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Your Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 comes loaded with seven different home screens.
To navigate between them, simply swipe your finger to the left or right.
The dots at the top of your screen will let you know which page you are currently on.
To customize your home screen, simply touch and hold an empty space on any home screen.
From here you have the option to add wallpapers, folders, pages, and more.
Touch the Home button.
If you wanted to add a widget to a home screen, touch Apps.
Then touch the Widgets tab.
Choose the widget you want to add by touching and holding.
Then drag the widget to any of the available home pages and let go.
Notice that your widget has been saved to the page.
If you don't like the location, touch and hold the widget, then drag it to your desired location.
You also have the ability to resize some widgets.
To do so, use the handles to resize to your preference.
Then tap anywhere on the screen to save your widget to the page.
And later, if you decide to remove a widget
just touch and hold and then drag it to the trashcan at the top.
Touch Home.
At the bottom left of the screen, you'll notice the Command soft keys.
There's Back, Home, Recent Apps, and the Screen Capture soft key.
By pressing the Recent Apps soft key, you can see an overview of your recently used apps.
When you've found the one you are looking for
simply touch the thumbnail to navigate back to that application.
Press the Home soft key in the system bar to return to your most recently used home screen.
At the bottom right, your system bar gives you a quick look at the time,
Wi-Fi connectivity, battery level, and other notifications.
Touch anywhere in this section of the system bar to launch the Quick Panel.
Here you can access and change settings such as Bluetooth, Sound, Screen rotation, and more.
You can also scroll within the Quick Panel to access more options.
Touch anywhere on the home page to hide the expanded view.
To view your applications, touch the Apps icon at the top right of your screen.
Then select the Apps tab.
Press Home when complete.
You can also quickly search Google
by touching the Google icon in the top left corner of your home screen.
To exit, touch the down arrow on the bottom left of the screen.