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HP TouchSmart Homepage |
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Lets' get to know the HP Touchsmart homepage. From the windows desktop double tap the house icon to open the
HP Touchsmart software. The HP Touchsmart homepage has 2 rows of tiles. Tiles are shortcuts to your various programs.
Use the top row for programs you use everyday and use the bottom row for your other programs. Touch a tile and slide
your finger right or left to scroll. This works in both rows. To move a tile between rows drag it from one to the other.
You can also drag a tile from one location to another within the same row.
Open a Tile
To open a tile a single tap is all you need. To get back to the home page just tap the house icon in the upper left.
You can open tiles from either the top or bottom row. Remember tiles are shortcuts to your programs. Some programs
like this solitaire game will open outside of the HP TouchSmart software when you are finished using the program just
close it to get back to HP TouchSmart.
Moving between HP TouchSmart and Windows desktop. You can switch to the Microsoft Windows desktop from the
HP Touchsmart homepage by tapping the windows icon in the upper left. Tap the house icon in the task bar to return
to the HP TouchSmart software.
Resizing
When using HP TouchSmart you can resize tiles to get a closer look. To do this touch two fingers at the same time,
slide them apart or together like this.
Summary: Opening a Tile, moving between HP TouchSmart and Windows Desktop, Resizing
Let's summarize. Tiles are shortcuts to programs. Use a single tab to open a tile. Tap the house icon to go back to
the homepage. Touch and slide to scroll or flip. Tap the windows icon to go to the Windows desktop. Tap the house
icon in the taskbar to go back to HP TouchSmart. Use 2 fingers to resize.
HP TouchSmart Touch Techniques |
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Hi and welcome to the next generation of computers. This tutorial series will show you some fun and exciting ways to
interact with your computer using our specially designed HP TouchSmart software. You'll learn some simple techniques
and quick tips that can help you take advantage of the unique experience HP TouchSmart has to offer.
Let's check out the touch screen itself. The HP TouchSmart screen responds to touch. Double tap the house icon to
open the HP TouchSmart software. The touch screen is not pressure sensitive so pressing harder won't help. Just
touch it lightly and precisely as we'll teach you in the next couple minutes.
Let's look at the layout of the HP TouchSmart software itself. These are tiles. In HP TouchSmart tiles represent
shortcuts to programs and can display live content. You can also use tiles for links to websites and RSS feeds.
Tiles can also represent items like all the albums in your music library. Another common way to view your content
in HP TouchSmart is in the form of a list, as seen here. There are different ways to work with the HP TouchSmart PC
screen you can become familiar with. Some of them are single tap, scroll or flip and drag and drop.
Tap
To select or open items just touch the screen with a single tap. Touch the screen briefly and lift your finger.
Scroll or Flip
Scroll or flip. To browse thru your content you can scroll or flip. They both combine touching and sliding your finger.
To scroll touch an object, maintain contact and slide your finger right or left. Slide your finger then stop before
lifting to scroll precisely. Scrolling works for many applications like scrolling thru your music library to find an
album. Scrolling also works in lists where you can scroll up and down.
Flip is another way to browse your content. Just slide your finger and release to flip. Rows and lists must have
enough items in them to scroll and flip.
Scroll and flip, two fun ways you can find what you're looking for in HP TouchSmart.
Drag and Drop
Drag and drop. To move objects between lists, drag and drop. This combines touching an item dragging it out of a
lower list and dropping it into another location. For rows that scroll right and left drag the object up or down to
pull it out of the row. For lists that scroll up and down drag the object left or right to pull it out the of the list.
Here's a helpful tip…when you drag an object out of a lower list an icon appears this tells you, you are actually moving
the item and not just scrolling.
Summary: Tap, Scroll or Flip, Drag and Drop
Lets summarize... Tap an item lightly and lift your finger to select or open it. Scroll by touching, sliding,
stopping and lifting. Flip by touching, sliding and releasing. To move an item touch it, drag it out of the list
and drop it into a new location. Music tutorials.
