Navigating Your Device - Samsung Galaxy Tab User Manual

Navigating Your Device

Use command keys and the touch screen to navigate.
Command Keys
Menu Key
Touch Menu to display options for the current screen or
feature.
Home Key
Touch Home to display the Home screen.
Touch and hold Home
applications, or to launch Task Manager.
Back Key
Touch Back to return to the previous screen, option or step.
Search Key
Touch Search to search the web and your device.
Context-sensitive Menus
Context-sensitive menus offer options for that feature or screen.
To access context-sensitive menus:
• Touch Menu .
Touch and hold on an item.
•
to launch a menu of recent
Finger Gestures
Touch
Touch items to select or launch them. For example:
Touch the on screen keyboard to enter characters or text.
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Touch a menu item to select it.
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Touch an application's icon to launch the application.
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Touch and Hold
Activate onscreen items. For example:
Touch and hold a widget on the home screen to move it.
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Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of options.
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Swipe, Flick or Slide
Swipe, flick or slide your finger vertically or horizontally across
the screen. For example:
Unlocking the screen
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Scrolling the Home screens or a menu
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Pinch
Use two fingers, such as your index finger and thumb, to make
an inward pinch motion on the screen, as if you're picking
something up, or an outward motion by sweeping your fingers
out. For example:
Pinch the Home screen to show customization options.
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Pinch a picture in Gallery to zoom in.
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