Huawei MatePad SE User manual

MatePad SE

User Guide

Contents

Essentials

Basic Gestures 1

Lock and Unlock Your Screen 3

Get Familiar with the Home Screen 4

Control Panel 8

Screenshots & Screen Recording 14

Enter Text 17

Multi-Window 18

Smart Features

Super Device 24

Huawei Share 26

Easy Print 27

Camera and Gallery

Take Photos 28

Portrait Mode 29

Pro Mode 30

Record Videos 33

Time-Lapse Photography 34

Adjust Camera Settings 34

Manage Gallery 36

Edit Pictures and Videos 38

Apps

Notepad 42

Settings

Display & Brightness 48

Notications & status bar 48

Biometrics & Password 51

Security 53

Privacy 54

About Tablet 56

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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.

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.

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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).

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

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.

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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 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, 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.

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

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.

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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.

•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.

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

widget, drag it to the left or right screen edge, wait for the service widget to be moved

out of the stack, and drag it 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 widget combos, to

create shortcuts for common features.

1You can add a widget combo in any of the following ways:

•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.

•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 .

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

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

•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 widget combo.

•Touch Remove combo to remove the widget combo.

If there is an empty space in a widget combo, you can drag another service widget to add it

to the widget combo. If there is not enough space for the widget combo, 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.

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Operations in a Large Folder

You can perform the following operations in large folders:

•Adjust the folder size: Touch and hold down on a large folder, and release your nger

when the pop-up menu displays. Drag the blue edges or corners around the folder to adjust

the folder size, and touch any blank area on the home screen to complete the operation.

•Enter or exit folders: Touch the lower right corner on a large folder to enter it. Touch a

blank area in the folder to exit it.

When there are too many app icons to display on one page within a large folder, a stacked

icon will appear in the folder's lower right corner. You can touch the stack icon to open the

folder.

•Add or remove apps: Open a large folder, and touch , and add or remove apps as

required. If you deselect all apps within the folder, the folder will be deleted.

•Switch between display modes: Touch and hold down on a folder to switch between a

standard and large display. For example, you can touch and hold down on a standard

folder, and select Enlarge from the displayed menu to create a large folder.

Notication and Status Icons

Network status icons may vary depending on your region or network service provider.

Supported features vary depending on the device model. Some of the following icons

may not be relevant 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 inserted

Hotspot enabled Hotspot connected

Hotspot disconnected Switching networks via Wi-Fi+

Wi-Fi connected Wi-Fi network is faulty, unable to

connect to the Internet

Wi-Fi 6 connected Wi-Fi 6 network is faulty, unable

to connect to the Internet

Wi-Fi 6+ connected Wi-Fi 6+ network is faulty, unable

to connect to the Internet

Airplane mode enabled Alarm set

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Battery empty Low battery

Charging Fast charging

Super charging Wireless super charging

Wireless fast charging Regular wireless charging

Power Saving mode enabled Digital Balance enabled

Bluetooth enabled Bluetooth device battery

Bluetooth device connected VPN connected

Driving mode enabled Projection device connected

Location service enabled Eye Comfort enabled

Headset connected Performance mode enabled

Calling VoLTE enabled

Missed call New message

Silent mode Vibration pattern

NFC enabled Do Not Disturb mode enabled

Syncing data Data syncing failed

New email Event reminder

Apps using the camera Apps using the microphone

More notications

Control Panel

Introduction to Control Panel

Manage and control audio playback, shortcuts, and Super Device, with greater ease, in

Control Panel.

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