Toshiba AT270 - Manual (Page 29)

The Back, Home and Recent apps icons may fade away or shrink into
dots after a short period of time without operation, depending on which
apps you are using.
To bring them back, tap their locations.
Swipe left or right to see more Home screen panels.
Use panels to organize your widgets and app shortcuts. See
Customizing the Home screen section for the details.
Opening and switching applications
The All Apps main screen holds icons for all the apps and widgets on your
tablet.
Tap WIDGETS tab on the top of the screen to view widgets that you have
downloaded and installed. Widgets show you the latest updates of apps.
To manage all your apps and widgets, tap Settings -> Apps under Device.
Opening an application
You may open an application by:
Tapping its icon on the Home screen.
Tapping its icon from the All Apps main screen.
Switch to a recently used application
You may switch to recently used application by:
Tap Recent apps ( ) and select an application that you want to
switch to.
To remove an application, swipe the thumbnail sideways.
Monitoring your tablet’s status
The right side of the System bar displays icons indicating that you’ve
received notifications, the current time, and icons indicating the tablet’s
status.
Status icons
The icons on the right of the current time indicate the status of your tablet.
Notification icons
The icons on the left of the current time indicate different types of
notifications. In addition to system notification icons, applications you
installed on your tablet may use their own notification icons.
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