NOOK Tablet by Gralla, Preston -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

NOOK Tablet: The Missing Manual SPECIAL OFFER: Upgrade this ebook with O’Reilly The Missing Credits

About the Author About the Creative Team Acknowledgments The Missing Manual Series

Introduction

About the NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color Buying a NOOK About This Book About the Outline About→These→Arrows About the Online Resources

Missing CD Registration Feedback Errata

Safari® Books Online

I. The Basics

1. Getting to Know Your NOOK Tablet

What Your NOOK Tablet Can Do A Quickie Look at the Hardware The NOOK Button Speaker and Volume Buttons Headphone Jack Power Button Sleeping, Locking, and Waking from Sleep USB Port, Connector, and Charger Microphone VividView Color Touchscreen Home Screen

2. Setting Up Your NOOK Tablet

Charging Your NOOK Tablet Initial Setup and Connecting to a Network Register Your NOOK Tablet Using and Troubleshooting WiFi

Troubleshooting WiFi

Using Your NOOK Tablet at a Barnes & Noble Store

3. Using Your NOOK Tablet for the First Time

Using Gestures to Control the NOOK Tablet The Keyboard

Accented and Special Characters

The Quick Nav Bar The Status Bar Quick Settings The Keep Reading and More Menus The Daily Shelf

Customizing the Daily Shelf Deleting Items from the Daily Shelf Moving Items Between the Daily Shelf and the Home Screen

Media Shortcuts Customizing Your Home Screen Changing Your Wallpaper Returning Home Searching your NOOK

Searching from the Quick Nav Bar Searching the Library

II. Reading Books and Periodicals

4. Reading Books, Newspapers, and Magazines

Opening a Book A Tour of the Book Reader Using the Table of Contents Sharing Your Reading Changing the Text and Display

Changing Back to Your Original Text and Display Settings

Selecting Text, Taking Notes, Highlighting Text, and More

Handling Notes Handling Highlights

Searching in Books Reading Mode and Zooming in on Images Video Inside Books Tapping Links Reading PDFs Reading Magazines

Using Page View Using ArticleView

Reading Newspapers Reading Comic Books

5. Reading NOOK Kids Books

What Can NOOK Kids Books Do? Buying a NOOK Kids Book Reading a NOOK Kids Book

Read by Myself Listening to Read to Me and Read and Play Books Navigating Kids Books

Record Reading a NOOK Kids Book for Your Kids Editing or Deleting a Recording Backing Up Your Recordings

III. Buying, Borrowing, and Managing Your Library

6. Buying Books, Magazines, and Newspapers and Managing Your Library

Browsing and Searching for Books in the NOOK Store

Searching for Books

Sampling and Buying Books

Sampling Books Buying Books

Browsing and Buying Magazines and Newspapers Using the Library to Manage Your Books and Periodicals

The Media Bar The Content Area and Badges Nifty Options for Items in Your Library Changing the Library View and Re-Sorting the Library Organizing Your Library by Using Shelves Archiving Books and Periodicals

Using The Wishlist Accessing Content on Your SD Card and NOOK Tablet’s Built-in Storage

SD Cards and Your Library

The Library on BN.com, PCs, Macs, and Mobile Devices Managing your NOOK Account

7. Borrowing and Lending Books with LendMe and Your Local Library

Both a Borrower and a Lender Be Lending and Borrowing Books with LendMe Seeing Your List of Lendable Books Lending a Book

Making an Offer to Lend a Book Responding to a Borrowing Request

Borrowing a Book

Returning Books Early

Borrowing Books from the Library

How to Borrow and Read NOOK Books

IV. Apps, Movies, TV Shows, Music, Photographs, and Files

8. Streaming Media: Pandora, Netflix, and Hulu Plus

Understanding Streaming Media Using Netflix

Watching a Movie or TV Show Browsing and Searching for Movies and TV Shows Managing Your Netflix Queue

Using Hulu Plus

More Options for Handling Movies and TV Browsing and Searching for TV and Movies Using the Queue and History List

Using Pandora

9. Downloading and Using Apps

Running Apps Managing and Deleting Apps Built-in NOOK Apps Getting Apps in the NOOK Store

Back and Menu Buttons in Apps

Five Great Apps to Download

Pulse News Evernote Fandango Words with Friends Trip Advisor City Guides

Troubleshooting Apps

10. Music, Pictures, Video, and Documents

Getting Files into Your NOOK Playing Music and Audio Files

More Options for Playing Music Creating and Managing Playlists Listening to Podcasts and Audiobooks

Using the My Media App for Viewing Photos and Playing Video Working with Office Documents

11. Transferring Files Between Your NOOK Tablet and Your Computer

Installing an SD Card

Types of SD Cards You Can Use Installing the Card Removing the Card

Transferring Files to Your NOOK Tablet

Transferring with a PC Transferring with a Mac

Finding Books Online to Transfer to Your NOOK Tablet Browsing and Managing Files on your NOOK Tablet

V. The Web and Email

12. Surfing the Web

A Tour of the NOOK Tablet’s Browser The Address Bar Navigating a Web Page Tapping Links Multiple Windows Bookmarks

Managing Bookmarks

Most Visited and History Lists

Using the Most Visited List Using the History List

Finding Text, Getting Page Information, and More Refreshing Pages, Going Forward, and More Saving Online Images

Viewing Downloaded Images Reading PDF Files

Web Pages Designed for Mobile Devices Online Privacy and Security

Cookies Other Privacy Settings Pop-Up Blocker

Changing Your Home Page, Text Size, and More Settings Disabling the Browser

13. Using Email

Set Up an Account

POP3 and IMAP Accounts

Reading Mail

Handling Pictures in Mail Handling Other Attachments Add the Sender to Your Contacts

Replying to Messages Composing Email Managing and Searching Mail

Press-and-Hold Email Options

Managing Multiple Accounts and Advanced Email Options Understanding Gmail’s Organization Gmail’s Labels

VI. Getting Social

14. NOOK Friends, Facebook, Twitter, and Beyond

What Can You Do with NOOK Friends? Getting Started with NOOK Friends Adding Friends to NOOK Friends

Accepting an Invitation Using and Managing Friends

Using Friends Activities Using About Me Using LendMe

LendMe Privacy Settings

Linking Your NOOK Tablet to Facebook

Unlinking Your Facebook Account

Linking Your NOOK Tablet to Twitter

Unlinking Your Twitter Account

Using Facebook and Twitter on Your NOOK Tablet

Using Twitter in Seesmic Using Facebook in Seesmic

15. Managing Your Contacts

Importing Your Google and Gmail Contacts

Unlinking Your Google Account

Importing Facebook Contacts Creating a New Contact Searching and Browsing Contacts

VII. Advanced Topics

16. Settings

Device Info Wireless Screen Sounds Time Security Power Save Keyboard Home Shop Reader Search

17. Rooting Your NOOK

Understanding Rooting What You Need to Know about the NOOK Software and Rooting Rooting Your NOOK Temporarily with a MicroSD Card

Booting Up from a MicroSD Card Using the NOOK as an Android Tablet Getting to the Android Market

Rooting the Built-in Flash Memory Unrooting Your NOOK

VIII. Appendixes

A. Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Unfreezing a Frozen NOOK Fixing SD Card Woes Cleaning Your NOOK’s Screen Updating the NOOK’s Software Warranty and Repair Where to Get Help NOOK Accessories

B. File Formats C. Visiting B&N with Your NOOK Tablet

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