Essential Android Tablets E-Book

Kevin Wilson

• Herausgeber: Elluminet Press
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Computer Essentials
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 71

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out every month, most users don’t have time to keep up or figure everything out on their own and it can be quite overwhelming.

With full color screen prints, photographs and illustrations, this guide explores...

Setting up your tablet, setting up and transferring your data.

Getting to know Android; the app dock, drawer, icons, and menus

Arranging icons, the on-screen keyboard and Google assistant

Navigating with touch gestures: tap, drag, and swipe

Communicating with Hangouts and GMail

Browsing the web with the Chrome web browser

Taking portrait and panoramic photos, as well as recording video

Editing and enhancing your photos

Listening to music, from the play store

Downloading TV Programmes and Movies

Downloading and installing apps from the play store

Google Maps, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar, and Contacts

Setting up cloud enabled printers and printing documents

With comprehensive instruction for many commonly used tablets, this step-by-step guide allows readers to digest information quickly and easily without feeling confused, wasting time, and getting discouraged.

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EssentialAndroid TabletsKevin Wilson

Essential Android Tablets

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Publisher: Elluminet Press

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About the Author

Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin worked as a tutor and college instructor, helping students master such subjects as multimedia, computer literacy and information technology. He currently serves as Elluminet Press Publishing’s senior writer and director, he periodically teaches computing at college in South Africa and serves as an IT trainer in England.

Kevin’s motto is clear: “If you can’t explain something simply, you haven’t understood it well enough.” To that end, he has created the Computer Essentials series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

Table of Contents

What is a Android? 12

Setting up your Device 14

Power Up & Power Down 14

Wake & Unlock your Tablet 15

Force Shutdown 16

Charging the Battery 17

Initial Setup 18

Transfer Data from Another Android 24

Transfer Data from an iPhone/iPad 36

Connecting to the Internet 42

Wi-Fi 42

Setting up Email Accounts 45

Adding Printers 50

Getting around Android 54

The Home Screen 54

Touch Gestures 55

Tap 56

Drag 56

Scroll 57

Pinch & Spread 58

Swipe 59

Swipe from top Edge of Screen 60

Home Button 62

Back Button 63

Multi-task Button 63

App Dock 66

App Drawer 67

Arranging Icons 68

The On-screen Keyboard 69

Google Assistant 70

Voice Dictation 75

Internet, Email & Communication 76

Using Chrome 76

Searching the Web 79

Bookmarking Websites 80

Browsing History 82

Downloads 83

Desktop vs Mobile Site 84

Using Gmail 85

Reading your Email 87

Replying to an Email 88

Forward an Email 90

Add an Attachment 92

Contacts 94

View Contact Details 94

Edit Details 96

Add New Contact 97

Add Contact from Message 98

Calendar 101

Calendar View 103

Add Event 104

Google Hangouts 110

Calling New Contacts 111

Video Calls 114

Using Multimedia 118

Camera App 118

Taking Pictures 120

Panoramic Photos 121

Camera Options 123

Recording Video 126

Photos App 127

Adjusting Images 131

Crop an Image 133

Creating Collages 135

Sharing Photos 137

Play Music 140

Streaming Music 140

Creating Playlists 144

Buying Tracks 146

Play Movies & TV 148

Using Apps 152

Play Store 152

Search for Apps 155

Browsing the Store 157

Google Drive 159

Creating Folders 162

Moving Files 163

New Documents 164

Scanning Documents 165

Sharing Documents 167

Printing Documents 169

Google Maps 171

Map Type 172

Exploring Maps & Getting Directions 173

Google Docs 178

Installing Google Docs 178

Starting Google Docs 179

Using Paragraph Styles 184

Headings 184

Bold, Italic, Underlined 185

Changing Fonts 186

Font Colour 187

Justify Text 188

Bullets and Numbered Lists 189

Cut, Copy & Paste 190

Adding Images 191

Resize Images 193

Adding Tables 194

Google Sheets 196

Installing Google Sheets 196

Starting Google Sheets 197

Entering Data 200

Simple Text Formatting 200

Insert a Row 201

Insert a Column 202

Cell Borders 203

Cell Shading 204

Using Functions 205

What is a Android?

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, and is designed to run on smartphones and tablets.

Each major version has a dessert-based codename, and they appear in alphabetical order.

Android 1.5 Cupcake (mid-2009)

Android 1.6 Donut (late 2009)

Android 2.0 & 2.1 Eclair (late 2009)

Android 2.2 Froyo (mid-2010)

Android 2.3 Gingerbread (late 2010)

Android 3.xHoneycomb (early 2011)

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (late 2011)

Android 4.1 to 4.3 Jelly Bean (mid-2012)

Android 4.4 KitKat (late 2013)

Android 5.0 Lollipop (late 2014)

Android 6.0 Marshmallow (late 2015)

Android 7.xNougat (2016)

Android 8.0 Oreo (2017)

Android 9.0 Pie (2018)

There are hundreds of Android devices from different manufacturers to choose from, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Acer Iconia, Sony Xperia, Google Nexus, Archos, and Asus ZenPad to name a few.

Each manufacturer’s implementation of Android looks slightly different, however the basic operation is the same.

Here is a Samsung Galaxy and a Google Nexus.

As you can see, they are slightly different, but have the same basic functions. You still have the status bar along the top, the Google search bar - although this can be in different positions, and they all have app icons along the bottom of the screen.

The differences can be minor. The Samsung Galaxy has hardware buttons on the bottom, whereas the Nexus has them on the screen.

The Google search bar is on the top on some models and in the middle on others. Some models have a clock and weather apps on the home screen - as on the Samsung Galaxy.

Setting up your Device

If you’ve just bought your new Tablet and taken it out the box, the process to set it up to use for the first time is very simple. You don’t even have to connect it to your computer.

In this chapter, we’ll take a look at the process of setting up your Tablet, when you turn it on for the first time.

Power Up & Power Down

To wake your tablet from sleep, just press and release the power button once - don’t hold it down.

If your tablet has been shut down, press and hold the power button for a couple of seconds until the screen lights up.

The power button is usually on the top edge of your tablet.

To put your tablet to sleep, just press and release the power button once - don’t hold it down.

To completely shut down your tablet, press and hold the power button for a few seconds.

Tap ‘power off’ when prompted.

It’s a good a idea to completely power down your tablet from time to time to reset its resources - this can help when your tablet seems to be running slower than usual. Most of the time your tablet goes into sleep mode when in normal use.

Wake & Unlock your Tablet

Press the power button to wake up your tablet, then swipe your finger upwards across the screen to unlock.

Force Shutdown

Sometimes your tablet can become unresponsive or freeze. When this happens you can force a shutdown.

Hold down the power button for 10 seconds, until the screen goes blank.

On some models such as the Samsung Galaxy, you’ll need to hold the volume down and power button together for 10-20 seconds, until the screen goes blank.

Once the screen has gone blank, wait a few seconds, then press and hold the power button for a couple of seconds, until the android logo appears on screen.

Charging the Battery