My Tablet: My Computer

By Roger Carter

Rather than replace your old, slow computer with a new one, why not buy a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for your Android tablet instead? This book explains how to set up your tablet to replace your computer, what apps to install, and how to configure your new system. It will not only handle all your home office tasks, it will be much faster and in many respects more capable than your old computer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Roger Carter
• Release date: Jul 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005466947

Roger Carter

Roger Carter has had a varied career, including working as a studio manager at the BBC, working for the British Overseas Civil Service in the Solomon Islands, and running his own business. From 1975 to 2000 he was a lecturer at what is now the Buckinghamshire New University, and during this time he wrote 20 student textbooks, including Quantitative Methods for Business Students, and Business Administration for the Computer Age (both published by Heinemann) as well as books on information technology and computer software (various publishers).He is now retired and lives with his wife Sandra in Buckinghamshire, England. They have two children and five grandchildren.In 2018 he helped set up the Bourne End & District U3A and became its first Chair, and in 2021 was appointed its Honorary President..

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My Tablet - My Computer

By Roger Carter

Copyright 2021 Roger Carter

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 The Hardware

2.1 The tablet

2.2 Charging the tablet

2.3 The tablet stand

2.4 A keyboard and mouse

2.5 A loudspeaker or earphones

2.6 Connecting to a projector or monitor

3 Configuring the Tablet

3.1 Battery saver mode

3.2 Reduce power usage

3.3 Organize your Home screen

3.4 Other settings

4 File Manager, Cloud Services, and Printing

4.1 File Manager Plus (FM+)

4.2 Cloud services

4.3 Drivesync for Google Drive

4.4 Printing

5 Appropriate Apps

5.1 Apps for home office tasks

5.2 A web browser

5.3 Email and Contacts

5.4 An Office suite

5.5 A notes app

5.6 A calendar

5.7 Photo editing apps

5.8 Yet more apps

1 Introduction

I'm writing this e-book on my tablet. I could of course use my laptop computer, but my Android tablet suits me better. It's great for typing, as I have connected to it a very nice Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Moreover, it is much faster and in many cases easier to use than my computer, and it's easy to connect it to cloud services such as Dropbox and Google Drive. Not only that, the word processing app I'm using is very capable, with all