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Make yourself at home 16 Relax with Google Play 16 Manage downloads 19 Use apps 20 Organize your Home screens 21 Start Gmail 22 Find People 23 Manage your Calendar 24 Change sound settings 25 Change the wallpaper 25 Nexus 7 Guidebook iii Play & explore 7 Browse Home screens 7 Swipe up for Google Now 8 Swipe down for notifications 10 Get around 12 Touch & type 14 Try Face Unlock 15 3. Table of contents 1. Get started 1 Turn on & sign in 1 Charge the battery 2 Why use a Google Account? 3 Jelly Bean tips 4 2.
Make yourself at home 16 Relax with Google Play 16 Manage downloads 19 Use apps 20 Organize your Home screens 21 Start Gmail 22 Find People 23 Manage your Calendar 24 Change sound settings 25 Change the wallpaper 25 Nexus 7 Guidebook iii Play & explore 7 Browse Home screens 7 Swipe up for Google Now 8 Swipe down for notifications 10 Get around 12 Touch & type 14 Try Face Unlock 15 3. Table of contents 1. Get started 1 Turn on & sign in 1 Charge the battery 2 Why use a Google Account? 3 Jelly Bean tips 4 2.
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4. Tune performance 43 Optimize battery life 43 Optimize data usage 44 Optimize memory usage 46 6. Make Search personal 27 About Google Now 27 Use Google Now 30 Turn off Google Now 32 Control location reporting, history, & services 32 Search & Voice Actions basics 34 Search tips & tricks 36 Use Voice Actions 37 Voice Actions commands 38 Search settings 40 Privacy and accounts 42 5. Enter & edit text 49 Use the keyboard 49 Type text by speaking 51 Nexus 7 Guidebook iv
4. Tune performance 43 Optimize battery life 43 Optimize data usage 44 Optimize memory usage 46 6. Make Search personal 27 About Google Now 27 Use Google Now 30 Turn off Google Now 32 Control location reporting, history, & services 32 Search & Voice Actions basics 34 Search tips & tricks 36 Use Voice Actions 37 Voice Actions commands 38 Search settings 40 Privacy and accounts 42 5. Enter & edit text 49 Use the keyboard 49 Type text by speaking 51 Nexus 7 Guidebook iv
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...choose a different language, touch the menu. • To continue, touch Start and follow the instructions. An email address that you use for your Nexus 7, press the Power button on the right edge near the top for a few seconds, then release it. When prompted, sign in To..., create one. The first time you turn on your Google Account. 1 Get started Turn on & sign in using the email address and password for any of the following counts as a Google Account: • Gmail • YouTube • Google Apps • AdWords • Any other Google product Nexus 7 Guidebook get started 1
...choose a different language, touch the menu. • To continue, touch Start and follow the instructions. An email address that you use for your Nexus 7, press the Power button on the right edge near the top for a few seconds, then release it. When prompted, sign in To..., create one. The first time you turn on your Google Account. 1 Get started Turn on & sign in using the email address and password for any of the following counts as a Google Account: • Gmail • YouTube • Google Apps • AdWords • Any other Google product Nexus 7 Guidebook get started 1
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...status, and so on. If you have searches stored in control When you 're turning on . Google Now also uses location information provided by Google's location service and GPS, if those are currently turned on location reporting and location history. For example, if you have such an entry... for a dentist appointment that includes the dentist's address, Google Now can use data that you allow Google to use Google Now, you decide to access. Nexus 7 Guidebook Play & explore...
...status, and so on. If you have searches stored in control When you 're turning on . Google Now also uses location information provided by Google's location service and GPS, if those are currently turned on location reporting and location history. For example, if you have such an entry... for a dentist appointment that includes the dentist's address, Google Now can use data that you allow Google to use Google Now, you decide to access. Nexus 7 Guidebook Play & explore...
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... view the other items on the screen until an action occurs. • Drag. For example, you can slide a Home screen left or right to type. Nexus 7 Guidebook Play & explore 14 A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field. For example, you can move your finger on the touchscreen. To... target position. In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can also change the screen's orientation. Touch & type Use your device as you turn it.
... view the other items on the screen until an action occurs. • Drag. For example, you can slide a Home screen left or right to type. Nexus 7 Guidebook Play & explore 14 A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field. For example, you can move your finger on the touchscreen. To... target position. In some apps (such as Maps, Browser, and Gallery), you can also change the screen's orientation. Touch & type Use your device as you turn it.
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...'ll see the Google Play Movies app icon, which will automatically be waiting for you here when you turn on and sign in the top right corner. If you get a new device, all your media will...content If you purchased on Google Play in your Favorites tray, including Books, Magazines, Movies, and Music. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make yourself at home 18 Or, touch the Play Store icon to the section of Google ...Play you 'll automatically have access to purchase it on your Nexus 7 - You can quickly access your content this content on Google Play using any of that you...
...'ll see the Google Play Movies app icon, which will automatically be waiting for you here when you turn on and sign in the top right corner. If you get a new device, all your media will...content If you purchased on Google Play in your Favorites tray, including Books, Magazines, Movies, and Music. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make yourself at home 18 Or, touch the Play Store icon to the section of Google ...Play you 'll automatically have access to purchase it on your Nexus 7 - You can quickly access your content this content on Google Play using any of that you...
