Huawei MatePad Pro User manual

User Guide

Contents

Essentials

Basic Gestures 1

Lock and Unlock Your Screen 4

Get Familiar with the Home Screen 5

Control Panel 9

Take a Screenshot 13

Take a Partial Screenshot 14

Take a Scrolling Screenshot 15

Record the Screen 16

Enter Text 17

Multi-Window 20

Smart Features

AI Voice 26

AI Lens 29

AI Touch 30

Device+ 30

Multi-screen Collaboration 32

Huawei Share 36

Easy Print 36

Camera and Gallery

Take Photos 38

Moving Pictures 39

Pro Mode 40

Record Videos 43

Slow-Mo Recording 45

Time-Lapse Photography 46

Adjust Camera Settings 46

Manage Gallery 48

Edit Pictures 51

Highlights 52

Apps

Phone 55

MeeTime 55

Notepad 57

HiNote 61

Settings

Use Eye Comfort Mode 65

Notication and Status Icons 65

Face Recognition 67

Security 68

Privacy 70

Accessibility Features 71

About Tablet 75

Contents

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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 device displays the Power o

and Restart menu.

Turn up volume

Press the Volume up button.

Turn down 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 Your Screen

Auto-lock:

Your device will automatically turn o when you haven't used it for a certain period of time.

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

Manually lock the screen:

To lock the screen, use either of the following methods:

•Press the Power button.

•On the home screen, pinch two ngers together to enter editing mode. Touch Widgets, and

drag the Screen Lock icon to the home screen. Then touch the Screen Lock icon to lock the

screen.

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Turn On the Screen

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

•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 device 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 device

will unlock automatically after recognising 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 customise 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 some cases, such as when your device is in Simple mode.

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, select More service widgets, and select your desired style. Then 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.

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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 cancel zone instead at the top of the

screen.

•Service widgets cannot be pinned to folders.

•You won't be able to swipe up on an app icon to expand the service widget in Drawer

mode.

Stack Service Widgets

Stack same-sized service widgets to save home screen space, and streamline your home

screen.

1To do so, touch and hold down on a service widget, drag it to another service widget of

the same size, and release to stack the two widgets, once they have completely

overlapped. Swipe up or down to cycle between widgets.

2Swipe down further to expand the stack. From there, you can perform the following

operations for any single service widget:

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

the stack.

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

widget, and drag it to change its position.

•Moving a service widget out of the stack: Touch and hold down on a service widget,

and drag it left or right to any blank area on the home screen.

•Deleting a service widget from the stack: Swipe left on a service widget.

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 service widget

combinations, to create shortcuts for common features.

1To do so, touch and hold down on a service widget, drag it to another service widget of

any size until they partially overlap, and release to complete the combination, once the

back panel has been expanded.

2Touch and hold down on a service widget combination. From there, you can:

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•Touch Edit combo to add or remove Service widgets or Shortcuts. Touch , , or

to change the template size. Hold and drag to adjust the position of the added

content.

•Touch Rename to edit the name of the service widget combination.

•Touch Remove combo to remove the service widget combination.

If there is an empty space in a service widget combination, you can drag another service

widget to add it to the combination. If there is not enough space for the service widget

combination, you can go to Edit combo, and change the template size to a larger one.

You can also touch and hold down on a service widget to edit or remove it.

Certain service widgets can't be edited.

Edit and Remove Service Widgets

Edit service widgets:

Touch and hold down on a service widget, and select Edit to set which information will

display for the widget. For example, you can select cities for the Weather service widget, or

select a time zone for the Clock service widget.

Remove service widgets:

Touch and hold down on a service widget, and select Remove to remove it from the home

screen.

•If you uninstall certain apps, the corresponding service widgets will also be removed.

•Certain service widgets can't be edited.

Create and Use Large Folders

Large folders make it easy to categorize app icons on the home screen. Directly open an app

by touching the app icon, without expanding the folder, and adjust the folder size as needed,

to craft your ideal home screen layout.

Create a Large Folder

1Touch and hold an app icon and drag it over another icon to create a new folder.

2Touch and hold a folder to switch between display modes. For example, you can touch

and hold a new folder and select Enlarge from the displayed menu to create a large

folder.

3You can touch the lower right corner of the large folder to open it and then touch the

folder name to rename it.

You can also rename the folder by touching and holding it and selecting Rename.

Operations in a Large Folder

You can perform the following operations in large folders:

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