Version 2.0

February 2013

E-GovernanceUser Manual

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ContentsMain Device Functions ........................................................................................................................3

Home Screen Icons .............................................................................................................................4

Receiving Documents/Information.....................................................................................................5

Calendar ............................................................................................................................................5

Email ..................................................................................................................................................6

Viewing Your Email ......................................................................................................................6

Saving Committee Packs (Email Attachments) .......................................................................7

File Management..................................................................................................................................8

Viewing Documents .............................................................................................................................9

Using ‘My Files’ Icon ........................................................................................................................9

Using Adobe Acrobat Reader.........................................................................................................9

Document Navigation ....................................................................................................................11

Document Menu Bar/Document Editing .....................................................................................13

Managing Your Documents ..............................................................................................................14

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Main Device Functions

1. Power Button – Press once to put the device in/out of standby mode (in this mode it will still

receive updates and emails)

To turn the device on/off fully – press and hold the power button for several seconds.

2. Volume Button – Increases/deceases device volume

3. Quick navigation buttons :-

- Back (previous screen if available)

- Home (device start screen showing calendar and Email)

- Task Monitor (Shows recently used and running applications)

4. System Status – Shows important system information including Wi-Fi connection and charge

status of battery (press for detail).

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It is vital that the status of the battery is checked and that the device is fully charged

before bringing into the Estuary offices.

Home Screen IconsAlthough the device comes pre-loaded with many applications, the main functions can be easily

accessed by using the options available to you on the home screen.

1. S Planner (Calendar) – this is a linked calendar which is updated by members of the Business

Support Team. All meeting dates are automatically shown and updated on this calendar.

2. Adobe Reader – used to view and edit documents.

3. Internet Explorer – Web Browser

4. TV QuickSupport (Remote Support) – Used by Estuary IT for remote configuration/support

If you accidently go to a screen or application by mistake, push the Home icon - to quickly

return to the device Home screen.

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Receiving Documents/Information

CalendarAn on-line calendar has been created which the Business Support Team can populate with

Committee Meetings and other important dates.

Any dates put into this calendar will automatically synchronise with all of the E-Governance

Committee Devices once they are connected to a Wi-Fi network.

To open the Calendar, either select the S Planner icon from the bottom of the home screen, or click

on the day/date on the Calendar showing on the home screen.

Please remember – the calendar will only update with new dates if your device is connected to a

Wireless Internet Connection (for example Estuary Head Office or your home wireless internet

connection)

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Important – this calendar is for viewing only. Only members of the Business Support Team should

add appointments to this calendar.

EmailAll committee packs will be sent to the devices via Email from the Estuary Business Support

Department. These will appear in the Combined Inbox on the home screen as circled below. These

packs will be in a PDF format, although occasionally you may receive plain emails containing

information relevant to your committee membership (These accounts are not advertised so you

should not receive SPAM email).

Each device has been set up to only receive packs for the committee in which the user is a member.

Viewing Your Email

To ensure you do not miss any emails sent to any of the accounts on your device, please ensure that

your device is showing the Combined Inbox view as show below:

You can scroll through each of the individual Email accounts if you wish by simply ‘tapping’ the mail

box name (as circled above)

To return back to the Combined Inbox view, simply continue to tap and scroll through all of the

available accounts.

If you accidently go to a screen or application by mistake, push the Home icon - to quickly

return to the device Home screen.

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When a new email arrives it will be shown in the Combined Inbox view on the Home Screen of your

device, plus a small ‘M’ icon will be displayed by the time in the bottom right of the screen.

To open an email, simply tap on the title as circled

below:

This will then open the Email program - available emails will be shown on the left hand side and the

selected email on the right. You can select which inbox you view by tapping the text shown at figure

1, but we strongly recommend Combined View is used so as not to miss any important messages).

Saving Committee Packs (Email Attachments)

The final step in receiving your Committee Pack is to save it to the device.

Simply tap on the email message then click the attachment tab (in this example Attachment 1) as

shown in figure 2 (the number after attachment may increase if you have multiple attachments in

the Email.) and then click on the Save icon shown in figure 3.

The attachment has now saved onto the device in the ‘Download’ folder for viewing at any time (off-

line viewing)

Please remember that you will only receive Emails containing Committee Packs if your device is

connected to a Wireless Internet Connection (for example Estuary Head Office or your home

Wireless Internet Connection)

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File ManagementFolders have been created on your tablet device which correspond to your group membership.Clicking on the ‘My Files’ icon on the home screen will take you to the download folder (the defaultlocation for saved documents) and display any sub-folders:

Once committee packs have been saved into the downloads folder it is recommended you move thedocument into its relevant folder. To do this, simply select and hold on the document you wish tomove and then slowly drag over to the left panel into the required folder.

