Sony Ericsson Xperia Tablet Z User Guide - Page 10

Multiple user accounts, Microsoft, Exchange ActiveSync, account, Facebook™ account - 2 availability

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Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® account Synchronize your device with your corporate Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® account. This way, you keep your work email, contacts, and calendar events with you at all times. Facebook™ account Facebook™ is a social networking service that connects you with friends, family, and colleagues around the world. Set up Facebook to work on your device so that you can stay in touch from anywhere. Multiple user accounts Your device supports multiple user accounts so that different users can log in separately to the device and use it. For example, different users can have different home screen setups, wallpaper and general settings, as well as separate memory storage. So they can install their own applications and store files such as music and photos that only they can access. Multiple user accounts work well in situations where different family or group members share the same device. The user who sets up the device for the first time becomes the owner of the device. The owner is the administrator or primary user. Once you are logged in as the owner, you can add, change and delete other users via the Settings menu. You can add a maximum of seven new users. As the owner, your account cannot be deleted. Some features are only available to the owner. For example, only the owner can access the external SD card. Using multiple user accounts To add a new user 1 Make sure you are logged in as the owner, that is, the user who set up the device for the first time. 2 Drag the status bar downwards, then tap . 3 Find and tap Users > Add user or profile > User. 4 Tap OK > Set up now. An icon representing the newly added user appears on the lock screen. 5 Tap the icon representing the newly added user, then unlock the screen. 6 Follow the setup guide instructions to complete the process. To switch users 1 From the lock screen, tap the icon representing the user that wants to use the device. 2 If you have set a password for the new account, enter the password to log in. If you have not set a password, just unlock the screen. To delete a user from your device 1 Make sure you are logged in as the owner. 2 Drag the status bar downwards, then tap . 3 Find and tap Users. 4 Tap beside the name of the user that you want to delete, then tap Delete. The owner account can not be deleted. Different behaviors for settings Settings can behave in three different ways when a device has multiple users: • Some settings can be changed by any user and affect all users, including the owner, for example, language, Wi-Fi®, Airplane mode, NFC, and Bluetooth®. • Some settings affect only the individual user's space, for example, automatic data syncing, screen lock, various accounts added, and wallpaper. 10 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Microsoft
®
Exchange ActiveSync
®
account
Synchronize your device with your corporate Microsoft
®
Exchange ActiveSync
®
account. This way, you keep your work email, contacts, and calendar events with you
at all times.
Facebook™ account
Facebook™ is a social networking service that connects you with friends, family, and
colleagues around the world. Set up Facebook to work on your device so that you can
stay in touch from anywhere.
Multiple user accounts
Your device supports multiple user accounts so that different users can log in
separately to the device and use it. For example, different users can have different
home screen setups, wallpaper and general settings, as well as separate memory
storage. So they can install their own applications and store files such as music and
photos that only they can access. Multiple user accounts work well in situations where
different family or group members share the same device.
The user who sets up the device for the first time becomes the owner of the device.
The owner is the administrator or primary user. Once you are logged in as the owner,
you can add, change and delete other users via the Settings menu. You can add a
maximum of seven new users. As the owner, your account cannot be deleted.
Some features are only available to the owner. For example, only the owner can access the
external SD card.
Using multiple user accounts
To add a new user
1
Make sure you are logged in as the owner, that is, the user who set up the
device for the first time.
2
Drag the status bar downwards, then tap
.
3
Find and tap
Users
>
Add user or profile
>
User
.
4
Tap
OK
>
Set up now
. An icon representing the newly added user appears on
the lock screen.
5
Tap the icon representing the newly added user, then unlock the screen.
6
Follow the setup guide instructions to complete the process.
To switch users
1
From the lock screen, tap the icon representing the user that wants to use the
device.
2
If you have set a password for the new account, enter the password to log in. If
you have not set a password, just unlock the screen.
To delete a user from your device
1
Make sure you are logged in as the owner.
2
Drag the status bar downwards, then tap
.
3
Find and tap
Users
.
4
Tap
beside the name of the user that you want to delete, then tap
Delete
.
The owner account can not be deleted.
Different behaviors for settings
Settings can behave in three different ways when a device has multiple users:
Some settings can be changed by any user and affect all users, including the owner,
for example, language, Wi-Fi®, Airplane mode, NFC, and Bluetooth®.
Some settings affect only the individual user’s space, for example, automatic data
syncing, screen lock, various accounts added, and wallpaper.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.