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Along with Email and Chrome, you will find other useful apps already installed on your Google Nexus tablet. The People app for instance, allows you to add and edit information about your contacts. You can jot down appointments and keep track of events with the Calendar app. You can use the Maps app to look up an address or well-known location. Then you can view the location on a regular map or on a satellite photo. Many locations also have an option to open Google Street View. This function makes it look as if you are standing there yourself. Once you have found the desired location you can get directions on how to get there. Google Search is the search function of your Google Nexus tablet. You can search your apps, contacts, messages, and music stored on your tablet and if you are connected to the Internet you can use Google Search to search the Internet. In this chapter you will learn how to: • add contacts in the People app; • edit and delete contacts; • add an event in the Calendar app; • determine your current location in the Maps app; • use layers for viewing the screen; • find a location and get directions; • search with the Google Search app; • closing apps.
4.1 Adding Contacts You can open the People app from the apps overview screen:
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In this example you will see the Google account that is linked to this tablet:
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Tip Contacts from your Google account If you have added contacts to your Google account on another device, such as a mobile phone, they will also be displayed (synchronized) automatically on your Google Nexus tablet if you are connected to the Internet.
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Tap You will see the window in which you can add a new contact:
In this example we will add a fictitious new contact using the onscreen keyboard. You can enter the information about someone you really know, if you like:
4.2 Editing a Contact After you have added all your contacts you may want to edit the information. For instance, if you want to change an address, add a second email address or a new phone number. This is how you open a contact in order to edit it:
Tap the desired contact
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This is how you edit the phone number, for example:
If necessary, drag upwards until you see the phone number
Press your finger on
the phone number The phone number is selected: You can type the new phone number right away: