updated with 
any information that changes in your accounts.
Samsung Account: Add your Samsung Account.
Dropbox: Add your Dropbox Account.
Email: Add an Email Account to sync Contacts.
Google: Add your Google Account to sync your Contacts, 
Calendar, and Gmail.
LDAP: Add an LDAP Account to find...

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Your Google Account
In order to utilize your device to the fullest extent, you will 
need to create a Google Account when you first use your 
device. With a Google Account, Google applications will 
always be in sync between your tablet and computer.
1.From a Home screen, touch   ➔  Settings ➔ 
General tab
 ➔ Accounts ➔ Add account ➔ Google.
2.Follow the prompts to sign into your existing account or 
create a new account.
Your Samsung Account
Create a Samsung Account for...

35: Enter the name. Touch   to display additional 
name fields.
: Enter a phone number.
: Enter an email address.
 Groups: Assign the contact to a group. For more 
information, refer to “Groups” on page 38.
 Add another field: Add additional fields for the 
contact. 
4.Touch Save.
Note: Your personal Contact entry is always listed at the top of 
the Contacts list under ME. Touch Set up profile to add 
your contact information. 
Updating Contacts
1.To u c h   Contacts.
2.Touch a contact in the Contacts...