Basic Notes
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The Save link option will start the process of downloading the file. When
the file has downloaded, you will find it in your Downloads folder. Select
the file. A “Complete action using” dialog box appears. Choose an app to
open the file.
Adding another account
Adding additional Google (or other) accounts to your tablet gives you access to all
your information in the one place. To add your university student Google account
(or any other account) to the tablet:
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Select the Settings icon.
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Under Personal, choose Accounts and sync
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Select Add account (from the top right-hand corner of the screen).
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Select Google (or another account type).
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Your university student email address
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Enter the details and select Sign in
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Choose which data you want to synchronise and select Done
Now, when you go into your Gmail etc., you can swap between Google accounts or
use other applications to access information from other accounts.
Working with MS Office documents
Polaris Office is available on your tablet. It copes with Microsoft Word, Excel and
PowerPoint files. You can create a new document, spreadsheet, or presentation or
open and edit an existing one. Polaris will also open PDF files. If you have a lot of
editing to do, however, we recommend using a desktop or laptop computer.
Other apps that can read and edit MS Office files include DocumentsToGo, and
Quickoffice Pro.
Sample layout
An example of how your tablet could be set up is shown overleaf. All the apps etc.
are on one screen.
Note:
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the grouping of related apps, (e.g. reading and news apps)
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folders containing apps and bookmarks (e.g. Bookmarks, Kid’s apps and
Games),
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web shortcuts (e.g. LibraryThing, Workflowy and NBR),
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the shortcut to a particular folder (Books etc) on the tablet, and
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a link to an individual file (Longitude, by Dava Sobel, a book I am reading).
Arrange your screen to suit the way you work and study.