HP TouchSmart Music |
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Enjoying your music is fun and easy using HP TouchSmart Music.
From the HP TouchSmart home page tap music to view your music library.
This is your album library. Scroll or flip right and left to view your albums. Tap an album to see the songs in
that album. Scroll or flip to find the song you want to play. Tap to play the song. To stop playing the song tap
the pause button in the music control bar in the upper right. Tap the up arrow to go back to your albums. While
browsing a specific album instead of going back to the tiles to look for others another option is to just scroll the
album list at the top. Tap an album name to open it tap the up arrow to go back to your albums. You can also see
your music by artist, or genre, or tap song to see an alphabetical list of every song. Another fun way to browse your
HP TouchSmart music library is to use what we call fan view. To get started tap the album fan in the lower right.
Scroll the fan left and right. Tap an album to select it. The albums songs are listed below. Scroll up or down.
Tap a song to play it. Tap pause in the music control bar to stop the song. Tap the back to normal view button in
the lower right to go back to your albums. To see where your music is stored tap the house icon in the upper left.
Tap the windows icon. Tap the Microsoft windows start button. Then tap music. Copy your digital music files into
this folder to play them in HP Touchsmart music. If you prefer you could also install iTunes and HP TouchSmart can
access your iTunes music library. Let's tap the house icon in the task bar to go back to HP TouchSmart.
Building a playlist
Building play lists is quick and easy using HP TouchSmart. The albums in your music library are on the left and the
playlist is on the right. Scroll to find an album. Drag an album out of your library and over to the play list to
add it. All of the songs in that album are added to the play list. Let's switch to song. Here are all the songs in our
library. Scroll to find a song you want to add. Drag a song out of the list and over to the play list. If you want to
add songs quickly tap add to list at the top of the playlist. Tap the green plus sign to add songs. If you want you
can also add all the songs from an artist or even a genre into the playlist. Each playlist can hold up to 500 songs.
When you're finished tap done. To change the order of the songs in the playlist drag a song out of the list and move
it to a new spot. To remove a song from the play list drag it out of the list and drop it into the trash can down below.
To play a song in the play list just tap it. A speaker icon appears next to the song that is currently playing. Song
name is displayed in the music control bar in the upper right. Tap previous or next to skip thru the songs in the play
list. Tap pause to stop. Tap the house icon to go to the home page. Other HP TouchSmart programs work in a similar way.
You can use the same techniques you've learned here such as tap, scroll and flip to browse and play with your photos,
videos and other content.
HP TouchSmart Photo Overview |
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We think you're gonna have a lot of fun with HP TouchSmart photo.
Lets get started...
From the HP TouchSmart home page tap photo to view your photo library. You can view your photos by dates, by
folders or you can view them all at once.
Let's look at how dates works. Your photos are automatically organized by days, months and years. Tap a tile to
see all the photos from that date. Notice that you can use the list of dates at the top to find another date. Scroll
to find the photo you want to see. Then tap to open it. Now let's look at how folders work. Tap the up arrow at the
upper left until you get back to the top level. Then tap folders. Tap the folder you want to browse to open it.
Tap the photo you want, to look at it. Again all the folders are listed at the top and you can tap anytime to open them.
Lets look at how you can also see all your photos at once. Tap the up arrow then tap all photos. Ta da! These are
all the photos in your photo library.
Photos from your digital camera. What if you still have photos on your camera? Viewing them is easy with HP TouchSmart.
Start by removing the memory card from the camera. There's a memory card reader located on the right side of your
HP TouchSmart. Just insert your cameras memory card into the slot. On the screen the HP TouchSmart software will
automatically minimize and a Microsoft Windows dialog box will appear. Tap open folder to view files. Here are the
photos on your memory card. Let's copy them to your TouchSmart PC. Tap the windows start button. Then tap pictures.
We've created a folder here already to help keep our photos organized. Just drag and drop the files from your
memory card into your folder. It's that easy. Now let's go back to TouchSmart by tapping the house icon in the task bar.
