Asus ZenPad Z8 ‏ZT581KL Verizon exclusive User Guide - Page 3

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Contents

Conventions used

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Care and safety

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Get your Zen ready!

Parts and features

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8

Installing a memory card

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9

Installing a micro SIM card

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11

Charging your ASUS Tablet

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13

Turning your ASUS Tablet on or off

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15

Basics

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16

Starting for the first time

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17

Using the touchscreen

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19

2

There’s no place like Home

Zen Home features

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Home screen

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Personalizing your Home screen

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24

App shortcuts and widgets

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24

Wallpapers

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Quick settings

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27

Setting up the date and time

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Setting up your ringtone and alert sounds

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System notifications

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Weather and time

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Weather

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Clock

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World Clock

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Alarm clock

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Stopwatch

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Timer

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Lock Screen

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Customizing your lock screen

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Customizing the quick access buttons

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Section	Page
Conventions used	6
Care and safety	6
1 Get your Zen ready!	8
Parts and features	8
Installing a memory card	9
Installing a micro SIM card	11
Charging your ASUS Tablet	13
Turning your ASUS Tablet on or off	15
Basics	16
Starting for the first time	17
Using the touchscreen	19
2 There’s no place like Home	22
Zen Home features	22
Home screen	22
Personalizing your Home screen	24
App shortcuts and widgets	24
Wallpapers	25
Quick settings	27
Setting up the date and time	28
Setting up your ringtone and alert sounds	28
System notifications	29
Weather and time	30
Weather	30
Clock	32
World Clock	32
Alarm clock	33
Stopwatch	33
Timer	34
Lock Screen	35
Customizing your lock screen	35
Customizing the quick access buttons	36
3 Keeping in touch	40
Managing contacts	40
Launching the Contacts app	40
Contacts Settings	40
Setting up your profile	40
Adding contacts	41
Setting up your VIPs	43
Marking your favorite contacts	46
Importing and exporting contacts	47
Social networking with your contacts	48
Linking your contacts’ info	49
4 Your precious moments	50
Capture moments	50
Launching the Camera app	50
Advanced camera features	54
Using the Gallery	60
Viewing files from your social network or cloud storage	60
Viewing the photo location	61
Sharing files from the Gallery	62
Deleting files from the Gallery	62
Editing images	62
5 Work hard, play harder	63
Browser	63
Launching the Chrome app	63
Adding a new tab	63
Bookmarking pages	63
Clearing the browser cache	64
Email	64
Setting up email accounts	64
Adding email accounts	65
Setting up a Gmail account	65
Calendar	66
Creating events	66
Adding accounts to Calendar	66
Creating an event from your account	67
Enabling alert reminders for events	67
Do It Later	68
Adding to-do tasks	68
Prioritizing to-do tasks	68
Catching up on my online reading now	69
Deleting to-do tasks	69
File Manager	70
Accessing the internal storage	70
Accessing the external storage device	70
Accessing Cloud Storage	70
6 Staying connected	71
Wi-Fi	71
Enabling Wi-Fi	71
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network	71
Disabling Wi-Fi	72
Bluetooth®	72
Enabling Bluetooth®	72
Pairing your ASUS Tablet to a Bluetooth® device	73
Unpairing your ASUS Tablet from the Bluetooth® device	73
Mobile Hotspot and Tethering	74
USB Tethering	74
Mobile Hotspot	75
Bluetooth Tethering	76
PlayTo	77
Launching PlayTo	77
7 Zen Everywhere	78
Special Zen Tools	78
Calculator	78
Quick Memo	79
Power Saver	80
8 Maintain your Zen	81
Keeping your device up-to-date	81
Updating your system	81
Storage	81
Backup and reset	81
Securing your ASUS Tablet	82

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