Toshiba AT100 - Manual (Page 23)

User’s Manual 2-5
TOSHIBA AT100
Managing Notifications
Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and
alarms, as well as ongoing events.
When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the status bar, along
with a summary that appears only briefly.
You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications.
Depending on your settings, you may also hear a notification sound.
Adjusting the sound volume and other general notifications settings is
described in the
Sound settings in the “ Settings ” chapter.
Applications that produce notifications, such as Email, have their own
settings, which you can use to configure whether and how they send
notifications. See the sections on those applications for details.
Opening the Notifications panel
Tap the status bar to open the notifications panel. The notifications panel
displays a list of your current notifications. Notifications about ongoing
activities are listed first, followed by notifications about events, such as a
new mail notifications.
Responding to a notification
To respond to a notification, follow the below steps:
1. Open the notifications panel.
Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief
description.
2. Tap a notification to respond to it.
The notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the
notification.
Closing the Notifications panel
Tap the area out of the notifications panel to close the notifications panel.
Locking your screen
You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to access your data,
run applications and so on. See the
Location & security section for other
ways to protect your tablet and privacy.
Locking your screen with a Pattern lock
For example, you can use a Pattern lock to lock your screen with following
steps.
1. Open the Location & security settings by tapping Apps -> Settings ->
Location & security.
2. Tap Configure lock screen -> Pattern.