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
Notications & status bar 79
Biometrics & Password 82
Security 83
Privacy 85
Accessibility Features 86
About Tablet 93
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Essentials
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.
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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 notication 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 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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