Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual

Screen

Change your display options here. Tap to get to these options:

• Brightness. Normally, the Galaxy Tab chooses a screen brightness appropriate for that level of lighting—less light in the dark, and more in sunlight, for example. If you’d prefer to set it at a specific brightness level, and have it stay at that level until you change it, tap this option. From the screen that appears, uncheck the box next to “Automatic brightness.” A slider appears that lets you manually set the brightness level.

  
  

• Screen display. Tap to choose what wallpaper to use for your screen, and what wallpaper to use when the screen is locked.

• Mode. This lets you change the vividness and other attributes of your screen’s color. Tap it and you get a choice of Dynamic (colors are richer), Standard (the default mode), and Movie (as the name says, best for watching movies).

  

• Auto-rotate screen. Make sure this checkbox is turned on if you want your Tab to automatically rotate the screen whenever you change the Tab’s orientation—from horizontal to vertical, for example.

• Animation. At times, your Tab uses animated effects between ...