Tap folders and select the folder you just dragged your photos into and there they are. If you prefer to access the
photos directly HP Touchsmart can recognize your cameras memory card as a removable disk. Tap the up arrow. Then tap
removable disk. You are now browsing your memory card directly. This is a useful option if you would like to preview
your photos before copying them to your PC. Let's go back to all photos. If you have a printer connected to your
HP TouchSmart PC printing your photos is quick and easy. Tap the photos you'd like to print. Then tap the print
photos button. A box will open in the upper left that displays printing status. In some regions you can also upload
your photos to Snapfish. All you need is an internet connection and a Snapfish account. To get started tap upload
photos. Then follow the onscreen instructions.
Fan view
Using the fan view is a great way to browse thru your photo memories. Just tap the fan icon in the lower right of
the screen. Scroll the fan to look for photos and folders. Each tile has a small icon in the center indicating
its organization. Dates, folders and you can also access a removable disk. Additional information is also shown
beneath the tiles at the center of the screen. Tap any tile and it will move to the center. Tap it again to open it.
Slideshows
With HP TouchSmart it's easy to play a slideshow of photos in your library. A good place to start is in all photos.
Just tap the play slideshow button at the bottom of the screen. Notice that the onscreen controls disappear after a
few seconds so that you can enjoy the slideshow. To make the controls reappear simply tap the screen. You can pause,
go forward or back one by one and just tap the play arrow to continue playing. To exit the slideshow tap the x in the
upper right. You can edit the slideshow transitions and timing by tapping the settings button in the upper right and
adjusting the settings in the dialog box.
HP TouchSmart photo editing |
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Editing photos is quick and easy with HP TouchSmart.
We created a folder that contains some photos we'd like to edit. Tap a photo to open it. HP TouchSmart makes it
easy for you to rotate, crop, auto enhance and fix red eyes in your photos. Let's start with cropping. Tap the
crop button in the edit box on the right. Select a cropping option such as landscape portrait or custom. Drag
the circles in the corner of the cropping window. To line up the cropping box the way you like. You can also
re-position the cropping box by dragging it anywhere in sight. To apply your change just tap crop at the bottom
of the window. I don't really like how I've cropped this photo so I am going to tap undo change to return the photo
to it's original look.
Let's try that again. Tap crop. Set your crop. There we go much better! Tap crop to apply your crop then tap
return to save your adjustments. You can change your mind later never fear. Just tap to open the photo then tap
revert to original. A dialog box will appear. Tap yes to confirm. Your original photo will appear in its original
state without any edits. Tap return to return to all your photos. Now, lets try auto enhance which automatically
corrects contrast and brightness problems. Tap a photo. Then tap auto enhance. HP TouchSmart will automatically
enhance your photo. If you like the results tap return and the newly enhanced shot will show up in place of the original.
Lets try rotating a photo. Tap a photo. Then tap rotate. The photo will rotate 90 degrees to the right. You can
tap as many times as you like. If you are happy with the orientation, tap return. Finally your HP TouchSmart can
remove red eye from photos of your friends and family. Just tap the photo you want to correct then drag your finger
around the eyes. Or just tap fix red eye and voila those annoying red eyes are automatically fixed. Tap return to
save your changes. These are just some the ways to enhance your photo library and have fun with your memories using
HP TouchSmart.
Viewing Your Video Library |
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Watching your videos is fun and easy with HP TouchSmart. From the HP TouchSmart homepage tap video to view your video
library. You can view thumbnails of your videos by dates, by folders or you can view them all at once. Let's see how
dates work by tapping date. You'll see your videos are organized by days, months and years. Tap a tile to see all
videos from that day, notice you can view a list of dates at the top to find other dates as well. Tap a video you
would like to view, it will open and start to play. While a video is playing notice the on screen video controls.
We'll have a look at that in a minute for now lets pause this video by taping pause, now let's see how folders works.