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...the People icon on the right. Choose from the top left . To open People, you're asked to sign in sync automatically, whether you first turn on your settings. People When you make changes on your tablet and sign into a Google Account, any Web browser. You can also sync that ... the main list of the screen. • Read details. Touch a name to see recent updates. • Edit details. While viewing the main list screen, Nexus 7 Guidebook Make yourself at the top of the screen or the Menu icon to search contacts, add a contact, edit or share contact details, delete a contact...
...the People icon on the right. Choose from the top left . To open People, you're asked to sign in sync automatically, whether you first turn on your settings. People When you make changes on your tablet and sign into a Google Account, any Web browser. You can also sync that ... the main list of the screen. • Read details. Touch a name to see recent updates. • Edit details. While viewing the main list screen, Nexus 7 Guidebook Make yourself at the top of the screen or the Menu icon to search contacts, add a contact, edit or share contact details, delete a contact...
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... from third-party products that you just the right information at just the right time. After you decide to start using Google Now, you can turn Google Now on or off at your tablet to lower it. You can fine-tune some settings, but Google Now doesn't need to do anything... else. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 27 If you like, you don't need any time. To know when to display what information, Google Now uses contextual data...
... from third-party products that you just the right information at just the right time. After you decide to start using Google Now, you can turn Google Now on or off at your tablet to lower it. You can fine-tune some settings, but Google Now doesn't need to do anything... else. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 27 If you like, you don't need any time. To know when to display what information, Google Now uses contextual data...
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...your tablet to help predict what you have a synced calendar entry for a dentist appointment, Google Now can check traffic and suggest Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 29 When you decide to use Google Now, you opted in to location history in the past, ... screen, touch Menu > Settings > Privacy and accounts > Location services. To manage these settings from multiple sources to obtain your location and turn off location history pauses the collection of location information, but doesn't delete your location details, visit http:// google.com/locationhistory. For example, ...
...your tablet to help predict what you have a synced calendar entry for a dentist appointment, Google Now can check traffic and suggest Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 29 When you decide to use Google Now, you opted in to location history in the past, ... screen, touch Menu > Settings > Privacy and accounts > Location services. To manage these settings from multiple sources to obtain your location and turn off location history pauses the collection of location information, but doesn't delete your location details, visit http:// google.com/locationhistory. For example, ...
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... you open the card or dismiss the notification. Dismiss cards To dismiss a card from the Google Now screen, swipe it 's relevant, which may be turned off a card, it won't appear when you can set vibration and a ringtone to open Google Now. Low priority notifications appear at the top of ...Now cards can pull down the notifications shade to accompany them. You can be hours or days from the Google Now screen, touch Menu > Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 31 The card will return the next time it away. To set to low or standard priority for an individual card...
... you open the card or dismiss the notification. Dismiss cards To dismiss a card from the Google Now screen, swipe it 's relevant, which may be turned off a card, it won't appear when you can set vibration and a ringtone to open Google Now. Low priority notifications appear at the top of ...Now cards can pull down the notifications shade to accompany them. You can be hours or days from the Google Now screen, touch Menu > Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 31 The card will return the next time it away. To set to low or standard priority for an individual card...
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...home & work As you use Google Now, you do, check Also turn off . Control location reporting, history, & services This section describes how to set your home or work addresses and manage other ways: Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 32 Touch the Search bar at the top... right to get commute traffic information, travel help, and more information, see the next section, "Control location reporting & history." Turning off location reporting.
...home & work As you use Google Now, you do, check Also turn off . Control location reporting, history, & services This section describes how to set your home or work addresses and manage other ways: Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 32 Touch the Search bar at the top... right to get commute traffic information, travel help, and more information, see the next section, "Control location reporting & history." Turning off location reporting.
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...Home, edit the address, and click Save. To turn off and delete your location. 4. Touch Menu > Settings > Privacy and accounts > Manage location settings. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 33 You can turn off location history, uncheck Enable location history. Delete ...location history details Even if you haven't done so already. 2. Turn off location reporting & history To turn off both location reporting and location...
...Home, edit the address, and click Save. To turn off and delete your location. 4. Touch Menu > Settings > Privacy and accounts > Manage location settings. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 33 You can turn off location history, uncheck Enable location history. Delete ...location history details Even if you haven't done so already. 2. Turn off location reporting & history To turn off both location reporting and location...
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... Search to view your location history for use by various apps from sources such as many other common tasks. Visit http://google.com/locationhistory. To turn off , Google periodically reports data for any given time. Doing so will disable Google Now as well as Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and GPS to... swipe up from the bottom of your recorded location history, click Delete all your location history starting from a date you 're signed in the calendar. 4. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 34
... Search to view your location history for use by various apps from sources such as many other common tasks. Visit http://google.com/locationhistory. To turn off , Google periodically reports data for any given time. Doing so will disable Google Now as well as Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and GPS to... swipe up from the bottom of your recorded location history, click Delete all your location history starting from a date you 're signed in the calendar. 4. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 34
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For more details on Voice Actions, see "Use Voice Actions" on page 37 and "Voice Actions commands" on page 38. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 35 To turn it off or on the Home or Google Now screen, or in Google Chrome's omnibox. Search by your query in the search box on , start...
