Huawei MatePad Pro User manual

User Guide

MatePad Pro

Contents

Essentials

Basic Gestures 1

System Navigation 1

Tablet Clone 2

Lock and Unlock Your Screen 3

Get Familiar with the Home Screen 4

Notication and Status Icons 4

Shortcut Switches 5

Quickly Access Frequently Used App Features 6

Home Screen Widgets 6

Set Your Wallpaper 7

Screenshots & Screen Recording 7

View and Clear Notications 8

Adjust Sound Settings 9

Enter Text 10

multi-window 10

Power On and O or Restart Your Device 14

Charging 14

Smart Features

AI Lens 18

Easy Projection 19

Multi-screen Collaboration Between Your Tablet and Phone 20

Huawei Share 22

Camera and Gallery

Launch Camera 24

Take Photos 24

Take Panoramic Photos 24

Light Painting 25

Take HDR Photos 26

Moving Pictures 26

Add Stickers to Photos 27

Documents Mode 27

Record Videos 28

Slow-Mo Recording 29

Time-Lapse Photography 29

Filters 29

Adjust Camera Settings 30

Manage Gallery 30

Apps i

Apps 33

Contacts 34

Phone 37

Messaging 43

Calendar 45

Clock 46

Notepad 48

Recorder 51

Email 52

Calculator 55

Flashlight 56

App Twin 56

Tablet Manager 56

Tablet Clone 59

Settings

Search for Items in Settings 61

Wi-Fi 61

Bluetooth 62

Mobile Network 63

More Connections 65

Home Screen & Wallpaper 69

Display & Brightness 71

Sounds & Vibration 74

Notications 76

Biometrics & Password 77

Apps 78

Battery 79

Storage 80

Security 81

Privacy 83

Accessibility Features 87

Users & Accounts 88

System & Updates 89

About Tablet 92

Contents

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Basic Gestures

More Gestures

Access Home screen editing mode

Pinch two ngers together on the home screen.

Display the shortcut panel on the lock screen

Swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen.

Display the search bar

Swipe down on the home screen.

Open the notication panel

Swipe down from the status bar.

System Navigation

Use Three-Key Navigation

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation, and select Three-key navigation.

You can then:

•Touch to return to the previous menu or exit the current app. You can also use this key

to close the onscreen keyboard.

•Touch to return to the home screen.

•Touch to access the recent tasks screen.

You can touch Settings to congure more settings.

•Select a navigation key combination.

•Enable Hide navigation keys to allow you to hide the navigation bar when not in use.

•Touch (if available in the selected navigation key combination) to open the notication

panel.

Use the Navigation Dock to Operate the Tablet

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation > More, and enable Navigation

dock.

After the Navigation dock button appears, you can:

•Drag the button to your desired position.

•Touch the button to go back.

•Touch and hold the button, then release it to go back to the home screen.

•Touch and hold the button, then swipe left or right to view recent tasks.

The feature availability varies by device.

Tablet Clone

Use Tablet Clone to Move Data to Your New Device

Tablet Clone lets you quickly and seamlessly move all the basic data (including contacts,

calendar, images, and videos) from your old tablet to your new tablet.

Migrate Data from an Android Device

1On your new tablet, open the Tablet Clone app. Alternatively, go to Settings > System &

updates > Tablet Clone, touch This is the new device, then touch Huawei or Other

Android.

2Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Tablet Clone on your old device.

3On your old device, open the Tablet Clone app and touch This is the old device. Follow

the onscreen instructions to connect your old device with your new tablet by scanning a

code or connecting manually.

4On your old device, select the data you want to clone, then touch Transfer to start

cloning.

Tablet Clone is only available on tablets running Android 7.0 or later.

Migrate Data from an iPhone or iPad

1On your new tablet, open the Tablet Clone app. Alternatively, go to Settings > System &

updates > Tablet Clone, touch This is the new device, then touch iPhone/iPad.

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2Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Tablet Clone on your old device.

3On your old device, open the Tablet Clone app and touch This is the old device. Follow

the onscreen instructions to connect your old device with your new tablet by scanning a

code or connecting manually.

4On your old device, select the data you want to clone, then follow the onscreen

instructions to complete the data cloning.

Tablet Clone is only available on tablets running iOS 8.0 or later.

Lock and Unlock Your Screen

Lock the Screen

If your tablet remains inactive for a period of time, it will automatically lock the screen and

enter sleep mode to save power.

Alternative, you can manually lock the screen in either of the following ways:

•Press the Power button.

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

Widgets, then drag the Screen Lock icon to the home screen. You can now touch the

Screen Lock icon to lock the screen.

Turn On the Screen

You can turn on the screen in any of the following ways:

•Press the Power button.

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

enable Raise to wake and/or Double-tap to wake. Then use the corresponding feature to

turn on the screen.

