Toshiba Thrive AT1S0 PDA03C-003002 Users Manual Canada; English - Page 28

Opening and switching applications, Monitoring your tablet’s status, Opening an application

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Basics ■ Slide to see more Home screen panels. ■ Use panels to organize your widgets and shortcuts. See Customizing the Home screen section for the details. ■ To return to the center panel, tap Home button. Apps menu Tap the menu. icon at the upper right corner of Home screen to open Apps You can find all your apps in this place. To manage your apps, tap Settings → Applications → Manage applications. Opening and switching applications The Apps menu, which you can open from the Home screen, holds icons for all the applications on your tablet. ■ Tap My apps tab on the top of Apps menu screen to view applications that you downloaded and installed. Opening an application You may open any application by: ■ Tapping an application icon on the Home screen ■ Tapping an application icon from the Apps menu. Switch to a recently used application You may switch to recently used application by: ■ Tapping Recent apps icon ( want to switch. ), and select the application that you Monitoring your tablet's status The status bar appears on the bottom of every screen. It displays time and icons indicating that you have received notifications and icons indicating the tablet's status, along with the current time. Status icons The icons on the right of the status bar indicate the status of your tablet. Notification icons The icons on the left of the status bar indicate different types of notifications. In addition to system notification icons, applications you installed on your tablet may use their own notification icons. User's Manual 28

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User’s Manual
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Basics
Slide to see more
Home
screen panels.
Use panels to organize your widgets and shortcuts. See
Customizing
the Home screen
section for the details.
To return to the center panel, tap
Home
button.
Apps menu
Tap the
icon at the upper right corner of
Home
screen to open
Apps
menu
.
You can find all your apps in this place.
To manage your apps, tap
Settings
Applications
Manage
applications
.
Opening and switching applications
The
Apps menu
, which you can open from the Home screen, holds icons
for all the applications on your tablet.
Tap
My apps
tab on the top of Apps menu screen to view applications
that you downloaded and installed.
Opening an application
You may open any application by:
Tapping an application icon on the
Home
screen
Tapping an application icon from the
Apps menu
.
Switch to a recently used application
You may switch to recently used application by:
Tapping
Recent apps
icon (
), and select the application that you
want to switch.
Monitoring your tablet’s status
The status bar appears on the bottom of every screen. It displays time and
icons indicating that you have received notifications and icons indicating
the tablet’s status, along with the current time.
Status icons
The icons on the right of the status bar indicate the status of your tablet.
Notification icons
The icons on the left of the status bar indicate different types of
notifications. In addition to system notification icons, applications you
installed on your tablet may use their own notification icons.