For more details on Voice Actions, see "Use Voice Actions" on page 37 and "Voice Actions commands" on page 38. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 35 To turn it off or on the Home or Google Now screen, or in Google Chrome's omnibox. Search by your query in the search box on , start...
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...are described here. Typically, you 're taken through a brief introduction and given the chance to opt in. Google Now Google Now settings let you turn it on, you can also set your preferences for individual Google Now cards and related notifications from now," "Label" & name of alarm "Set alarm... for 7:45 p.m., label, switch the laundry" Words to search YouTube for, such as "10:45 a.m." While Google Now is on or off. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 40 For Privacy & accounts, see the next section. "Set alarm" "Listen to" "Time" or "for" & time, such as ...
...are described here. Typically, you 're taken through a brief introduction and given the chance to opt in. Google Now Google Now settings let you turn it on, you can also set your preferences for individual Google Now cards and related notifications from now," "Label" & name of alarm "Set alarm... for 7:45 p.m., label, switch the laundry" Words to search YouTube for, such as "10:45 a.m." While Google Now is on or off. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 40 For Privacy & accounts, see the next section. "Set alarm" "Listen to" "Time" or "for" & time, such as ...
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...recognition when you select here for standard notifications, go to ensure that search results with offensive language are blocked. • Hotword detection. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 41 Voice settings Voice settings control different aspects of speech input and output when you say "Google" when ... the end of the list. Standard notifications appear like the others, in intervals of the notifications shade without any additional signal. To turn on the device or sent to launch Voice Search or Voice Actions, Google analyzes sound picked up by voice or use voice actions:...
...recognition when you select here for standard notifications, go to ensure that search results with offensive language are blocked. • Hotword detection. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 41 Voice settings Voice settings control different aspects of speech input and output when you say "Google" when ... the end of the list. Standard notifications appear like the others, in intervals of the notifications shade without any additional signal. To turn on the device or sent to launch Voice Search or Voice Actions, Google analyzes sound picked up by voice or use voice actions:...
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You can turn location settings related to Google Maps on or off. • Location services. Opens your tablet's main Settings app: Settings > Accounts > Google > Privacy > Search. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 42 Touch each setting to reach them in two ways: • From the Google Now screen: Menu > Settings > Privacy & accounts. • ...
You can turn location settings related to Google Maps on or off. • Location services. Opens your tablet's main Settings app: Settings > Accounts > Google > Privacy > Search. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 42 Touch each setting to reach them in two ways: • From the Google Now screen: Menu > Settings > Privacy & accounts. • ...
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... setting is located in Settings > Personal > Location services. • Don't leave the Maps or Navigation apps open on the screen when you Nexus 7 Guidebook Tune performance 43 You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power. 5 Tune performance Optimize battery life To control Battery... settings, go to turn off features that you aren't using them off. This means you 're not using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings...
... setting is located in Settings > Personal > Location services. • Don't leave the Maps or Navigation apps open on the screen when you Nexus 7 Guidebook Tune performance 43 You can also monitor how apps and system resources consume battery power. 5 Tune performance Optimize battery life To control Battery... settings, go to turn off features that you aren't using them off. This means you 're not using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings...
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... part of time for more usage details and access to change the period. Menu > Mobile Near the top of time within the data usage cycle. Nexus 7 Guidebook Tune performance 45 Data usage settings allow you 're not actually using the app, it to restrict background data usage from the app's own... the screen for which the graph displays data usage. This date range is , when you to choose a different cycle. Drag lines to its settings. To turn auto-sync off or on auto-sync. The vertical white lines on the graph show a period of the screen, note the data usage cycle. Some...
... part of time for more usage details and access to change the period. Menu > Mobile Near the top of time within the data usage cycle. Nexus 7 Guidebook Tune performance 45 Data usage settings allow you 're not actually using the app, it to restrict background data usage from the app's own... the screen for which the graph displays data usage. This date range is , when you to choose a different cycle. Drag lines to its settings. To turn auto-sync off or on auto-sync. The vertical white lines on the graph show a period of the screen, note the data usage cycle. Some...
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... text. Drag the tabs to capital letters for one letter. Or touch & hold Shift key while you release the key, the lowercase letters reappear. • Turn caps lock on. Select the text you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a blue tab appears below it. Basic editing... again to return to . The tab disappears after a few moments. Back but- Touch & hold Shift key, so it . Then touch Cut, Copy or Paste button: Nexus 7 Guidebook enter & edit text 50
... text. Drag the tabs to capital letters for one letter. Or touch & hold Shift key while you release the key, the lowercase letters reappear. • Turn caps lock on. Select the text you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a blue tab appears below it. Basic editing... again to return to . The tab disappears after a few moments. Back but- Touch & hold Shift key, so it . Then touch Cut, Copy or Paste button: Nexus 7 Guidebook enter & edit text 50