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Changing the settings of your HP TouchPad

Pt. 9 of 10 | 3:29 |

HP TouchPad

has a number of settings that you can change to customize it to your liking. In this episode, we'll walk you through your options. From your various

accounts and applications

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections

, almost everything has settings that can be changed if needed.

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Show Notes

To get to the settings menu on your

HP TouchPad

, you'll want to swipe up from the bottom bezel and tap on the upward-facing arrow. Swipe over to the

settings menu

to see your options listed in alphabetical order. There are a number of options that you'll find here and we'll go through them all briefly.

Accounts: Allows you to add or remove email and synergy accounts.
Backup: Here you can turn automatic backup off or force a backup if you like.
Bluetooth: From here you can turn Bluetooth on or off and manage Bluetooth connections.
Date & Time: Lets you change the date and time and how they are displayed.
Device Info: Gives you information to basic and advanced information about your HP TouchPad and a link to a menu for resetting the device.
Exhibition: Here, you can decide what your TouchPad does when you set it down on the Touchstone dock. More options are available for download.
Help: Naturally, helps you when you have trouble with your TouchPad, including an option to speak with a live support agent.
JustType: Configures what happens when typing into the JustType search field.
Location: From here, you can configure how your TouchPad uses and shares your location with different applications.
Print Manager: Here, you can manage connections with HP printers and manage jobs sent to them.
Regional Settings: This is where you go if you want to manage your regional settings like time and date formats or currency settings.
Screen & Lock: From here, you can change the screen brightness, wallpaper, gesture capabilities or lock settings.
Software Manager: Here is where you can see what apps you currently have installed. You can also update them or uninstall them.
Sounds & Ringtones: Allows you to change the sound settings for your TouchPad including ringtones if it is linked with a Pre.
System Updates: This is where you go if you want to search for updates for your TouchPad.
Text Assist: Here, you can configure settings for auto-capitalization, short cuts and auto-correction, or even change the dictionary.
VPN: Allows you to configure VPN settings.
Wi-Fi: As we showed you in a previous episode, this is where you go to configure advanced Wi-Fi settings.

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