Huawei MatePad 11 User manual

User Guide

Contents

Essentials

Basic Gestures 1

Lock and Unlock Your Screen 4

Get Familiar with the Home Screen 5

Control Panel 12

Screenshots & Screen Recording 20

Enter Text 27

Multi-Window 28

Smart Features

AI Voice 37

AI Touch 40

Super Device 40

Easy Projection 43

Multi-screen Collaboration 44

Huawei Share 49

Easy Print 49

Camera and Gallery

Take Photos 52

Record Videos 54

Time-Lapse Photography 55

Adjust Camera Settings 56

Manage Gallery 57

Edit Pictures and Videos 61

Highlights 63

Apps

MeeTime 65

Notepad 68

HiNote 74

Settings

More Connections 78

Display & Brightness 78

Notications & status bar 79

Biometrics & Password 82

Security 83

Privacy 85

Accessibility Features 86

About Tablet 93

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Basic Gestures

Basic Gestures and Shortcuts

System Navigation Gestures

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation and make sure that Gestures is

selected.

Return to the previous screen

Swipe in from the left or right edges to return to the previous screen.

Back to home screen

Swipe up from the bottom to go to the home screen.

Recent tasks

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold to view recent tasks.

Close an app

When viewing recent tasks, swipe up on an app preview to close the app.

Switch between apps

•Slide across the bottom edge of the screen to switch between apps.

Before using this gesture, touch Settings on the System navigation

screen, and ensure that Slide across bottom to switch apps is enabled.

•Swipe across the bottom of the screen in an arc to switch between apps.

If your device does not have the Slide across bottom to switch apps switch, it indicates

that the corresponding feature is not supported.

Knuckle Gestures

Before using knuckle gestures, use either of the following methods to make sure that all

necessary features are enabled (depending on your device model):

•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures, and enable Take

screenshot and Record screen.

•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Motion control > Take screenshot, and enable

Smart screenshot.

Take a screenshot

Knock twice on the screen with a knuckle to take a screenshot.

Take a scrollshot

Knock on the screen with a knuckle and draw an "S" to take a scrolling

screenshot.

Capture part of the screen

Knock and draw an enclosed area with a knuckle to capture part of the

screen.

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Record screen

Knock twice on the screen with two knuckles to start or end a screen

recording.

More Gestures

Access Home screen editing mode

Pinch two ngers together on the home screen.

Display the shortcut panel on the lock screen

Turn on the screen and swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen.

Display the search bar

Swipe down from the middle of the home screen.

Display the notication panel

Swipe down from the upper left edge of the screen.

Turn on a shortcut switch

Swipe down from the upper right edge of the screen to display Control

Panel and touch to expand the shortcut switches panel (depending on

your device model).

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Button Shortcuts

Power o and restart

Press and hold the Power button until your tablet displays the Power o

and Restart menus.

Turn up the volume

Press the Volume up button.

Turn down the volume

Press the Volume down button.

Take a screenshot

Press the Volume down and Power buttons simultaneously.

Some products do not have volume buttons.

Lock and Unlock Your Screen

Lock the screen

Auto-lock:

Your tablet screen will be automatically locked if you haven't performed any operations on it

for a period of time.

You can go to Settings > Display & brightness > Sleep, and set the screen timeout duration.

Manually lock the screen:

You can manually lock the screen using either of the following methods:

Press the Power button.

Turn On the Screen

You can turn on the screen in any of the following ways (depending on your device model):

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•Press the Power button.

•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Wake screen, and

enable and use Raise to wake and Double-tap to wake.

If your tablet does not have this option, it indicates that this feature is not supported.

Unlock Your Screen

Password unlock: Once the screen is turned on, swipe up from the middle of the screen to

display a panel where you can enter your lock screen password.

Face unlock: Once the screen is turned on, bring your face in front of the screen. Your tablet

will unlock automatically after recognizing your face.

Get Familiar with the Home Screen

Use Service Widgets

Service widgets allow you to:

•Preview or access apps, such as to view the weather forecast, or play music.

•Select from a range of service widget styles and layouts to customize your home screen.

•Stack and combine multiple service widgets to save home screen space, streamline your

home screen, and navigate with greater ease.

Apps with a widget bar at the bottom support service widgets.

To remove the widget bar, go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper > Home screen

settings > Show widget bars.

This feature is not supported in certain scenarios. Actual usage shall prevail.

Add Service Widgets to Your Home Screen

You can add a service widget to the home screen in any of the following ways:

•Swipe up on an app icon to expand its service widget, and touch to add the service

widget to the home screen.

•Swipe up on an app icon to expand its service widget, touch and hold down on the service

widget, touch More service widgets, select your desired style, and touch Add to home

screen.

•Touch and hold down on an app icon, touch Service widgets, select your desired style, and

touch Add to home screen.

•Pinch two ngers together on the home screen, touch Service widgets, select your desired

service widget, and touch Add to home screen. You can also touch and hold down on your

desired service widget, and drag it to any blank area on the home screen.

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If there is no space available on the current screen, the widget will be pinned to the next

screen. If neither screen has any space, a new screen will be created for the service widget, to

the right of the current screen.

You can also touch and hold down on a service widget on the More service widgets screen,

and drag it to any blank area on the home screen. If you decide not to add the service widget

to the home screen while dragging it, drag it to the undo zone instead at the top of the

screen.

•Service widgets cannot be pinned to folders.

•Swiping up on the app icon will not expand the service widget in certain scenarios.

Actual usage shall prevail.

Stack Service Widgets

Stack same-sized service widgets/widget combos to save home screen space, and streamline

your home screen.

The gures are for reference only.

Stacking service widgets:

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Touch and hold down on a service widget/widget combo, drag it to another service widget/

widget combo of the same size, and release to stack the two items, once they have

completely overlapped.

Viewing widgets within a stack:

Swipe up or down on a stack to view all of its service widgets.

Managing service widgets:

1Expand the stack in any of the following ways:

•Swipe down further to expand the stack.

•Touch and hold down on the stack, and touch Expand stack.

2Then manage widgets in the stack as follows:

•Adjusting the position of a service widget: Touch and hold down on a service

widget, and drag it to change its position.

•Pinning a service widget to the top: Touch a service widget to pin it to the top of the

stack.

•Removing a service widget from the stack: Touch and hold down on a service

widget, drag it to the edge of the screen and hold, wait for the service widget to be

moved out of the stack, and drag the widget to any blank area on the home screen.

•Deleting a service widget: Swipe left on a service widget to delete it.

You can also touch and hold down on a service widget stack to edit or remove the top service

widget.

Combine Service Widgets

Combine service widgets of all sizes, and add frequently-used shortcuts to widget combos, to

create shortcuts for common features.

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The gures are for reference only.

Adding a widget combo:

•Hold and drag a service widget to another service widget of any size, until they partially

overlap, and release to complete the combination, once the back panel has been expanded.

•Pinch two ngers together on the home screen, go to Service widgets > Widget combos,

touch and hold down on the widget combo that you wish to add, and touch Add to home

screen. You can also touch , select your favorite service widgets to customize your own

combo, and touch .

Please make sure your device has been updated to the latest system version.

Editing a widget combo:

•Adding a service widget to the widget combo: Hold and drag a service widget on the

home screen to the widget combo.

•Removing a service widget from the widget combo: Touch and hold down on the widget

combo, and wait for the pop-up menu to display. Then hold and drag a service widget to

any blank area on the home screen.

•Deleting a service widget: Touch and hold down on the widget combo, and wait for the

pop-up menu to display. Then hold and drag a service widget to Remove in the upper right

corner.

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