To view the content of any folders simply tap it with your finger/stylus. If you have a large number offolders the left side panel of the screen can be scrolled up or down by dragging with your finger.

Ticking the selection box to the left of a folder/file in the main view will change the top menu iconsto display options for deleting/copying/renaming the selected folder/file.

If you are unsure of an icons purpose or meaning – select and hold the icon for a couple of secondsand text label will display.

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Viewing Documents

Using ‘My Files’ IconYour tablet has been setup with ‘Folders’ corresponding to your group membership. To open a

document simply select ‘My Files’ from the home screen, select the folder which contains the

document you wish to open and select the document.

By default all PDF documents will open in Adobe Acrobat Reader

Using Adobe Acrobat ReaderAll documents will be sent to the device in PDF format. The easiest method to locate and open

documents is through ‘My Files’ as explained previously, although you can open directly from within

Adobe Reader on the home screen as shown below:

Once Adobe Reader is opened you will be presented with a list of documents stored (downloaded)

on your device.

To ensure that you can see all documents you should click on the Documents tab (figure 1) and

select All PDF’s (figure 2).

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To open a document, simply tap the title in the document view.

If you are already in an opened document you can return to the list of available documents by

pressing the Documents/Recent button in the top left of the screen.

You may find that some pages of a document are best viewed in Portrait Orientation, whilst others

are best viewed in landscape. Adobe Acrobat will automatically rotate and re-size the document if

you rotate the device.

Once the document is received and downloaded from an email you no longer need to open the

email to access the document. Always open the document through ‘My Files’ or Adobe Acrobat from

the home screen.

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Document NavigationNavigation within a document is achieved either by swiping your finger across the screen or (if in

single page mode) touching the left or right side of the screen. Whilst you are getting used to

viewing documents on the device it is recommended to use Single Page mode.

To show the menu bar at

the top of the screen –

tap in the centre of the

screen (shown in yellow).

The yellow rectangle

areas shown allow you to

turn the page forwards

or backwards whilst in

Single Page mode.

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For quick navigation through the document, tap the centre of the screen to show the menu bar – If

there are bookmarks available you will see an icon at the bottom right (circled below) – click this for

a list of quick-jump bookmarks in the document:

Taping the bookmark name will jump you to that page of the document.

If you are in a menu or have options on the screen that that you no longer need to use, you can

normally return to the previous screen by pressing the back button at the bottom left of the

screen

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Document Menu Bar/Document EditingTo access the editing features (such as highlight, underline and freehand drawing) you will need to

bring up the document menu bar at the top of the screen. To do this simply tap the centre of the

screen (if no items are selected, most menu’s will automatically hide themselves again after a few

seconds).

1. Acrobat Cloud Storage – This is not used

2. View modes – Select desired viewing mode. Recommended setting is Single Page.

3. Edit Tools – Allows editing of the document via sub-menu below:

Insert note into document (using keyboard – this will not appear until icon is selected)

Highlight Text (drag finger/stylus over text to highlight)

Strikeout Text (drag finger/stylus over text to strikeout)

Underline Text (drag finger/stylus over text to underline)

Insert Text into document (using keyboard – this will appear on the page as text)

Freehand Drawing (allows user to ‘write or draw’ on document)

Add signature (allows a stored copy of your signature to be added to the document)

4. Share Document – This is not used.

5. Search – search for text in the current document.

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If you need to remove a comment/highlight from a document, touch the comment and select clear.

Please remember that once you edit the document using the note or text tool you must save the

changes or they will be lost. When using the Freehand Drawing tool, you must either save or cancel

to return to the menu.

Highlight/format functions will automatically save on the document.

Managing Your DocumentsOver time you may build up a number of documents on the tablet device, or possibly have duplicate

items if pack updates have been sent or accidently downloaded again.

Within Adobe Reader there is the facility to ‘Manage’ documents on the device – including deleting

or renaming items.

To access these features you must be in the main Documents view tab (as shown on page 8) and

then select the Manage button in the top right of the screen.

Once in the Manage screen you will see that a series of empty boxes appear to the left of your

document list, together with 4 icons at the top of the screen.

These icons allow you to perform the following tasks on any of the documents you select:

Make a copy of the selected document

Move document to a new folder

Rename Document

Delete Document

Simply ‘tick’ the box of the document you wish to perform one of these actions on by tapping the

box (to remove the tick, tap again) and then select the required action.

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