Unlock the Screen with Password

Once the screen is turned on, swipe up from the middle of the screen to display the password

input panel. Then, enter your lock screen password.

Use Face Unlock

Turn on the screen and align it with your face. Your tablet will unlock once your face is

recognized.

Display Your Signature on the Lock Screen

Go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper, touch Lock screen signature, then type text to

display on the lock screen.

To remove the signature, touch Lock screen signature and delete the text.

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Get Familiar with the Home Screen

From the home screen, you can:

•Check the status of your tablet and notications from the status bar at the top of the

screen.

•Swipe left or right to view apps and widgets displayed on the home screen.

Notication and Status Icons

Network status icons may vary according to your region or network service provider.

Supported functions vary according to the device model. Some of the following icons may

not be applicable to your tablet.

5G network connected 4G network connected

3G network connected 2G network connected

Full signal strength Roaming

Data saver enabled No SIM card detected

Hotspot enabled Hotspot connected

Wi-Fi connected Hotspot disconnected

Switching network via Wi-Fi+ Alarm set

Battery empty Low battery

Charging Quick charging

Super charging Super wireless charging

Quick wireless charging Regular wireless charging

Power saving mode enabled Digital balance enabled

Bluetooth enabled Bluetooth device battery

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Bluetooth device connected VPN connected

Driving mode Projection device connected

Location service enabled Eye comfort mode enabled

Headset connected Headset with a microphone

connected

Calling VoLTE enabled

Missed call Unread SMS

Silence Vibration

NFC enabled Do Not Disturb mode enabled

Data syncing Data sync failed

Performance mode enabled New email

Event reminder More notications

Airplane mode enabled

Shortcut Switches

Use Shortcut Switches

Turn on a Shortcut Switch

Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it again

to show all shortcuts.

•Touch a shortcut switch to enable or disable the corresponding feature.

•Touch and hold a shortcut switch to access the settings screen of the corresponding feature.

(Supported by some features.)

•Touch to access the system settings screen.

Customize Shortcut Switches

Touch , touch and hold a shortcut switch, then drag it to the desired position.

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Quickly Access Frequently Used App Features

Access Frequently Used App Features from the Home Screen

You can access frequently used features of certain apps from app icons on the home screen,

and even add shortcuts for these features to the home screen.

Quickly Access Frequently Used App Features

Touch and hold an app icon until a pop-up menu is displayed, then touch a frequently used

feature to access it.

For example, touch and hold the icon, then touch a shooting mode, such as Sele or

Video, from the pop-up menu to access it.

If no pop-up menu is displayed after you touch and hold an app icon, it indicates that the

app does not support this feature.

Add Frequently Used App Features to the Home Screen

Touch and hold an app icon on your home screen to bring up the pop-up menu. Touch and

hold the desired feature and drag it to your home screen to create a shortcut.

Home Screen Widgets

Add, Move, or Delete Home Screen Widgets

You can add, move, or delete home screen widgets, such as Screen lock, Weather, Notepad,

Clock, Contacts, Petal Search and Calendar, according to your personal requirements.

Add Weather, Clock, and Other Widgets to the Home Screen

1Pinch two ngers on the home screen to access Home screen settings mode.

2Touch Widgets, then swipe left to view all widgets.

3Some widgets, such as Weather, come in various formats. Touch the widget to show all

formats, and swipe right to collapse.

4Touch a widget to add it to the home screen. If there is no room on the current screen,

touch and hold it, then drag it to a dierent screen.

To congure the Weather app, open it, and touch to set the congurations as

prompted.

For example, to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit, go to > Temperature unit,

and touch Celsius (℃) or Fahrenheit (℉).

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Move or Delete a Widget

Touch and hold a widget on your home screen until your tablet vibrates, then drag it to the

desired position or touch Remove.

Set Your Wallpaper

Use a Preset Wallpaper

1Go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper > Wallpaper.

2Touch an image you want to set as the wallpaper.

3Set the following according to your preferences:

•Blur: applies a blur eect, which can be adjusted by dragging the slider.

•Scrollable: enables the wallpaper to be scrollable on the home screen.

4Touch , then determine whether you'd like to set it as the wallpaper for the Lock

screen, Home screen, or Both.

Set an Image from Gallery as Your Wallpaper

1Open Gallery, and open the image you want to set as your wallpaper.

2Go to > Set as > Wallpaper, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Screenshots & Screen Recording

Take a Screenshot

Use a Key Combination to Take a Screenshot

Press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot.

Use a Shortcut to Take a Screenshot

Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it again

to show all shortcuts. Touch to take a screenshot.

Share and Edit a Screenshot or Switch to Scrollshot

After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail will be displayed in the lower left corner of the

screen. You can then:

•Swipe down on the thumbnail to take a scrolling screenshot.

This is not supported in Landscape mode.

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