Tap the up arrow in the upper left til you get back to dates view. Then tap folders. Tap the folder you want to look
at you can scroll thru thumbnails of all the videos. In that folder there must be enough videos in that folder for
scroll to work. Lets look at how you can see all your videos at once tap the up arrow until you get back to folders
view then tap all videos here you can see thumbnails of all your videos. Now that you know how your videos are organized
lets look at another fun way to browse them using the fan view. Tap the fan view icon in the bottom right of the screen.
As you scroll thru the fan information will be displayed below the fan in the center of the screen. Tap any tile and
it will move to the center tap it again to play it. From here you can tap the fan view icon again to return to fan
view or tap return to go back to your video library.
Watching Your Videos
Watching your videos is fun and simple using HP TouchSmart. From the HP TouchSmart homepage tap the video tile. You
can select dates, folders, all videos, or removable disk to find your videos. Let's start by tapping all videos. Tap
a video thumbnail to play it. Tap play full screen to play the video in full screen mode. Use the on screen controls
to pause, fast forward, rewind, and play your videos. You can also use the duration slider to jump forward or backward
in the video by dragging the circle. There's also a circle you can drag to control the volume. Tap the speaker icon to
mute or un-mute your video, additionally the pc system volume can be adjusted by using the controls on the right side
of your HP TouchSmart. Note that the onscreen controls disappear after a few seconds so that you may enjoy the
full screen view. To make them reappear simply tap anywhere on the screen to exit full screen mode tap the x in the
upper right. Another fun way to watch your videos is by using fan view. Simply tap the fan icon in the lower right.
Tap a video thumbnail to play it and again tap play full screen to enjoy your video across the entire screen.
Creating Videos with your Webcam |
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With HP TouchSmart being a film maker has never been so easy. From the HP TouchSmart homepage tap the video tile.
HP TouchSmart Video
The HP TouchSmart PC features a webcam built into the top center of your PC. The little openings on either side of it are
the array microphones. If you need to you can aim the web cam by moving the TouchSmart PC with your hands. Once you're
set up tap web cam at the bottom of the screen. A box will open up at the center of the screen and display what the web
cam camera sees. In this case we see the inside of our studio where this tutorial is being recorded. You can see our
studio camera and film crew and of course you can see your own hands or I guess our hands. If you need time to get
into position before the web cam begins recording you can use TouchSmarts 3 second delay feature. Tap the check box to
turn this feature on or off. We'll leave this feature off for now. Let's record some video. To start tap record,
everyone wave hello. When you are finished recording tap stop record. To review your video, tap the play arrow. On
the right tap keep to keep the video or discard to delete it. We liked this video so we'll tap keep. To exit the
web cam tap cancel. Your new video will show up in the dates tab in today videos notice that the name reflects the date
and time when you recorded the video. If you'd like to delete this file or rename it you can do so in Microsoft Windows.
To do this tap the house icon in the upper left to return to the TouchSmart home page. Tap the windows icon to go to
the windows desktop. Tap the windows start button. Tap your computer name and double tap the videos folder to open it.
This is where your webcam videos are saved. You will see a thumbnail of the web cam video we recorded with the date and
time as the file name. Touch and hold the file name and a circle will start to form around your finger. Release your
finger when the circle is complete this does the same thing as right clicking on a mouse. From the menu that appears
select rename. You can rename the file by using the keyboard or with touch using the input panel. We'll show you how
the input panel works in another video. For now just rename this file using the keyboard. There we go. Let's look
at one last thing. Tap the HP TouchSmart house icon in the task bar to go back to TouchSmart. Tap video to go back
into TouchSmart video. And let's tap the web cam video we created. In some regions you can upload your videos directly
to YouTube right from HP TouchSmart all you need is a YouTube account and an internet connection. Then simply tap the
Upload to YouTube button. Enter your account information on the right and then follow the on screen instructions to
share your videos thru YouTube. Creating and enjoying your videos is fun and easy using HP TouchSmart.
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