Nexus 7 For Dummies (Google Tablet) E-Book

Dan Gookin

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Seitenzahl: 313

Beschreibung

Friendly advice on leveraging the power of the new Nexus 7 Google tablet! The arrival of the new Nexus 7 Google tablet is eagerly awaited, thanks to its cutting-edge software, top-notch hardware, unprecedented abilities, and nine-hour battery life. This easy-to-understand, engaging guide covers everything you need to know about this amazing Android tablet. Bestselling Dummies author Dan Gookin uses his friendly writing style to deliver clear instructions for setting up, navigating, and using the device. You'll learn to use all your favorite Google applications that come loaded on the device, personalize it, and much more. * Walks you through the touchscreen, wireless access, and software updates * Demonstrates how to download, shop for, and fill your Nexus 7 with movies, e-books, games, and music * Helps you keep on top of your schedule and appointments and pursue your interests and hobbies with the latest apps and websites * Offers guidance on using your device to navigate from here to there and stay connected with friends and family while you're away Nexus 7 For Dummies is an essential companion to your other new companion: the Nexus 7!

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Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

How to Use This Book

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: Introducing the Nexus 7

Part II: Keep in Touch

Part III: But Wait — There’s More!

Part IV: Nuts and Bolts

Part V: The Part of Tens

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Introducing the Nexus 7

Chapter 1: Behold the Nexus

Nexus 7 Setup

Liberating your tablet

Charging the battery

Setting up your Nexus 7

Know Your Gizmo

It’s a Turn-On

Turning on your Nexus 7

Unlocking the Nexus 7

Working the various lock screens

It’s a Turn-Off

Locking the Nexus 7

Controlling the lock time-out

Turning off the Nexus 7

Where to Keep Your Nexus 7

Chapter 2: How It Works

Basic Operations

Touching the screen

Changing the orientation

Controlling the volume

There’s No Place Like Home Screen

Touring the Home screen

Accessing multiple Home screens

Using the icon buttons

Common Activities

Starting an app

Working a widget

Reviewing notifications

Setting quick options

Visiting the All Apps screen

Reviewing recent apps

Chapter 3: Text Typing and Editing

The Old Hunt-and-Peck

Using the onscreen keyboard

Accessing symbols

Typing duties

Fixing your text automagically

Text Editing

Moving the cursor

Selecting text

Selecting text on a web page

Cutting, copying, and pasting

Voice Input

Activating voice input on the keyboard

Dictating to your tablet

Uttering b*** words

Commanding the Nexus 7 with your voice

Part II: Keep in Touch

Chapter 4: Dealing with Your Friends

Meet the People

Using the People app

Sorting your contacts

Even More Friends

Building a new contact from scratch

Creating a contact from an e-mail message

Importing contacts from your computer

Beaming contacts

Finding a new contact on the map

Manage Your Friends

Editing contact information

Taking a picture of a contact

Making a favorite

Joining identical contacts

Removing a contact

Chapter 5: Messages of the Electronic Kind

Tablet E-Mail

Setting up an Email account

Adding even more e-mail accounts

You’ve Got E-Mail

Getting a new message

Checking the inbox

Reading an e-mail message

Replying to or forwarding a message

A Message That You Create

Composing a new message

Sending e-mail to a contact

E-Mail Configuration

Creating a signature

Configuring the e-mail delete option

Setting the primary e-mail account

Chapter 6: On the Web

Nexus 7 Web Browsing

Viewing the web

Visiting a web page

Browsing back and forth

Working with bookmarks

Managing web pages in multiple tabs

Searching the web

Searching for something on a web page

Sharing a page

The Art of Downloading

Grabbing an image from a web page

Downloading a file

Reviewing your downloads

Chrome Controls and Settings

Changing the way the web looks

Setting privacy and security options

Chapter 7: Your Digital Social Life

Google Wants You to Use Google+

Setting up Google+

Using Google+

Your Life on Facebook

Setting up your Facebook account

Getting the Facebook app

Running Facebook on your Nexus 7

Setting your status

Uploading a picture to Facebook

Configuring the Facebook app

The Tweet Life

Setting up Twitter

Tweeting

Even More Social Networking

Chapter 8: Text Chat, Video Chat, and Phone Calls

We Can Talk

Using Google Talk

Setting your status and message

Getting friends on Google Talk

Typing at your friends

Talking and video chat

Google+ Hangouts

Connect to the World with Skype

Getting Skype for the Nexus 7

Chatting with another Skype user

Seeing on Skype (video call)

Sending a text message with Skype

Placing a Skype phone call

Part III: But Wait — There’s More!

Chapter 9: There’s a Map for That

A Map That Needs No Folding

Using the Maps app

Adding layers

Find Things

Finding out where you are

Looking for a specific address

Finding a business, restaurant, or point of interest

Searching for favorite or recent places

Locating a contact’s address

Nexus 7 the Navigator

Getting directions

Navigating to your destination

Chapter 10: Name That Tune

Listen Here

Browsing your music library

Playing a tune

Being the life of the party

Add Some Music to Your Life

Using the Internet to access your tunes

Organize Your Music

Reviewing your playlists

Creating your own playlists

Making music available full-time

Removing unwanted music

Music from the Stream

Chapter 11: Other Amazing Feats

It’s a Clock

It’s a Large Calculator

It’s a Calendar

Browsing your schedule

Reviewing appointments

Creating a new event

It’s an eBook Reader

Using the Play Books app

Reading an eBook

It’s Google Now

Summoning Google Now

Barking various orders

It’s a Photo Album

It’s Your Video Entertainment

Enjoying YouTube

Buying and renting movies

Chapter 12: More Apps at the Play Store

Welcome to the Play Store

Browsing the Google Play Store

Obtaining an app

Installing apps from your computer

App Management

Reviewing your apps

Sharing an app

Updating an app

Removing downloaded apps

Part IV: Nuts and Bolts

Chapter 13: To Be Wireless

Wi-Fi? Why Not!

Understanding Wi-Fi

Activating and deactivating Wi-Fi

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network

The Bluetooth Experience

Understanding Bluetooth

Activating Bluetooth

Pairing with a Bluetooth device

Printing to a Bluetooth printer

Android Beam It to Me

Turning on NFC

Using Android Beam

Using Jim Beam

Chapter 14: Connect and Share

The USB Connection

Connecting the Nexus 7 to your computer

Dealing with the USB connection in Windows

Connecting the Nexus 7 to a Mac

Configuring the USB connection

Disconnecting the Nexus 7

Files Back and Forth

Transferring files to the Nexus 7

Copying files to your computer

Chapter 15: On the Road

You Can Take It with You

Preparing to leave

Going to the airport

Flying with the Nexus 7

The Nexus 7 Travels Abroad

Chapter 16: Customize Your Nexus 7

Home Screen Decorating

Hanging new wallpaper

Adding apps to the Home screen

Building app folders

Putting an app on the Favorites bar

Slapping down widgets

Resizing widgets

Moving and removing icons and widgets

Nexus 7 Security

Finding the lock screens

Removing the screen lock

Unlocking the tablet with your face

Creating an unlock pattern

Setting a PIN

Assigning a password

Setting the owner info text

Various Adjustments

Singing a different tune

Changing visual settings

Chapter 17: Maintenance and Troubleshooting

The Maintenance Chore

Keeping it clean

Backing up your stuff

Updating the system

Battery Care and Feeding

Monitoring the battery

Determining what is sucking up power

Extending battery life

Help and Troubleshooting

Fixing random and annoying problems

Using the “manual”

Getting support

Valuable Nexus 7 Q&A

“I can’t turn the tablet on (or off)!”

“The touchscreen doesn’t work!”

“The battery doesn’t charge!”

“The tablet gets so hot that it turns itself off!”

“The tablet doesn’t do Landscape mode!”

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 18: Ten Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

Rotate That Home Screen

Summon a Recently Opened App

Friendly Friend Buttons

Add a Contact Screen Widget

Keep the Tablet Awake

Add Settings Shortcut Widgets

Add Spice to Dictation

Enter Location Information for Your Events

Use the Task Manager

Find Your Lost Nexus 7

Chapter 19: Ten Things to Remember

Use Dictation

Landscape Orientation

Orientation Lock

Use the Keyboard Suggestions

Things That Consume Lots of Battery Juice

Use a Docking Stand

Make Phone Calls

Mind Your Schedule

Snap a Pic of That Contact

The Search Command

Chapter 20: Ten Great Apps

AK Notepad

ASTRO File Manager

Dropbox

Google Finance

Google Sky Map

Movies

SportsTap

TuneIn Radio

Voice Recorder

Zedge

Cheat Sheet

Nexus 7™ For Dummies®

by Dan Gookin

Nexus 7™ For Dummies®

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About the Author

Dan Gookin has been writing about technology for over 25 years. He combines his love of writing with his gizmo fascination to create books that are informative, entertaining, and not boring. Having written over 130 titles with 12 million copies in print translated into over 30 languages, Dan can attest that his method of crafting computer tomes seems to work.

Perhaps his most famous title is the original DOS For Dummies, published in 1991. It became the world’s fastest-selling computer book, at one time moving more copies per week than the New York Times number-one bestseller (though, as a reference, it could not be listed on the Times’ Best Sellers list). That book spawned the entire line of For Dummies books, which remains a publishing phenomenon to this day.

Dan’s most popular titles include PCs For Dummies, Word For Dummies, Laptops For Dummies, and Android Phones For Dummies. He also maintains the vast and helpful website www.wambooli.com.

Dan holds a degree in Communications/Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he enjoys spending time with his sons playing video games indoors while they enjoy the gentle woods of Idaho.

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Introduction

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